LOCAL SPORTS NEWS & EVENTS

Marlborough - More than 150 golfers and volunteers will join together Monday, July 16, for the milestone 20th year in memory of Bob "R.F."...

Marlborough - The Red Sox are hitting the road to get ready for a new season, and the 2012 Red Sox Road Trip will...

Shrewsbury - The Shrewsbury High School (SHS) girls" softball team will be offering its fifth annual "Big Sister Softball Clinic" Saturday, April 13. Net proceeds from the clinic will be donated to the SHS Boosters for the benefit of the SHS girls" softball program. The clinic will be hosted by the team as well as coaches Phil Chevalier, Paul Andersen and Kate Myer.

Marlborough – The Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce will host its 43rd annual Premier Golf Open, one of the longest running and most entertaining...

Southborough - Southborough's fifth annual Gobble Wobble will be held Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day, at Trottier School, 49 Parkerville Rd. The 5K certified race...

Marlborough – The city of Marlborough Recreation Department has announced its spring 2012 programs, which include April Vacation Camp for kids ages 6-12, Baby...

Southborough - As runners get in their final miles of training for the 117th Boston Marathon, which will take place Monday, April 15, one local runner has his sights set on a different prize. Jim Richardson will be lacing up his sneakers and taking to the pavement to participate in his fourth Boston Marathon. He runs not for the glory or the recognition. Rather, he runs on behalf of a friend's son who is battling neuroblastoma - a malignant cancerous tumor that develops from nerve tissue.

Shrewsbury - Come join Pop Warner families for a fun day of bowling Sunday, March 4, from 1 to 3 p.m., at AMF...

Hudson - "These Colors Don's Run, But We Do!" is the theme of a fundraiser to benefit the One Fund, the charity created for...

Grafton - Golfers of all skill-levels are invited to play in the Fourth Annual KMS Golf “Tourna-Mint,” to be held at the Highfields Golf...

  Marlborough - Marlborough High School's (MHS) Alexa Fearing (#24, right) and Laura Silverman (#7, center) battle Westborough High School's (WHS) Stephanie Melvin (#8,...

Region - The Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce Applefest 5K Race is one of those "must do" fall races in New England, especially this year as the chamber's commemorates its 20th year as the hosting organization. Registrations are now being accepted for this year's race which will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, at 10 a.m. at the Marion E. Zeh School, 33 Howard St., Northborough.

Westborough - Memorial VFW Post 9013 Inc. has announced it will hold its first Annual Golf Classic Monday, May 14. The event will take...

By Monica Busch, Contributing Writer Westborough - The week of Oct. 22 Westborough High School (WHS) held its exciting "Under the Lights" week. During that...

Concord - The Emerson Hospital Auxiliary will hold its 12th annual 5K Run~Walk & Family Funday for Cancer Saturday, June 2 at the Thoreau...

Marlborough – Players from the Marlborough High School (MHS) varsity ice hockey team stand at center ice awaiting their game versus Hudson High School...

Hudson - James Martin didn's run track or cross-country or do other sports in high school. It wasn's until his sophomore year at Lasell College that the Hudson resident was egged into running for the school's cross-country team by his roommate. Martin laced up his shoes and completed his first race in just over 38 minutes for five miles. He was instantly hooked and turned into a successful athlete and team leader. After college, he helped start a Boston-area trail running club, joined the International Sky Running Federation (ISF), and he's now Lasell's head cross-country coach. Thinking back on his start to running, Martin remembers cringing when he found out how long the race was. But that all changed

Shrewsbury - Members of the public are invited to attend the Invitational Gymnastics Meet hosted by the Gymnastics Learning Center of Shrewsbury, and featuring...

Northborough/Shrewsbury - The Shrewsbury Little League will host the 2015 All Star Tournament Saturday, June 27, to Thursday, July 2, at Shrewsbury's Coolidge School field, 1 Florence St. The final game is played at Dean Park, 805 Main St., Shrewsbury. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Mark Fidrych Foundation, an organization which supports children with disabilities and special needs.

Marlborough - Golfers are notorious for playing in just about all sorts of weather, so when 144 of them gathered at the Marlborough Country Club July 18, they were not fazed by the hot and humid conditions.