Ransom Notes

Just some quick thoughts as the fall sports season winds down:

It’s been a long time since the Mansfield-Foxboro Thanksgiving Day football game hasn’t had postseason ramifications, but this rivalry, competitively-wise, is the best in our coverage area and has got to rank among the best in the state …

That said, it is somewhat refreshing to have a new school, King Philip, in the hunt for the Hockomock League crown. With a win over unbeaten Franklin on Thursday, the Warriors will clinch their fi… Continue

Now that we’ve passed the halfway mark of the high school football season, it’s time to get a little historical perspective on just what is happening in the Hockomock League.

The Franklin Panthers seem to have finally found the formula (and some good fortune) to break through the glass ceiling that has been the realm of Foxboro, Mansfield and North Attleboro. The Panthers are 6-0 and have already beaten every one of the ‘Big Three.’ Franklin, coached by Brad Sidwell, has a non-league game again… Continue

Well, fall is finally here. I know, I know, it doesn’t officially start until Sept. 22, but for us here at the SC, Labor Day weekend gets my favorite time of the year off to an enjoyable, albeit busy, start.

First, we begin with the Deutsche Bank Championship right here in our little old town of Norton. If you had told me 10 years ago that this area would host a PGA Tour event I probably would have strained an abdominal muscle from laughing so hard. But the folks over at the TPC Boston have don… Continue

From the end of the high school playoffs to Labor Day weekend is the dead time here in the SC sports department. So when the Deutsche Bank Championship comes to Norton, the Patriots start playing for real and the high schools start fall practice, the sports staff begins to shake off the remaining summer rust and get back into our hectic schedules.

In the lazy weeks from late June to late August, we've tried to squeeze about 20 weeks’ worth of staff vacation time in. But we, or at least I, haven… Continue

I recently experienced one of those moments that transcends being a modern parent.

To make up for all the running around, switching of schedules and sitting through two hours of a youth softball game in misty, 40-degree weather, my daughter Lauren’s team won the… Continue