By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole’s girls varsity ice hockey Timberwolves took the ice against the visiting Needham
Rockets at Rodman Arena on Saturday, February 11. As the teams went back and forth each
period, the match-up closed in a tie of 0-0.
As the first period began, the Timberwolves held strong over the Rockets, denying all...
The Needham High School boys swimming and diving team made a splash at the Bay State Conference Championship Meet last week, beating their nearest challenger, Brookline, by a margin of 362 to 268 points. The victory capped off a perfect 5-0 record in league dual meets and a second consecutive conference title.
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Kate Olenik, senior captain on the Medfield Warriors girls’ basketball team, has been playing basketball her whole life. Every shot, pass, slip, practice, and game of her four-year varsity career had led up to something she had been working towards her whole basketball career: 1000...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Families and friends bundled up at Chase Arena Friday afternoon to watch a thrilling match-up between the Walpole Timberwolves JV boys hockey team, and the Natick RedHawks. The Timberwolves chased down the RedHawks to earn themselves a 2-1 win for the early evening.
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The tension built and the audience was on the edge of its seat Friday night when the Medfield Warriors girls basketball traveled to Westwood for a heated match-up. The Warriors faced off against the Wolverines tirelessly as they made a second-half comeback to earn a...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The bleachers were abuzz Friday evening in the Westwood gymnasium as the Medfield Warriors boys varsity basketball team went head-to-head against the Westwood Wolverines. The Wolverines battled hard against the Warriors, ravenous for victory, and celebrated a 55-44 win.
A full atmosphere...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The balanced offensive attack that the Walpole High School girls basketball team has used to dismantle opponents all season came to life in the third quarter on Friday night. The visiting Timberwolves defeated Milton 44-22, improving to 2-0 against the Wildcats and 12-2 on the...
By Eric Cimino
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Girls Hockey
After opening the season with two straight ties, the girls hockey team won four of their last seven games, bringing them to 4-3-2. The team’s most recent game was a 3-2 loss to Wellesley. Senior captain Makayla Matthews currently leads...
Boys Basketball
Big Blue got off to a solid start by opening the season with a 55-43 win on the road over
Holliston. Senior Brady Nickerson lead the way with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Luke
Lisciandra added 13 while Rowan Tracey added 12 points in the win. The boys battled a tough
Westwood team in their...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Walpole High School boys basketball team's first win of the season looked well in hand as they did not trail Braintree once during the entire 40 minutes of game time on Friday night. It was the Wamps, however, that got the last laugh when...
By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor
The Dover-Sherborn Raiders boys varsity basketball team commenced its 2022-2023 season in impressive fashion on December 13 with a 71-39 win at home against the Millis High School Mohawks.
The Raiders controlled the opening tip and then went on...
By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor
The Dover-Sherborn varsity football team’s incredible and improbable unbeaten run came to an end on Saturday, November 19, against the Shawsheen Valley Tech Rams in the semi-final round of the MIAA Division 5 playoffs. The Raiders mounted a fierce comeback in the second half to tie...
By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor
When it rains, it pours.
The Dover-Sherborn High School Raiders varsity football team defeated the Hudson High School Hawks by the score of 20-7 in the second round of the MIAA Division 5 playoffs last Friday night at the Morgan Bowl in Hudson,...
By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor
The Dover-Sherborn High School Raiders varsity football squad won a hard-fought game against the Watertown High School Raiders before a large home-crowd at Nora Searle Field last Friday night by the score of 28-14 in the first round of the MIAA Division 5 playoffs. D-S relied...
By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor
The Dover-Sherborn Raiders varsity football team leaned heavily on its defense and rallied in
the second half to beat a winless, but inspired Norton High School squad to remain perfect on
the season. Norton played a solid first half of football and led DS, 7-0, at the break....
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Walpole’s 31-14 victory over Needham was bookended by thrilling plays from both sides — in fact, anyone who missed the first minute or the last three minutes of the game may have characterized the high scoring affair as a defensive struggle.
It...
By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor
“Who’s got my back?”
“I got your back!”
“Who’s got my back?”
“I got your back!”
The Dover-Sherborn varsity football team formed a tight circle and their voices thundered as they jumped up and...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
In an homage to the Halloween season, the Braintree student section came out dressed in orange and black on Friday night, but Walpole refused to be spooked as the visitors rolled to a 28-12 victory.
As has been the case in many...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
A thrilling first half of football in Medfield took a turn for the unusual when a broken floodlight left the field only 3⁄4 illuminated and unsafe to play on in the Warriors' tilt against the Westwood Wolverines last Friday night.
