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The inaugural James R. Galante Charity Golf Tournament will be held Monday, June 5 at Tedesco Country Club in Marblehead. The tournament will have a noon shotgun start, with check-in beginning at 11 a.m. Scan this QR code to register for the inaugural James R. Galante Charity Golf Tournament Monday, June 5 at Tedesco Country Club. The tournament is being organized by the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization MHS19 Inc., whose mission is to “conduct fundraising events to provide annual financial scholarships and recruitment assistance to high school athletes who plan to continue their athletic endeavors in college or to otherwise fund initiatives to further commemorate the legacy of James R. Galante,” a beloved member of the Marblehead community and dedicated teammate of the 2021 Massachu...

It’s a popular cliché in sports, but the future is definitely bright for the Marblehead High girls basketball team (10-8, 42nd seed) on the heels of being eliminated by Northeastern Conference rival Masco, 52-35, in a Division 2 preliminary round state tournament game at Boxford on March 1. Wayland (18-4), the 10th seed, then went on to beat the Chieftains (14-8, 23rd seed) in a close Round of 32 encounter two nights later, 54-52.   “We played great, despite our inexperience,” said coach Paul Moran after the Masco game. “We were missing our point guard, Katie Pyne, with an injury for the third straight game, but freshmen Mari O’Connell (six points with two threes) and Samara Dosch stepped up once again to fill in nicely for her.”  Tess Andriano, another freshman, p...

The Marblehead High indoor track teams took part in the annual Division 3 state championship meet at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in Roxbury on Feb. 19. The boys finished 10th, while the girls ended up in the top five in fourth place. The Marblehead girls 4x200 relay team of, from left, sophomore Ava Machado and senior captains Claire Davis, Devin Whalen and Cate Trautman are all smiles on the podium after finishing first during the Division 3 state championship meet at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in Roxbury Feb. 19. COURTESY PHOTO / CAT PIPER Boys 55-meters  The season-long friendly rivalry between Harrison Curtis and Thomas Carlson ended with a narrow victory for Curtis (6.88), who finished 13th overall. Carlson (6.89) was right behind him in 14th place. Carls...

As the regular season wound down, the Marblehead High boys basketball team (13-4) built up momentum for the postseason. After defeating Swampscott (83-64, Feb. 16), Bedford (79-73, Feb. 19) and Gloucester (71-67 in OT, Feb. 20), the Magicians have won six out of their last seven games.    “We may have played one of our best halves of basketball all year long in the Swampscott game,” coach Mike Giardi said. “We jumped out to a big first half lead (58-24). Swampscott then picked up the pace in the second half, but they were trailing by so much, it was too much to overcome for them.” Ryan Commoss paced the attack against the Big Blue with 19 points. Isaiah Makor and Nick Lemmond were next in line with 17 apiece. Tryone Countrymon accounted for 13. Scott Campbell had six....

The Marblehead High girls basketball team (10-7) is surging at the right time with March Madness looming on the horizon. A team loaded with talented freshmen started the season trying to find itself, but once the calendar flipped to 2023, it was able to develop that competitive edge, and the wins soon followed. Since Jan. 3, the team has gone 9-6 and built a three-game winning streak as the regular season ended during school vacation week.  The Marblehead girls' latest two wins were against Swampscott (49-30, Feb. 17) and Ipswich (41-36, Feb. 21). The team’s newfound cohesiveness was quite evident to opponents who had seen them play earlier on in the season.  The Magicians defeated their Big Blue rivals in early January, 16-14, but six weeks later they were able to s...

Next stop: the postseason. After the Marblehead High boys hockey team (8-3 in the Northeastern Conference, 13-5-2 overall) completed a sensational regular season under the direction of new coach Mark Marfione, it is ready to take on the rest of the state in the Division 2 state tournament.  As the 16th seed, the Magicians will host Norwood (12-6-2), the 17th seed, in a Round of 32 game at Salem State University’s Rockett Arena on Wednesday, March 1, beginning at 7:30 p.m. In their last four regular season games, the Magicians went 2-1-1 to get ready for March Madness. They defeated Shawsheen (3-2) and Beverly (4-2) before tying Lowell (1-1) and dropping a 2-1 decision to Triton on Feb. 23. Junior captain Hogan Sedky is one of the team’s leading scorers with 10 goals and 16 a...