Hibberts, Rockets win second straight
Junior Rockets battle Flyers
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Needham Junior Football had its first set of home games of the 2017 season on Saturday as Framingham came to town. In the competitive divisions, NJF went 2-2 with the fifth and seventh grade squads picking up victories. For week four, NJF heads to Norwood.
B Squad – Needham 23, Framingham 20 – The...
Andre lifts Rockets to wet win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Friday night’s Bay State Conference contest between the Needham Rockets (1-1) and Walpole Rebels (0-2) was truly a battle of wills. With both sides entering at 0-1 on the young season, the Rebels and Rockets were eying their first win of the year, but also a key win...
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Junior Rockets do battle in week two
Needham traveled to Newton for week two this past weekend and went 2-1 in the competitive brackets, with C and D squad each picking up key victories.
B Squad – Newton 40, Needham 12 – B squad (1-1) fell to a very strong and physical Newton team on Saturday. Owen Scholz and Josh Melia played some...
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Needham Junior Football kicks off 2017
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Needham kicked off its 2017 youth football season with a full lineup of games in Weymouth. Torrential rains made for some tough conditions, but the Needham gridiron squads stood strong. Needham went 1-3 in the competitive divisions and travels to Newton next week.
A Squad – Weymouth 19, Needham 8 – The eighth grade...
Barnett, Smith, lady-Rockets gear up
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
With the summer coming to a close, soccer hotbeds such as Needham and Dover-Sherborn are readying for the upcoming season. It goes without saying that keeping your skills sharp and staying conditioned are extremely important aspects in soccer, and both the Needham and DS girls have certainly done...
Home knocks: Rockets ready for liftoff
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a 6-5 campaign that saw a 25-6 playoff defeat to Catholic Memorial and a 34-14 loss on Thanksgiving to arch rival Wellesley, the Needham High School varsity football team is hoping for a bounce back season in 2017, and with changes made to the scheme and...
Needham Gold team takes title
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The Needham Gold 8-year-old summer team won the Friendship Summer League’s Bay State National Division title on Aug. 6 with a 21-4 win over Canton at Booth Field in Foxboro.
The Needham Gold team went undefeated during the regular season (8-0), and along with the Needham White 8-year-old team (4-4) won the Friendship...
Shaughnessy, Shaker dominate Shot For Life
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
August normally is not the time of year for local basketball stars to be making headlines.
But don’t tell that to rising senior at Needham High School, Thomas Shaughnessy, who recently committed to play basketball at Brown, as well as Needham High class of 2017 graduate and point...
Locals excel in Youth Classic Track Meet
NHS baller Shaughnessy headed to Brown
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On July 31, Needham High basketball star Thomas Shaughnessy announced on Twitter that he has committed to play basketball at Brown University at the conclusion of his upcoming senior season.
As many in Needham remember, Shaughnessy helped pioneer the Rockets to a Division I South Sectional crown...
MacAfee following in father’s footsteps, and then some
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Only the elite of the elite are able to attend the United State Military Academy in West Point, New York. The class schedule and grueling amounts of training that the cadets go through on a typical day at West Point is hard enough on its own.
Add in...
Needham United wins 2017 MTOC title
The Needham United girls travel sixth grade soccer team won the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions on Sunday, June 25. The Needham girls qualified for MTOC by placing first in the Boston-Area Youth Soccer League for the spring and then advanced to the weekend state tournament by beating Framingham in a one game playoff by a...
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Rocket swimmers excel in 2016-2017
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After going undefeated for the first time in decades and winning the Bay State Conference outright, it’s safe to call the 2016-2017 season an incredible success for the Needham High School swim team.
Needham began the season in dominant fashion with a victory over Catholic Conference power Boston...
Stern, Wallace lead Rocket volleyball to South title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
In 2017, the Needham High School varsity boys volleyball team was about as dominant as they come. Led by senior captain and right-side hitter Brady Orozco-Herman, junior captain and setter Eli Wallace, senior captain and outside hitter Will Nowlan, and senior outside hitter Gabriel Stern, the Rockets compiled...
Sumner deals, Dateo delivers in Post 14 victory
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It took 10 innings, an eight-inning gem on the mound by Charlie Sumner, and some swift baserunning by Jake Dateo, but Needham Legion Post 14 was able to come away with a 3-2 victory at Medfield Post 110 6 on Thursday evening in dramatic fashion.
Medfield’s Ryan...
Rockets take home Division I lacrosse title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham High School varsity girls lacrosse team concluded an absolutely dominant 2017 season with an 8-5 win over Longmeadow on Saturday afternoon at Boston University in the MIAA Division I state championship game.
Following an 18-3 regular season that saw zero conference defeats and an outright Bay...
Calcagni, Shaver propel Rockets to South Finals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
A late offensive barrage sealed the deal for the Needham High School boys varsity lacrosse team on Thursday night. Behind strong fourth quarter performances by attack-men Danny McEvoy (four goals) and Jason Child (three goals), the No. 2 Rockets (16-3) took down No. 7 Marshfield (12-6) by a...
Hem, Rockets cruise to South semifinals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After a dominant 18-3 regular season, the Needham High School varsity girls lacrosse team earned the No. 1 overall seed in the MIAA Division I South Sectionals as well as a first-round bye.
On Sunday, the Rockets opened up their 2017 postseason by hosting of No. 8 seed Duxbury...
McEvoy lifts Rockets to comeback victory
