On Monday (3.30), the MIAA Board of Directors voted to begin a spring high school sports season no earlier than May 4, contingent upon the ongoing disease spread. The vote of the Board of Directions also would extend regular season and tournament games until June 27, 2020 with consideration of June 28, 2020 for weather […]
Spring sports season in corona-limbo
A spring without sports, the new norm across our nation that is hurting so many. After an MIAA conference on March 16th, a tough decision was made: a spring sports delay. The delay moves the start of spring sports to April 27th at the earliest. Lindsey Allison, the girl’s softball coach, touched on a couple […]
Lerman Sermon: Brady’s Departue
Tom Brady is the greatest football player of all time. Spending the last twenty seasons with the New England Patriots, Brady and the Patriots have broken records and won world championships. They dominated not only their division, but the entire league. The legacy born from this dynasty during the past two decades will be remembered […]
OA Winter Athletes of the Year
The 2019-2020 winter season was another successful year for Oliver Ames sports. Some notable accomplishments include: Winter track has two athletes competing in Nationals. Basketball had winning seasons with both teams qualifying for the playoffs and for wrestling, four wrestlers made it to states. Girls’ swim had another record-breaking undefeated season and claimed first place […]
After 19 years, track coach parts ways
After 19 years as a track coach, history teacher James Sunderland has decided to move in a different direction this Spring. “I am definitely going to miss coaching track at OA” Sunderland said recently as he reflected on his tenure as Assistant Winter coach and Boy’s Spring head coach. Coach Sunderland has some very fond […]
Winter Sports Final Games
Our winter sports season has come to an end after three losses in 2 different sports. Last night boy’s basketball fell to #2 seeded Westwood in a hard-fought game. It was a close game most of the night, but Westwood came out on top in the last quarter. Ryan Burkett led the team with 18 […]