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Laidman earns All-Scholastic, Raider lax concludes 2017 strong
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
For the last four years, maybe no other player has meant more to their respective lacrosse team in the state of Massachusetts than DS’ Bailey Laidman. Having committed to North Carolina when the attack-man was just a freshman, it’s safe to say that in 2014, the pressure was...
Raiders win E-Mass, fall just short of state title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
What a ride it was for the 2017 Dover-Sherborn Regional High School baseball team.
After failing to qualify for the last four MIAA State Tournaments, the 2017 Raiders put together a 12-8 regular season record and earned the No. 8 seed in the Division III South Sectionals. The...
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...
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...
Shue, Robbins battle Warriors in state tournament
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
When the Medfield and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity girls lacrosse teams were placed in the same part of the MIAA Division II South Sectional bracket on May 26, one had the sense that these two arch-rivals would be meeting up for a third and final time in...
Reinhart delivers, Raiders win thriller in extras
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It took nine innings, a three-run comeback, and a heavy dosage of deep breathing, but the Dover-Sherborn Regional High varsity baseball team found a way to win 7-6 in extra innings on Saturday afternoon against Apponequet (12-9) in the quarterfinal round of the South Sectional Playoffs. With runners...
Doyle, Linden and Raider track win TVL title
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In 2017, the Dover-Sherborn varsity boys track team made school history by winning their first TVL title since 1986.
The Raider runners did exceptionally well at the Division IV Championship Meet, as after winning the same event in the TVL championships, senior PJ Doyle broke the school record in the javelin with a...
Laidman, Cahill excite in 10-9 thriller
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the state’s top boys lacrosse programs took to the field for the second and final time in 2017 on Wednesday evening, as the No. 10 Medfield Warriors (10-5) traveled down the road to face off against their arch-rival, the No. 11 Dover-Sherborn Raiders (12-4). DS entered...
Raiders and Warriors renew softball rivalry
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield and Dover-Sherborn High varsity softball teams wrote the latest chapter of their storied rivalry on Thursday afternoon, as the Warriors (8-6) were able to handle the Raiders (2-13) by a final of 18-0 behind a solid six-inning shutout performance on the mound by Medfield freshman Laura...
Wright’s heroics propel Raiders into first place
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On Thursday afternoon, the Westwood High varsity baseball team traveled to take on Dover-Sherborn in a battle for first place in the TVL. Behind a solid performance on the mound by Holden Ferrari (five innings, two earned runs, three hits, nine strikeouts) and some late heroics at the...
Schuermann, DS tennis remain undefeated
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Dover-Sherborn boys varsity tennis team extended their undefeated season to 12-0 on Thursday afternoon with a 4-1 victory over Westwood, but it did not come easily for the Raiders, thanks to a hard-fought effort by Aaron Janfaza and the Wolverines.
DS’s Max Schuermann earned a 6-0, 6-0 sweep over Dahra...
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Mastrobuono, Raider lax battle Medfield in rain
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite a malfunctioning scoreboard, the stadium lights flickering on and off throughout the game, and some harsh rain, the Medfield and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity lacrosse teams renewed their intense rivalry and delivered an action-packed grudge match on Tuesday night at MHS. The Warriors (5-2, 4-0) were...
Wellesley, DS girls battle in wet Raider Bowl
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity girls lacrosse teams met on Friday morning in a non-conference showdown on the water-soaked turf at Wellesley High, and both bands of Raiders delivered an intense and entertaining match despite the non-ideal weather. Thanks to an offensive surge in the...
Dover’s Kocher named All-Scholastic at Nobles
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity alpine ski team enjoyed an incredibly successful season on the slopes in 2016-2017. However, even some DS residents who opted to take their athletic talents elsewhere had successful athletic campaigns this past winter season. Dover’s Izzy Kocher is the prime example after...
Ferrari pioneers Raiders past Warriors
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was the Holden Ferrari show at Curt Schilling Field on Thursday afternoon when the Dover-Sherborn Regional and Medfield High School varsity baseball teams met up for the first time in 2017. Along with five shutout innings pitched, Ferrari went two for three at the plate with two...
Track season underway in DS
The warm weather means that the spring sports season has finally returned to Dover-Sherborn Regional High School, and the return of spring season also means the return of DS’s outstanding boys and girls track program. The running Raiders returned to the track for the first time in 2017 on Friday for their head-to-head meet against...
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Webb, Sliwinski lead baseball into battle
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
With a significant portion of their starting pitching rotation from a season ago returning, the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity baseball team eyes a successful season within and outside of the TVL in 2017.
Experience should not be an issue for this band of Raiders, as they will...
DS 4th grade girls win championship
The Dover-Sherborn 4th grade girls “Athenas” squad defeated Milton by a score of 36-18 on Saturday, March 11, to win the Metrowest Girls Grade 4 Division 3 Championship.
The “Athenas” squad was compromised of twelve players, all new to Metrowest travel basketball and most new to the game of basketball. The squad went 8-4 in the...
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Laidman, Raiders aim for three-peat in 2017
