First let’s state that playing high school fall sports in Massachusetts this year is not a given.

WOBURN — They may have lost their senior season to the COVID-19 pandemic, but coach Joe Wells made sure the seniors on this year’s Woburn High baseball team did not miss out on the tradition of Senior Day.

WOBURN — The Daily Times Chronicle has run many “all-decade” teams during this period of no sports caused by the pandemic.

WOBURN — Looking back over the decade that spanned the 2009-10 season through the 2018-19 season, it has been an incredible run for the Woburn High girls basketball team.

(Our “Throwback Thursday” series looks back at the Reading-Wakefield baseball tournament game of June 9, 1980 with a first-hand account from Steve Palladino, team manager, who was celebrating his 16th birthday that day.)

WOBURN — The second decade of the 21st century was pretty good to the Woburn High softball team. The Tanners consistently qualified for the MIAA Div. 1 North tournament, making it in all 10 years (2010-19). Woburn also closed the decade strong, winning the Middlesex League Liberty Division t…

Five years ago Ali O’Leary was on top of the Massachusetts girls high school hockey world. As a junior, O’Leary was named the state’s top player while her Reading High girls hockey team had won its first ever Division 1 state title in 2015.

(Our “Throwback Thursday” series looks back at the Burlington at Woburn football game in 1980. Played on a Monday afternoon due to rain, it became an all-time classic that is still talked about today by those who are old enough to remember.)

There is really no surprise when a talented high school and college athlete goes on to coach and then see their children follow in their footsteps.

WOBURN — After a stellar indoor track season where she won the state title and finished third at the New England meet in the long jump, Woburn High senior Brooklyn Manna was eagerly anticipating competing in the National Meet, then moving on to achieve similar honors in outdoor track this spring.

Reading’s Mike Seibold is no different than a lot of Reading hockey players who come up through the youth hockey ranks and go on to play in high school.

For local high school and college athletes, the COVID-19 pandemic has either cancelled or shortened their spring seasons leaving them to wonder what could have been.

The four-year college basketball experience for Woburn’s Mat Catizone at Endicott College went far beyond what can be gleaned from looking at box scores and statistics.

(We take a look back at the 1982 EMass Division 1 North baseball tournament game between Winchester and Burlington. The following is a first-hand account at the game by Mark Reardon, Winchester’s starting pitcher on that day.)

After her 2019 season ended with a disappointing first round tournament loss, Westfield State junior softball pitcher and Woburn native Emily Arredondo was determined to atone for that disappointment.

READING — The 2010 decade for Reading High baseball was a continuation of the prior three decades of excellence as the program ran its streak of consecutive years making the state tournament to 26 years until finally missing out of a tournament berth in 2019 by one game.

WOBURN — Just like the most teams that play in Middlesex League Liberty, the Woburn High baseball team had to be above average in level of play just to make it into the tournament.

Winchester High basketball and football star, Michael Grassey spent the previous four years helping lead Hamilton College on its mission of going from a doormat to a NCAA Div. 3 national title contender.

Burlington native Mike DeMartinis was already a standout basketball player at Burlington High, having scored 1,086 points in his high school career before graduating in 2017.

Matt Mulvey is a prime example of someone who wanted something bad enough that he worked hard and achieved what he was after. For him it was in the game of basketball.

With live sporting events coming to a literal stop nearly worldwide, there are a lot of people in positions right now that they are not used to being in the middle of April.

Woburn’s Ryan Qualey will be quick to tell you do not underestimate the level of play in Division 3 college athletics.

WOBURN — The Woburn High girls’ soccer team is coming off a highly successful decade, one that saw the Tanners start slow and eventually reach the MIAA Div. 2 North semifinals twice in three years.

During her four-year career as an outstanding two-sport high school athlete at Reading Memorial High School, Haley Lightbody shined on the basketball court and on the outdoor track circuit.

BURLINGTON — If you’re around the football sidelines during the fall sports season as the weather goes anywhere from warm in September to frigid on Thanksgiving morning, you will find Marina Callahan blissfully cheering on her classmates as a cheerleader for the Burlington High football team.

