By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Heading into the third period of the Div. 2 state championship game at the TD Garden, Wellesley trailed 3-0 against Notre Dame Academy (Hingham). The Cougars speed and depth had been overwhelming through the opening half hour and the Raiders needed a spark.
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield High girls’ hockey team had not won a playoff game in program history until last year’s surprise run to the Div. 2 semifinal game. Having gotten the first tournament win under its belt Medfield now expected to be able to make another...
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
After an eight-day layoff, the Wellesley High girls’ hockey team got back to work this past weekend with two games in three days at the Gallo Ice Arena in Bourne.
The No. 3 seeded Raiders beat Medway/Ashland 2-0 on Saturday night and followed...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield High boys’ hockey team will make its second trip to the Div. 2 state championship game at the TD Garden in three years after the Warriors held off Scituate for a 2-1 win in the South sectional final on Sunday afternoon at...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Heading into the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s Div. 2 South semifinal at Massasoit Community College, the season looked over for the Westwood High girls’ basketball team.
The Wolverines, the top seed in the sectional, trailed No. 4 seed Hingham 42-30 and had only scored three points...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield High girls’ hockey team had not won a playoff game in program history before making a run to the Div. 2 semifinal last season. This year, it looks like the Warriors are making another run to try and reach the final at...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield High girls’ basketball team made quick work of its first round opponent, beating Tri-Valley League rival Medway 61-42 to advance to the Div. 2 Central semifinal against No. 2 seed Groton-Dunstable at Clark University on Wednesday night.
The Warriors (16-5) beat...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
With just 15 seconds remaining in Sunday’s Div. 2 Central semifinal at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Medfield senior point guard Evan Howells pulled up for a jumper that brought Big Blue within one of Marlboro.
After a pair of missed free throws, Medfield...
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...
The crowd was packed into Rodman Arena for the playoff opener, as the Walpole High boys’ hockey team went in search of its first tournament victory in seven years against perennial power Archbishop Williams in a Div. 1 South first round game.
The atmosphere...
