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Wellesley Students Win Art and Writing Awards

Wellesley Students Win Art and Writing Awards

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"] By Rama K. Ramaswamy Wellesley High students received 23 awards spanning several diverse categories, including Art Portfolio, Writing Portfolio, Photography, Printmaking, Digital Art, Painting, Drawing and Illustration, Sculpture, Jewelry, Personal Essay/Memoir, Short Story, Poetry, Writing Portfolio Poetry and Fashion in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Wellesley Middle School successfully came away with 14...

A Capella at Wellesley Acastock Blows Audience Away

A Capella at Wellesley Acastock Blows Audience Away

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By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent The Katherine L. Babson, Jr. Auditorium at Wellesley High had another packed house Friday night for the annual Acastock a cappella concert. The enthusiasm for a cappella groups at the high school has grown significantly over the last several years, as what started as one small group of students...

Dream Season Comes to an End for Wellesley Girls Basketball

Dream Season Comes to an End for Wellesley Girls Basketball

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff It was a ride that 15 players and their coaches will never forget. They won their first 11 games and had their time of their lives, referring to themselves as a “band of sisters” and priding themselves on their teamwork, notably their “we-fense.” But on Monday night they tried to do...

Cycling Team Taking Off in Wellesley

Cycling Team Taking Off in Wellesley

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By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent As temperatures warm, flowers bud, birds and animals reemerge from their winter hideaways, and people take to the streets again in a collective sign that spring is near. For many it is a return to a more active outdoor life style, reclaiming their spot along the streets to ride...

Season Comes to an End for Wellesley Boys Hockey

Season Comes to an End for Wellesley Boys Hockey

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff The Wellesley boys’ hockey team entered the state tournament as the 13th seed in Division 1 South after going 9-8-3 in the regular season. The Raiders had achieved one of their season goals by making the tournament and wanted to try to make a run as far as they...

Bestselling Author Returns to Dover-Sherborn

Bestselling Author Returns to Dover-Sherborn

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff On Tuesday, March 1, students in grades 9-11 at Dover-Sherborn High listened intently as Dover-Sherborn graduate Jessica Lahey spoke about her bestselling book “The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed” and explained the importance of having parents back off...

Season Ends for Dover-Sherborn Boys Basketball

Season Ends for Dover-Sherborn Boys Basketball

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff The Dover-Sherborn boys’ basketball team had a terrific regular season, going 14-6 and pushing TVL opponents to their limits night in and night out. Returning to the Division 3 Central State Tournament once again, coach Rick Grady and his players were eager to prove that they could compete with any...

Dover-Sherborn Hockey Eliminated After Thrilling Win

Dover-Sherborn Hockey Eliminated After Thrilling Win

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff More than any other sport, the postseason in hockey completely changes the way the game is played. The level of intensity rises to a new level and players step up their games like they never have before For the Dover-Sherborn boys’ hockey team, sophomore Peter Davies, Jr. rose to the...

Medfield basketball wraps up TVL title

Medfield basketball wraps up TVL title

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Medfield High boys’ basketball beat Holliston on the road 78-71 and wrapped up its regular season by winning the program’s first Tri-Valley League title since 2009.

Coming into the season, Medfield coach Herb Grace knew that his team was among a...

Medfield Pee Wees win state championship

Medfield Pee Wees win state championship

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The Medfield Pee Wee AAA team took home the Massachusetts state championship on Sunday at the Mike Eruzione Center in Winthrop. The team won all five of their games against other top teams in the state in the team’s penultimate tournament of the season, featuring the winners of the 10 Massachusetts...

Medfield-Ashland ski sends two to states

Medfield-Ashland ski sends two to states

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The first season of the newly formed Medfield-Ashland ski team wrapped up last week when two of its skiers, Ashland’s Donnie Jones and Julian Sherr, competed in the state championship meet at Wachusett Mountain.

Jones, a sophomore, finished tied for 27th overall...

Medfield students shine at Science Fair

Medfield students shine at Science Fair

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Forty Medfield students in grades 6-8 signed up for the first Blake Middle School Science Fair, which was held on Friday afternoon in the school’s library.

From displays about the sugar content in popular drinks to creating tornados to playing with foam,...

Miss Amazing Celebration Returns to Medfield

Miss Amazing Celebration Returns to Medfield

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

For the third year in a row, the Lowell Mason Auditorium at Medfield High was packed for Saturday night’s Miss Amazing Celebration, which is a state pageant that offers girls with disabilities the chance to shine in the spotlight and take the stage for...

Mike Smith speaks to Medfield High students

Mike Smith speaks to Medfield High students

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Last Tuesday, Mike Smith stood on the stage in the Lowell Mason Auditorium and spoke to two assemblies of Medfield High students. There was no Powerpoint presentation, no lights, or special effects, just Smith explaining to the students about how important it is to...

Students ‘buzzing’ about annual Medfield Spelling Bee

Students ‘buzzing’ about annual Medfield Spelling Bee

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

It is that time of year again - time for Medfield students to gather their friends and form teams of three for the annual Medfield Coalition for Public Education (MCPE) Spelling Bee.

The Spelling Bee will be held on Tuesday, April 5 in...

Chu brothers recognized by Medfield organization

Chu brothers recognized by Medfield organization

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

On Friday afternoon, Keith Curbow represented the Lowell Mason House at the Medfield Library in a visit with Medfield brothers Bryan and Brandon Chu, who have been giving free piano and guitar lessons at the library every Thursday afternoon from 3-4:30 p.m.

Medfield forum to explain Health Survey results

Medfield forum to explain Health Survey results

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The results of the most recent MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey, which was conducted in 2014, will be the topic of a presentation on Wednesday, March 9 in the Medfield High auditorium at 6:30 p.m.

The speakers will include Susan Cowell, head of...

Medfield High student expands Game Club

Medfield High student expands Game Club

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

For the second year in a row, Medfield High sophomore Will Spaeth is offering kids in town the chance to play games, learn about new games, and interact with other game enthusiasts at the Medfield Library.

The Game Club will begin on March 10...

Needham squash takes third at nationals

Needham squash takes third at nationals

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff The Needham High co-ed club squash program is in just its second season but has already established itself as one of the top in the country, after the team traveled to Philadelphia in the second week of February and took third place in its division at the national...

Needham basketball welcomes Crossroads School

Needham basketball welcomes Crossroads School

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Needham High girls’ basketball team went into its final two games of the season knowing that it needed a pair of wins to stay alive for the state tournament. In the end, it only took one to seal the Rockets’ fate.

Despite...

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