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Shrewsbury High School Unified Club receives recognition from school committee
By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter
Shrewsbury – School Superintendent Dr. Joseph Sawyer and members of the School Committee met with the Shrewsbury High School...
Professor balances work with long-distance running
By Lori Berkey, Contributing Writer
Shrewsbury - Back in 1996, Jaimie Gosselin took up running as a means to stay in shape in college. Little...
Pickleball comes to Shrewsbury
By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter
Shrewsbury – With a beautiful backdrop of fall colors, Shrewsbury’s “inaugural” pickleball match was played Sept. 29 on the...
Women’s softball returns to Westborough after more than a decade
After more than a decade’s absence, women’s softball has returned to Westborough with teams from a number of area communities.
Former Shamrocks coach retains his passion for football
Marlborough - The Marlboro Shamrocks football team played an important part in the sports scene in the city for many years. It all started in 1965 when the Shamrocks were part of the Eastern Football League. In 1990, Bob Brennan, a local athlete became head coach and the Shamrocks zoomed into high visibility and won many championships under his outstanding leadership.
Shrewsbury Post 397 wins American Legion baseball zone championship
Shrewsbury Post 397 dominated every facet of the game on Thursday night to claim the American Legion Massachusetts Zone 4 championship
Shrewsbury youth soccer team wins Tournament of Champions
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
SHREWSBURY - The Shrewsbury Girls 9-11 grade youth soccer team snagged a hard-fought victory in their league’s highest playoff tournament...
Snow doesn’t stop Westborough touch football league
WESTBOROUGH - David Volin and the two-hand touch football league he helps organize didn’t let this weekend’s blizzard disrupt their nearly 30-year tradition of...
Crippen gaining national attention from prestigious college football programs
By Bill Gilman, Contributing Writer
Northborough - It might be difficult to measure work ethic and strength of character but you know them when you...
Former Olympic badminton coach instructs locally
Westborough - Andy Chong grew up in Malaysia where houses sat so close to each other that a badminton net could be strung between them. Nets were everywhere. Chong spent his boyhood whacking shuttlecocks with friends in the street. By age 16, he was drafted for the national badminton team, representing his country internationally.
Shrewsbury High honors top athletes in Hall of Fame
Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury High School (SHS) started its Hall of Fame in 1991, inducting Joseph Russell Sr. from the Class of 1930. Since then over 100 student athletes, 16 coaches and three athletic directors have been elected to this top honor. Jay Costa, the current athletic director, explained that nominees are inducted every two years. The selection committee is comprised of former coaches, athletic directors, players and inductees.
Northborough-Southborough youth football players earn spots on all-star teams
NORTHBOROUGH/SOUTHBOROUGH - Four area youth football players will soon head to Florida to compete in a national tournament there as members of their respective...
Algonquin girls soccer advances to state championship
The Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) girls varsity soccer team defeated Wellesley 2-1 in an overtime thriller last night.
Shrewsbury golfer continues youth golf success with regional tournament championship
By Kevin Perrington-Turner, Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY - Addison Cutting, 12, of Shrewsbury is a golf champion after she won the New England PGA Junior Tour...
Shrewsbury Oak Middle School softball notches undefeated season
Shrewsbury’s Oak Middle School softball team recently completed its first undefeated season, notching an unbeaten 14-0 record.
MIAA playoff tournament brackets released
It's that time of year! The MIAA has released playoff brackets for hockey and basketball. Find out which of your favorite teams qualified for the tournament below.
St. John’s drops Shrewsbury in boys basketball rivalry clash
A raucous crowd watched the St. John’s boys basketball team come back to beat their rivals at Shrewsbury High School on Saturday night.
Algonquin junior places fourth at national wrestling tournament
Rafael Knapp strung together a series of upsets on his way to a fourth place finish at the Virginia Beach-based tournament on March 27.
Changes in high school competition benefit Shrewsbury’s varsity swim team
Region - Competitive high school swimming underwent a major transformation beginning this season that has been met with near across-the-board endorsement by area swim coaches, including Shrewsbury High School varsity head coach Alexandra Wilson.
Teams remain co-ed but no longer will boys compete against girls in events. Under the new rules, boys will compete against boys and girls versus girls, a radical shift from the past. So, has the change been for the better? Wilson thinks it has.
WHS football coach returns to the field after cancer fight
By Kevin J. Stone, Contributing Writer
WESTBOROUGH - It would be an enormous understatement to say that the last few weeks have been special for...