Football: The Old Rochester Regional High School football team beat Bishop Stang (0-2) 42-14 on September 18. Junior Benji Baptiste carried the ball 17 times for 184 yards and scored four touchdowns, including a 40-yard run. Junior Benny Durocher had 2 sacks, and senior Nolin Vieira was 6 for 6 on extra points.             […] Read more »

            Boys Soccer: Old Rochester’s boys soccer team played its season debut at Seekonk on September 9 and won 3-0. Senior Grady Oliveira was named the player of the game, scoring 2 goals, as senior Owen Harrington made six saves for the shutout. They’re 1-0 heading into Monday’s home opener against Somerset Berkley (1-1) and […] Read more »

            Old Rochester’s golf team played their opening match at Fairhaven on September 3 and won 214–257. Junior Drew Butler was the medalist, shooting a 33(-1), while seniors Jack Czerkowicz and John Bongiorno shot 34(E). The Bulldogs are 1–0 heading into Friday’s match against Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, as they’ll play […] Read more »

Phoenix Cup Results — MYC held its last race of the season Wednesday night. Named the Phoenix Cup after the devastating 2022 fire at Mattapoisett Boatyard and Yacht Club, racers from all three divisions join together in a winner-take-all competition.             Rob Ryan in Restless won the contest, beating Don Ross in Coconuts by 29 […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club finished off its last regular week of the August series with two beautiful nights of racing. Tuesday night Ensign class saw Odyssey finish first in both races, defeating Black Ice in second, Hamburglar in third, and newcomer Reluctant sailed by David Neumeyer in fourth. Odyssey also won the August Series over Black […] Read more »

Tuesday Night Ensign Races: Another beautiful racing night with light winds. The battle for August heated up as Black Ice won the night with a first and second. Odyssey got a second and third. Hambuglar placed third and first, putting them second for the night in a tiebreaker over Odyssey, placing third for the night. […] Read more »

August is turning out to be a great month to sail as both Tuesday and Wednesday nights brought perfect racing conditions.             In the Tuesday night Ensign Series, Odyssey won both races. Black Ice finished with 2-seconds, Hamburglar with 2-thirds and Recess with 2-fourths.             In the Wednesday night PHRF series, Kindred Spirits again captured […] Read more »

The Mattapoisett Yacht Club’s Fall Round the Bay Race, scheduled for August 29, will have one start for the Spinnaker Class, a separate start for the Non-Spinnaker Class, and another separate start for the Double-Handed Non-Spinnaker Class rather than the staggered “Pursuit” start that was used in the Spring Round-the-Bay Race. The course begins and […] Read more »

The Tuesday Night Ensign fleet finally had a perfect night of racing after suffering through most of July with bad wind and thunderstorms. In the first race, Odyssey finished first, followed by Black Ice, Hamburglar and Recess. But in the second race, Black Ice turned the tables and finished ahead of Odyssey to win the […] Read more »

The Tuesday night Ensign Class finally completed two races this week to wrap up July. Odyssey won both races. Black Ice finished second in both races, Hamburglar third, and Recess was fourth. Five races were needed to qualify for a Series. Hopefully, August brings better Tuesday night conditions. The weather was certainly doubtful for Wednesday’s […] Read more »