The Fitchburg State softball team struggled to generate offense against Curry College Wednesday afternoon, falling 3-0 and 1-0 to the Colonels at Donna Lee Withington Memorial Field in the Falcons’ home opening doubleheader. In the opener, the Colonels struck for a pair of runs in the first and never looked back, Madelyn White singled to […]
The Fitchburg State women’s lacrosse team fended off a strong challenge by visiting Rivier on Tuesday, winning a back-and-forth battle 14-13 at Elliot Field. Jessica St. George scored the second of her two goals late in the fourth to break a 13-all tie, Nicole Orlowski potted four goals and Delaney Ponder added three goals and […]
It certainly was a fun, entertaining and memorable girls basketball season this past winter. Dracut reached the Division 2 state final for the first time, while Littleton, Tyngsboro and Pelham also made deep state tournament runs.
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Traditionally the trades such as automotive and plumbing have been male-dominated fields, with women slowly making their way into shops and garages over the decades. This has also been the case at Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, and support for girls in these trades has been bolstered with events like their most recent virtual Massachusetts Girls in Trades conference.
The fourth annual gathering showcased girls in automotive, carpentry, electrical, HVAC, masonry, plumbing, and other male-dominated fields and how female contribution to these shops is not only valuable but critical to the future. Massachusetts Girls in Trades was launched in 2015 by a partnership of educational, governmental, and union organizations with a shared goal of supporting and encouraging female career and technical education students and alumnae to pursue careers in the union building trades, according to its brochure.