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Raider football ready for battle

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 4-6 record and a first-round loss at the hands of Middleborough in the Division VI playoffs a season ago, the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School football team is looking improve its record and return to the postseason again in 2018. “We want to spread the ball around on...
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Boylan attending Campbell Trophy Summit

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Former Bentley University linebacker and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School quarterback/linebacker Rogers Boylan, a magna cum laude graduate this past May, will attend the second annual National Football Foundation Campbell Trophy Summit at Stanford University from August 22-25. Boylan was invited as a previous nominee for the William V. Campbell Trophy and will be one of...
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Muckstadt, DS Soccer have high expectations

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys soccer program saw an immense amount of success in 2017, putting together a 12-2-4 record, winning the TVL, and earning the No. 4 seed in Division III South before falling just short, 1-0, against Norwell in the sectional finals. In 2018, DS returns several...
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DS tennis excels in 2018

By Ned Sheehan Hometown Weekly Intern Over the last four years, Dover-Sherborn High School has boasted three athletes - all members of the class of 2018 - who have reached unprecedented heights, both on and off the tennis court. During their time at DS, Max Schuermann, Lucas Minas, and Jason Zataris led Raider tennis to a ridiculous...
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Post 104 Legion outlasts Medfield 110

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Walpole Legion Post 104 (16-2) capped off its regular season on Monday night at Medfield Post 110 (8-10), which features players from Medfield, Dover, Sherborn, and Millis. Thanks to five innings of one-run ball by starter Matt Chamoun, Walpole won its seventh straight game by a 10-1 final...
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Raider lax just short in state final

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor [caption id="attachment_27055" align="alignleft" width="200"]Junior midfielder Matt Paolatto (27) corrals a pass and heads across midfielder on a clear. Junior midfielder Matt Paolatto (27) corrals a pass and heads across midfielder on a clear. Photos by Michael Flanagan[/caption] After putting away...
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Little farmers grow nature appreciation

Participants end the day by playing outside on the farm’s newly built tractor-shaped playground. Photos by Rachel Gore
[caption id="attachment_26880" align="alignleft" width="160"]Barnyard Educator Maggie Gallagher teaches participants to feed the goats properly by holding their hand out flat. Photos by Rachel Gore Barnyard Educator Maggie Gallagher teaches participants...
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Five straight sectional belts for DS Lax

The Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity lacrosse team poses with their Division III Central/East championship banner following Saturday’s 14-9 victory over Medway at Medfield High School. Photos by DS Athletics
By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor For the fifth consecutive season, the Dover-Sherborn Raiders are your Division III Central/East boys lacrosse champions after a resounding 14-9 victory...
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Dillon, Raiders roll to sectional title game

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The No. 2 Dover-Sherborn Raiders took care of business and advanced to their seventh straight Division III Central/East title game on Monday afternoon with a resounding 17-6 victory over No. 3 Hopedale. Senior captains Michael Mastrobuono (five goals, two assists) and Jack Dillon (four goals, two assists) led the...
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Mastrobuono, Raiders set to defend sectional crown

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Division III Central/East Sectional in boys lacrosse has simply belonged to DS in recent years. The 2018 Dover-Sherborn senior class knows nothing but winning the sectional title after reigning as champions each of the last four years. This season, DS enters as the No. 2 seed in...
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Storybook ending for Bowman, DS seniors

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Two arch rivals fighting for their playoff lives met on the baseball diamond on Friday afternoon as the DS Raiders (8-12) hosted the Medfield Warriors (8-9) on Dover-Sherborn’s senior day. In what can only be described as an instant classic of back-and-forth momentum swings and rallies, the...
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Shue, Lady-Raiders roll past Lancers

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The DS girls varsity lacrosse team has been on a tear of late, entering Friday’s matchup with Norton as winners of seven straight. Thanks to a strong collective effort and dominance at the faceoff X all game long by senior captain Cricket Simms, the Lady-Raiders (11-4, 10-2) cruised...
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Schofield, Warriors outlast Carothers, Raiders

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor [caption id="attachment_26333" align="alignleft" width="600"] Medfield’s Mike Tyer (40) attempts to fight through a check from DS’s John Sveen (8) midway through the first quarter.  Photos by Michael Flanagan Medfield’s Mike Tyer (40) attempts to fight through a check...
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DS track secures TVL Small title

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Boasting an undefeated spring season, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School track and field team (both boys and girls) have secured the Tri-Valley League Small championship. “It has been an amazing season, all around,” said enthused DS head coach Maura Bennett. “This spring our runners, jumpers and throwers worked so hard and as the cliché goes,...
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DS track makes a day of it

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On Saturday, May 5, a day after DS held its annual junior-senior prom, members of the Dover-Sherborn track and field team were ready to keep the excitement going, but this time the excitement wasn’t on the dance floor. DS track and field underclassmen arrived ready to compete at Saturday’s MSTCA Freshman/Sophomore Meet. “The...
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Antonucci, Wolverines best Mastrobuono, Raiders

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Entering Friday, it had been quite some time since the Westwood High School varsity boys lacrosse team defeated rival DS; five years, to be exact. Off to one of their best starts in program history, the Wolverines wrote the latest chapter of their exceptional beginning to the 2018...
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McCarthy, Lady-Warriors best Grosek, Raiders

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Medfield and Dover-Sherborn have played some extremely memorable girls lacrosse games over the last several years, and Monday night’s first of two regular season meetings between the two teams lived up to expectations. Thanks to some huge saves in net by DS senior goaltender Natalie Grosek throughout the...
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Boys and girls track begin 2-0

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys and girls track and field teams each remain unbeaten at 2-0 after consecutive victories over Medway and Dedham to begin the 2018 campaign this past week. The DS boys took down Medway, 101-30, on April 10 to begin their season. Spencer Robbins...
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New year, same dominance from Kocher

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor For the second straight season and the 15th time in the last 16 years, the Nobles Bulldogs are ISL champions in alpine skiing. Of the skiers who suited up for Nobles this season and led the team to yet another conference title, perhaps none were more valuable...
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Simms, DS girls gear up

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2017 season ended with about as tough of a loss as they come for the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School girls varsity lacrosse team, as the No. 4 -seeded Raiders fell, 11-10, in double-overtime to arch rival and No. 5 Medfield in the Division II East quarterfinals. This...
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