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Monday, May 13, 2013

Tewksbury Boys, Girls Track Teams Claim MVC D2 Titles

Redmen squads destroy Lawrence to complete unbeaten league seasons.

Girls Track Tewksbury 111, Lawrence 27 The Tewksbury High girls track team won 13 of 15 events and rolled over Lawrence, 111-27. The victory clinched the MVC Division 2 championship for the Redmen and capped a perfect 4-0 league season. "We don't really place a ton of emphasis on our dual meet record, but to be able to come through this three-year period without having a track and post a 15-0 record over that time is a credit to all the kids and the parents and coaches in the program," said Head Coach John Byrnes. "We feel like we're stronger now than we were three years ago, and that's true on the boys' side as well." Chelsee Porcaro, Jess Amadee and Kelly Quigley led the way for the Redmen with two victories each. Porcaro had wins in the…

Friday, May 3, 2013

Redmen Roundup: Softball Team Outslugs Lions, Track Teams Stay Perfect

Girls Lacrosse team comes up short against Chelmsford.

Softball Tewksbury 9, Chelmsford 8 A win is a win is a win. It wasn't a work of art but it was a thriller. The Redmen rallied from an 8-6 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a stunning 9-8 win over Chelmsford (7-4). Meaghan McLaughlin was the centerpiece of the game-winning rally. McLaughlin drilled a two-run triple to drive home a a pair of runs to tied the game. That set the stage for Brooke Hardy, who plated McLaughlin with a walk-off single to end the game. Missy Cordwell had three hits, including a home run, to pace the Redmen attack. Hardy also had three hits. Erin Walsh and Tiffanie Marsh added two hits apiece.  Shannon McLaughlin went the distance in the circle to pick up the win. With the civtory, the Redmen …

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Jean

10:30 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

are you referring to the softball program? how could anyone say that the program is all politics and needs a serious change from the top to bottom - the varsity coach and his assistant and the jv coach have been the with program for years, especially Mr. Derroco. With the winning record that program has why would anyone change that? This is not a program that is hurting. This is a girls team that…   more ›

Friday, July 6, 2012

Tewksbury's Michael Paige To Be Inducted Into UML Hall Of Fame

Paige was a two-sport star for the Riverhawks from 1998-2002.

(Editor's Note: The following information was compiled by UMass Lowell and submitted by the Paige family.)  On Sept. 29, Mike Paige will join the UMass Lowell immortals when he is inducted into that school's Athletic Hall of Fame. Currently living in Tewksbury with his wife Jill Paige, a current UML and Northeast-10 Conference Hall of Famer, he also has two daughters, Makayla (9) and Cassidy (6).  Mike is actively involved with the Tewksbury youth soccer program as well as continuing his own soccer prowess, playing in a Division II travel league. Mike played varsity soccer for Woburn High School with tri-captain status.  His senior year, he was voted by the Middlesex League coaches as MVP of the league and to the Eastern Massachusetts All-…

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Bill Gilman

6:34 pm on Sunday, July 22, 2012

Guys, i understand your passion , but lets try to keep it positive and not use a nice story about Mike to cast stones at others. This just probably isnt the right venue. However, folks are always invited to write letters to the editor and submit blog posts to raise those types of concerns and open a discussion in that area.   more ›

Monday, May 28, 2012

Bridle, Semenza Go 1-2 At Division 2 State Track Meet

Senior Jess Bridle wins Division 2 state 400 meter dash championship, sophomore Sara Semenza finishes second

Just when it seemed as though Jess Bridle had done all there was to do in a Tewksbury High track uniform, the TMHS senior speedster added yet another accomplishment to her long list of achievements by taking first place in the 400 meter dash at the MIAA Division 2 State Championship meet Sunday afternoon at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School. Bridle had already done more in her four-year career at TMHS than any other female track athlete, winning 10 different Merrimack Valley Conference championships, six individually and four on relay teams. "You could try to squeeze Jessie's (track) resume onto one page, but even if you typed it single spaced in a 10-point font, it wouldn't fit," TMHS coach John Byrnes said. "She's been knocking on the …

Sunday, May 13, 2012

UPDATED Redmen Roundup: 4x100 Relay Team Shatters Record

Tennis team stays hot with 4-1 victory over Billerica.

