NEW BEDFORD — Over the past five years, Wareham boys basketball has been one of the top teams in the state, winning back-to-back Div. 4 crowns in 2023-24. It’s been 32 years since New Bedford High boys basketball last won a state title. This winter, both teams have their sights set on deep tournament runs. To get ready, they squared off on Wednesday, Jan. 28 in the marquee matchup on the SouthCoast and it lived up to the hype. Neither team led by more than 10 points in a back-and-forth thriller that saw New Bedford High emerge victorious, winning, 73-68, in front of a large crowd representing both sides at the Beardsworth-Gonsalves Gymnasium. “The goal was a tournament atmosphere and I think...
