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Martin, Weber excel for Rebels in 2016-2017

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2016-2017 school year saw some incredible athletic performances by Walpole High School students. Amongst these outstanding efforts both on and off the playing surfaces by all Rebel athletic teams, the work of two athletes stands out in particular. Those two Walpole athletes are senior captain of Walpole...
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Stern, Wallace lead Rocket volleyball to South title

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor In 2017, the Needham High School varsity boys volleyball team was about as dominant as they come. Led by senior captain and right-side hitter Brady Orozco-Herman, junior captain and setter Eli Wallace, senior captain and outside hitter Will Nowlan, and senior outside hitter Gabriel Stern, the Rockets compiled...
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Sumner deals, Dateo delivers in Post 14 victory

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It took 10 innings, an eight-inning gem on the mound by Charlie Sumner, and some swift baserunning by Jake Dateo, but Needham Legion Post 14 was able to come away with a 3-2 victory at Medfield Post 110 6 on Thursday evening in dramatic fashion. Medfield’s Ryan...
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Sliwinski, Post 110 6 battle Needham

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It took 10 innings, an eight-inning gem on the mound by Charlie Sumner, and some swift baserunning by Jake Dateo, but Needham Legion Post 14 was able to come away with a 3-2 victory at Medfield Post 110 6 on Thursday evening in dramatic fashion. Medfield’s Ryan...
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Sliwinski, Ryan take honors for DS

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor For a long while, Dover-Sherborn has been known as a lacrosse hotbed, but the spring of 2017 proved to the world that times are a changing in DS after the varsity baseball team’s magical run to the Division III state championship game, winning the South Sectional and Eastern...
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Weycker, Kane take Wellesley baseball honors

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The spring of 2017 will forever be remembered in Wellesley as the year of the Cinderella Raiders. Entering the tournament as a humble 13 seed, the Raiders won four games away from home (three away, one neutral) en route to a South Sectional title. The Raiders continued their...
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Kraus mashes as Walpole Legion cruises

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It’s officially summertime when players from Medfield and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School put aside their differences and come together on the baseball diamond. Because DS does not have a summer Legion team, several of the Eastern Mass Division III champion Raiders such as Hank Reinhart and Ryan Sliwinski...
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Voss, Medfield Legion battle Walpole

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It’s officially summertime when players from Medfield and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School put aside their differences and come together on the baseball diamond. Because DS does not have a summer Legion team, several of the Eastern Mass Division III champion Raiders such as Hank Reinhart and Ryan Sliwinski...
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Sliwinski, Reinhart, join dark side at Post 110 6

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It’s officially summertime when players from Medfield and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School put aside their differences and come together on the baseball diamond. Because DS does not have a summer Legion team, several of the Eastern Mass Division III champion Raiders such as Hank Reinhart and Ryan Sliwinski...
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Walpole’s Adams drafted by Seattle Mariners

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor On the tenth year anniversary of Johnny Adams helping lead the Walpole American Little League team to Williamsport in 2007, it only seems fitting that Adams, a recent graduate from Boston College, where he captained the BC baseball team this past season, was drafted by the Seattle Mariners...
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Rebel girls win south, on to state title game

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a dominant 18-2 regular season, the Walpole High girls varsity lacrosse team won the South Sectional title this past week via wins over Medway (10-6) in the quarterfinals, Medfield (18-8) in the semifinals, and Foxboro (12-10) in the South Final. On Monday, the lady-Rebels (22-2) traveled to...
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Rebels and Warriors play thriller in South Finals

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Trailing by two goals with 13 seconds to play seems like an almost impossible hole to climb out of, never mind the pressure of the situation that just so happened to be the Division II Central/East Sectional title game. But don’t tell that to Jack Cahill, Mike Hauptman,...
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Saturdays are for the Raiders

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Lacrosse isn’t just a sport in Dover-Sherborn, it’s a lifestyle. Four of the last five seasons, the Division III Boys Lacrosse State Championship has resided at 9 Junction Street. This past Saturday, the Raiders took home yet another Division III Central/East Sectional crown and got themselves one step...
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Scurrah, Raider baseball make history, win South

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Entering the 2017 season, it had been four years since the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity baseball team had even qualified for the MIAA State Tournament. The Raiders broke their postseason drought via a 12-8 regular season, and earned themselves the No. 8 seed in the Division III...
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Cahill, Warriors defy logic, win South

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Trailing by two goals with 13 seconds to play seems like an almost impossible hole to climb out of, never mind the pressure of the situation that just so happened to be the Division II Central/East Sectional title game. But don’t tell that to Jack Cahill, Mike Hauptman,...
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Antonucci goes off, Wolverines to semifinals

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The saying goes “one player doesn’t make the difference,” but on Thursday night in Hopkinton, that was far from the case with Westwood star midfielder and Providence College commit, Jake Antonucci. Despite winning a share of the TVL title and a season sweep of perennial power Medfield...
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Gaughan and Rebels cruise in round one

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Whenever Walpole and Norwood get together on the baseball diamond, it is due to be a heated and entertaining match, given the fierce rivalry these two Bay State Conference powers share. On Thursday, the No. 6 seed Rebels (13-7) hosted the No. 11 seed Mustangs (11-9) in the...
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Conroy leads Raider lax to first-round win

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After earning the No. 6 seed in Division I South, the Wellesley High School varsity lacrosse team took on No. 11 Mansfield (12-7) at Darcey Field on Saturday afternoon in the first-round of the MIAA State Tournament. Led by senior attack-man and Skidmore College commit Brennan Conroy, the...
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Walpole’s Buckley helps build winning culture in Columbus

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor In recent years, the sport of collegiate lacrosse has taken off in popularity all across the country, but especially, in the Big 10. This past holiday weekend, Walpole resident and Xaverian alum Luke Buckley helped pioneer the Ohio State Buckeyes to the program’s first ever NCAA Division I...
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