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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Needham ski team sends seven to states
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High ski team wrapped up its season last week with the state championship races at Wachusett Mountain with seven Rockets representing the school.
The qualifying racers included junior Sofia Kurd, freshman Jordan Tobasky, and senior captain Libby Fleming, who helped the girls’...
French Night a hit at Needham High
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Last Friday night, Needham High’s French Club held its annual “La Soiree de la Francophone” (French Night), featuring food, performances by student groups, and more all focused on French and francophone culture.
The event was also a fundraiser for WATERisLIFE, a nonprofit organization that promotes education and tools for...
Needham Robotics wins award at states
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Saturday, Needham High robotics team T-10 (T minus 10) took on 32 other teams from across the state at Natick High in the Massachusetts FTC State Robotics Competition. T-10 earned the Connect Award, which means that it is one of seven teams to be moving...
Needham man to run for Alzheimer’s Association
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham resident Ryan Mckee has signed on to run in this April’s Boston Marathon as part of the RUN to End Alzheimer’s team, which supports the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
McKee has a deep connection with the association and the fight to end...
Needham student in Geography Bee semifinals
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Pollard Middle School eighth grader Anthony Walsh was recently notified that he is eligible to compete in the semifinal of the 28th annual Massachusetts National Geographic State Bee to be held at Elms College in Chicopee on Friday, April 1.
Walsh was named the school...
