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MIDDLEBOROUGH MIDDLEBOROUGH
PUBLIC
HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOLS
Paul Branagan
Principal
ATHLETICS:
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participants over the 8-week program. The department
was led by 70 coaches, volunteers and administrators.
Middleborough continues to implement a $175 per sport
user fee (established in 2007) for all John T. Nichols
Middle School and Middleborough High School athletes.
Fees continue to be capped at $350 for families with one
student and $450 for families with two or more
participants. Financial need-based waivers are granted
to families who apply for a waiver through the Athletics
Department
Season Highlights 2024
Winter 2024
The Athletic Department was approved by the MIAA to
allow 7th and 8th grade students to compete on the high
school wrestling team and high school girls basketball
team. Wrestling was also a cooperative team with
students from Old Colony Vocational joining the team.
Seven other sports and twelve teams were ofered in the
winter at various levels. Basketball teams were ofered for
boys and girls varsity, boys junior varsity, boys freshmen
and boys and girls middle school. Girls and Boys indoor
track was ofered at the varsity level. Boys Ice hockey was
ofered at the varsity level as a cooperative team with
students from Wareham High School and Carver High
School. Cheerleading was ofered as a competition team.
Gymnastics was ofered as a cooperative team with Carver
High School as the host school.
The Middleboro All-Sports Boosters Association
(MASBA) and the Middleboro Ice Hockey Group (MIHG)
continue to supplement the athletic budget using a
variety of fundraising eforts. The MASBA Board consists
of president Jolee Butler, Vice President Karen Marshall,
Secretary Amy Hartman, and Treasurer Lisa Foley. The
two groups combine for over $60,000 annually to
supplement the overall athletics budget as well as
support middle school and high school hockey in
Middleborough.
The girls indoor track team won the South Shore League
championship. Boys and girls basketball and boys ice
hockey qualified for the state tournament.
This year’s Athletics Hall of Fame was a huge success
ater taking a year of. The 2024 Middleborough
Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees were, contributor Lou
Garafalo, athletes Scott Ambrose, Becky Gailey, Yogi
Stewart and Emma Kenney, coach Everett Clark and the
1964 Cross Country Team.
Spring 2024
The Athletic Department was approved by the MIAA to
allow 8th grade students to compete on the high school
sotball team. The spring season ofered nine sports and 13
teams at multiple levels. Baseball ofered varsity, junior
varsity, freshmen and middle school. Sotball ofered
varsity, junior varsity, and middle school. Track and field
for boys and girls at the varsity level. Boys and girls tennis
at the varsity level. Boys lacrosse at the varsity and junior
varsity level, girls lacrosse at the varsity and junior varsity
level and Unified Track & Field at the varsity level.
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