Category Archive for "Sports"

U8 boys win Friendship Cup

Needham's U8 Gold summer team won the U8 EMass Friendship Cup Championship with a 4-3 win over Milton on August 6. The team finished the season 17-0, and captured the Foxboro Friendship League championship on August 4 with a 4-0 win over a tough, previously-unbeaten Raynham team. Milton won the Braintree Friendship League title, setting...

Aly Raisman celebration planned for Saturday

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To mark the occasion of Needham Olympian Aly Raisman’s triumphant return from the Rio games, spectators can gather together at the Needham Town Common, directly in front of Needham Town Hall at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 27 for the homecoming celebration. Raisman is returning to the U.S. with three medals from Rio:...

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The Westwood 10A team was able to pull out a big win over Whitman to win the Suburban League championship. At the end of 6 innings, the teams were tied, 5-5, forcing them into extra frames. Solid pitching seemed to define the contest, as Westwood got quality innings out of Paul Dyson, Joey Toti,...

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Nine Westwood girls participated in the 2016 Junior Patriots Cheerleading Program. They attended two cheer and dance clinics, and one dance rehearsal hosted by the New England Patriots Cheerleaders between May and August. The program concluded with an opportunity to perform in the pre-game show when the Patriots hosted the New Orleans Saints...

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]Westwood Youth Softball’s 14U summer travel team wrapped up its season by playing in the Championship of the Hockomock Girls Summer Softball League (HGSSL) after finishing the regular season at 7-2-1. The 14U team lost to an undefeated team from Stoughton, but still had a great season in the very competitive HGSSL. “I am...

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By Hometown Weekly Staff The Medfield U12 baseball team dropped a hard fought final game to Braintree in the Suburban Baseball League championship last Saturday in Westwood. Despite the final loss, Medfield U12 wrapped up a great season, which included numerous tournament titles and a District 11 Championship. Things looked good for Medfield early...

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By Sarah Blood Hometown Weekly Correspondent The spirit of the Olympics is rooted in the people who continue to prove themselves against the odds and strive to achieve their dreams. World champion gymnast Aly Raisman, a Needham resident and gold medal Olympian of the original women gymnastics team called the “Fierce Five,” has now won...

Walpole Rebels prepare for football season

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By Jess McNamara Hometown Weekly Correspondent

As the summer comes to a close, the Walpole Rebels are gearing up for another football season. Under the leadership of longtime Walpole Football coach Barry Greener, the players have spent the summer preparing for the upcoming gridiron gauntlet. Last fall, the Rebels ended the season with an 8-3...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff In his essay, “The Green Fields of the Mind,” former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti said: “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and...

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By Hometown Weekly Staff Sherbornites tuning in to Olympic fencing last week may have gotten quite a surprise in the form of a familiar face. [caption id="attachment_13178" align="alignleft" width="199"]

Sherborn’s Olympic fencer, Eli Dershwitz[/caption] Eli Dershwitz, a current Harvard student, 2014 D-S High School...

Wellesley Little League dream run continues

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The Little Leaguers of Wellesley South continue their march towards a World Series berth in Williamsport. In their opening game in the New England Regionals, the Wellesley boys defeated their Bedford, NH opponents by a score of 10-0 in five innings, the game called early due to mercy-rule. A five-run third inning, plus a...

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Over 450 young track and field athletes from as far away as Jamaica and Toronto met over the weekend of July 22-23 to compete in the 27th annual Needham Youth Classic. Sponsored by the Needham Youth Track Club, this meet is the largest open youth track meet in the Northeast and featured 12...

Marlins come up big in Westwood

The winless Medfield Marlins made their way to Westwood on Tuesday, August 2, with a victory on their minds. They got it. The win marks Medfield's first of the year in the South Suburban Swim League, and it could not have come at a better time. With the 'A' Regional Meet swiftly approaching, the Marlins will be...

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By Cameron Small Hometown Weekly Intern Hip-hop dance is gaining in popularity, perhaps because of the new broadway musical “Hamilton.” So much has its popularity gained, in fact, that this past week, the Walpole Recreation Department offered hip-hop dance classes for students ages five to 13, with an end performance on Friday August 5, at...

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Following the controversy in Medford, Medfield played in the Battle of the Banner Tournament in Dighton, going 6-0 to win the championship while outscoring their opponents 70-6 over the weekend. They were lead by great pitching in the finals on Sunday and 2 home runs each by Jack Goodman, Charlie Walsh and Sam Palmer. [caption id="attachment_13030"...

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There’s “no crying in baseball,” actor Tom Hanks famously quipped in the 1992 film “A League of Their Own,” but some fencers have been known to shed a tear. Just ask Eli Dershwitz. The Harvard undergraduate admits he has “teared up” while watching Team USA during the last three Olympic opening ceremonies. There’s a...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff As Hillary Clinton, a Wellesley College graduate, occupies headlines, the Little Leaguers of Wellesley South are seeking some national press of their own. With a few key victories and an abundance of grit and guts, the boys are putting themselves on track to compete in the Little League World...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff At the south end of Memorial Beach on Dug Pond in Natick, a long line of girls in swim caps wades into the water. Behind them, back on the beach, a slightly smaller group of boys mills about, alternately offering words of encouragement and roughhousing among themselves. Parents crowd...

Westwood 10A boys ready for championship

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The Westwood 10A summer baseball team has advanced to the championship game, which will be played at Morrison field in Westwood on Thursday, August 4, at 5:30 p.m. Residents and baseball lovers are encouraged to come to Morrison and cheer on the 12 boys who have been playing hard all season....

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Summer is here, and so are the Snappers, Sherborn’s representatives in the South Suburban Swim League. The Snappers, who call Farm Pond home and are coached by Caroline Body, are currently 2-3, having bested neighbors Medfield at home and Westwood on the road. At the time of printing, the Snappers await a 6 p.m....

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