The gymnasium in the new Doherty Memorial High School.

2025 Fall Sports

Varsity Football: Sean Mulcahy

Varsity Field Hockey: Meg Brunelle

Varsity Boys Soccer: Will Halfmann

Varsity Girls Soccer: Chad Binette

Cheerleading – Lillian Carslon

Boys Cross Country: Dan Rushton

Girls Cross Country: Katie Wilson

Boys Golf: Tim Gervais

Girls Volleyball: Kayla Coonan

Doherty Athletics

Welcome to the home of the Doherty Highlanders!

Welcome to the home of the Doherty Highlanders! The Worcester Public Schools offer a wide variety of athletic activities for elementary, middle, and secondary students. Both boys and girls have an equal opportunity to participate.

  • The Fall season begins on the Monday before Labor Day.

  • The Winter season begins on the Monday following Thanksgiving Day.

  • The Spring season begins on the third Monday in March.

Pledge to Respect

The foundation of a healthy team and community is each individual’s differences and respect of these differences crosses barriers of prejudice, bias and intolerance.

  • Respect for myself, the team and the community is

  • Exemplified by demonstrating

  • Sportsmanship during competition. Respect

  • Promotes positive values and and academic performance and

  • Encourages the athletes, coaches, officials, family members and spectators to

  • Conduct themselves with integrity, self-control, fair play and

  • Teamwork.

Today, I pledge to “respect;” it’s the way to play.

Sports Offered at Doherty

Below is a list of sports offered at Doherty Memorial High School.

Fall Sports

Winter Sports

Spring Sports

Cheerleading

Cheerleading

Baseball

Crew (City-Wide)

Boys & Girls Basketball

Boys & Girls Outdoor Track & Field

Boys & Girls Cross Country

Ice Hockey (City-Wide)

Softball

Field Hockey

Boys & Girls Indoor Track & Field

Boys & Girls Tennis

Football

Boys & Girls Swimming & Diving (City-Wide)

Boys Volleyball

Boys Golf (Co-Op)

Wrestling (City-Wide)

Crew (City-Wide)

Boys & Girls Soccer

Girls Golf (City-Wide)

Girls Volleyball

Boys & Girls Lacrosse (City-Wide)

Rugby (City-Wide)

Athletics Quick Links

WPS Athletic Director

David Shea

Winter Sport Coach Contact Info

Varsity Boys Basketball-Jermaine Chavis

JV Boys Basketball- Tom O’Neil

Varsity Girls Basketball – Ed Whalen

JV Girls Basketball – Anna Shaughnessy

Varsity Hockey – Mike Vaughn

Wrestling- Lucas Markgren

Cheerleading – Lillian Carslon

Swimming – Liz Ebbrechte

Boys Indoor Track – Brendan Sargent

Girls Indoor Track – Katie Wilson

Girls Hockey is a CO-OP with Auburn High School, for information on Girls Hockey, contact the Auburn High School Athletic Director Curt Field at 508-832-7711.