The Tewksbury High girls track team had some outstanding performances on Saturday at the highly competitive Andover Invitational Meet. The 4x100 meter relay team of Jen Schultz, Jess Bridle, Sarah Hogan and Erin Morrissey placed second in a time of 50.51 seconds. In doing so, they set a new Tewksbury High record. The old mark of 50.64 seconds was set back in 2007 by the team of Laurie Irvine, Ashley Smith, Lindsey Bowden, and Kristina Zontini. "We were very happy for those 4x100 kids.  Erin Morrissey and Jen Schultz are sophomores, and they've never been part of a school record before, but they ran great.  Morrissey's putting together a great season, and Schultz has proven to be very versatile between all three sprints," said Coach John …

Trish Bourne

9:51 pm on Sunday, May 13, 2012

So impressive! Lots of good tewksbury athletes!!   more ›

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Redmen Roundup: TMHS Track Teams Split With Methuen

Quigley wins three events to lead 94-50 rout.

You get the sense that the Tewksbury High girls track team may be peaking at just the right time. Kelly Quigley won three events and Matilda Matovu won two more to lead the Redmen to a 94-50 rout of MVC rival Methuen on Wednesday. Quigley won the triple jump (32-8), 100 hurdles (16.6) and 400 hurdles (68.7). Matovu won the shot put (31-9.75) and the discus (80-2.75). "Matilda Matovu really gave us a lift today.  She took both throws and had her best performance of the season.  Jim Burgoyne, our discus coach, mentioned to me afterwards that he really thinks Matilda has a world of potential in that event.," said Tewksbury Coach John Byrnes. "Kelly Quigley hit season's bests in all three of her events today.  She really looks like she's …

William Davies

11:30 pm on Friday, May 4, 2012

"We had a ton of other contributors today as well," said Byrnes. "Rachel Eatherton (mile), Bridget Blair (800), Erin Morrissey (100), Becca Clark (2 mile), Rachael McCabe (2 mile), Hi Bill, if i'm not mistaken Becca Clark is a javelin thrower. My daughter Rebecca Davies took second place in the 2 mile at 12:42.9, and thanks for covering this. All these girls work very hard and deserve the …   more ›

Friday, March 23, 2012

Eric Webb Places 42nd In Los Angeles Marathon

Former Tewksbury High start posts a time of 2:48.16.

(Editor's note: The following information was provided by Deborah Webb.) Eric Webb, TMHS Class of 2006, former runner for the Redmen track and cross country teams, proudly wore his home team jersey completing his first full Marathon running an outstanding time of  2:48:16 in Sunday’s Honda Marathon in Los Angeles, placing 5th in his division and 42nd overall in a pack of over 19,000 participants. Webb graduated from Bentley University Class of 2010 and also ran for the Bentley track and cross country teams.  He completed his Master’s at USC in Los Angeles, and is a CPA working for PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles.  This past year, he also competed in his first Triathlon, placing first in his age division in San Dimas, CA and the Long …

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Run a Pleasant Mile 5K Seeks Sponsors

Race is scheduled for May 6

The Run a Pleasant Mile 5K, which raises money each year for the boys and girls cross country and track programs at Tewksbury High, is seeking sponsors for the 2012 race, scheduled for May 6. Complete detaisl can be found on the attached PDF poster.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Redmen Roundup -- TMHS Girls Basketball Team Is Back In Business

TMHS girls blow out Dracut, 54-34; Petti nets two as hockey team ties Boston Latin; track teams show well at Freshman-Sophomore meet.

If you want to get an idea of how dramatically the Tewksbury High girls basketball team has improved over the last six weeks, just roll your calendar back to December 16th, when the Redmen, mired in an 0-6 start, lost a turnover-plagued, 48-40 decision to Dracut High on their own home court. On Friday night, that very same group of TMHS girls stormed into Dracut's house and slapped the unsuspecting Middies around in their own gym, taking a 54-34 victory. It was Tewksbury's fifth win in its last seven games. "We're playing way better, overall, as a team," head coach Mark Bradley said after Friday night's game. "The confidence is just getting better and better and better and that's nice to see. It was a total team effort tonight. It was a …

Monday, January 30, 2012

Bridle Sets TMHS 300 Meter Record

Bridle takes first at MSTCA Coaches Invitational; Jacintho wins shot put gold.

In four years of running track at Tewksbury High School, Jess Bridle has assembled a list of accomplishments that would rival any other track star in TMHS history. She has scored more points in dual meets than any sprinter in recent memory, and has run a leg on three different school record-setting relay teams. All that was missing was an individual school record for Bridle. Until Saturday. The Tewksbury High senior speedster put the exclamation point on her impressive running resume this past weekend, taking first place in the 300 meters at the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association's Invitational Meet at the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center in Boston. Bridle blazed through the 300 in a school record time of 41.38 seconds, …

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