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'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 alternate spot for the tournament via last year’s New England PGA Section Championship, finishing in 16th place behind winner Rich Berberian Jr. of Hooksett, N.H. Last month...
Which of these 11 Gardner-area athletes had the best performance of the week?
Last week, readers voted Oakmont softball's Jen Buszkiewicz The Gardner News Athlete of the Week, earning 50.33% of the votes. Buszkiewicz earned a spot in last week's poll for her performance against Lunenburg on April 15. She had three hits and four RBIs, leading to a 16-1 victory. Following up Buszkiewicz was Meg Minns of Gardner softball (34.95%), who hit a two-run single to give the Wildcats the lead against Maynard on April 19. ...
'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’...
'Girls in our lineup have been very impressive so far': Wachusett golf is off to fine start
Make that six straight match wins without a loss for the Wachusett Regional girls golf team, coached by Nick Guerin. Guerin, who has been the Mountaineer boys' golf coach since 2012, and also coached the girls’ team a few years ago, succeeds Cari Baker, a former Wachusett guidance counselor who moved to a...
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...
Plenty of offense among the picks: Cast your vote for the Hometeam Softball Player of the Week
There were plenty of great performances on the softball field last week, and Jennifer Toland found some of the best for readers to vote on to decide the Hometeam Softball Player of the Week. Congratulations to Uxbridge's Katherine Pratt, who edged Assabet's Megan O'Leary in a tight race to win last week's poll,...
Plenty of late game heroics among the picks: Vote for the Hometeam Baseball Player of the Week
There were plenty of great performances on the diamond last week, and Rich Garven found some of the best for readers to vote on to decide the Hometeam Baseball Player of the Week. Congratulations to St. John's Brayden Mercier for taking the top spot in last week's poll with 780 votes (28.7 percent)...
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