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Sign up for the Buzzards Bay watershed ride

The Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride returns for its 17th year on Sunday, Oct. 2. The annual bike ride to raise funds for the Buzzards Bay Coalition includes a 35, 75, or 100-mile route that winds past coastal farmlands, beaches, cranberry bogs, and...

Dartmouth native honored with double All-American designations

Dartmouth native Skylar Barthelmes, a graduate student and track and field athlete at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was named a Division III All-American in both the shot put and the hammer throw last month, the university announced. Barthelmes...
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Girls lacrosse playoff run comes to an end in Elite Eight

Their historic run has come to an end. The No. 6-ranked Dartmouth High girls lacrosse team lost 17-6 Tuesday to third-seeded Bedford in the elite eight — the first time in program history the Indians have reached that round. Despite the loss, head...

Dartmouth fencer wins gold at Bay State Games

Dartmouth fencer Sayid Achilov, 16, won a gold medal in the 13-and-up senior men’s foil fencing competition held at the Boston Fencing Club on June 5. The Dartmouth High student, who trains at the Rhode Island Fencing Academy & Club, was also...

Dartmouth Youth Soccer to bring popular soccer summer camp to town

Dartmouth Youth Soccer is partnering with Resendes Soccer Academy this summer to offer a weeklong soccer camp experience for boys and girls ages 5-14 of all ability levels. The popular New England summer camp will be hosting the program in Dartmouth...

Through adversity, Indians win overtime thriller to advance to third round

Thanks to one goal, the Dartmouth High girls lacrosse team is now in the Elite Eight for the first time in program history. The fourth-seeded Indians won 10-9 in a hard-fought overtime thriller over No. 11 Burlington on Saturday to move on to the...

Bishop Stang freshman finishes in top 20 at state golf championship

Bishop Stang freshman and Dartmouth resident Bianca Ligotti finished in 19th place at the Massachusetts Girls Golf State Championship on Tuesday, June 7 at Eastward Ho! Country Club in Chatham, shooting a 93 to land inside the top 20 in the...

Dartmouth lacrosse moves on in Division 2 playoffs

The Dartmouth High girls lacrosse team is moving on to the Sweet 16 of the spring tournament after the Indians opened up the spring tournament Thursday with a 17-11 win over Groton-Dunstable. “That was a lot of fun,” said first-year head coach...

Special Olympics Day returns to Dartmouth

The annual Special Olympics School Day Games made its triumphant return to Dartmouth Friday with its biggest turnout yet. Nearly 450 athletes from seven South Coast cities and towns filled Memorial Stadium for a day consisting of races, kicking...

Dartmouth High sailing team cruises to victory at last meet of season

MATTAPOISETT — The Dartmouth High sailing team cruised past Old Rochester on Thursday, May 17 winning 4-1 at the team’s final meet of the year. The event was a team race with three boats per team and two sailors per boat. The winner was decided by...

Spartans walk-off over rival Dartmouth High

It was the right hit at the right time for Bishop Stang baseball as the Spartans walked off their new diamond 4-3 against crosstown rival Dartmouth High Friday afternoon. “Not all wins are pretty, but we’ll take as many as we can get,” Bishop Stang...

Youth softball returns to Quinn School diamonds

Youth softball is officially in full swing in Dartmouth. Sunday saw full diamonds outside Quinn School as the Dartmouth Girls Athletic League's celebrated opening day for the 2022 season — its biggest yet, according to commissioner Ryan Rymszewicz...

Runners hit the pavement to support unified sports

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They walked so the unified track program at Dartmouth High can continue to run. Nearly 100 walkers came out to the high school Saturday morning to participate in the first annual 5K fundraiser to support Unified Sports, which pairs athletes with...

UMass Dartmouth mourns loss of baseball player

The UMass Dartmouth community is mourning the loss of sophomore outfielder Wilcar “Willy” Moreno, who died on April 23 after a battle with cancer. He was 22 years old. “ Our thoughts and prayers are with Willy's family, friends, teammates and...

Dartmouth runners complete Boston Marathon

Five Dartmouth runners completed today’s 126th Boston Marathon — the first in person Patriot’s Day race since 2019. David Hawkins, 58, registered the best time among the town’s marathoners, with a finish of 03:27:03 — shaving off 12 minutes from his...

5k to benefit unified sports

The nonprofit organization Theresa Street will host a 5K fundraiser at Dartmouth High on April 30 beginning at 9 a.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit the school district’s unified sports program, which brings together athletes with intellectual...

Here's who is running the Boston Marathon

It’s Marathon Monday, and six Dartmouth runners are scheduled to participate in today’s 126th Boston Marathon. Good luck to residents Alex Boswell, 27 (No. 27962); Julie Furtado, 41 (No. 18720; David Hawkins, 58 (No. 14578); Meghan Rogers, 36 (No...

Dartmouth girls tennis looks to build new leadership after departure of top player

The Dartmouth High Girls Tennis Team is back on the court and ready to ace their upcoming season after winning the Southeast Conference Championship last year. “I have a lot of faith — we have a really strong singles and doubles team,” said junior...

