By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Last March, the area was blanketed by several feet of snow, forcing the spring sports season to be postponed for at least a week and pushing teams from the diamond or the turf into gyms, hallways, and anywhere that a free space could be found.
Thankfully, this...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High baseball program is looking for assistance this spring to help cover the costs of its annual trip to compete at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., as well as equipment, workouts, and other needs for the team.
The Rockets will host...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham High graduates Alexandria and Victoria Stavropoulos have taken the skills that they learned during their time on the school’s dance team and used it to begin successful stints on the New England Patriots cheerleading team (Alexandria) and Boston Celtics dance team (Victoria).
This year,...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham Soccer Club and Needham Baseball and Softball have joined forces to bring an important workshop to Needham this spring to help educate youth coaches on how to teach life lessons as well as their respective sports.
The Positive Coaching Alliance will present “Double Goal Coach: Coaching...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High boys’ basketball team reached the Div. 1 South quarterfinal with a decisive 64-51 victory over first round opponent Durfee (the Rockets led by as many as 20 in the fourth quarter against the Hilltoppers), but the Rockets could not get past No. 11 seed BC...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High girls’ basketball team went into its final two games of the season knowing that it needed a pair of wins to stay alive for the state tournament. In the end, it only took one to seal the Rockets’ fate.
Despite...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High ski team wrapped up its season last week with the state championship races at Wachusett Mountain with seven Rockets representing the school.
The qualifying racers included junior Sofia Kurd, freshman Jordan Tobasky, and senior captain Libby Fleming, who helped the girls’...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Friday morning, the MIAA gathered at its offices in Franklin to finalize the state tournament brackets for boys’ and girls’ basketball. A number of teams from the Hometown Weekly coverage area will begin a quest for silverware this week.
The Westwood girls...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Last Wednesday at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletics Center in Boston, the Needham track program showed its strength in depth by winning both the boys’ and girls’ Div. 2 state indoor titles, in both cases edging Bay State Conference rival Wellesley.
The girls won...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High girls’ hockey team finished another perfect week with a 2-0 victory over Newton North on Saturday at the Fessenden Rink.
With the victory, Needham wrapped up an unbeaten league campaign (13-0-2) and clinched the Carey division title.
The Rockets are...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High boys’ swim team had high hopes entering the season, despite having a lot of youth on its roster. After a strong start, the Rockets entered the heart of the schedule with a lot of confidence, as it got ready to face the perennial...
