Sports

Time to root for the home team: Gatemen return for 2021 season

It’s official: The Wareham Gatemen will be returning to Spillane Field this summer. The Cape Cod Baseball League has delayed its 2021 season so that the first games will be held on June 20, but Wareham Gatemen President Tom Gay confirmed that the...

Spring sports to start May 10

The spring season for Wareham High School softball, baseball and boys and girls track and tennis teams will begin on May 10. Wareham High School Principal Scott Palladino confirmed during the School Committee meeting on April 29 that all teams will...
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Wareham Tigers’ competitive cheer teams win US Finals

The Wareham Tigers’ two competitive cheerleading teams both took home wins at the US Finals, run by Varsity, in Ocean City, Maryland, this weekend. The Pride team, which is composed of skilled cheerleaders between the ages of 9 and 18, earned their...

American League Baseball try-outs set for May 2

American Legion Baseball is back for a full season. The MA Department of American Legion Baseball and District 10 Baseball have planned a season to run from late June to mid-August. Although plans are subject to change, a D10 tournament with winners...

Vikings football returns to home field

The Wareham Vikings returned to the home turf on Sunday for the first time since 2019. The team played a tough game against Seekonk, losing 42-8, but Coach Fran Cass said the team was just happy to be back playing. “We’re still enjoying ourselves —...

Senior wins statewide sports award, scholarship

Senior Grace Brogioli said she was “shocked” to receive the email that informed her she’d won a statewide award and $500 scholarship for her essay about how high school sports affected her life. But those who know Brogioli weren’t surprised she won...

Wareham Tigers prepare for spring flag football

Well over 100 kids headed to the fields behind the John W. Decas Elementary School on Saturday, April 4, to try out for the Wareham Tigers’ NFL Flag Football Program. “This is a long time coming,” said Tigers President Jared Chadwick. “Everybody’s...

‘Fall II’ sports spring into action

A variety of sports traditionally played in the fall are having their first practices in March as they jump into the “Fall II” season. The unprecedented schedule is the result of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s decision to...

Registration open for Gateway Babe Ruth Baseball

Players between the ages of 12 and 16 can sign up for Gateway Babe Ruth Baseball by March 28. More than 20 teams are open to players from Dartmouth, Middleboro, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Onset and Wareham. The season will start with plenty of...

Wareham’s ‘Fall II’ sports season ready to begin

Wareham High School athletes who participate in fall sports, including football, cheerleading, soccer, field hockey, track or cross-country, and volleyball will soon begin practices ahead of the start of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic...

Bulldogs, Vikings tie in late-season game

The Vikings and Bulldogs fought it out on the ice on Feb. 10 in a game that ended in a tie, likely knocking the Vikings out of the playoffs. Old Rochester Regional’s Bulldogs will be the third seat for their tournament. The Vikings held the lead for...

Cape Verdean man’s legacy of diversity in baseball to be honored by Wareham Gatemen

A Cape Verdean man and Wareham resident, Joe Campinha, was one of the first players to break the color barrier in minor league baseball in 1949 — ten years before the Boston Red Sox became an integrated team. Campinha is connected to contemporary...

Challenges remain for girls varsity basketball as season comes to a close

Despite having what Coach Kyle Erha described as a good “defensive position” at the start of the game on Friday, Jan. 29, the Wareham girls varsity basketball team didn’t come close to pulling off a win. With a final score of 61-12, the Vikings were...

Bulldogs beat Vikings 10-8

With a hat trick from each team, The Old Rochester Regional/Fairhaven Bulldogs and Wareham/Carver Vikings duked it out in a high-scoring game of hockey on Jan. 20. Overcoming what was once a four-goal deficit, the Bulldogs defeated the Vikings 10-8...

YMCA youth basketball offers kids a ‘bit of normalcy’

The Gleason Family YMCA’s youth basketball program is a chance for Wareham’s youngest residents to experience “the joy of being a kid — of playing,” according to Lu Brito, the Y’s senior program director. Brito said the youth basketball program has...

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,...

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...