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Gardner-area sports: Oakmont baseball earns top seed in sectional tournament & more
Several Gardner-area high school teams are playing in the Central Mass. sectional tournament this week before their seasons end or continue into the statewide tournament. Just a few teams were within the top and competing in the semifinals, and the remaining teams play in consolation games that count towards their regular-season records.
These 10 athletes shined in the latest Gardner-area games. Vote for the best performance.
Last week, readers voted Sam Morgan of Quabbin baseball The Gardner News Athlete of the Week, getting 49% of the vote. Morgan earned a spot on the poll for his two hits and two RBIs that led to a 12-5 victory over Gardner on May 6. Just behind him with...
These 33 Gardner-area athletes earned a first-place finish at the league meet
Gardner-area track and field teams participated in league championship meets this week. Quabbin and Oakmont competed in the Mid-Wach C meet, Gardner in Mid-Wach D and Narragansett and Murdock were in the Mid-Wach E meet. Monty Tech, part of the Colonial Athletic League, will compete in its league meet on May 20.
'He loved to compete': Tributes flow for Jim Ruschioni, one of Massachusetts' finest amateur golfers who died Tuesday at age 76
Jason Ruschioni won plenty of golf tournaments with his father, Jim, one of the most successful amateur golfers in Massachusetts for the last several decades. They finished first in the Mass. Four-Ball, the Mass. Father-Son and the Wachusett Four-Ball twice each. They won the Pleasant Valley Labor Day Four-Ball, the Crumpin-Fox Father’s Day Two-Ball and the Eastern States Four-Ball at Oak Ridge CC four times in a row. They prevailed in the Father-Son at Oak Hill CC in Fitchburg about 15 times.
They joined the team for snacks. Now Quabbin's newest girls golfers love the sport
What do you do when you tee off in a golf match and look down and realize you completely missed the ball and only hit the tee? You laugh it off. That is exactly what Molly Wilder did, and continues to do, when she makes a little mistake in her first season on the...
'It’s the culture': How Oakmont boys lacrosse bounced back to win a league title
In 2023, the Oakmont Regional boys lacrosse team won three games total. One spring later, the Spartans are champions of Mid-Wach B League and have more than tripled that win total with a couple weeks remaining in the season. Oakmont has already two games in overtime. The Spartans have played...
It's almost playoff time. The latest in Gardner area high school boys and girls lacrosse
Take a look at the latest updates on Gardner-area lacrosse teams. With a range of records and success, some are in good shape going into postseason while others are looking to finish strong. Oakmont boys lacrosse Oakmont is in first in the Mid-Wach B league with a record of 10-5 and one more...
End of a rivalry: Narragansett and Murdock Thanksgiving high school football rivalry ends
Superintendent Christopher Casavant of the Narragansett Regional School District announced via a press release that the football team will not play Murdock in the annual Thanksgiving football game. Instead, the Warriors will play North Middlesex and host the first meeting on Thanksgiving. Narragansett Regional defeated Murdock, 40-8, in last year's...
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