Sports
A leaping catch at at the goal line for a touchdown brings Pirates fans to their feet in the Tsongas Center. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Pirates
by Matt Detora
The Mass Pirates moved to Lowell’s Tsongas Center for the 2024 Indoor Football League season. The Pirates started strong in their new home, winning their first three home games, part of a 4-0 start. They finished the regular season 8-8, good enough for a road playoff matchup in Texas...
1st: 30 Team 12 (sub Ken Kozik, Jim MacDonald, Jean Ciano, Mac McMillian)
2nd tie: 32 Team 11 (Bill Ennis, Allen King, sub Connie Grabowy, Dean Lotito)
2nd tie: 32 Team 2 (Jane Barrett, Neil Campbell, Alfred von Campe, Max Maxey)
Left to Right: Jessica Mahan, Tim Mahan, Greg Mahan, Eva Herzing, Mike Hodsdon. Courtesy photo
by Robert Mingolelli
The Pan Mass Challenge is a bicycling fundraiser for the Dana Farber Institute that involves thousands of cyclists from around the Bay State and beyond. On the first day, the institute was already two-thirds of the way to its $75 million yearly goal.
Despite the sweltering,...
by Matt Detora
Massachusetts is home to 21 of the athletes competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The athletes are participating in a wide variety of sports and have varied pathways to success. Some began elite competitions early as children and others didn't begin their Olympic sport until...
Femita Ayanbeku - Boston
Para Track & FIeld
At her third Olympics, trains out of Boston's Reggie Lewis Center
Eli Dershwitz - Boston
Fencing
At his third Olympics, a gold medal winner in the 2023 World Championships
Emelie Eldracher - Andover
Para Rowing
At her first Olympics, a gold medal...
7/23/24-Low Net & Second per Flight
A Flight : Andy Palmer 30.5
Gerry Crowe 31.5
B Flight: Dave Wilder 27
Gary Hankard 29
C Flight: Don Torgersen 27.5
Ken Akerley 28
D Flight: Dean Lotito 23
Phil LaFollette 30
"The G-D Strength and Conditioning Club" presented through the Groton-Dunstable Community Ed Program is coordinated by Phil Unger, a Physical Education/Health teacher at Groton-Dunstable High School. This is the 13th year he has run the program.
The purpose is to give high school or soon to be high...
by Matt Detora
The Taunton Daily Gazette reported that the 2025-27 MIAA Rule Change Proposals includes the recognition of four new sports. Two rounds of votes will lead to a decision in early 2025 on if each of the four will be added to the MIAA competitions.
Cheerleading is already run by a...
The Groton Senior Golf League consists of mixed teams of 4 golfers (age 55+) in flights A through D, according to handicaps. The League plays Tuesday mornings, alternating between a Scramble week and a Match week. Points are calculated with team members playing a match against members of each of...
Groton Country Club member Jack Mullin fired a (38) on the par 35 GCC. Photo by Robert Mingolelli