WAKEFIELD – With a spot in the State Vocational Championship game on the line, the Shawsheen Tech Football team entered last Friday night’s clash with Northeast Metro Tech knowing they would have to be nearly perfect on defense if they hoped to contain the powerful Wing-T rushing attack of t…

MEDFORD – Thanksgiving Day has been a series of stops and starts in recent years for the Shawsheen Tech Football team. After their 25-year Thanksgiving rivalry with Greater Lowell came end after the 2017 season, the Rams began what they hoped would be a longstanding rivalry with Austin Prep …

TEWKSBURY – Davenche Sydney has been a student at Tewksbury Memorial High School almost a year now. He transferred from Malden High last December. In that short amount of time, he has made an incredible impact, both in the classrooms and on the football field. The two-way standout lineman an…

BILLERICA – With a nickname like “Scooter”, you are generally not destined to be a linebacker. A quick, sure handed shortstop on the baseball diamond? Sure. A small point guard known for splitting opposing defenses on their way to the basket? Definitely. But probably not a linebacker.

BILLERICA – If you had asked Shawsheen Tech senior linebacker Ryan Dusablon two years ago where he pictured his future role with the Shawsheen Tech Football team, it is doubtful he would have seen himself in the role he currently holds with the Rams.

WORCESTER – The Tewksbury Memorial High School cheerleading team wrapped up its third straight weekend of competition with a tremendous performance at the Division 3 state meet held Sunday at Worcester State University.

TEWKSBURY-LAS VEGAS-KUWAIT — Jimmy Brooks left behind a legacy before he succumbed to brain cancer on April 21, 1986. In the Fall of 1987 Tewksbury dedicated a fieldhouse in Brooks’ name at the old Doucette Field. The Brooks’ name has travelled to the spanking new football stadium/fieldhouse…

WRENTHAM – Two close friends, who are both talented athletes and runners, finished up their terrific seasons and careers this weekend for the Tewksbury Memorial High School Girls Cross-Country team.

This column has appeared in previous Town Crier Thanksgiving Football Sections.

Here’s a recap of Tewksbury’s ten games from this season.

TEWKSBURY – Aaron Connelly has certainly had an interesting high school sports career thus far. A two-sport athlete, he was a third line forward on the boys hockey team as a freshman, helping the Redmen reach the state championship game. The following year as a sophomore, as a member of the …

BRIDGEWATER – One of the many great things about sports is there's so many storylines – hence one of the reasons why I'm a sportswriter, so I can tell stories (hopefully you have enjoyed some over the decades).

BRIDGEWATER - The greatest season in Tewksbury High volleyball history came to a spectacular close, Tuesday night, when the top-seeded Redmen fell in the MIAA Div. 3 State semifinals to fourth-seeded Old Rochester, 3-2.

WAYLAND — Throughout this season, Danny Fleming has had some memorable games. Statistically, some games have been off the charts, especially the latest one, but if you watch him, stats don’t even come into play.

WAYLAND — You could easily compare this to a Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield fight. Friday night’s Tewksbury-Wayland Football game was nothing short of a 'you hit me, I hit you back’ and whoever is standing last, wins kind of game.

GARDNER – The Tewksbury Memorial High School Girls' Cross-Country team had a strong showing at the newly aligned Division 2B Meet held at the very tough and hilly Gardner Golf Course on Saturday morning.

DEDHAM – After a tremendous day the week before at the Division 1 sectional meet, Tewksbury Memorial High School freshman Matthew Jo upped the ante a bit more at the state championship meet held Saturday at the Parks and Recreational Pool.

TEWKSBURY – Back in June, the Town Crier highlighted siblings Maci and Brady Chapman, who were four-sport varsity athletes, thanks to the abbreviated COVID seasons.

TEWKSBURY – For the past four years, while representing Tewksbury Memorial High School, Daniela Almeida has spilled her guts every second she has spent out on every soccer field.

TEWKSBURY – It's been a while since we have done the “Legendary Coach” series here in Tewksbury – frankly I just needed some time to do the necessary research for our newest 'legend', Larry McGowan. He arrived in the late 1930s and was first an assistant football coach, before being named th…

BILLERICA – The last time Shawsheen Tech and Northeast Metro Tech met up on the gridiron, the Knights handed the Rams what was undoubtedly their most painful loss of the season, handing Shawsheen a 34-28 defeat in Billerica, by scoring the game winning touchdown with just 18 seconds left in …

EASTON, MA – It’s not often that a player gets to be part of completely turning around a team or a program. But for Stonehill College senior defensive back Masyn Lorick and his Skyhawks teammates, that is exactly what they were able to do.

LAWRENCE — When the MIAA 2021 Soccer Tournament commenced two weeks ago, a quick glance at the Division 1 bracket revealed an eye-popping forty-one teams at the outset. Buried near the bottom of this bloated breakdown, at No. 33, was Central Catholic High School. This top-notch soccer progra…

TEWKSBURY – Last year as a sophomore, Victoria Rowe like all underclassmen, had to adjust to the fast-paced style of playing a varsity sport for the first time. Add to that, doing it during a COVID abbreviated season and certainly things became more challenging. But she did pretty well as a …

TEWKSBURY – When school and high school sports were starting back up this past September, the furthest thing from Alli Luppi's mind was making a deep run in the state tournament. After all, why would she think of that, when her Tewksbury Memorial High School Volleyball team struggled and won…

LEOMINSTER – The Tewksbury Youth Football 6th Grade Football team had risen to every challenge before them. Regardless of the odds, or the size of their opponents, the Redmen had always managed to come out on top, on their way to posting a 9-0 record while advancing to Sunday’s Super Bowl ch…

LEOMINSTER – Like their 6th grade counterparts, the Tewksbury Youth Football 8th Grade team had overcome several obstacles throughout the season while putting together an incredible season to earn their spot in their own Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon in Leominster, posting a 9-1 record as t…

TEWKSBURY - The new MIAA Div. 3 State tournament just keeps getting more and more appealing for the Tewksbury High volleyball team.