Microsoccer gives kids their first introduction to organized sports

The first warm days of spring have ushered in the return of outdoor sports and, for many of Dartmouth’s youngest residents, their first chance to participate in organized sports. The Dartmouth Youth Soccer Association runs programs for players up to...

Dartmouth boys tennis looks to serve up wins this season

Game, set, and match. The Dartmouth High Boys Tennis team is poised and ready to serve up another successful season after returning their top two players from last year and building more depth behind them. Top singles players Justin Kerney and Dylan...

Golf tournament for Dartmouth music scholarship

The Dartmouth School Music Association will host a golf tournament at Allendale Country Club on Saturday, May 1 at 1 p.m. to fund its scholarship program. All funds raised will benefit the scholarship fund for students in the music program. The cost...

Registration open for Buzzards Bay Swim on June 18

Registration is now open for the 29th Buzzards Bay Swim. The annual swim, which raises funds to support the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s work to ensure clean water in all Bay communities, will be held on June 18. The Buzzards Bay Swim welcomes swimmers...

Indians girls lacrosse opens up season with big win over Bishop Stang

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Dartmouth High’s girls lacrosse team certainly did not have any opening day jitters during their April 1 matchup against crosstown rival Bishop Stang. The Indians kicked off their 2022 season with a 15-3 over the Spartans amid the splashes of rain...

Dartmouth winter sports end seasons with playoff runs

As winter sports tournaments approach their final rounds, all six qualifying Dartmouth High and Bishop Stang sports teams have been eliminated from contention, here’s how they fared: The Dartmouth High boys hockey team — ranked 12th in the Division...

Dartmouth High hockey wins overtime thriller

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NEW BEDFORD — Two years removed from its last tournament game, Dartmouth High’s hockey team came back in a big way after beating Westwood High 4-3 in an overtime thriller to open up the Division 2 tournament on Saturday. “What a game,” Head Coach...

Bishop Stang hires new girls lacrosse coach

Bishop Stang announced March that the school has hired former Dartmouth High lacrosse coach Alison Caito-Galligan to lead the Spartans girls lacrosse program. Caito-Galligan will take over the position from Lauren Pratt, who was head coach for the...

Register for youth softball season

Registration is now open for the 2022 DGAL Softball Season for girls in kindergarten through the 11th grade. Girls can join one of six leagues: U6 (those born between 2015 and 2017), U8 (those born between 2013 and 2014), U10 (those born between...

Dartmouth Track athletes compete at State Divisionals

With the winter track season drawing to a close, several Dartmouth track athletes have extended their seasons by qualifying and competing in the state divisional tournaments. Between Dartmouth High and Bishop Stang, 22 individual track athletes and...

Dartmouth High Hockey beats undefeated Stang team

NEW BEDFORD — The Dartmouth High hockey team evened the score against its cross-town rivals on Wednesday, Feb. 16, when it beat Bishop Stang’s previously undefeated team in the second matchup of the season between the two schools. Dartmouth High...

Dartmouth High indoor track athletes make State Divisional Tournament

It’s survival of the fastest. As the indoor track season draws to a close, the field has thinned and 12 Dartmouth High athletes have emerged as qualifiers for State Divisional Championships from both the boys and girls teams, with two others on the...

A shot at stardom: Bishop Stang junior looks like a shot put prodigy

Bishop Stang shot putter Jacob Cookinham is only a junior, but he is already smashing records with his incredible throws — the best of which has him ranked second in the nation with a distance of 66 feet, 1 inch. Cookinham’s meteoric rise in shot...

Dartmouth High dedicates basketball court to beloved coach

The Dartmouth School Committee voted at a Jan. 24 meeting to name the high school’s basketball court after longtime Basketball Coach Steve Gaspar. Gaspar, who was present at the meeting but was not told why he was being invited, received the news...

Bishop Stang beats Dartmouth in rare cross-town matchup

Dartmouth High and Bishop Stang play basketball in different conferences and haven’t played each other in nearly a decade, so when the cross-town rivals got a chance to compete, they gave it their all. “It’s the first time we’ve played in a long...

Turnovers give Spartans edge over rival Indians

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After edging out Dartmouth by one point the last time they faced off in December, the Bishop Stang girls basketball team wanted to make sure things weren’t as close with their crosstown rivals the next time they met. And they did. During their Jan...

Dartmouth hockey defeats Old Rochester at the Dunk’

PROVIDENCE — The Dartmouth High School Hockey team got a taste of the big leagues after beating local rival Old Rochester 13-5 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in downtown Providence on Friday, Jan. 14 . “I think [the players] were all really excited to...

Winter sports resume at Dartmouth High

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Dartmouth High’s winter season is back on following its week-long pause due to increasing Covid-19 cases , the school district announced Monday. In a letter to families and athletes, Athletic Director Andrew Crisafulli wrote that all in-person...