Sports

Three Stang baseball standouts commit to colleges

Three Bishop Stand High School student athletes have committed to playing college baseball next year. Aiden Cardoza of Dartmouth will be playing for Wheaton College, while Ryan Jones of Fairhaven committed to UMass Dartmouth , and Cam...

Two athletes join the Stang Hockey 100 Point Club

Hockey achievements are frozen in time for new 100-point club members Mikayla Brightman and Lexi Yost both knew making the 100-point club would not be an easy feat when joining the Bishop Stang girls hockey team as ninth graders. Now as a senior,...
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Bishop Stang fights cancer on and off the field

While the Bishop Stang girls’ lacrosse team battles it out on the field, their head coach Alison Caito-Galligan is fighting her own battle against stage four melanoma that has spread to her brain. Caito-Galligan was a student athlete herself,...

Stang educator named new Athletic Director

Nathaniel Greene has been named the new Athletic Director at Bishop Stang High School. A social studies teacher at the school, he becomes only the seventh Athletic Director in Stang’s history. He follows Carlin Lynch, John O’Brien, Bill Hart, Peter...

Across the finish line at the Boston Marathon

Over 30,000 runners from 100 different countries competed in the 127th annual Boston Marathon on April 17 — seven were from Dartmouth. Sarah Jorge, 21, the youngest Dartmouth runner in this year's marathon, finished with a time of 5:30:07. For her,...

Going the distance: student turned marathon runner

For Sarah Jorge, running was once just a way to prepare for her high school volleyball season or a team punishment after a poor practice or game. Now, in her final semester studying criminology and legal studies at Emmanuel College, Jorge runs up to...

Dartmouth boys’ lacrosse begins season with strong defense under new coach

Though the Dartmouth High School boys’ lacrosse team lost its first game of the season at home in a close matchup against crosstown rivals Bishop Stang, they can take plenty of positives from the game into the rest of the season. Dartmouth boys’...

Dartmouth youth basketball finishes out season

While high school basketball teams across Massachusetts are competing in state championships, the Dartmouth Youth Activities Association hosted a tournament of their own at Quinn Elementary School on Saturday, March 18. The competitors ranged in age...

Dartmouth girls win Metrowest State Championship

Dartmouth girls are hooping it up after being named State Metrowest champions. The Dartmouth seventh grade girls team defeated Lexington 40-24 March 11 to win the state Metrowest League title. The girls are “fun to be around,’’ Coach Peter DeFusco...

Dartmouth boys’ basketball outlasts Bedford in first game of tournament

The Dartmouth boy’s basketball team came out on top in its first game of the postseason on Thursday, March 2 taking down Bedford (21) in a matchup that came down to the wire. Dartmouth stayed ahead for the majority of the game, but Bedford was close...

Dartmouth hockey moves on, but post-game scuffle may lead to suspensions

What should have been a night of triumph for the Dartmouth High hockey team ended on a sour note on Monday, Feb. 27 when a fight broke out between players shortly after the Indians beat Diman Regional Voc-Tech in the first round of the Division 2...

Dartmouth tops Middleboro in opening round of girls’ basketball playoffs

Dartmouth High’s girls’ basketball team is headed to the round of 32 in this year’s playoffs after a dominant 58-41 win against Middleboro in the preliminary round on Feb. 27. The Indians got off to a quick start in the game, taking the lead...

As the season comes to a close, Dartmouth teams prep for playoffs

With the regular season officially in the books, Dartmouth’s high school sports teams are headed to the playoffs. Ice hockey and boys’ and girls’ basketball teams from both Dartmouth High and Bishop Stang all qualified for their post-season...

Dartmouth track athletes impress at state finals

As another track season came to a close last week, a number of Dartmouth athletes showed off their skills at the state finals in Boston, where they competed amongst some of the best young athletes in the commonwealth. Dartmouth’s top athletes...

DYAA baseball registrations to begin March 5

Registration for Dartmouth Youth Activities Association baseball programs will open in early March. In-person signups will be held at Crapo Field on Sunday, March 5 and Thursday, March 9 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Online registration will be available...

Indians hockey clinches playoff berth

Following its 3-1 victory over Diman on Monday, the Dartmouth High hockey team has officially clinched a playoff berth in this year’s winter tournament. As of Feb. 14, the Indians (10-7) are listed at No. 29 in the Massachusetts Interscholastic...

Bishop Stang softball star commits to Catholic University of America

Bishop Stang senior Olivia Brousseau will continue her softball career at Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., a NCAA Division III school, the school announced Friday. In accepting the offer, Brousseau cited the university’s campus and...

UMass Dartmouth's new head coach a ‘Syl-ver lining’ after Robichaud's retirement

The Corsair football team will have a new captain at the helm next season as UMass Dartmouth announced the retirement of Head Coach Mark Robichaud and the promotion of former-Offensive Coordinator Josh Sylvester as his replacement. “Mark Robichaud’s...

Banner year: Dartmouth High basketball shines at unveiling of Indian banner

The Dartmouth High boys’ basketball team rolled past Apponequet on Jan. 31 at a game where school officials also unveiled a new banner honoring the school’s Indian logo. The banner features the logo — designed by former football star and Aquinnah...

Fourth-quarter comeback leads Dartmouth over Apponequet

LAKEVILLE — It took until the fourth quarter for the Dartmouth High School Indians girls’ basketball team to get into gear against the Apponequet Regional High School Lakers, but once they did, they proved hard to stop. Dartmouth entered the fourth...

Dartmouth girls’ basketball team resets with big win before ‘tough’ final stretch

The Dartmouth girls’ basketball team got a much-needed confidence boost on Friday, Jan. 20, ending a two-game losing streak with a 77-47 win over New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High. The win comes at a crucial time as the team prepares...

UMass Dartmouth basketball coach sets record with 700th win

UMass Dartmouth men’s basketball head coach Brian Baptiste recorded his 700th career win on Sunday, Jan. 15 with a 68-57 road victory over Castleton University, making him the winningest active coach in Division III basketball, according to a...

Court of honor: Dartmouth High dedicates basketball court to beloved coach

Dartmouth High sports fans filled the school’s gymnasium on Saturday, Jan. 7 for a dedication ceremony for the school’s basketball court. The court was christened the Coach Steve Gaspar Court after the 28-year veteran head coach who retired in 2013...

High school to name court in honor of beloved coach

Dartmouth High will name its basketball court in honor of legendary basketball coach Steve Gaspar on Saturday, Jan. 7 in between the girls and boys varsity basketball games against New Bedford High. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at 4:15 p...

Dartmouth High alum details her journey from South Coast to Scandinavia

Dartmouth High alum Jennifer Riley is the first to admit that her first time playing in net for the girls lacrosse team was less than ideal. “I played terribly,” she said, “absolutely terribly.” The day after her first game, her teacher Scott...

Dartmouth hockey starts season with big win over Old Rochester

The Dartmouth High hockey team got the season off to a hot start on Wednesday, Dec. 14 with a win over Old Rochester at Hetland Arena. Though they allowed two unanswered goals to begin the game, the Indians fought back hard and tied the score before...