TEWKSBURY - While it is nice to be at the top of the hill, as the Tewksbury High volleyball team currently stands in the MIAA Div. 3 State tournament, it can have its pitfalls.

TEWKSBURY - While her top-seeded team continues its march in the direction of an MIAA Div. 3 State championship, junior libero Carrina Barron has already made Tewksbury High history, becoming the first Redmen volleyball player to make All-State.

BILLERICA – On Saturday, the Tewksbury Memorial High School cheerleading team competed at the Merrimack Valley Conference league championship meet and had a tremendous performance, which landed the Redmen in second place, behind Dracut, in the Division 2 Conference.

TEWKSBURY – The Town of Tewksbury, including the youth soccer program, suffered a big loss this past week when Joseph (Joe) O'Brien passed away.

TEWKSBURY- We see it every year in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the dreaded 5-12 matchup, which more often than not produces upsets galore, ruining brackets around the country.

WORCESTER – Sunday was a day to remember for Tewksbury resident Matthew Jo and the rest of his teammates as the Methuen/Tewksbury boys swim-and-dive team captured the Division 1 North Sectional team championship title held at WPI.

The Shawsheen Football team had a tough outing last Friday night in their non-playoff post season game against Lynnfield at Cassidy Field, suffering a 28-0 loss to the Pioneers, dropping their record on the season to 4-3.

NANTUCKET — Of all the long road trips that teams had to take during this year of the MIAA statewide tournament, the Shawsheen Tech Boys Soccer team may have faced one of the most challenging on Sunday afternoon, as the No. 24 seeded Rams hit the road to travel to Nantucket to take on the No…

BILLERICA – In terms of wins and losses, the season probably could have gone a little better for both the Shawsheen Tech Boys and Girls Cross Country teams, with the Boys finishing with an overall record of 2-6, while the Girls were 3-3 on the season. But if you look a little closer at what …

TEWKSBURY - In a game where most people's attention is on who puts the ball over the net, or who can block it from going over the net, Tewksbury High volleyball phenom Carrina Barron does her best work a few inches off the ground.

TEWKSBURY - The Tewksbury High girls' volleyball team closed out the regular season with a 3-0 victory over arch-rival Wilmington, Friday evening, and now the Redmen turn their attention to the MIAA Div. 3 State tournament, where they will come in as the number one seed.

WORCESTER – Throughout the historical undefeated season, the Methuen/Tewksbury Co-Op/Co-Ed Swim team finished 10-0 and captured the program's fourth straight Merrimack Valley Conference Division 2 title. Along the way of the perfect regular season, the Red Rangers knocked off perennial state…

TEWKSBURY – On Friday night at 7 pm, the No. 5 seed Tewksbury Redmen Football team will take on the No. 12 seed Bedford Buccaneers in the first round of the inaugural Division 4 statewide playoff format.

TEWKSBURY – Back on October 25th, the Tewksbury Memorial High School Field Hockey team ended its season with a 6-1 loss to Methuen. That loss capped a tough week of play as earlier the Redmen were defeated by North Andover 4-0 and the No. 2 in Division 1 statewide Andover, by a 5-0 score.

TEWKSBURY — For 48 minutes on Friday, the Tewksbury High and Andover High football teams traded scores and stops.

TEWKSBURY – It's been a very up and down, inconsistent season for the Tewksbury Memorial High School Boys' Cross-Country team so of course on Saturday, that trend continued.

TEWKSBURY – It's been sort of a rough season for the Tewksbury Memorial High School Girls Cross-Country team, especially trying to keep everyone healthy. The Redmen had their share of injuries throughout the last two months which never allowed them to really hit their stride.

TEWKSBURY – Before the season started, Tewksbury Memorial High School Girls' Cross-Country Coach Fran Cusick said that in his mind, senior co-captain Molly Cremin was one of the top ten or so runners in the entire conference, and the goal for her was to break 20 minutes.

BILLERICA – There was a lot on the line for the Shawsheen Tech Football team last Friday night when they squared off against CAC rival Essex Tech at Cassidy Field.

BILLERICA – After many false starts, the Shawsheen Tech Boys Soccer team on Friday finally found out who and where they will be playing in the first round of the MIAA Division 4 state tournament. As it turns out, the 25th seeded Rams will not only need to take a bus, but they will also need …

It was another week of great performances by our local athletes at the college level, particularly on the cross county courses around New England and beyond. Listed below are some of the best performances of the week for both Tewksbury and Wilmington.

NEWBURYPORT – The Tewksbury Memorial High School Girls' Soccer team wrapped up its season this past week with three games, losing to Chelmsford (5-3), Central Catholic (5-1) and Newburyport (4-3), which put the team's record at 6-11-1 overall, which was not enough to qualify for the new stat…