Needham Gold team takes title
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
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham High varsity boys lacrosse team has thrived in the Bay State Conference in 2017, going unbeaten in league play and finishing the regular season with a 16-3 record.
Needham’s schedule has to be up there as one of the most difficult in all of Massachusetts, given...
Child, Trabucco lift Rocket lax past Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the Bay State Conference’s premiere lacrosse programs took to the field last Tuesday afternoon in some beautiful weather as the third-placed Wellesley Raiders (10-5) and conference-leading Needham Rockets (14-2, No. 6 in the state) wrote the next chapter in their storied and heated rivalry. Led by...
Local lax stars fight for D1 crown
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Over the years, Needham High School, Xaverian, St. Sebastian’s, and Dexter-Southfield have been four of the household names in the Massachusetts high school/prep lacrosse world. During these next several weeks, alumni from all four of these local powerhouse programs will be competing for the NCAA Division I National...
Needham’s Madsen centering Vassar bullpen
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The key to success at any level of baseball is the possession of a solid pitching staff. More specifically, a team’s pitching staff needs to be well rounded, deep, and have guys that are able to come on in relief and shut down the opposition when their starters...
McEvoy, Shaver lead Rocket lax over Rebels
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The class of Bay State Conference boys lacrosse met on a rain-soaked Turco Field on Tuesday night as the Walpole Rebels (7-1) faced off against the Needham Rockets (6-2) in a battle of two heavyweight programs. Behind an incredible effort in net from Austin Shaver (14 saves), a four-goal performance...
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Roberts tosses gem as Rockets cruise
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It truly was a battle of aces on Monday afternoon at Eldracher Field in Walpole, as Needham’s Charlie Roberts (six and a third innings, three hits, no runs) and Walpole’s Brian Gaughan (four innings, four earned runs, seven strikeouts) put on a clinic on the mound. Despite the...
Needham volleyball opens season 6-0
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham and Wellesley High School varsity boys volleyball teams renewed their rivalry last Monday night, as the Rockets (6-0) outlasted the Raiders (2-2) by a final of 3-0, thanks to some dominant performances at the net by senior captain Brady Orozco-Herman and Eli Wallace.
Before their date...
Rocket girls dominant in revenge match
