UMass Lowell has added a player with 113 games of minor league hockey experience. Thomas Stewart is a 6-2, 191-pound defenseman. He completes the River Hawks' roster for the 2026-27 season.

Lowell High has hired Phil Conners as its boys varsity basketball coach. Conners topped a deep and quality field of candidates. He replaces Bobby Michalcyzk, who won 192 games with the Red Raiders.

Westford's Molly Smith has advanced to the championship match of the Mass Women's Amateur. She'll face Isabel Brozena of Indian Ridge CC. Smith's sister, Morgan, fell to Brozena in a semifinal match in Fitchburg.

Halifax Mooseheads star defenseman Owen Phillips commits to UMass Lowell. Will captain Halifax next season, then arrive in Lowell in 2027. Pocketed 41 points in 64 regular-season games. Expected to make immediate impact with River Hawks.

The Massachusetts Women's Amateur field is down to 8 players - two are sisters from Westford. Molly and Morgan Smith won twice at match play to advance to the quarterfinals at Oak Hill CC in Fitchburg.

UMass Lowell nets commitment from 6-1, 189-pound forward Parker Vaughan. Posted 14-19-33 line in 68 games for North Bay of the OHL. Native of St. Thomas, Ont. Will join the River Hawks for the 2027-28 season.

Molly Smith of Westford and Mt. Pleasant GC easily earns medalist honors at the Massachusetts Women's Amateur in Fitchburg. She shot a 73 and was 5-under over the first two rounds. Now it's on to match play.

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Tip of the cap to Lowell City Golf Tournament champ Chris Gentle. Gentle's three-round 217 (1 over) six shots better than runner-up Griffin Brown. It's Gentle's third Cities championship. Celebration on at Long Meadow.

Tough end to a great season for the Dracut High boys lacrosse team. The top-seeded Middies fell 7-4 to Scituate in the Div. 3 state title game in Worcester. Dracut ends with a sparkling 21-2 record.

More state final heartache for Tyngsboro High softball team. Tigers (21-4) fall 8-2 to Advanced Math & Science Academy in Worcester in Div. 4 title game.

Trevor Drew will not win a third straight Lowell City Golf Tournament title. That's because the Long Meadow member has decided to skip this year's event. The first tourney was held in 1923 and Drew set the scoring mark of 11-under over the three rounds last summer.

For the first time ever, the Dracut High boys lacrosse team has advanced to the Div. 3 state championship game. And it took a mighty comeback to do so. Top-seeded Middies rally past Medfield, 11-7.

Kudos to the Tyngsboro High softball team. The Tigers just blanked Hampshire Regional, 8-0, to advance to the Div. 4 state final again. They've outscored four opponents 33-6 in the state tournament.

Breaking news: Lowell High hires Joe Harris as head varsity football coach. Harris replaces Scott Boyle, the second-winningest coach in program history.

Freshman Kassidy Carmichael of Westford scores in national title hockey game, but Ohio State falls 3-2 to Wisconsin.

Tewksbury/Methuen blanks Archbishop Williams, 2-0, to capture the Div. 1 girls hockey championship at the TD Garden in Boston. Another shutout by Lydia Barnes, Red Rangers (23-0-2).

Magical Tewksbury boys hockey season ends with tough 2-1 loss to Canton in Div. 2 state title game in Boston. Redmen (22-2-1) yield winning goal with 1:22 left. Both losses came to Canton.