Davonte Burnett was a dominant force for Needham High School track from 2014-2018.
At the indoor championships his senior year in 2018, Burnett set a new meet record in the 55M at 6.36 seconds. As a junior in 2017, Burnett won state championships in the 100-meter dash (10.63 seconds)...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
With 11 players returning to varsity, 2020 had the potential to be an extremely special season for Medfield High School girls lacrosse. Unfortunately, the Warriors never got the chance to take the field due to COVID-19.
Medfield was set to be...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
North Carolina men’s lacrosse was in the midst of a major bounce-back season in 2020. An offense that already featured the likes of Tanner Cook (20 goals, seven assists) and Nicky Solomon (13 goals, 16 assists) was further sparked, thanks to the arrival of...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2020 season was going to mark the beginning of a new era for Xaverian Brother’s High School varsity lacrosse. The hiring of former Medfield defense coordinator Daggett Morse as head coach, along with the return of a strong senior class, gave the Hawks...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High School girls track and field team was set to have a big spring in 2020. Unfortunately, the team had its season taken from them due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Westwood boasted a large senior class composed of...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield High School varsity baseball was in the process of building something special. Head coach David Worthley entered his third season at the helm in 2020 and Medfield's senior class was stacked with returning starters.
Unfortunately, the COVID-19 outbreak forced...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It’s quite an accomplishment to play an NCAA Division I sport.
When a family has three siblings go on to play the same Division I sport at three separate prestigious powerhouse programs, like the Shakespeares of Walpole have, it is...
Most high school-aged athletes are currently looking for ways to stay busy and active during all of this downtime in quarantine. Instead of letting the world fix itself, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity field hockey player Eliza Birmingham decided to take matters into her own hands.
Last November, Birmingham...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is one of the most popular social media trends to date.
Recently, Tara Pacella, mother of Walpole High School athletes Sophia and David Pacella, was diagnosed with ALS. In response, the Pacella family created tee-shirts to...
Everyone is looking for ways to stay active in order to pass time during quarantine.
In Dover-Sherborn, the reigning TVL Small and Division III South champion girls varsity soccer team decided to make a video this past week. The interactive video shows the girls doing soccer drills from home, as...
Pictured on the ice this past winter, senior Hugh Curran (6) has served as a defensive mainstay for Needham High boys lacrosse and hockey each of the last four years. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
An athlete who has perhaps...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
If you grew up in Needham playing ice hockey, there is a 100 percent chance you’ve heard the name Robbie Ftorek. My father, Joe Flanagan, grew up in Needham in the 1970s. So, even as a Walpole guy, Robbie Ftorek's name was all I heard...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The sports world continues to take hits every day due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, it was announced that the state of Massachusetts has cancelled the 2020 summer American Legion baseball season, effective immediately. Legion coaches were notified via email on Monday.
Senior Will Brown (8) helped DS to a second-place finish in the indoor state championship relay.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Dover Sherborn boys indoor track team came off the best winter season in program history and was ready to bring that...
After having his senior lacrosse season at Ohio State cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Walpole native and Xaverian alum Lukas Buckley is heading home to play for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse, the team announced via Twitter on May 9.
Pictured last season at second base against Dedham, captain Julia Farrell was set to serve as one of three Medfield High School softball captains in 2020 before COVID-19 forced the season into cancellation. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming...
Annually one of the top boys high school lacrosse leagues in the country, 2020 was going to be one of the ISL's most competitive seasons in years.
St. Sebastian's entered the year looking to defend their league title following a dominant 15-0 campaign in 2019 that also saw an...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
This is normally the time of year when athletes, more specifically basketball players, have the ability to be etch their names in history. The NBA postseason would be in full swing, had the COVID-19 pandemic not forced the season into suspension. The same goes...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Like all hockey players growing up in New England, Dover native Chris Murray had the dream of playing in the NHL. After playing his junior hockey with the Cape Cod Whalers in 2002-2003, Murray, a puck-moving offensive defenseman, was offered a scholarship to play...
Last week, Medfield High School girls basketball took to Twitter and TikTok to show off some dance moves and their dribbling skills. This week, the Warriors continued to stay active on social media, but this time staying a bit more fundamental to the game of basketball.
Throughout the...
