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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,...
A little goes a long way: Taunton softball freshmen key in win over King Philip
PLAINVILLE— It's a moment that a young Taunton Girls Softball League player dreams of. Facing arch rival King Philip for control of the Hockomock Kelley-Rex, Taunton (11-0, 9-0 Hockomock) freshman second baseman Madison Crowley stepped up to the plate. Though just the top of the second, both the Tigers and Warriors know any run can be difference maker against each other. With senior designated player Cate Larson stood on first, Crowley belted a pitch over the center left field fence for not just her first varsity home run, but the eventual go-ahead in a 5-1 win over KP Wednesday.
It's been a long road back for this Somerset native baseball and football star
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — The irony isn’t lost on Brandyn Durand. All the hits he dished out and took on the football field couldn't physically break him. It was a diving attempt for a fly ball in a baseball game that ultimately did the worst damage. The former three-sport...
High School Roundup: Scores and recaps from a busy Thursday night across Rhode Island
Coaches are reminded to send in game results each weeknight by calling (401) 277-7340 or by emailing pjsports@providencejournal.com. BASEBALL Division II Johnston 3, Barrington 1 ...
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.
Top Greater Taunton H.S. sports performers for April 29-May 5
Another week of the spring high school sports season is upon us in the Greater Taunton area. Last week, a Taunton freshman and a Dighton-Rehoboth senior continued their hot streaks at the plate in softball while Taunton baseball earned a solid win over Attleboro, Dighton-Rehoboth baseball held off a resurgent Apponequet squad, a few local relay teams scored wins at the MSTCA Relays, including a new school record time, a Dighton-Rehoboth girls lacrosse player reached a career...
'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. ...
Beating the odds: Durfee baseball gathering momentum this spring
FALL RIVER — Since taking over at his alma mater at Durfee in 2020, Mike Martin is finally living his dream as a manager. Going back to his hay days as a high school baseball player in 1986-1990 and even as head coach, the Hilltopper Hall of Famer haven't had a fast start to the season like he's seen in 2024.
'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.
Votes are in: Patriot Ledger/Enterprise's Boys Lacrosse Preseason Player of the Year
There was an impressive showing of support for the 26 nominees in our boys lacrosse Preseason Player of the Year poll recently, and the final results are in. Archbishop Williams' Henri Barriere collected 22,665 votes to receive the honor. His total accounted for 38.5 percent of the 59,209 votes cast overall.
Vote: 56 athletes up for Herald News Athlete of the Week for April 22-27
FALL RIVER — Fifty-six athletes from the Fall River area have been placed on the Athlete of the Week ballot. This poll is for boys volleyball, track and field, tennis and lacrosse performances from April 22-27. Supporters of the schools — Atlantis Charter, Case, Diman, Durfee, Somerset Berkley and Westport — and student-athletes can visit heraldnews.com to vote for the person of their choice. One male and female will be chosen.
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