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One game at a time for softball
Wareham High School Girls Softball has had a winning season so far, going 7-3 though Monday, April 29. It’s “not bad,” said Head Coach Rudy Cadena. “We’re playing pretty good.” Even with the team’s success, they are still taking the season one game...
Golfers scramble to support Turning Point
As golf balls sailed through the air on Sunday, April 28, golfers hit their drives secure in the knowledge that their play helped support local charity work. Turning Point, a non-profit that helps the homeless and near-homeless in the Wareham area,...
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High School athletes take to the track for outdoor season
Track may look similar done indoors and out, but there are some differences, including a few more events, said Head Coach for Wareham High School Track Chris Gardner. The track team is about halfway through its season, said Gardner. He added, this...
A swing and a hit on youth softball opening day
The singing of the National Anthem and a shout of “Play ball!” kicked off the 2024 season of Wareham Girls Softball on Sunday, April 21. The program offers girls in kindergarten through eighth grade recreational play in the spring and travel and...
Registration opens for Jimmy Fund walk
Registration is now open for the 2024 Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. The walk is scheduled for Sunday, October 6. The Jimmy Fund Walk is the only organized walk permitted on the Boston Marathon course, and participants can choose between a 5K walk...
Small team, big names for boy’s tennis
The Wareham High School Boys Tennis Team may be small by tennis standards, but it’s large by the standards of Wareham, said Head Coach Evan Wilga. The team is fielding ten boys this season, up from eight the year before. This year’s players are on...
Runners for a cause at the Boston Marathon
Wareham natives and residents laced up their shoes for a cause and took on the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15. Elizabeth Donahue Sztuk ran the Boston Marathon in 2019 in honor of her cousin, Anthony P. Hathaway, who lost his battle with acute...
New group seeks walkers, joggers
Exercise can be difficult to get at the best of times. Wareham resident Darrin Garcia wants to make it easier by organizing a group meet up for shared walking or jogging. The group would meet Saturdays by the Cape Cod Canal, Garcia said. Anyone who...
Girls tennis takes non-conference match with Bourne
The Wareham Vikings high school girls tennis team took home a 4-1 match against Bourne high school in the team’s first outing of the season. Since Wareham moved to the Mayflower Conference last year , this is the first time the two teams have met in...
Tourna-net triumphs: Pickleballers come out to play
On Saturday, March 23, 16 of the best pickleball players on the South Coast descended on the Gleason Family YMCA for a St. Patrick’s Day pickleball tournament. While participants gave it their all to try and bring home the win, the social nature of...
Track looks ahead to outdoor season
The Wareham High School track team may have had a muted ending to its winter outing, but the program has hopes for future outdoors and indoors seasons. “I think it ended well enough,” said Head Coach Chris Gardner. Across the high school team, only...
Gatemen look ahead to 2024 season
With summer on its way, the Wareham Gatemen are preparing for the 2024 season of the Cape Cod Baseball League. “As a franchise member of the historic Cape Cod Baseball League that celebrated its’ 100th anniversary in 2023 we work year-round to...
Back to back: Boys basketball wins state championship
For the second year running, the Wareham High School boys varsity basketball team has won the Division 4 state championship. The Vikings brought it home with a 86-71 game against the Bourne Canalmen at the Tsongas Center on Sunday, March 17. The...
Wareham wins overtime nailbiter
It was a near thing, but the Wareham High School boys varsity basketball team secured their spot in the state championship game with a 67-65 overtime win over Millbury High School. The Tuesday night game stayed close throughout. Wareham took an...
Gateway Babe Ruth registration closing mid-April
Opening day is just around the corner, and registration for Gateway Babe Ruth is now open. It closes on April 13. Players from Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester, Middleboro and Wareham ages 12 to 16 are eligible to register. Evaluations for all new...
Vikings basketball makes final four
The Wareham High School Boys Basketball Team has moved on to the final four in the spring playoff with a dominating performance over Lynn Vocational Technical Institute. The team put up 95 points to Lynn Technical’s 49 during their round-of-eight...
Vikings advance in tournament following defeat of Maimonides School, 79-51
Wareham residents might be getting a bit of deja vu as the high school boys basketball team continues to dominate the Division Four tournament — its latest win being the defeat of Maimonides School, 79-51, on Tuesday, March 5. Last March, the team...
Wareham defeat Cohasset in first playoff game, 100-34
The Wareham High School boys basketball team came out victorious in the first playoff game of the season against Cohasset High School Thursday night, Feb. 29. The Vikings swiftly defeated their opponent 100-34. Wareham remains first seed in the...
Girls basketball takes hard-fought playoffs defeat
The Wareham girls basketball team ended its postseason run with a 29-39 loss against Saint Bernards High School on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Despite that early exit, the team's season can't be seen as anything but a success, said Head Coach Mike Fortune. At...
Tigers Cheer sees success in Salem, next stop Disney
On Saturday, Feb. 24, Wareham Tigers Cheer Athletics teams competed in a small invitational known as the “Salem Bid Bash,” where Wareham team SPIRIT earned first place with three “hit zero” performances, meaning they received no deductions. Teams...
Viking blood runs deep: Alum returns to chart new course as head football coach
Cy Bariteau has always loved football — as far back as he can remember. He still recalls all the Patriots games he watched with family and the excitement of Super Bowl wins. As a kid, he played for the Wareham Tigers Athletic Association as well as...
