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Boston Strong: Mainer who overcame serious spinal injury finishes Boston Marathon
BOSTON — There's nothing quite like the feeling of hard work paying off. It's something Dylan Woodhouse felt tenfold last month. The Kennebunk man was paralyzed from the chest down in 2010 after suffering a spinal cord injury from a bad dive at Old Orchard Beach. "I kind of...
'We needed a gut-check game': Braintree baseball's white-hot start now includes a walk-off
BRAINTREE -- The original plan, Braintree High baseball coach Bill O'Connell said, was to "lurk in the weeds" for the first half of the season, letting his young roster find its stride without drawing too much attention to itself while hopefully getting ready to sneak up on people come playoff time.
Milestones aplenty: Three-sport teammates guide each other to Abington High history
A message to the person in charge of book-keeping the school records at Abington High: don't put your pen down. Don't look away, or blink, either. The Green Wave boys lacrosse team has plenty of season ahead to keep you busy. Milestones are rolling in one after another, thanks to this collection of three-sport teammates.
Athletic Hall of Fame coming to Taunton High School
TAUNTON, Mass. (WLNE) — Taunton High School announced Thursday that an Athletic Hall of Fame will be established to recognize and honor achievements of former student-athletes, coaches and teams. “We are thrilled to launch our Athletics Hall of Fame and recognize the outstanding contributions of our former student-athletes, teams,...
The Boys of Summer Raffle!
Nothing says summer more than peanuts, crackerjack, Fenway Park and the RED SOX! Enter your chance to win two tickets to the Sox vs. Padres game at Fenway Park on June 28, 2024! Along with the tickets, you can also win a great basket filled with baseball related items! Red Sox inspired T-shirts, beach balls to volley through the stands, peanuts, Big League Chewing gum, red sox coozies and MORE! Enter your chance to win on our website, for $20 a chance, enter as many times as you would like! Drawing will be pulled on June 14, 12pm at the Buzzards Bay Information Centerm 70 main Street, Buzzards Bay, MA. Join us and players of the Bourne Braves!
Scoreboard roundup -- 4/30/24
Here are the scores from Tuesday's sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUESt. Louis 2, Detroit 1Detroit 11, St. Louis 6Boston 4, San Francisco 0Texas 7, Washington 1Milwaukee 8, Tampa Bay 2Seattle 3, Atlanta 2Oakland 5, Pittsburgh 2Philadelphia 7, LA Angels 5 AMERICAN LEAGUEBaltimore 4, NY Yankees 2Kansas City 4, Toronto 1Minnesota 6, Chi White Sox 5Houston 10, Cleveland 9
Robert Kraft says colleges are "emboldening hate" on campus
BOSTON - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft says colleges are "emboldening hate" as campus protests against Israel continue, and he says some student protesters "need to be held accountable."Kraft and his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism published an advertisement in The Boston Globe and newspapers around the country on Thursday.Last week, the billionaire NFL owner said he was "not comfortable" supporting Columbia University. Protesters at his alma mater inspired other students nationwide to start setting up tent encampments on their own college campuses. Since his previous statement on Columbia, Kraft writes in the full-page ad that "this hate has only continued...
'Elsie is just crushing it': New pitcher Testa has Abington softball flying at 11-0
ABINGTON – We did not include Abington's Elsie Testa among the Patriot Ledger/Enterprise's 90 South Shore Softball Players to Watch this spring. An oversight? Maybe. But an understandable one, given that the sophomore pitcher was a bit of an unknown outside of the Green Wave program. ...
Varsity Softball Victorious Against Thayer
On April 19, the girls varsity softball team went head to head in an exciting match against a strong opponent, Thayer Academy. Throughout the game, the girls were in close contention, with the score staying relatively even for the duration of the event. The girls worked very hard during this matchup and were able to secure their win by one run, with the final score being Exeter with four runs, and Thayer with three runs. It was an exciting match throughout, and the team’s training efforts were made apparent with the game’s result.
'Great rivalry': It's always fun when two of the South Shore's top lacrosse powers collide
HINGHAM – The Duxbury High boys lacrosse team, with this roster in particular, has played in a myriad of high-leverage games. One of them was last year's Division 2 state title game. But senior Colin Hulett considered Tuesday's regular-season clash against Hingham "definitely one of the best." ...
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