BOSTON – Fans of the Tewksbury High Boys Basketball team will no doubt remember Giovanni Ciampa very fondly. After all, the 2018 TMHS graduate put together a tremendous career for the Redmen, as a two-year captain and a three-year starter, twice being selected for the All-MVC team and winnin…
It's been a while since I have found the time to put together one of these All-Time teams and for that I apologize. The fall season, and then the month of December is always extremely busy. So below I have put together the All-Time Tewksbury Memorial High School Baseball team. I still have s…
BOSTON – Just like the girls' team, the Tewksbury Memorial High School Boys' Indoor Track-and-Field team competed for the first time in 15 days, and they finished 2-2 against Merrimack Valley Conference Small School foes, including wins over Lawrence (44-38) and Dracut (46-24), while falling…
BOSTON – Competing for the first time in over two weeks, the Tewksbury Memorial High School Girls' Indoor Track-and-Field team went 3-1 in the second round of the Merrimack Valley Conference Dual Meets, putting the team's record to 5-3 overall.
CHELMSFORD – One of their biggest tests of the season still lies ahead, but this past week was a very productive one for the Shawsheen Tech Wrestling team, who not only picked up a big dual meet win over CAC rival Greater Lowell last Wednesday, but also put on a very good performance on Satu…
METHUEN - It has long ago been established that the Merrimack Valley Conference schedule that the Tewksbury High Wrestling team faces every season is among the toughest in the state, offering the Redmen a stiff challenge every time they take to the mat.
SHREWSBURY – Team records can certainly be deceiving at times and that's certainly the case for the Tewksbury/Methuen Co-Op Girls Hockey team.
TEWKSBURY – And the domination continues!
TEWKSBURY – Before the season began, it was clearly evident that the Tewksbury Memorial High School Boys' Basketball team would take its lumps, since after all the entire starting line-up was brand new and the players who were returning had limited varsity experience.
AYER/TEWKSBURY – For the past 14 years starting from the Monday after Thanksgiving and lasting to the middle of March, Mike Hayes would make the drive to Tewksbury from either his old residence in Leominster or his current one in Ayer. The drive never bothered him, neither did volunteering h…
TEWKSBURY – Going up against a much bigger and physical team, that also happens to be unbeaten, is certainly a tall task (pun intended).
METHUEN – In their first three games, it was really difficult to gather a full report on the Tewksbury/Methuen Co-Op Girls' Hockey team. The Red Rangers had played two of the top three teams in the area, had players in and out of the line-up, and it's the first few weeks of the season, so th…
This story on Emmet Millett first appeared in the Town Crier back in the January 13, 2016 edition. Millett, a former TMHS Football player and proud town historian, passed away this past week.
LOWELL – In many ways this season is somewhat of a rebuilding year for the Shawsheen Tech Wrestling team, with a roster filled with many wrestlers new to high school wrestling, or at least new to holding a starting role with the team.
LOWELL – Off to a terrific start to their dual meet season, with a 4-1 record to this point, the Tewksbury High Wrestling team faced a different sort of challenge last Monday and Tuesday when they made their way to the Tsongas Center in Lowell for the 2021 George Bossi Lowell Holiday Tournam…
On Tuesday night, the TMHS Gymnastics team defeated Lowell, 129.35-127.60 to improve to 2-2 on the season.
LOWELL – In many ways this season is somewhat of a rebuilding year for the Shawsheen Tech Wrestling team, with a roster filled with many wrestlers new to high school wrestling, or at least new to holding a starting role with the team.
TEWKSBURY – The last time the Tewksbury High Girls Basketball team had faced Lowell High School the Redmen had come away with a dramatic 43-42 win when Sam Ryan had knocked down the game winning three pointer at the buzzer last Tuesday night in Lowell.
BILLERICA – The Shawsheen Tech Boys Hockey team continued their strong start to the season this past week, with a big win over non-league rival Rockport, downing their former Commonwealth Athletic Conference rivals by a score of 5-1 last Thursday night at the Hallenborg Ice Pavilion.
Wilmington – When Covid-19 first reached American shores in early 2020, the lockdowns and restrictions put in place by government health officials in hopes of slowing the spread of the virus led to the interruption of organized athletics at all levels, from youth sports to professional. T…
BOSTON – The Tewksbury Memorial High School Boys Indoor Track-and-Field team opened its season on Tuesday afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Center. The scoring format placed Tewksbury against four other Merrimack Valley Conference Division 2 teams, with all of the athletes competing at once, and…
TEWKSBURY – Over the last handful of years, the Tewksbury Memorial High School Gymnastics team has made major strides, whether it's been historical team scores or huge wins, or individual league champions, this program has come a long way over the past half-dozen years or so.
TEWKSBURY – In the previous 26 years that the Town Crier has named a Tewksbury Male Athlete of the Year, there's been a handful of top-rate, first-class young men. Certainly this year's choice, Jason Cooke, ranks right up at the top of that list.
TEWKSBURY – The Tewksbury Memorial High School Boys Hockey team opened the season last Wednesday night at home against Concord-Carlisle. From the second the puck was dropped to start the game, it was painfully obvious how much superior in every aspect of the game, that the Redmen were over t…
TEWKSBURY – Before meeting up with the Goliaths of the Merrimack Valley Conference, the Tewksbury Memorial High School Boys basketball team opened their season up against two Cape Ann League teams, first Masconomet last week and then Georgetown at home this past Thursday night. In both cases…
WILMINGTON – After finishing in fourth place at the Wilmington Sons of Italy Wrestling tournament back during the 2019-'20 season, then Tewksbury Memorial High School coach – and current assistant – Steve O'Keefe knew that the program had something special with Jack Callahan, who was a fresh…
LOWELL – The old saying is “it's not how you start, it's how you finish” and that certainly applies to the Tewksbury Memorial High School Girls' Basketball team on Tuesday night.