Wrestling program builds confidence
When the Wareham Tigers Athletic Association started its wrestling program in the fall of 2023, it didn't know what kind of reception the program would have. As it turned out, the community’s interest was high. "Our original goal was to cap it right...
Basketball power rankings put boys first, girls in the playoffs
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association has released its power rankings for the winter season of play, and the Wareham varsity boys basketball team sits atop the standings. The boys squad has a Rank 1 spot with a 14-3 record and an...
Gateway Babe Ruth opens registrations
Registrations are now open for the Gateway Babe Ruth program, Players from Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Rochester and Wareham are all eligible for the league. Players from the ages of 12 to 16 can register. The season begins early June,...
One game at a time for girls basketball
The Wareham High School varsity girls basketball team moved up to 10-6 in the standings with a dominating win over Atlantis Charter School on Monday, Feb. 5, scoring 51 buckets to the opposing team's 11. Ten wins is "basically three times more than...
Youth basketball Raptors rep Wareham Week jerseys
Each team in the Gleason Family YMCA’s Youth Basketball League has a sponsor represented on their jersey. This year, Wareham Week can be found on the backs of the “Raptors” from the Pro-Division. The Raptors were spotted bringing glory to the...
Boys basketball maintains division lead
As of Friday, Jan. 26, the Wareham High School varsity boys basketball team is first in the Division Four power rankings with a 11-3 winning record. Head Coach Stephen Faniel said although the boys lost Friday’s game against Bourne 61-71, the team...
They shoot, they score: Knights of Columbus holds hoop shoot
Only two hoopers showed up for the Knights of Columbus free throw contest held Sunday, Jan. 28, but each made their shots to advance to the next round of the competition. The Wareham Council of the Knights of Columbus set up the competition at the...
Little League registrations open
Registration is now available for the Wareham Little League 2024 spring season. The league supports children ages 3 to 12, with a tee-ball league for ages 3 and a half to 5 and a half, a farm league for children ages 6 to 8 and a minor and major...
Youth Basketball League dribbles into the new season
When TJ Rose was a kid, his family could only afford for him to play one sport — basketball. Rose played for many years in town and bonded with the coach at the time, who was the former president of the Youth Basketball league and who showed him...
Off to the races with high school track
The Wareham High School track team, like most of the school's athletic teams, has joined a new conference for the 2023-24 season. The Mayflower Athletic Conference, the team's new home, is a smaller conference, said Track Coach Chris Gardner. "It's...
Ajay Lopes snags 1,000th point
Ajay Lopes, a senior with the Wareham High School basketball team, scored his 1,000th career point in a win over Monomoy Regional High School on Friday, Jan. 5. The Wareham Tigers Athletic Association celebrated Lopes' accomplishment; in addition to...
Contest pairs deadlifts with cookie decorating
On Sunday, Dec. 17, a Christmas deadlift and cookie contest took place at the YMCA. The contest had 18 lifters, age 11 to 84, and 18 cookie decoration entries. Mike Gallagher, 45 years of age from New York, topped the weightlifting charts with a 625...
Boys basketball win 75-68 in first game of the season
The Wareham High School varsity boys basketball team came out victorious in their first game of the season against Old Rochester Regional School on Tuesday, Dec. 12. It was a close one throughout the night, but the Vikings secured a 75-68 victory...
A new season, a new start for girls basketball
The Wareham girls varsity basketball team came out swinging in a scrimmage against Upper Cape Cod Vocational High School on Wednesday, Dec. 8. The Vikings went six close rounds of practice against Upper Cape Cod Vocational High School. At the start...
Defending champions dribble into the new season
The Division Four champions have returned for a new season. A week before their first big game, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, the Wareham High School varsity boys basketball team faced off in a scrimmage against Scituate High School sailors. The vikings...
Wareham wins against Old Rochester in annual Powderpuff game
MATTAPOISETT — Thanksgiving football isn’t just for the boys. On Tuesday, Nov. 21, Wareham High School girls took to the gridiron to face off against players from Old Rochester Regional High School in the annual Powderpuff Football game. This annual...
Feast of fumbles: Vikings fall short in Thanksgiving game
The Vikings were met with defeat at the Thanksgiving game against the Canalmen 26-36 on Thursday, Nov. 23, and Bourne will remain in possession of the trophy for another year. “Obviously, it's not the result we wanted,” said Wareham Interim Head...
Hoop shoot winners take home trophies
Over 20 participants enjoyed the competition at the annual Elks Hoop Shoot, which was held on Friday, Nov. 17. The top three winners in each of the boys and girls divisions received trophies. The Wareham-New Bedford Elks Lodge #73 held the event,...
Gravy trains, touchdowns and tackles on Thanksgiving
Gobble, gaze and get ready to gloat at the upcoming Thanksgiving football game. The boys of Wareham High School’s football team will be heading to Spillane Field Thursday, Nov. 23 for a game against Bourne High School. The game begins at 10 a.m...
Volleyball falls to Hopedale
The Wareham High School volleyball team has fallen out of playoffs with a loss to Hopedale on Friday, Nov. 3. The team lost 3-1 in that match, after defeating Boston Collegiate Charter School 3-0 two days before. Wareham High School athletic...
Perry resigns as head football coach
At the tail end of a season that has so far seen the Wareham Vikings High School Football Team earn a 6-3 record, Head Coach Brandon Perry has resigned from his position. Perry cited off-the-field difficulties as the reason for his resignation. "It...
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