Rockets drop heartbreaker in stoppage time
NHS field hockey has eyes on prize
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
No matter the sport, advancing multiple rounds in the playoffs and ending the season of your arch rivals is a successful one. In 2017, the Needham High School field hockey team did just that, as the Rockets went 14-4 and knocked out Wellesley, 1-0, in the Division I...
Smith, Rocket football ready for liftoff
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a 5-2 record and a first-round victory over Brockton in the Division I South playoffs last season, expectations for Needham High School football are high heading into 2018.
The returns of star offensive weapons such as Duke-committed tight end Matthew Smith and junior running back Odahri Hibberts...
Sharks place third at regionals
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It was a season that saw major improvement for the Needham Sharks.
After a 2-9 record in 2016, followed by a 3-8 mark in 2017, the Sharks responded with a 7-4 record this past summer, finishing the season on a four-meet winning streak over Dedham, Norwood, Medfield, and Sherborn and earning third place...
Needham’s Skoler crowned Girls Junior-Am champ
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It was a hole-by-hole grind and a constant series of comebacks, but Needham resident and Beaver Country Day rising junior Rebecca Skoler refused to be denied on August 9 at the Massachusetts Junior-Amateur Championships at Framingham Country Club.
The 16-year-old shot six-over (73-79-152) throughout the 36-hole tournament, and strung together five birdies on...
Needham 10U baseball wins SYBL championship
Needham’s 10U summer baseball team won the SYBL championship on August 2 at Morrison Field in Westwood. They defeated Newton with a final score of 9-4....
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Needham youths score at track meet
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April Padilla Hrones (839) has a go at the high jump.[/caption]
Nearly 500 young track and field athletes from all over the Northeastern USA met over the weekend of July 20-21 to compete in...
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April Padilla Hrones (839) has a go at the high jump.[/caption]
Nearly 500 young track and field athletes from all over the Northeastern USA met over the weekend of July 20-21 to compete in...
Suburban swimmers shine in Ehrlich Mile
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On Friday, boys and girls from across the region competed in the Ehrlich Mile Swim at Dug Pong in Natick. The swim including representatives from the Walpole Barracudas, Sherborn Snappers, Medfield Marlins, Needham Sharks, and Westwood Waves of the Suburban Summer Swim League. The event, which is often...
State champ Rockets honored at Fenway
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The spring of 2018 will forever be known as the time when Needham High School baseball simply refused to die, rallying seemingly every other game throughout the MIAA Division I State Tournament until finally, their resilience and grit paid off with a state championship in dramatic fashion.
In the...
Needham 9A boys win tournament
The Needham Summer 9A team has won the 2018 Mansfield Summer Classic Tournament, which took place from July 14-15. The 9A team beat top-seeded Mansfield, 7-3, in the semifinals, before beating Smithfield, RI, 13-11, in the final. The Needham 9As are: Tucker Andersen. William Cassidy, Liam Velde, William Fradette. Matthew Mullaney, William Lavelle, Rory Funke,...
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Post 14 rallies past Westwood 320
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood Post 320, featuring players from Westwood and Xaverian, traveled to Needham Legion Post 14, featuring players from Needham, Wellesley, St. Sebastian’s and the US Performance Academy, on Sunday afternoon for a pivotal District Six West Division showdown with the postseason less than a week away.
Trailing 6-3...
Walpole and Needham Legion split
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole Post 104 and Needham Post 14 Legion baseball split their two-game series this past weekend, with Needham taking Friday’s matchup, 6-4, while Walpole came away victorious on Sunday in Rocket-town by a final of 9-5.
Many of Needham’s players, such as Steve Donovan and Charlie Sumner, are...
Celebrating the Rockets
Fannie Gilarde couldn't help celebrating the Needham Rockets' Cinderella run to the baseball state championship - and apparently, neither could the “Make Way for Ducklings” sculpture in Boston’s Public Gardens!...
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Friends of Needham Hockey awards scholarships
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The Friends of Needham Hockey, Inc. (FONH) presented their 2018 FONH Varsity Ice Hockey Scholarship to five recent graduates of Needham High School. These Needham High School graduates each played varsity ice hockey at Needham High and submitted an essay describing how the NHS hockey program has helped them prepare for future endeavors...
Colburn, Child, Dillon named All-American
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
BostonLax released their 2018 class of All-Americans earlier this week, and a significant portion of the players on this prestigious list hail from Hometown Weekly’s six towns.
After helping lead Dover-Sherborn to the Division III Central/East sectional title with 14 goals and seven assists in DS’s final four...
Rocket baseball wins first-ever state title
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was not looking good for the Needham on Saturday night in Worcester in the Division I state finals against St. Peter-Marian. The Rockets found themselves trailing, 5-1, in the top of the seventh.
However, like they have done so many times this season (most recently against Braintree in the...
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Sharton, Rocket baseball take the South
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Looking at the Division I South bracket from afar, the favorites to come out on top before the sectional began earlier this June were No. 3 and defending Eastern Mass champs Wellesley, No. 2 Brockton, and No. 1 Plymouth North.
After both Plymouth North and Brockton failed to...
Lady-Raiders best Rockets in sectionals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering Friday, it had been a exactly one year and a day since the Wellesley High School girls lacrosse team had their 2017 season come to an end at the hands of arch rival and eventual Division I state champ Needham in the South semifinals.
It had also...
Lady-Rockets set to defend title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2017 season brought about a storybook ending for the Needham High School girls varsity lacrosse team, as the Rockets defeated Longmeadow, 8-5, at BU to claim the Division I state championship.
This season, Needham enters the tournament looking to defend their title, but will do so with a...
McNally’s 31 saves lift Rockets in overtime
