Rich Garven
Sports Reporter at Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Sports Reporter at Worcester Telegram and Gazette
Nashoba/UMaine cross-country alum, Deadhead, 30 years at the T&G. Cat is adopted, name is Minnie.
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3 days ago |
thegardnernews.com | Rich Garven
Rich GarvenWorcester Telegram & GazetteUXBRIDGE — The Uxbridge High softball team was a heavy favorite — on paper, of course — entering its Division 4 state tournament game with perennial power Pittsfield. But the Spartans, who lost to the Generals by a run in the state quarterfinals a year ago, were not taking their opponent lightly on the field in this tournament rematch.
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4 days ago |
thegardnernews.com | Rich Garven
Rich GarvenWorcester Telegram & GazetteSHREWSBURY — With one out in the bottom of the eighth inning of a terrific, tense and tie game, St. John’s baseball coach Casey Cummins had a quick chat with senior Brayden Mercier at third base. Mercier had led off the inning with a single, moved to second when junior Conor Secrist was hit by a pitch and found himself 90 feet from home plate via a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt by senior Parker Higgins.
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4 days ago |
thegardnernews.com | Rich Garven
There were plenty of great performances last week on the local diamonds, and high school sports reporter Rich Garven takes a look at some of the best of them for readers to vote on for the Hometeam baseball player of the week. These picks were selected from performances reported by area coaches to the Hometeam Scoreboard.
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1 week ago |
thegardnernews.com | Rich Garven
Rich GarvenWorcester Telegram & GazetteSTURBRIDGE — With two out and a runner on second base in the bottom of the seventh of a deadlocked game, Tantasqua Regional senior Brandon Phillips strode to the plate. As he did, a player from the Warriors dugout shouted, “No one we’d rather have up there.”Phillips then made his stay in the batter’s box a brief one, swinging at the first pitch from Lowell Catholic senior righty Scott Seamus.
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1 week ago |
thegardnernews.com | Rich Garven
Rich GarvenWorcester Telegram & GazetteWORCESTER — It was a historic season opener for the Bravehearts. With their 9-7 win at Nashua on May 28, the Futures League collegiate summer baseball team became the longest-running sports organization in Worcester. It’s 12 years — and counting — for the Bravehearts, who had been tied with the IceCats, a member of the American Hockey League from 1994 to 2005 before relocating to Peoria, Illinois.
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Leominster senior QB Osiris Lopez is going to announce his college commitment shortly. Here are the five schools in the running. @tgsports @LeomAthletics https://t.co/VfScBtVeBB
The Scholastic Spotlight is shining this week on Dale Nussey. Here’s who the Bay Path senior three-sport standout - who has a particular fondness for baseball - would invite to dinner if afforded the opportunity. @tgsports https://t.co/rp97L10VGv