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Bruins First-Round Draft Pick Ready For Freshman Season At Boston College
BOSTON — It won’t be hard for Boston Bruins fans to watch first-round draft pick Dean Letourneau with him right down the road at Boston College in the fall. Letourneau met two of his future Eagles teammates before his first day at development camp. Oskar Jellvik and Andre Gasseau are both coming out of their sophomore seasons at Boston College. The two made their fourth appearance at development camp.
Boston’s George Wright All You Can Ask For In Public Golf Course
It’s hard to describe the feeling when you step on the property at George Wright Golf Course, but something about it just feels good … and comfortable. There are reasons for that, of course. It’s a beautiful, meticulously maintained, Donald Ross-designed 18-hole golf course in the shadow of Boston. That alone is worth the price of admission.
Olympic Trials Qualifier Sarah Bernard to Swim for MIT Beginning in 2024-25
Commonwealth Swimming's Sarah Bernard will join the Engineers with times that would have scored in the A finals of the 100/200 breast and 400 IM at NCAAs. Current photo via Sarah Bernard. Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news....
Michigan Misses Out On Top OL Target To B1G School
While all indications were that Michigan was the front-runner for four-star OL Hardy Watts, the Massachusetts native announced for Wisconsin on Monday:. Watts, a top 250 recruit in 2025, picked the Badgers over Michigan and Clemson. It’s unclear who the Wolverines will turn to at the interior of offensive line....
Marion resident medals at Massachusetts Special Olympics
MARION — Thomas Grondin spent his first nights away from home for the Massachusetts Special Olympics in Boston in early June. Three swim events later, Grondin had three medals. He was one of more than 1,5000 athletes competing at the Massachusetts Special Olympics summer games between June 7 to June 9, which in addition to swimming had events like tennis, volleyball, powerlifting, and track and field.
Bugler basketball clinic to mix fun and fundamentals
There are some things about sports that never change. Modern sports often look nothing like their predecessors, and nowhere is this more evident than basketball. But, says Marblehead High alumni Patrick Bugler, fundamentals are the same now as they were back in the set-shot era. “The game of basketball has...
Marblehead softball little league teams give their all
The 2024 Marblehead softball little league U-10 all-star team went 2-2 in the District 16 tournament. These young Marblehead stars defeated Winthrop in the opener, 12-2, before losing to Peabody, 18-3 that put them in the losers bracket in this double-elimination tournament. They then bounced right back to beat Winthrop again, 18-3, that earned them a berth in the district finals, where they lost to Peabody again, 18-8. As a result, the junior Tanners were crowned the District 16 champs.
Men’s Swimming and Diving’s Abrahams ’24 Earns U.S. Paralympic Roster Spot
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Men's Swimming and Diving's David Abrahams '24 was named to the 2024 United States Paralympic Team on Sunday, following three days of U.S. Paralympic Team Trials – Swimming competition. Hailing from Havertown, Pennsylvania, Abrahams was one of 33 athletes, and one of 12 men, who will appear at the Paralympic Games Paris 2024. The recent graduate earned his second U.S. Paralympic team invitation after landing on the national squad in 2021 for the Tokyo Games where he brought home a silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke SB13. At the U.S. Paralympic Trials in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this...
Lowell Youth Baseball Teams Triumph: Four Squads Advance to State Tournament
As the summer sun casts its warm glow over the Mill City, Lowell Baseball is heating up. Not one but four teams (8U, 9U, 11U, and 12U) have clinched the title of District Champs and are heading to States!. As a mother, watching my child don the Lowell jersey, glove...
Up-and-down week for the Seasiders
Another week has come and gone for the Marblehead Seasiders of the North Shore Baseball League. Like their season so far, it was an up-and-down one that saw two losses, but a strong win against the Kingston Night Owls. Let’s start there. In last Thursday’s nighttime showdown at Haverhill Stadium,...
Corinthian Yacht Club hosts Youth Match Racing Championship
The U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup was a thrilling event down to the final moments of the last race. The Corinthian Yacht Club hosted a fantastic event for all regatta participants. The final round ended with a 3-1 win from Morgan Pinckney, Peter Barnard, Samantha Hemans...
Boston 4, San Diego 1
DP_San Diego 1, Boston 2. LOB_San Diego 6, Boston 6. 2B_Merrill (11), Kim (10), Smith (7). HR_Devers (18), Duran (9). S_Kim (2). HBP_Winckowski (Cronenworth). WP_W.Peralta, Morejon. Umpires_Home, Jonathan Parra; First, John Libka; Second, James Hoye; Third, Rob Drake. T_2:28. A_30,665 (37,755).
Parting Shot: The State of the Crimson
Former Sports Board Co-Chairs Griffin Wong '24 and Alex Wilson '24, in their element. By Courtesy of Griffin Wong. My friend Alexandra would greet me with the same question every single day throughout my sophomore fall. “What’s the state of The Crimson?”. Two and a half years later, I...
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Unveils 2024 Schedules
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS - The Merrimack College men's and women's cross country teams announced their schedules on Monday afternoon. The Warriors start a new era on the course, as they will play in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) after playing the last five seasons in the Northeast Conference. Merrimack opens up their season heading down to Rhode Island for the Shawn Nessaney Invitational at Bryant. Both teams will then head to New York for the Jasper Falls Invitational which is hosted by Manhattan. On September 21 the Warriors will go to UMass Dartmouth Invitational. On October 5 the Warriors...
Big Uglies Linesman Challenge second-place finish keeps Masco football fighting fit
On June 15, many local football teams had offensive and defensive linemen participating in the Big Uglies Lineman Challenge at Greater Lawrence Technical School. The challenge consists of difficult events that put these big guy’s strength and quickness to the test. Schools could enter teams of five players and...
Team of the Week – South (Agganis softball)
Joey BarrettYou know what I’ve been thinking? With the Agganis Games in the books, a lot of them were tight. This one wasn’t. Let’s see. The football game saw lead changes in the second half, boys lacrosse ended with a two-goal difference, baseball was a low-scoring thriller, and the boys basketball game was won by just […] The post Team of the Week – South (Agganis softball) appeared first on Itemlive.
She was Caitlin Clark 74 years ago. Now, Dot Burrow is a Hall of Famer.
BOSTON — In Mississippi, Dot Ford Burrow was Caitlin Clark a half century before Caitlin Clark was born, scoring 50 points per game back in 1950 for tiny Smithville High School in Monroe County. Monday night in Boston, Mrs. Burrow, grandmother of football’s Joe Burrow, finally received recognition for...
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