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Socially distanced practice kicks off Fall II football season

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The calendar says it’s winter, but those driving past Memorial Stadium this Tuesday would be forgiven for thinking it’s the fall after seeing a typical autumn sight: Dartmouth High’s football players back on the gridiron. On Feb. 23, the Indians...

UMass Dartmouth basketball player named Little East Conference Rookie of the Week

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UMass Dartmouth freshman guard Isaac Percy was named as the Little East Conference Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Week on Feb. 15 for his performance over the course of three games the previous week. A native of Pittsfield, Mass. and a graduate of...
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UMass basketball player named conference Player of the Week twice in a row

UMass Dartmouth junior guard Jordan Moretti earned her second straight nod as the Little East Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Feb. 15 for her performance in a pair of home contests last week. According to a press release, the...

Dartmouth High to participate in Fall II season

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Tom Brady won’t be the only one to step on the gridiron this month. After the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association voted to approve the Fall II season on Jan. 29, Dartmouth Athletic Director Andrew Crisafulli confirmed at a Feb. 8...

Bishop Stang’s Declan Markey nets 1,000th point

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Bishop Stang senior Declan Markey can now add his name to a very exclusive list at the school. On Feb. 5, the Dartmouth resident scored his 1,000th point for the Spartan basketball team, becoming the 13th player to do so in the school’s history. “It...

Bishop Stang senior Max Brulport signs with Stonehill College

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Bishop Stang High School senior Max Brulport of Rochester will be pitching NCAA Division II baseball for Stonewall College this fall after signing a letter of commitment with the school this week. According to a press release from the school,...

Dartmouth High hockey team makes big donation for injured Bishop Feehan player

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The hockey community always helps one of their own. Following the injury of Bishop Feehan senior AJ Quetta, the Dartmouth High hockey team recently donated $1,680 toward the center’s medical expenses. According to Dartmouth Head Coach Mike Cappello...

Bishop Stang senior Liam Santos signs with Becker College

Bishop Stang High School senior Liam Santos of Dartmouth will be playing NCAA Division III soccer for Becker College this fall after signing a letter of commitment with the school last week. According to a press release from the school, Santos...

High school hockey is back

After a week’s delay, high school hockey came back to Dartmouth — as the Dartmouth and Bishop Stang high school hockey teams restarted their season following a postponement of games in mid-January due to the Covid surge. Dartmouth High announced a...

Corsairs beat Castleton University to tip off socially distanced season

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After 332 days away from the court, men’s basketball has returned to UMass Dartmouth. In the first game of his winter season, UMass Dartmouth senior Jake Ashworth of Fairhaven scored 23 points to help the Corsairs beat Castleton University 76-41 on...

Dartmouth High boys basketball falls short in first game back

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Basketball? More like mask-it-ball. Nearly a year after they last competed, the Dartmouth High basketball team returned to the court in a 54-40 loss to Bridgewater-Raynham to tip off the socially-distanced winter season. on Jan. 22. Things were off...

UMass Dartmouth football season canceled

UMass Dartmouth’s football season will not be going ahead this spring as previously planned after the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the cancellation of the fall sports competition on Jan. 22. The league’s Council of...

UMass basketball returns this weekend

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Corsair basketball is all set to return this weekend. UMass Dartmouth will join with five other Little East Conference members in sponsoring double round-robin competition in the sports of men’s and women’s basketball for the winter season, the...

Sports on week-long pause due to spiking Covid cases

Dartmouth High School sports are on pause this week due to skyrocketing Covid cases in town, according to a Jan. 11 release from Athletic Director Andrew Crisafulli. Crisafulli postponed all in-person athletic activities until Jan. 19 after the town...

Dartmouth hockey shuts out Stang to start off socially distanced season

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Any other year, New Bedford’s Hetland Arena would be packed with fans as crosstown rivals Dartmouth High and Bishop Stang go at it on the ice. Dartmouth junior Reid Martin said that while the muted atmosphere was “a little tough,” he thought his...

Dartmouth High’s Andrew Crisafulli named Athletic Director of the Year

Dartmouth High’s own Andrew Crisafulli has been named the state’s Athletic Director of the Year, according to a Dec. 21 press release from the Massachusetts Secondary Schools Athletic Directors Association. Although somewhat new to town — Crisafulli...

Spring and fall sports to go ahead next semester at UMass Dartmouth

UMass Dartmouth will likely hold intercollegiate competitions in most spring — and some fall — sports next semester, administrators announced on Dec. 3. According to a press release, the university is working with fellow member institutions within...

Coaches prep for the start of the winter season

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With just over a week before the winter season can begin, Dartmouth High’s coaches are now hard at work finalizing schedules for the upcoming socially distanced basketball and hockey seasons. Originally set to start Nov. 30, the winter season will...

