Melrose Sports

Published in the July 20, 2018 edition

NORWOOD — The Melrose Little League 11-year-old All-Stars are headed to States!

Melrose was crowned Massachusetts 3rd Sectional Champions with a convincing 12-7 victory over Newton Southeast on Sunday, July 15 at Kelley Field in Norwood. The 2018 11-year-old tournament began two weeks ago with over 200 teams competing across the…

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Published in the July 13, 2018 edition

MELROSE — On Thursday, July 5, the Melrose Little League 11-year-old All-Stars faced off against the Medford LL All-Stars for the District 12 Championship at Conant Park in Melrose.

A hot night, two talented teams, and a full crowd of family, friends and fans added to the championship atmosphere.

The…

Published in the July 13, 2018 edition

MELROSE — The Melrose 10-year-old District All-Stars went 3-0 sweeping the Massachusetts Little League District 12 tournament. The double elimination tournament featured teams from Melrose, Medford and Somerville.

Game 1 was Sunday July 1 vs. Medford. Melrose jumped out to an early lead 3-0 lead in the first with RBI…

Published in the July 13, 2018 edition

MELROSE — The Rising Star Basketball School, with 20-plus years of running camps, will hold sessions at Melrose Sr/Jr High School for July 23-26, 2018. The camp runs four days from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The camp is open to players ages 9-18 who are divided into divisions by…

Registration open now for July 30-Aug 2 camp

Published in the July 13, 2018 edition

MELROSE—The Melrose Lady Raiders Basketball Camp returns for another summer at the Melrose Middle School gym. It will be held from July 30-Aug. 2. 

Each day starts with 8:45 a.m. with registration, and camp will start at 9:00 a.m. and…

Muse, Butler with tremendous pitching efforts

Published in the July 6, 2018 edition

MELROSE — The Major League White Sox capped off a tremendous season by winning the Melrose Little League Majors Playoff Championship with a sweep over the young, talented Tigers in the Finals.

On Saturday, the White Sox got a tremendous pitching effort from…

Published in the July 6, 2018 edition

MELROSE — Celebrating seventeen years of special needs golfing at Mount Hood, the concept of parent/athlete partnering is unique throughout the Special Olympic events for this region.

With concept development beginning under former Mayor Dick Lyons and enthusiastically promoted under the term of Mayor Rob Dolan, the concept…

Published in the July 6, 2018 edition

MELROSE — It took two days and extra innings for the Padres to win the Melrose Little League Kid Pitch City Championship.

The title game featured the top two seeded teams as the Rangers and Padres met on Monday, June 19.

The first two innings were a pitcher’s duel…