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Gardner's first disc golf course is under construction - find out when it will be open
Construction is under way on Gardner’s first disc golf course, and officials said the first nine holes should be available for public play by midsummer. The course is located off of Leo Drive at the Bailey Brook Park and Conservation Area. The course was designed by disc golf enthusiast...
'Catch some lightning in a bottle': Former Gardner golf pro to play in PGA Championship
Ben Egan, a 2003 Gardner High graduate and former head professional of Gardner Municipal Golf Course, will tee it up beginning Sunday in the 2024 PGA Professional Championship at Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco in Frisco, Texas. The 39-year-old Egan, now the head pro at Bay Club Mattapoisett, earned an...
'My family has always been there for me': Wachusett freshman Naomi Witt follows fine sibling track tradition
Imagine all the nine children of Davis and Susan Witt gathered at the start line on the Wachusett Regional track. Arranged from eldest to youngest as a relay team, the anchor would be 14-year-old Naomi, a standout freshman on the Mountaineers. “Naomi is the final Witt coming through our program,” said Wachusett girls’...
Late heroics and big performances in the circle: Cast your vote for the Hometeam Softball Player of the Week
There were plenty of great performances on the softball field last week, and the Telegram & Gazette found some of the best for readers to vote on to decide the Hometeam Softball Player of the Week. Congratulations to Wachusett's Isabel Moreno, who took the top spot in last week's poll, recording 1,071 votes...
Check out the Hometeam Central Mass. high school baseball and softball batting and pitching leaders for spring 2024
Statistics are reported on each Monday during the season by the coaches of each team. Stats are updated on a weekly bases - if players are missing, coaches can submit updates to james.wilson@telegram.com. Baseball Softball More: Hometeam 2024 high school spring sports standings This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Check out the Hometeam Central Mass. high school baseball and softball batting and pitching leaders for spring 2024
Worcester Railers fire head coach/GM (report)
WORCESTER – The Worcester Railers have decided to part ways with head coach and general manager Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman following this season. Lavallee-Smotherman served as the head coach and general manager of the Railers during each of the 2022-23 & 2023-24 seasons. He recorded a 66-66-9-3 record, finishing fifth in...
High school lacrosse: These teams have made strides to start the season
Entering this week, St. John’s lacrosse sat at 5-5, winner of two in row after defeating cross-town rival Shrewsbury, 15-2, on Saturday. Pioneer coach Justin O’Leary said he has a veteran team all pulling in the same direction. “The one thing that I like about our team is the camaraderie and how they all...
'I wanted this opportunity for a long time': WooSox call-up impresses in Polar Park debut
WORCESTER — After getting called up to join the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox last week, Karson Simas was supposed to head back to Class-A Greenville on Monday. But before the baseball player could return to the Drive, Simas received a phone call from WooSox manager Chad Tracy telling him that Simas’ services were needed for a few more days with Worcester.
'From friends to foes': These two go from teammates in hockey to opponents in softball
HUDSON — For Emily Johns and Lauren O’Malley, their athletic relationship is a little bit tricky these days. In the winter, the two teenagers from different towns co-op on the same Algonquin ice hockey team. In the spring, they compete on separate softball teams — Johns for Clinton High and O’Malley for Hudson High. ...
National Bike Month rides into Worcester with series of events all month long
WORCESTER — April showers bring May flowers and May is set to bring more bicyclists on the roads of Worcester County to celebrate National Bike Month. With warmer temperatures in the forecast, cyclists are dusting off their bikes from winter storage, getting their bikes checked out ahead of the season and putting one foot in front of the other, with help from the Worcester Bike Alliance. ...
Culture and sports combine for the National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park
One of the most famous poems in American literature, “Casey at the Bat,” is arguably the “most memorable piece of baseball writing ever produced,” according to Glenn Stout, editor of “The Best American Sports Writing.” What better place, then, to host the National Baseball Poetry Festival than the hometown of this...
WooSox add pitching, infield reinforcements who are already making an impact
WORCESTER -- Between players getting promoted to Boston and a bug that’s been running through the clubhouse, the WooSox needed some reinforcements on their road trip in Toledo. The WooSox came home with five new players since the last time they were at Polar Park: pitchers Brendan Cellucci, Vladimir...
This WooSox pitcher has been 'thrown in the fire' when it comes to the top rivalries in sports
WORCESTER — Richard Fitts knows a little bit about sports rivalries. Growing up in a family that rooted for the University of Alabama, Fitts proceeded to play baseball at Auburn University. Then, after getting drafted by the New York Yankees in 2021, Fitts was traded to the Boston Red Sox last year.
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