By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Always one of the favorites to come out of Division I South, Needham High School girls varsity lacrosse enters the 2021 season confident, but at the same time humbled. If the last year has taught us anything, postseason success is an added bonus to...
Junior close D Nolan Dion (5) avoids the ride and moves the ball up the field. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Often slept on due to their distant location out in Western Mass, perennial Division II power Longmeadow made an extremely...
Dover-Sherborn's Kate Mastrobuono (11) defends against Medfield's Erin Sullivan (20) on a rush up the field. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two teams with eyes set on a Division II state championship later this spring met at Fisher Field...
Senior Tufts-committed midfielder Sam Frisoli (9) moves the ball up the field during St. Sebastian's lacrosse's 13-5 victory against Governor's Academy on Saturday. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The St. Sebastian's varsity lacrosse team played a home-and-home with rival...
Walpole High School has rebranded and will now call its athletic teams the Timberwolves. Photos courtesy of VIPBranding.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
In June of 2020, the Walpole School Committee voted unanimously (9-0) to drop the high school's "Rebel" nickname. Since the...
Pictured last summer playing for Westwood MIBL, senior second baseman Will DiBattista will look to help Westwood High School varsity baseball get back to the state tournament in 2021. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
In 2019, the Westwood High...
Pictured stepping up to the dish last summer for the MIBL's Medfield River Rats, senior catcher Mike Gilio (7) will serve as one of three senior co-captains for Dover-Sherborn varsity baseball in 2021. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It's...
Pictured last summer for Medfield MIBL, Dennis Folan (16) will serve as one of three Medfield High School varsity baseball senior co-captains in 2021. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield High School varsity baseball was absolutely stacked heading...
Medfield's Jack Sullivan (11) and Dover-Sherborn's Emilio Cabey (83) fight for positioning on punt coverage. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Since 1966, Dover-Sherborn Regional and Medfield High School varsity football have settled their differences in front of a packed...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Even after a year off due to COVID, Walpole High School girls varsity lacrosse enters 2021 with extremely high expectations. When your program wins the back-to-back Division II East sectional championships (2016, 2017), followed by back-to-back East sectional titles (2018, 2019) in your first...
Senior defensive tackle Noah Eldridge (55) flexes in celebration following a tackle-for-loss during Xaverian football's 49-13 season-ending win against St. John's Shrewsbury on Friday. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
To say its been an non-ideal way to end their...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
We're still a long way from home, but recent improvements in the fight against COVID-19, as well as accommodations made by the MIAA, are going to allow for a closer to normal spring lacrosse experience in 2021.
After the 2020...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Always a major player in Division I South, few varsity girls lacrosse programs in Massachusetts have been more consistent throughout the past decade than Westwood.
With almost two full years now having passed since their last season, the Wolverines enter...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School varsity girls volleyball entered this unprecedented season with targets on their backs. The reigning Division I state champs, the Rockets entered 2021 having not lost a match since 2018.
With just 12 regular season games and no...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a 17-0 win at home against Medway on April 9, the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity football traveled to Norton on Friday night looking to make it a pair of wins in a row and improve to 4-1.
Pictured during his sophomore season in 2019, UMass Lowell committed face-off specialist and midfielder Ben Quinn will serve as one of three Walpole High School varsity boys lacrosse co-captains. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The last time Walpole High...
James Wilder (3) avoids an Ashland tackler and cuts up the middle on one of his team-high 26 carries.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield High School varsity football traveled to Ashland on Friday afternoon shorthanded, as three key members (TJ Casey, Jared...
Senior Thomas Garland (27) sets the edge while blocking on punt coverage. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The No. 3 Xaverian Hawks traveled to West Roxbury on Saturday to square off against the No. 1 Catholic Memorial Knights...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a gut-wrenching, last-second 42-36 defeat at Hopkinton on April 3 that featured three James Wilder touchdowns, the Medfield High School varsity football team hit the road again on Friday night looking to respond at Holliston.
Joe Kelcourse (pictured) jukes a defender during one of his team-high 20 carries on Saturday at St. John's Prep. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It doesn't matter the weather, the time of year, or the records. The only thing...
