Both Old Colony boys and girls basketball teams head into MIAA tournament play coming off of state Vocational Small School-division championships.             The boys team punched its ticket to the finals by knocking off Franklin County Tech, 62-50, in the semifinals. Hunter Soares led the Cougars with 17 points in the win. Jarrett Taylor was right behind Soares, scoring 16 […] Read more »

            Last season, Old Colony girls basketball did something that hasn’t happened often throughout Craig Lincoln’s tenure as the Cougars’ head coach. They did not qualify for the MIAA state tournament. Not only do the Cougars typically make the playoffs, they’re usually in contention for the league title.             Now Old Colony did not win this season’s […] Read more »

Generally, when a team loses a prize player, contention for first place in the conference is unlikely. Rather, a team that loses its top player is usually battling to maintain a .500 record. Somehow, Old Rochester boys basketball has managed to do both without Nick Johnson.             How have they made it work?              The Bulldogs have size. Jonah […] Read more »

Bringing up Jake Jason anymore isn’t fair to the 2019-20 Old Colony boys basketball team, but it’s hard to ignore that, for the first time in four years, the Cougars have had to compete without the best player in the program’s history. Although, the Cougars have done their best to create a new identity while […] Read more »

Eight games into the South Coast Conference play and Old Rochester regional girls basketball still has yet to find an opponent who can best them.             The Bulldogs’ only two losses on the year came outside of league play.             As has been the case for the Bulldogs over the years, they’ve had contributions from the entire […] Read more »

Old Colony girls basketball’s scoring has been up and down throughout the 2019-20 season. Hailey Hathaway has played well for the Cougars, then there’s Kat Kirby, as well. Then there’s Savanna Halle, who just had a monstrous game for Old Colony on their 46-42 win over Norfolk Aggie. The junior accounted for 54.3 percent of Old Colony’s scoring, finishing […] Read more »

            Just before the holiday break, Old Colony boys basketball was handed its first loss of the 2019-20 season by Tri-County in a 52-44 finish. Since that loss on December 20, the Cougars have not lost again, and they recently had an opportunity for payback against Tri-County.             Old Colony took full advantage of the opportunity.             The […] Read more »

The Mariner Youth Soccer Association, which has provided soccer instruction, skills clinics and both recreational and competitive soccer opportunities to children 4-18 in the communities of Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester and Acushnet for over 25 years, is pleased to announce that it will be offering a scholarship opportunity to Mariner Youth Soccer Alumni this Spring. […] Read more »

            Old Rochester Regional boys and girls basketball started 2020 in a similar fashion, with sizable wins over Case, in which they each scored 60-plus points.             For ORR girls basketball, their first win of the new year was par for the course. They’ve only lost one of their first four contests this season.             In the win […] Read more »

Old Colony boys basketball is playing well, but they are far from satisfied.             For the Cougars, the 2019-2020 year was going to present a challenge the program hadn’t dealt with over the last four seasons. That’s because the Cougars’ roster doesn’t feature Jake Jason for the first time since the Old Colony alum was in the eighth […] Read more »