Girls soccer seniors reflect on their last season

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High school sports teams have experienced a fall season unlike any other due the pandemic. For the Dartmouth High girls soccer team, while the unprecedented season required some adjustments, it ultimately had a successful ending: a conference...

Bishop Stang student signed to Division 1 baseball team

Bishop Stang senior Hayden Duke of Mattapoisett will be playing baseball in the NCAA Division 1 at UMass Lowell next year after signing a National Letter of Intent for an athletic scholarship at the university on Nov. 20, according to a release from...

Champions: SEC title wins for two Dartmouth High teams

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The Fall 1 season has come to a close, and for two of Dartmouth High’s teams, it was a very successful ending: the girls soccer team and the undefeated girls volleyball team are both conference champions. After beating Bridgewater-Raynham 2-0 on Nov...

No hockey this winter at UMass Dartmouth

Coarsair hockey players will not be hitting the ice this winter after the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference announced Nov. 13 that it would cancel all competition for the season. “We explored countless scenarios to find a safe path...

Playoff pushes for Dartmouth High as fall season winds down

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The Fall 1 season is nearing its end — and many of Dartmouth High’s teams still have games to play as part of the Southeast Conference’s modified playoff schedule. As the first Covid-era sports season starts to wrap up, here’s how it went. After an...

Senior night standoff for Dartmouth High girls’ soccer

The stands were full on Nov. 6 for the Dartmouth High girls soccer team’s last regular season match — or as full as they could possibly get in the new post-pandemic normal. “Tonight was the only night that you could have parents in to the stadium...

'No stress, no pressure': Senior night scrimmage at Stang

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Senior night is one of the most memorable nights for high school athletes, giving players the spotlight for the last home game of their high school careers. For two of Bishop Stang’s volleyball captains, that celebration was close to being cancelled...

Dartmouth volleyball tops rival Bishop Stang, remains undefeated

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The winning streak continues as the undefeated Dartmouth High volleyball team beat crosstown rivals Bishop Stang in a close matchup on Oct. 26. Stang’s Spartans kept Dartmouth on its toes by winning the first set 25-22. After back-and-forth set wins...

Start of fall sports roundup

Things are off to a great start for Dartmouth High’s sports. Since the start of the Fall 1 season in late September, each team has seen wins in their respective sports. Here’s how their seasons are looking so far. The girls soccer season kicked off...

Pedal to the metal: Dartmouth teen makes his name in racing

While some teenage drivers occasionally indulge in the traditional donuts-in-the-parking-lot pastime, 18-year-old Dartmouth resident Derek Gluchacki takes his driving seriously. So seriously, in fact, that Gluchacki — a race car driver — is...

Dartmouth High girls soccer team adjusts to new normal

Dartmouth High School’s girls soccer team is back on the field and getting ready for its first game against West Bridgewater on Oct. 7. Coach Scot Boudria said that despite rule changes for pandemic safety — including wearing masks at all times,...

Dartmouth riders pedal for a cause in modified Buzzards Bay Ride

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Driving through Russells Mills village on Sunday , you might have noticed more than a few cyclists riding up Horseneck road — 265 to be exact. On Oct. 4, the cyclists — 24 of whom were from Dartmouth — pedaled across the South Coast as part of the...

Spartans shutout Cougars to kick off socially distanced soccer season

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High school sports are back. Nearly six months since the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association unanimously voted to cancel spring sports seasons and tournaments, student athletes are now returning to competition, including the Bishop...

UMass Dartmouth defensive back semi finalist for ‘academic Heisman’

UMass Dartmouth senior defensive end Jacob Burkead has been named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell trophy, an honor also known as the ‘academic Heisman.’ The National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame announced...

Playing it safe: Fall sports start at Dartmouth Girls Athletic League

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The Dartmouth Girls Athletic League’s players are getting back into the swing of things as they start a fall season that looks quite different from past years. Softball and field hockey games officially began Sept. 13, with practices starting only a...

Virtual Boston Marathon a new experience for Dartmouth runners

For the first time in the 124-year history of the Boston Marathon, the 26.2 mile race was cancelled due to coronavirus. But that didn’t stop a few Dartmouth residents from joining a group of 25 local runners to take part in the first-ever virtual...

UMass Dartmouth pitcher signs with Red Sox

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Growing up, UMass Dartmouth pitcher Nate Tellier loved watching Jonathan Papelbon close out games for the Red Sox. Now, the Attleboro native may end up pitching at Fenway Park himself after signing a three-year contract with the team on Sept. 1. “...

No sports fans allowed as athletics to kick off amid pandemic

No sports fans will be allowed to watch Dartmouth High School games in person this fall, according to a pandemic safety plan presented by Athletic Director Andrew Crisafulli and approved unanimously by the School Committee at a meeting on Sept. 1...