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Dartmouth takes home the trophies in Steele tournament

The Dartmouth 15U team poses after winning the Steele tournament for the third time in a row on Sunday
Both of Dartmouth’s little league teams playing in the Dartmouth Youth Activities Association’s John B. Steele tournament over the weekend won their respective divisions to claim the championship title this year. Dartmouth’s 15 and under team...

Youth football league practice begins

Kids geared up for the first day of Dartmouth Youth Football League practice on August 5, but the fields behind Dartmouth Middle School were not as full of young football fans as they once were. That’s because enrollment numbers are noticeably down...
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Dartmouth wins big on first day of Steele Tournament

The Dartmouth 9 and under team watch from the dugout at the John B. Steele tournament on Friday evening
The Dartmouth Youth Activities Association’s John B. Steele tournament started strong right off the bat on a clear Friday evening on August 2 at Crapo Field. Two Dartmouth teams were among the sixteen from two age groups — 10 and under and 14 and...

Sports camps giving kids a feel for high school athletics

Young athletes are getting the chance to practice and learn from high school pros through Dartmouth High School’s summer sports camps. Each week of the five-week program features a new set of sports for campers to learn. It is intended to appeal to...

Six Dartmouth teams in state Tournament of Champions

Six Dartmouth soccer teams from the Dartmouth Youth Soccer Association played at the annual Massachusetts Tournament of Champions over the weekend of June 28-30 in Lancaster, MA. The teams represented divisions from the South Coast Soccer League at...

Mattapoisett baseball clinic moves to Dartmouth

The Brian Rose Baseball Clinic, usually held at Old Hammondtown School, will be moved to Bishop Stang High School this year. Rose had to move the clinic because he judged the Mattapoisett fields “unplayable,” adding, “what a shame [it] would’ve been...

Dartmouth swimmers help raise over $145k on Buzzards Bay

Participants wave at the 2019 Buzzards Bay Swim
Seventeen Dartmouth residents were among 278 swimmers from all over the US who plunged in to the annual Buzzards Bay Swim on June 22 , making it 1.2 miles across the bay from outer New Bedford Harbor to Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Each year the swim...

Baseball team ends postseason run in the quarterfinals

An otherwise tight, closely-contested state tournament battle between the Indians baseball team and the Oliver Ames Tigers came to a decisive end in extra innings. It was a scoreless few innings in the Div. 2 South quarterfinal matchup on June 10,...

Baseball team takes blowout win in postseason play

The Dartmouth High baseball team began its postseason run with a blowout win over Bristol-Plymouth in the first round of the Div. 2 South tournament on June 6. The Indians’ final 20-3 score was the biggest postseason lead Head Coach Mike Frates...

Girls lacrosse ends postseason run in the first round

The Dartmouth High girls’ lacrosse team’s bid for a state championship came to an end in the first round of the Div. 1 South tournament on June 5. It was a tale of two halves for the Indians, as the team entered the home game and quickly commanded...