Hynes, Needham squashers make history at nationals
Bruno nets four, Lady-Rockets cruise
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports
The Needham High School girls varsity hockey team appears poised to make another deep tournament run come late-February as the Rockets (9-4-2, 5-0-2) have gotten hot at the right time. In their last six contests, the Needham girls are 5-0-1 and have outscored their opposition 29-5 (15-0 in their...
Jones, Rockets drop nail biter to Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It’s almost impossible for any high school hockey rivalry to match the intensity and animus shared between Needham and Wellesley. On Wednesday, the two arch-enemies faced off for the second and final time this regular season at Babson, as Needham sought to avenge a heartbreaking 4-3 defeat to...
Rockets cruise by Mustangs, remain unbeaten
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham High School varsity boys basketball team is proving that last season’s run to the Division I South Sectional crown was no fluke. On Tuesday night, the Rockets (8-0, 5-0) earned a 69-35 victory at home over Norwood to remain unbeaten on the season.
Senior forward Will...
Phalen, Rockets fall just short to Rebels
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole and Needham High School girls varsity hockey teams met for the second and final time this season on Monday afternoon at Rodman Arena for a critical matinee Bay State Conference showdown.
Thanks to a late tie-breaking power play goal by senior forward Amanda Janowicz (two goals, one...
Rocket swim’s unbeaten streak ends at three
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On Tuesday, January 1, the Needham High School boys swim and dive team suffered its first loss of the season against Natick, falling to 3-1 on the year.
Previously, the Rockets had beaten Boston College High School in their home opener, along with victories at Belmont on December 11 and on December 21...
Needham swim remains unbeaten
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By Molly McLeod
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On December 26, the Needham High School boys swimming and diving team beat Holliston to capture their third win of the season. The previous meets were close, but the Rockets managed to score wins on both counts and have won three straight to enter the new year still...
Brinkhaus, Rockets tie No. 5 Hawks
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Hot on the heels of a convincing 4-0 win at Duxbury on Saturday, the Xaverian Brothers High School varsity hockey team got a bit of a scare on their home ice against Needham last Wednesday night. The Rockets (3-3-3), who recently fallen narrowly to CM by a final...
Morgan, Raiders come back to stun Rockets
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
What a hockey game it was on Friday night between bitter rivals Needham and Wellesley, as the Raiders (3-0-2) overcame a 3-1 deficit to upend the previously unbeaten Rockets (3-1-1) in dramatic fashion.
Riding the momentum of a 4-2 win at Weymouth on Wednesday, it took just 2:22 into...
Rockets skate to 2-2 tie with Rebels
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Last year’s magical Super Eight run by the Walpole High varsity boys hockey team is one that will forever be remembered in this area. However, now three games into the 2017-2018 season, it’s all about the present for head coach Ron Dowd and his group.
On Saturday night...
Expectations high for Shaughnessy, Rocket hoop
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High boys basketball was the talk of not only the town, but a large portion of the state last winter following an incredible to run to a South Sectional title, backboned by star guard and Brown commit Thomas Shaughnessy.
The Rockets’ season ended with a tough loss...
Hem highlights Needham field hockey awards
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a successful season that included a 1-0 playoff win over arch rival Wellesley, the Needham High School field hockey team had several of its members recently recognized for their accomplishments on the field throughout the 2017 season.
Callie Hem, Meg McQuillen, Eileen Manning, and Talia Barrett were all...
Ogletree’s three TDs not enough for Rockets
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The nation’s oldest public high school football rivalry wrote its 130th chapter on Thursday morning, as the Wellesley Raiders and Needham Rockets capped off their 2017 seasons with a thriller of a Thanksgiving game.
Thanks to a two-touchdown effort as well as a dominant defensive performance by D’Aunte Moore,...
Needham dance finishes third in state
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A year after winning the fall Division I state title in 2016, the Needham High School club dance team had another incredibly successful campaign in 2017, capped off with a third-place finish on Saturday in Braintree at the all-state championship meet.
Before their third place finish on Saturday, the Rocket dancers had performed...
Needham’s Kohl signs with Michigan
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham resident Jessica Kohl signed her national letter of intent to row at the University of Michigan on Tuesday.
Kohl, a senior at Needham High School, will head to Ann Arbor following her graduation this spring and will row for one of the nation’s top programs; Michigan placed third...
NJF B-Squad battle Mustangs in playoffs
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Needham’s seventh grade team came into its first Bay State Conference playoff with lots of promise, but unfortunately found itself outmatched by a big and physical team from Norwood, falling 42-7 on Saturday to conclude their season. Needham’s defense stopped the Norwood rushing attack on its first three plays but then gave up...
McNally lifts Rockets to South Finals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It’s not often that Needham High soccer is the underdog come playoff time, but after a 9-7-4 regular season, the Rockets found themselves in some unfamiliar territory heading into the Division I South Sectionals as the No. 11 seed.
In order to reach the South Finals for the second...
Manning lifts Rockets past Raiders in playoffs
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham and Wellesley High School field hockey teams wrote the latest chapter of their epic and historic rivalry on Saturday evening, as the two Bay State Conference powerhouses squared off in the Division I South quarterfinals at DeFazio Park.
The Rockets (15-4-0) received the No. 7...
Needham Baha’is celebrate founder’s birth
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On Sunday, October 22, the Baha'i Community of Needham joined over 6 million other Baha'is across the planet to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith. About eighty Baha'is and guests gathered at MIT's beautiful facility in Dedham, the Endicott House, for a program of...
Rocket soccer battles with Raiders
