Sports

Winter sports off to strong start – and streaming online

The Wareham boys varsity basketball team secured a strong win against the Bourne Canalmen on Friday, January 8, with a final score of 81-24. But Coach Steve Faniel says there’s still room for the team to grow. “I just thought we came out kinda flat...

WCTV to broadcast varsity basketball and ice hockey games

Wareham High School’s varsity winter sports games will be broadcast by Wareham Community Television. WCTV will broadcast girls basketball, boys basketball and ice hockey varsity games throughout the winter on the Education Channel (Comcast 97,...
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2021 Gateway Babe Ruth baseball registration now open

Registration is now open for 2021 Gateway Babe Ruth baseball league. Players ages 12 to 16 from the following towns are eligible to register: Dartmouth, Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, New Bedford, Rochester and Wareham. In order to be eligible,...

Wareham High School winter sports to proceed — with covid precautions

Wareham High School will allow some winter sports — namely boys and girls basketball, hockey and conditioning and fitness — to proceed with a number of covid-19 safety measures in place. Principal Scott Palladino explained that it had taken a long...

Wareham Tigers hope to use town land for football and cheer programs

The Wareham Tigers Athletics Association hopes to join Wareham Youth Soccer and Wareham Girls Softball in operating their own fields for games and practices at Westfield on Charlotte Furnace Road in West Wareham. The Tigers will ask the Board of...

Wareham Junior Basketball Association cancels upcoming season

After consultation with the schools and careful consideration of the current state of the virus and state restrictions, the Wareham Junior Basketball Association’s officers met and decided it would be in the best interest of players, fans, coaches...

Registration open for Spring 2021 travel soccer

Registration is now open for Wareham Youth Soccer’s spring 2021 travel team program. The program is open to boys and girls in second through twelfth grade, born between 2002 and 2012. Travel teams are open to players of all levels. Each team plays...

Scotty on the center court line

The basketball court at the Hammond School in Onset is now almost complete, as a contractor paid for by David Andrade has painted the Scotty Monteiro Jr. Foundation’s logo on the center court. In red and black, the foundation’s logo and slogan —...

New season, new fields for Wareham Youth Soccer Club

The fall soccer season began for some of the town’s youngest athletes on Saturday. And the games weren’t just the first of the season (and first ever for the youngest players), but the first to be played on the new Wareham Youth Soccer Club fields,...

Pickleball players put new courts to use

The newly completed pickleball courts at the Hammond School in Onset are already seeing a steady flow of players -- including some interested neighbors who have never played the game before. Pickleball is a sport that the USA Pickleball Association...

All fall sports postponed conference-wide

It’s official: There will be no fall sports at Wareham High School during the fall. Instead, football, volleyball, soccer, and field hockey will be played during a delayed season from early March through early May. The decision was made by...

State’s sports guidance mandates distance, low contact

The outlook for fall sports this year is still unclear, but the chances that students will get to play football and soccer seem slim as the coronavirus pandemic continues. “Right now, it’s all speculation. Nothing is definite,” said Wareham High...

Current, former Gatemen coaches awarded

A current and former member of the Wareham Gatemen have been recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association hall of fame. Don Sneddon, who coached the team to a championship win in 2018, was inducted into the hall of fame, and current...

Gateway Babe Ruth opens signups for fall baseball

Gateway Babe Ruth has opened registration for its 2020 fall ball program. The deadline to register is Aug. 31. Practices will begin in early September, and the season will begin on Sept. 19. Players in the program must be at least 13 and at most 16...

Tryouts approaching for Gateway Babe Ruth Baseball

Team Gateway AAU tryouts for elite level baseball teams will begin on Aug. 11 at Dexter Lane Ballfield in Rochester. The Gateway league offers both elite teams and developmental teams, giving every player a chance to play baseball. Tryouts for 9U...