READING — The Reading High football team has been in many memorable, high-stakes games this past decade, and not all of them have been in the playoffs. Two have taken place on Thanksgiving against neighboring rival Stoneham, a series which since 2013 has produced plenty of highlights and wil…

WOBURN — With the COVID-19 outbreak in full bloom nationally and sporting events having been brought to a complete standstill, it is hoped that playing golf can bring some relief.

After four years competing for the UMass Lowell indoor and outdoor track teams, which culminated last year with becoming the America East Conference runner-up in the shot put, Woburn native Jenny Lee had a chance to compete in Division 1 college softball, the other sport she competed in at W…

WOBURN — The past decade for high school football has been complete for the past few months so it is time to look back at the Top 5 Woburn High football games from the past 10 years.

WOBURN — When putting together the Woburn Hockey boys hockey All-Decade team, the talent and depth reminds us just how good the Tanners were through the first half of the decade, culminating with Super 8 appearances in 2011 and 2015.

READING — Selecting the best Reading High football players of the past decade is no easy feat.

WOBURN — After pouring over Middlesex League All-Star lists and countless game reports, box scores, as well as the old memory, here is the Daily Times Chronicle’s selections for the Woburn High All-Decade (2010’s) Football Team.

WOBURN — While the big prizes ultimately eluded him, it’s hard to deny four-year wrestler John Lafferty had a tremendous career for Woburn High.

BURLINGTON — Ryan O’Halloran wrapped up his four-year high school hockey career with a spectacular senior season leading his Red Devils to the Super 8 tournament.

WOBURN — It was an amazing year for the Woburn High girls’ basketball team as it went from a struggling outfit, offensively, in the early part of the season, to becoming Middlesex League Liberty champions and the No. 1 seed in the MIAA Div. 1 North tournament.

When the Woburn High girls’ hockey team faced Austin Prep in the MIAA Div. 1 state semifinals, two years ago, quite a few people felt the Cougars had the edge.

BURLINGTON — Kyle Inglis wasn’t obsessed with basketball as a youngster like a lot of hoop players who become great players at the high school level.

WOBURN — With each passing day, after the Woburn High girls’ hockey team clinched a spot in the MIAA Div. 1 state final, it became increasingly apparent the game with Austin Prep was unlikely to happen, due to the precautions being made in response to the worldwide coronavirus (COVID-19) out…

WOBURN — For the third time in four years, the Woburn High girls’ hockey team is on its way to the TD Garden to play in the MIAA Div. 1 state final, following a 2-0 shutout of Boston Latin, Monday night, March 9 at O’Brien Rink.

WOBURN — The Woburn High girls’ hockey team is one win away from its third trip to the TD Garden in three years, following a thrilling, 2-1 victory over St. Mary’s, in the MIAA Div. 1 state quarterfinals on Friday, March 6 at O’Brien Rink.

WOBURN — An absolutely amazing season ended the only way it could for the Woburn High girls’ basketball team — short of winning the MIAA Div. 1 state title — with the Tanners leaving it all out on the court after an incredible effort.

LOWELL — It is not easy to beat a good team three times in the same season and the Reading High boys hockey team found that out the hard way.

TEWKSBURY — After battling back from deficits the entire game, including a near miraculous comeback in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, the Burlington High boys’ basketball team ran out of gas in an overtime period.

WOBURN — As the fourth quarter got under way in Saturday night’s MIAA Div. 1 North quarterfinal, the situation was not looking good for the top-seeded Woburn High girls’ basketball. Eighth-seeded Billerica was outplaying the Tanners and it scored the first basket to take a seven-point lead.

WOBURN — It was the underclassmen that led the way for the Reading High boys hockey team in its big win over Austin Prep.

WOBURN — The battle of recent MIAA Div. 1 state girls champions held a lot of intrigue, Saturday evening at Stoneham Arena, that was until the Woburn High girls’ hockey team scored four times in the second period to take a commanding lead over last year’s defending champs, Methuen/Tewksbury.