WESTFORD – The Tewksbury/Methuen Co-Op Girls' Hockey team opened the season this past week with two league games, losing a heartbreaker to Acton-Boxboro 1-0 before beating Westford Academy – no longer coached by TMHS Hall of Famer Bob Ware – by a 5-1 score.
WILMINGTON – On Saturday, the 30th annual Wilmington Sons of Italy Wrestling tournament was held at the Shriner's Auditorium. All three of our local teams – Wilmington, Tewksbury and Shawsheen Tech – did well, with five combined wrestlers in the finals, and three coming away with championshi…
BILLERICA – It was a mixed bag of results for the Shawsheen Tech Swim team in their opening week of the season, as the Rams picked up a big win in their season opener, winning in comfortable fashion over CAC rival Greater Lawrence in the season opener at home last Wednesday by a score of 83-…
TEWKSBURY – In the previous 26 years of the Town Crier's Female Athlete of the Year – excluding last year as there wasn't one due to COVID – there's only two people on the list who were chosen during their underclassmen years, Kelly Boyle was a three-time overall winner who was chosen as a s…
TEWKSBURY – You have to go back to what's believed to be the 2005-'06 season the last time the Tewksbury Memorial High School Girls' Basketball team did not qualify for the state tournament – excluding this past COVID-19 abbreviated season.
TEWKSBURY – Tewksbury Memorial High School Boys Hockey coach Derek Doherty was asked a pretty easy question, “how does the team look”? With a dead serious look on his face, he replied, “They're here to win. You can tell by their faces.”
TEWKSBURY – After losing its starting five players and then a talented player off the bench to a transfer, the Tewksbury Memorial High School Boys' Basketball team will begin this season with basically a brand new team, all under the direction of Steve Boudreau, who officially takes over as …
METHUEN/TEWKSBURY – Usually it takes teams a few weeks before they can get into the X's and O's because you hold tryouts, you get everyone situated, and you have new players who need to learn the tricks of the trade.
BILLERICA – This season will be a challenging one in many ways for the Shawsheen Tech Wrestling team. First of all, they wrestlers and coaches must deal with the emotions of heading into a season as they continue to mourn the loss of their legendary coach Mark Donovan, who passed away in Oct…
BILLERICA – Shawsheen Tech Athletic Director Al Costabile faced what seemed like an almost impossible task heading into the winter sports season, as he sought to find a new wrestling coach to take over for the legendary Mark Donovan, who had tragically died of cancer back in October the age of 55.
TEWKSBURY – This past March and April, the 'Indoor Track season' was actually held outdoors due to COVID. It was held during the Fall-2 time, so athletes could squeeze in the indoor track season around their other normal winter sports seasons.
TEWKSBURY – Coming off back-to-back Merrimack Valley Conference Division 2 league championship seasons, including crowning a New England Champion two years ago, you would think that the well would be pretty dried up this season for the Tewksbury Memorial High School Wrestling team. On paper,…
This week we will conclude our long lasting series on ‘Legendary Coaches’ and it’s pretty easy to put Bob “Lefty” Aylward into that category. This story on Aylward originally appeared in the June 27, 2007 edition.
TEWKSBURY – If you want to be a successful coach, no matter the level, your athletes must “buy-in”. You can check off the first box of that for Tewksbury Memorial High School first-year boys indoor track coach Lauren Polimeno.
BILLERICA – With all of the changes to high school hockey last season, the Shawsheen Tech Boys Hockey team made sure that at least one thing remained consistent, namely the Rams winning another CAC championship, or at least a share of it, splitting the league title with Essex Tech, for their…
The accolades continue to come for a number of our local fall collegiate athletes. Over the last few weeks, the Town Crier has written about various awards that individuals have received, but the hardware keeps coming in for a small group of them.
BILLERICA – Heading into last season, Shawsheen Tech Basketball coach Joe Gore and his staff knew they had a talented team on their hands, one they felt could certainly compete in a challenging Commonwealth Athletic Conference. But they also figured that perhaps they were about a year away f…
BILLERICA – Over the past couple of seasons, many players and coaches have missed out on a lot due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of those most affected this past basketball season was Shawsheen Tech Girls Basketball coach Kate Marshall, who was forced to miss the Rams season, a season which …
BILLERICA – The Shawsheen Tech Co-Ed Swim team has built an incredible winning tradition over the past decade, with the girls team winning 11 consecutive state vocational titles from 2011-2020, while the boys won four titles of their own, including three in a row from 2018-2020. They did thi…
BILLERICA – Last season was a unique one in many ways for the Shawsheen Tech/Bedford Girls Hockey team. First of all, of course, it was unique in the same way it was for every other team, with an abbreviated season, as well as some other rule changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BILLERICA – When Kate O’Shea was a player for the Shawsheen Tech Girls Hockey team, putting together a fantastic four-year career which saw her score 107 career points before graduating in 2015, she left an indelible mark on the history of the Rams program, which has often struggled over the…
The accolades continue to come for a number of our local fall collegiate athletes. Over the last few weeks, the Town Crier has written about various awards that individuals have received, but the hardware keeps coming in for a small group of them.
TEWKSBURY – Over the past year or so, the Town Crier has been running a "legendary coaches" series here in Tewksbury. There were 14 previous coaches chosen for this series, which concludes this week with the final two, Bob Aylward (see story in this section) and below Charlie Hazel.
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