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...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School Athletic Director Dan Lee announced via press release on December 30 that the school has hired Rich Raymond to be the new varsity baseball coach.
Lee announced the news via press release on the Needham High athletics Twitter...
Pictured moving the ball up the floor last season against Braintree, senior guard/forward Caroline Klemm (3) will serve as one of two Needham High School girls basketball senior co-captains in 2020-2021. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School...
Pictured last year winning a puck battle against Wellesley, senior winger Connor McNaughton (21) will look to help lead Needham High School varsity boys hockey to a successful season in 2020-2021. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham native Stephen Hauschka announced his retirement from football this past week. A Super Bowl XLVIII champion with the Seattle Seahawks and a 13-year NFL vet, Hauschka played soccer, basketball and lacrosse at Needham High School before graduating in 2003.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School saw two of its varsity athletes sign their national letters of intent to play a sport at Brown University this past week.
Throughout the last four years, Grace Kelley was perhaps the most dominant all-around athlete at...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School Fall I athletes continued to power through this COVID-impacted season this past week as the Rockets squared off against rivals Wellesley, Newton North and Brookline.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School powered through some snowy weather this past week as the Rockets took on rival Newton North in Fall I athletics.
A group of first and second grade Needham youth field hockey players battle for a loose ball. Photo by Dina Hannigan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School has recently developed one of the top field hockey programs in Division I, qualifying...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School Fall I varsity athletics continued on this past week as the Rockets battled rival Natick.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Contrary to what was reported earlier this week, Needham High School Fall I athletic cancellations on October 13 were not COVID-related. The school cancelled all levels of soccer and field hockey practices due to inclement weather.
Needham High School athletics...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School Fall I athletes continued to power through these unprecedented times this past week as the Rockets took on Bay State Conference rival Brookline. Among the week's news and notes:
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Fall I high school athletic season began this past week in Needham. Among the week's Rockets news and notes:
With players not allowed to head the ball, things can get a bit strange when the ball is in the air.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With a wide variety of rule changes coming to Massachusetts high school soccer, on Saturday afternoon, the Needham...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School began the Fall I athletic season this past week, with athletes finally being granted an opportunity to play organized high school sports for the first time in nearly seven months.
Pictured last season celebrating a shutout victory against Dover-Sherborn, Needham goaltender Cammy Foster (50) will be counted on once again in 2020, this time as a senior co-captain. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School varsity field hockey...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The New England Patriots have figured out their next move at quarterback. Cam Newton (15-of-19, 155 yards, 15 rushes, 75 yards, two touchdowns) impressed in his Patriots debut on Sunday during the team's 21-11 season-opening win against the Miami Dolphins.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Change to high school sports was inevitable when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. This fall, we will see sports such as soccer and field hockey have a completely different look as players and coaches will be required to wear masks at all times.
Needham resident Vaughn Williams, senior associate athletics director at Boston College, has been named the director of athletics at Bentley University, Vice President for Student Affairs J. Andrew Shepardson announced Monday morning in an email to the Bentley community. Williams will begin his new role in mid-September.
Williams, a University...
