Needham Junior Football battles with Walpole
Junior football goes 3-1 vs. Brockton
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The Needham Junior Rockets hosted Brockton for a full slate of games in week six and finished 3-1 in its competitive divisions.
A Squad (8th Grade) – Brockton 35, Needham 20 – The grade eight Jr. Rockets fell to 0-6 on the season with a tough loss to Brockton Saturday Night. After an...
Boys soccer still unbeaten
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham high varsity boys soccer team remains undefeated halfway through the 2016 season.
The Rockets (7-0-6) have recently earned wins over Milton (4-0) BC High (3-1), and Norwood (6-0) with ties coming against Framingham (2-2) and Brookline (1-1).
Head coach Jimmy Odierna says that his team has...
Junior Football Goes 3-1 vs. Framingham
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Needham Junior Football’s fourth week saw a full slate of games against Framingham. The A squad hosted Framingham at Memorial Field under the lights on Saturday night while the rest of the squads visited Framingham on Sunday morning and all came out on top.
A Squad (8th Grade) – Framingham 28, Needham 8...
Red Sox historian, Crehan, visits Needham
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
We all think that we might know a good amount about sports; more specifically, baseball. Everybody in the greater-Boston area has that friend or that older relative who is really good at telling stories about the Red Sox or remembering players and their accomplishments. Few, however, are better...
Rockets fight Porkers to 1-1 tie
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole Porkers (4-0-1) and Needham Rockets (3-1-1) faced off for the first of two meetings in 2016 on Tuesday night under the lights at Turco Field in their Bay State Conference match.
Despite the Porkers jumping out to an early lead, the Rockets were able to fight...
Rockets Drop Heartbreaker To Walpole, 21-7
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole Rebels (1-1) and Needham Rockets (0-2) met under lights on Friday night at Turco Field in their annual Bay State Conference matchup. Led by stout defensive play and the lethal rushing attack of senior running back Ferry Armand, the Rebels prevailed 21-7 despite a late offensive...
Rockets hold off Wellesley 2-1 in opener
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Whether it is on the gridiron, the ice, or the pitch, any time the Needham Rockets and Wellesley Raiders get together, you know that it is going to be an intense match.
Last Wednesday, Needham and Wellesley kicked off the 2016 boys soccer season in at Sprague Field...
Needham boys XC ready for task
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The rivalry between Needham and Wellesley is nothing new, as the two towns have battled it out on the gridiron, the court, and the track for decades.
In 2015, the latest chapter Rocket/Raider history was written when Wellesley handed the Needham boys cross-country team its only conference defeat (10-1). The...
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Blake, Hargreaves to guide Needham girls XC
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Like every season, the Needham girl’s cross-country team enters 2016 on a mission, which is to make a statement in the Bay State Conference.
The Rockets will be led by three senior captains in Lily Auger, Jill Robins, and Emily Hargreaves, all of whom head coach Cara Van Cott calls...
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Needham boys eye soccer glory
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The boys soccer program has for long been a crown jewel of Needham High athletics. In 2016, the Rockets return a core group of seniors to their roster and once again will look to make some noise in the Bay State Conference.
Leading the charge for Needham this season...
Needham Junior Football returns to action
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Needham Junior Football opened the season on Saturday by hosting five games with long time rival, Wellesley, while the A squad took on Walpole.
A Squad (8th Grade) – Walpole 33, Needham 0 – The 8th grade Jr. Rockets led by quarterback, Drew Desing, were unable to establish a consistent running game early...
Needham girls to defend soccer title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
For a long while, soccer has been the crown jewel of Needham High School athletics. In 2015, the Needham girls took home the state championship after a record season (22-0-2).
The Rockets will look to defend their title in 2016 with what coach Carl Tarabelli calls “a good...
U8 boys win Friendship Cup
Needham's U8 Gold summer team won the U8 EMass Friendship Cup Championship with a 4-3 win over Milton on August 6. The team finished the season 17-0, and captured the Foxboro Friendship League championship on August 4 with a 4-0 win over a tough, previously-unbeaten Raynham team. Milton won the Braintree Friendship League title, setting...
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Aly Raisman celebration planned for Saturday
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To mark the occasion of Needham Olympian Aly Raisman’s triumphant return from the Rio games, spectators can gather together at the Needham Town Common, directly in front of Needham Town Hall at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 27 for the homecoming celebration.
Raisman is returning to the U.S. with three medals from Rio:...
Aly Raisman handsprings to Olympic gold
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By Sarah Blood
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The spirit of the Olympics is rooted in the people who continue to prove themselves against the odds and strive to achieve their dreams. World champion gymnast Aly Raisman, a Needham resident and gold medal Olympian of the original women gymnastics team called the “Fierce Five,” has now won...
Youth track stars at Needham Classic
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Over 450 young track and field athletes from as far away as Jamaica and Toronto met over the weekend of July 22-23 to compete in the 27th annual Needham Youth Classic. Sponsored by the Needham Youth Track Club, this meet is the largest open youth track meet in the Northeast and featured 12...
The blue mile
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
At the south end of Memorial Beach on Dug Pond in Natick, a long line of girls in swim caps wades into the water. Behind them, back on the beach, a slightly smaller group of boys mills about, alternately offering words of encouragement and roughhousing among themselves. Parents crowd...
Needham Little Leaguers make great run
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The Needham American U10 Williamsport team had a great run this year. The boys put in a tremendous effort winning District 11 and then competed for four nights in a row in the Sectional round, with each game being decided by one run late in the game. They won two of the first...
Needham Little Leaguers win gold
