By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Always one of the favorites to come out of Division I South, Needham High School girls varsity lacrosse enters the 2021 season confident, but at the same time humbled. If the last year has taught us anything, postseason success is an added bonus to...
Senior Tufts-committed midfielder Sam Frisoli (9) moves the ball up the field during St. Sebastian's lacrosse's 13-5 victory against Governor's Academy on Saturday. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The St. Sebastian's varsity lacrosse team played a home-and-home with rival...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
We're still a long way from home, but recent improvements in the fight against COVID-19, as well as accommodations made by the MIAA, are going to allow for a closer to normal spring lacrosse experience in 2021.
After the 2020...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School varsity girls volleyball entered this unprecedented season with targets on their backs. The reigning Division I state champs, the Rockets entered 2021 having not lost a match since 2018.
With just 12 regular season games and no...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School varsity football hosted Milton on Friday evening in their season finale. Entering the game with a 2-2 record and coming off the heels of a 35-0 defeat to Natick, the Rockets were looking to rebound and finish the COVID-shortened season above...
Senior quarterback Will McDonald (2) scrambles to his right and fires a pass on the run. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a 42-24 victory against Brookline on March 26, the Needham High School varsity football team looked...
Tommy Fullbrook brushes aside a Brookline defender en route to a dominant 29-0 halftime lead.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After their game against Brookline, the Needham sideline was wearing gold chains, getting stickers put on their helmets, taking pictures with their family...
Marcus Fuentes (3) cuts up the field on a kick-off return early in the second quarter. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
From the countless memorable finishes and highlight reel plays, to the 2015 matchup at Fenway Park, and yes,...
With handshakes gone due to COVID-19 protocols, Needham beat Braintree and immediately waved them goodbye, as is the new customary 'good game' message.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham High School women’s volleyball team didn’t lose a game last year, and despite a...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The last time Needham High School girls volleyball took to the hardwood was on November 16, 2019 in the state championship game against Winchester. The Rockets capped off a perfect 21-0 season with a 3-1 win over the Sachems to claim the Division I...
Pictured handing the ball off in 2019 against Milton, quarterback Will McDonald (left) says he and his Needham teammates are ready to dish out some revenge this spring as the senior will serve as one of seven co-captains for the Rockets. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike...
Needham High School girls hockey's 2021 class of seniors pose for a picture before their game against Newton Co-op on February 13. Photo by Needham High Athletics
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School varsity girls hockey saw a little bit of...
Needham goaltender Ollie Lamadieu (pictured) hugs the post and keeps an eye on the play behind his net on Monday at Wellesley. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The annual Needham and Wellesley High School hockey games are some of...
Nick Petronio tries to finish a reverse layup in the face of some tough defense.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Friday night, the Newton North Tigers got their revenge on a Needham Rockets team that had beaten them just a few days...
Senior forward Connor McNaughton (21) hustles in on the forecheck during Needham High boys varsity hockey's game at Milton on Wednesday night. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a two-week pause due to COVID protocols, Needham High School boys...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham native Tim Carey was recently honored as the Girls Lacrosse National Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Carey, a graduate of Needham High School in 1985 and a former varsity lacrosse...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School junior defenseman Maddie Ledbury put on the performance of a lifetime on January 16. In a 5-2 victory against rival Walpole at Babson Skating Center, Ledbury scored all five goals for the Rockets (3-0-0).
Senior forward Charlotte...
Senior defenseman Ty McGovern (10) gets set to snap a pass up the ice on the breakout. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham and Walpole High School boys varsity hockey met in the first half of a back-to-back set...
Six-foot social distancing rules be damned; the Needham defense didn’t give Walpole's players any room to breathe.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
If the idea of eliminating the opening tipoff and baseline inbounds plays, or not having offensive rebounders on the line during free...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2020-2021 winter athletic season finally got underway for Needham High School this past week. The Rockets played a series of home-and-home contests on the ice and on the hardwood against Weymouth.
• Varsity girls basketball earned a 40-28 victory...
