LOCAL SPORTS NEWS & EVENTS

After a tough battle, the Westborough Rangers and Shrewsbury Colonials varsity girls’ soccer game ended in a draw, 2-2.

By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer Westborough- On Sunday, April 28, the Westborough Tennis & Swim Club by Boston Sports Club will hold its 10th annual 5K...

Fitchburg - The Central Massachusetts boys' hockey Division 3 title game was held at the Captain Kenneth W. Gaetz, Sr. Arena inside the George R. Wallace, Jr. Civic Center March 10 featuring the top-seeded Shrewsbury High School Colonials against the third-seeded Wachusett Regional High School Mountaineers. The Mountaineers were the defending district champions but had been 0-2 against the Colonials this year. The first period was fairly quiet until the Colonials' Tyler O'Keefe (assisted by Trevor Shea) scored with 58 seconds remaining. Then, with only four seconds remaining in the period, the Colonials' Cole Ambach (assisted by Jack Quinlivan and Dan Quinlivan) put the Colonials up 2-0.

Westborough - On Saturday, Oct. 31, the Westborough High School (WHS) Rangers for a Cure will be holding the third annual Rangers Tackle Leukemia football game to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The event will take place on the football turf at 1 p.m. when the WHS Rangers take on the Groton-Dunstable Crusaders.

Marlborough - It may be one of the most unheralded positions in any sport and carries risk of injury like no other. Defending a 7-by-12-foot net with padded gloves and little else to stop a small, hard puck traveling up to 70 miles per hour is all in a day’s work. Then there is the mental aspect where often the game’s outcome is on the line and the difficulty to remain steady and not panic is a must should things go badly.

By Kelly Burneson, Contributing Photographer Marlborough/Westborough – The Westborough High School Rangers basketball teams hosted the Marlborough Panthers Jan. 3 in a double-header. The girls’ teams faced...

Southborough - The Southborough 15- and 16-year-old District 5 Babe Ruth Senior baseball team finished the spring season a perfect 16-0, defeating Sturbridge 7-3 in the championship final at Mooney Field in Southborough June 17.

Northborough - For five-and-one-third innings of the second-seed Algonquin Regional High baseball team’s CMass Division 1 quarterfinal matchup versus visiting seventh-seed Wachusett Regional on Monday, it was as if Tomahawk standout pitcher Matt Geoffrion had cast a silent spell on his opponents’ bats. During that time, the University of Maine-bound Geoffrion and mates were cruising comfortably with a 2-0 lead that to many on hand seemed insurmountable.

After tying the game in the third period and going into over time, the Shrewsbury boys hockey team fell against Andover High School.

Hudson - Eric Perry, 6, readies to catch the ball during the March 26 session of the Rookies Baseball Clinic, a five-week...

Shrewsbury - Help support Shrewsbury High School athletics by participating in the 6th annual Shrewsbury High School Athletic Boosters Golf Tournament, to be held...

By Chris Wraight, Contributing Writer Hudson - The Hudson High School Hawks hosted the Westborough High School Rangers for a girls' basketball Midland League B...

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.

Hudson - ?The Hudson Park Commission/Division of Recreation is seeking individuals for the following fall/winter part-time seasonal positions: youth basketball supervisors, instructors, referees, and...

Algonquin Regional High School Titans girls basketball team led from start to finish, ultimately defeating the Shrewsbury Colonials.

Westborough – The nonprofit group Fishing with Warriors, Inc. will be hosting its annual golf tournament fundraiser on Monday, Aug. 24 at Highfields Golf...

Athlete's Spotlight: Marlborough High School's Marcelo Cunha

Region - Sarah Friedman, of Northborough and Maria Benway, of Marlborough will both be running in their first Boston Marathon this year. The two women are running to raise funds for Roseann Sdoia, who had to have part of her right leg amputated after being seriously injured by the bombs in last year's marathon.

Stow - The fourth-seed Marlborough High School Panthers visited the top-seed Nashoba Regional High School Chieftans for the MIAA Football Division 2 semi-final Nov. 6.

By Nick Abramo, Sports Columnist NORTHBOROUGH - Ted Rolfe’s most famous pupils were about as far apart on the personality spectrum as you can get...