Sports
The athletic director’s job is extremely difficult this year, having to tell people they cannot take in games to support the athletes. Before being impatient with your local AD, try to understand he/she has to deal with spectator rules and restrictions and EEA guidelines and more restrictions. It...
GD player (unidentified at press time) goes up for two points in season opener against St. Bernard's. Photo by Robert Mingolelli
Coach:
Coach Matt Copolino (1st year varsity coach)
Last year’s record:
13-9 Mid-Wach B League (Pod 7 for CMass. North Middlesex, Little- ton, Tyngsboro, Lunenburg, St. Bernard’s, Groton-Dunstable)
2020 graduates: J
illianVan Pelt, Bronwyn Mulligan, Emma Wilson, Rachel Erickson, Abby...
Ice Hockey
Teams may not have the usual 20-22 game regular season schedule. But the 2020-2021 hockey season will happen and begin on time with pre-season practices having started on Monday, November 30th. Expect there to be some modifications in order for the games to be played.
New...
Practice was delayed for a week but the first practice was Wednesday, January 13 and the hope is to have the first race on Thursday, 1/14. Elite skier Chloe Brush from Tyngsbourgh graduated but her teammate Abby Cornellier from Tyngsborough and Will Thompson are back. Both Brush and Thompson...
Groton Dunstable captain Katie Eberhardt (#15) drives past Bernardian defenders. Photo by Robert Mingolelli
Girls Basketball
St. Bernard’s 40, GD 37
Boys Basketball
St. Bernard’s 59, GD 48
Host St.Bernards (1-0) trailing 48-39 entering the fourth quarter, scored 20 unanswered points to take the win in the season opener. Connor Smith (18 pts.), Pat Minnity (13 pts.) and Andrew Gardiner...
Groton Dunstable Varsity Ice Hockey coach Brendan McCann (far left) has the undivided attention of the Crusaders during a practice at Skate 3 in Tyngsborough. Photo by Robert Mingolelli
Hockey
Coach: Brendan McCann (6th Year)
Record last year: 8-10-2
Key Graduates: Ian Maguire, Alex Cianci, Brendan Ferrari
2020-2021 Captains: Nate Glencross, Mike Hamill, Jacob Figueroa, Cam Hardy
Other Key Returners: Seniors Will Kenny (Forward), Ryan Mosscrop (Goalie); Juniors Hunter...
Mason St. Pierre of Groton has been selected as a November Athlete of the Month at Nashoba Valley Technical High School.
Mason, son of Stephen and Ruth St. Pierre, is a senior in the Plumbing & Heating program, where he works for a local plumbing company through Nashoba Tech’s Co-...
Eleven boys and girls from the local community, ages 9 to 14, were named Council Champions of the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. Sister Lydia Longley Madeleine, Council No. 13140 for Our Lady of Grace Parish, sponsored the local competition held at the Peter Twomey Youth Center...
With a new coach (see attached story) Groton-Dunstable Girls Varsity Basketball team readies for their home opener on January 12, 2021. Pictured are Junior Haly Buchmann (foreground) and freshman Lindsay Ketelhohn working out at a recent practice. Photo by Robert Mingolelli
by Robert Mingolelli
Groton-Dunstable welcomes Matt Coppolino as the new Varsity Girls Basketball. Coach Coppolino graduated from Endicott College where he majored in sports management.
He is a graduate of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, competed on the baseball team his...