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Timberwolves travel to DS for scrimmage

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

The Walpole boys' basketball Timberwolves traveled to the Dover-Sherborn gymnasium on Friday, February 24th. Both teams participated in a friendly scrimmage to hone in on more practice time leading into the heat of the tournament. Walpole completed their regular season with...

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Warriors rule over Northbridge High

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Success: that is the first word to describe the 2022-2023 Medfield boys’ hockey season. With a 17-2 record and 14-0 league record, the Warriors are on top of getting things done. The Warriors headed to New England Sports Center in Marlborough to face off against...

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DS hosts Walpole in tournament preparation 

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

The Dover-Sherborn Raiders hosted the Walpole Timberwolves on Friday, February 24th in a friendly basketball scrimmage. This allotted both teams to get in more practice leading into the heat of tournament season. Dover-Sherborn completed their regular season with a 16-4 season,...

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Wolverine’s falls against Mustangs

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

The ice glimmered on Norwood’s Skating Rink of Boston’s arena, where the Westwood Wolverines took on the Mustangs for the competition’s senior night match-up on February 15th. The Wolverines fought hard against the Mustangs but ended up falling to them 4-2. This loss closed out...

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Timberwolves Weekend Senior Day Celebration

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Skates slid across the ice at the Rodman Arena on Saturday, February 18th as the Walpole girls' hockey Timberwolves hosted the Medfield Warriors in a senior day match-up. The two teams flung shots each period, leading into overtime competition, which resulted in a tie of...

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Needham suffers second loss of the season

Needham Boys Basketball (#5 ranking in state) hosted Catholic Memorial (#2 in state) on Thursday, Feb. 16th. in one of the most highly anticipated games of the season. Students from both schools filled the ends of the bleachers making this a...

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Warriors tie with Timberwolves

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Skates slid across the ice at the Rodman Arena on Saturday, February 18th as the Walpole girls' hockey Timberwolves hosted the Medfield Warriors in a senior day match-up. Both teams flung shots against each other each period, leading themselves into overtime competition, which resulted in a tie of 1-1.
The...

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Girls clinch TVL small championships

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The air was warmer than a typical February night on Thursday, February 16th. The Dover-Sherborn girls' basketball Raiders hosted the Norwell Clippers in a non-league matchup. After the Raiders led the first half, the Clippers found a...

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DS struggles in final regular season game

by Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

In their final game of the season, Dover-Sherborn High School boys’ basketball hosted Cardinal-Spellman for a non-league showdown. After trailing for the majority of the first half, the Raiders turned the game into...

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Rockets win against Milton

The Needham Rockets beat Milton, 3-0, on February 8 at Babson College. A 0-0 draw followed
against Walpole on Saturday.

At the time of print, the Rockets anticipate a Wednesday match-up against Brookline High
School at Walter Brown Arena.

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Wolverine boys are playoff-bound

The Westwood boys varsity hockey team has clinched a spot in the Division 2 MIAA Playoffs for
the 40th consecutive year.

The Wolverines are lead by head coach Matt Sebet and two assistant coaches. The captains of
the team are #12 Danny Sullivan, #13 Paul Dyson and #23 Thomas Hamilton.

At the time of print, the Wolverines...

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Raiders notch victories on the court

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor

The Dover Sherborn boys varsity basketball team defeated the Bellingham Black Hawks at
home on February 7 by the score of 71-51.

The Black Hawks dropped three quick baskets to start the scoring, but DS answered with a pair
of three-pointers to even the score at 6-6 midway through the first quarter. Luke...

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Wolverines come back against Hillers

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

A monumental win took place Friday, February 10, at the Den.

The Wolverine boys varsity basketball team made a second-half comeback to win, 63-60,
against the Hopkinton Hillers in the final seconds of overtime. It was a perfect way to celebrate
the seniors on their special night, with friends and families...

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Boys hockey wins on Senior Night

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Families and friends gathered together at the Pirelli Veterans Arena, Wednesday, February 8,
to celebrate the ten Medfield Warriors boys ice hockey seniors. With high spirits in the air, the
seniors embraced their loved ones during announcements before the highly anticipated match
against the Norwood Mustangs.

Not only did they celebrate the senior...

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Medfield girls hockey ties against Hopkinton

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter


The Medfield girls varsity ice hockey Warriors took on the Hopkinton Hillers on Monday,
February 6. The match-up resulted in a 1-1 tie in overtime.

The Hillers struck first against the Warriors in the first period, notching a goal on the scoreboard
and leading Hopkinton 1-0. The Warriors...

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Rocket girls tie Walpole

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Needham’s girls varsity ice hockey team soared on the ice against the hosting Walpole
Timberwolves. The contest took place at the Rodman arena on Saturday, February 11, with the
match-up closing in a 0-0 tie.

As the first period began, the Rockets took a storm over the Timberwolves, staying mostly on
their offensive...

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Timberwolves tie against Rockets

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...

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Needham swimmers make splash

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.

Warriors’ Olenik banks 100 career points

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...

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JV hockey beats Natick

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.