Tewskbury High Golfers, Coaches Honored by MVC

Redmen finished the season with a 12-5-1 record.

Tewksbury High golf coaches Ron Drouin and Jim Sullivan have been honored as 2012 Merrimack Valley Conference Division 2 Coaches of the Year. Drouin and Sullivan guided the Redmen to an outstanding 12-5-1 match record, including a 9-3-1 mark in the MVC. Tewksbury wrapped up their season with a strong 5th place finish in the Division 2 North Sectional Tournament. Three TMHS golfers also earned league honors. Senior Tyler Slavin was named to the MVC All-Conference team. Pat Doherty and Jeff Giasullo were named to the Division 2 All-League Team.

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Tewksbury High Alum Scott Oberg Drafted By Colorado Rockies

Former Redmen, UConn star pitcher overcomes arthritis, 'Tommy John' surgery to achieve a lifelong dream.

Former Tewksbury High star pitcher Scott Oberg will have the chance to live out his dream of playing professional baseball after being selected in the Major League Baseball Free Agent Draft on Tuesday by the Colorado Rockies. Oberg, who played three seasons for the UConn Huskies, was taken in the 15th round, 468th overall. "This is definitely something I've been working for my whole life, " said Odberg, the son of Teresa and Royd Odberg. According to Tewksbury High coach Ron Drouin, Oberg may be the first Redmen ever selected in the MLB Draft. "He's the first player to be drafted in my 19 years," said Drouin. "It's something very special for Scott." Oberg was in town on Wednesday to visit with family, friends and former teachers. His first…

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday, June 8

Bits of knowledge to help you be the smartest person wanting to adopt a dog this morning.

Here are 5 pieces of information to help make you the smartest person suddenly with the urge to adopt a dog this morning. 1. By The Numbers: 17. That's the number of charges of animal cruelty a Maine woman is facing after she was found with 15 dogs and two cats at Motel 6. One of the dogs was dead and three are fighting for the their lives after the woman left them in a van outside the motel during the heat of the day. 2. Today's Forecast: According to the NWS, today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 8 mph. Tonight there will be a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southwest wind between 3 and 7 mph. 3. Tuesday's Winning Mass. Lottery …

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White, Redmen Come Up Big, Qualify for States

Tewksbury High baseball team made the post-season tournament with a 9-1 win over Dracut.

Upperclassmen  are supposed to come up big when the chips are down and that's exactly what Tewksbury High senior pitcher Ryan White did Tuesday afternoon at Strong Field. With his team running out of chances to qualify for post-season play, White came through with a complete-game masterpiece, holding Dracut to just one run on three hits through seven innings, and leading Tewksbury to a much-needed 9-1 win over the visting Middies. The victory clinches an MIAA state tournament berth for the Redmen for the first time since 2008. "I'm so happy for these kids," said TMHS coach Ron Drouin afterward. "Every one of our seniors deserves this. They've given so much to this program over the last three or four years, it would have been a shame to see…

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Tewksbury Digs A Hole Too Deep, Falls to Peabody

Valiant comeback attempt falls short as TMHS baseball team loses to Peabody, 9-6.

As his team packed up its equipment after Friday afternoon's frustrating 9-6 loss to Peabody High School, Tewksbury High baseball coach Ron Drouin struggled to hold back his emotions. Drouin had just watched his team spot the visting Tanners a seven-run first inning lead, then claw its way back into the game, eventually closing to within one run in the sixth inning, only to fall short and suffer its ninth loss of the season. "It was a good baseball game to watch and I'm proud of how far we fought our way back, and all the feel good stories feel good," Drouin said. "But the bottom line is, if you're gonna climb the mountain, stick the flag in. And I'm sick of climbing the mountain and getting to the top and not putting the flag in." The …

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Redmen Come Back To Nip Chelmsford, 7-6

McCarthy leads Redmen on the mound and at the plate.

For Tewksbury High senior Sean McCarthy, the first month of his final season in a Redmen baseball uniform had not been what people had expected out of the returning Merrimack Valley Conference all-star. A disciplinary suspension for a non-baseball incident had forced McCarthy to miss his team's first five games, and the right handed pitcher/first baseman had returned just in time to join his teammates in a mid-season swoon that saw the Redmen drop three out of the first four games McCarthy played in. But all that changed on Friday afternoon, as McCarthy threw three innings of strong relief to pick up his first victory of the season, and also went three-for-four at the plate in leading TMHS to an exciting, come-from-behind, 7-6 victory over…

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