By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield High School rising sophomore Kaelyn Larkin mashed her way to the top of the A Shot For Life Home Run Derby on Sunday, September 5, at Austin Prep in Reading.
Competing alongside teammate Bitsy Crowley, the All-Scholastic recipient and...
Maggie Tolland reaches with one hand to put the ball over the net in front of a Holliston defender.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In their first game of the year, the Medfield girl’s volleyball team lost to Hopkinton in three sets: 25-13, 25-16,...
There were plenty of close calls, but ultimately no goals for the Raiders.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While a matchup against Medway was Dover-Sherborn soccer’s first game of the year, on Wednesday night, it looked like the officiating crew was the rustiest team...
The Westwood High School 2021-22 varsity volleyball team
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With no state playoff tournament or Tri-Valley League Championship, for the Westwood girls’ volleyball team last season, it was all about being together and giving their seniors one final hurrah.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering off the heels of an unbeaten 7-0-3 COVID-reduced campaign in 2020, Medfield High School varsity girls soccer enters 2021 confident. Despite graduating six seniors last spring, the Warriors return a significant chunk of their starting lineup and are one of the favorites to...
Pictured during her freshman basketball season in 2019-2020, Walpole rising junior and multi-sport star Brooke Walonis committed to play Division I soccer at UConn this past week.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole High School rising junior Brooke Walonis announced her commitment to...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a condensed and postseason-less 2020 campaign that saw the Wolverines earn a 3-5-2 record, the Westwood High School varsity soccer team enters this fall motivated to make improvements and make a run at the TVL title.
With a normal...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Dover-Sherborn High School varsity girls soccer nearly reached the ultimate prize in 2019. The Raiders rolled their way to a 14-2-2 regular season record before winning the Division III South championship.
Ultimately, the run came to an end in the state...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
To put it simply, the cancellation of the 2020 ISL football season was a devastating blow.
Thanks to the vaccine roll-out and progress made across the country throughout the past year, fall sports will be returning to the ISL starting this...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham Rockets girls volleyball team is heading into the season riding a thirty-three game win streak, and with COVID cancelling the playoffs for those sports moved to the “Fall II” season last year, the 2019 title-holders are technically the defending state champions, as well....
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High School varsity girls soccer enters the fall of 2021 looking to rebound following a 2-4-4 record in 2020. Considering the changes to their schedule and the lack of a state tournament last season due to COVID, the Wolverines are expecting a resurgence...
Shown here standing in at the dish against Millis this past spring, Jack Goodman (pictured) will be one of three Medfield High athletes taking part in the A Shot For Life Home Run Derby this upcoming weekend at Austin Prep in Reading. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After compiling a 3-4-3 record throughout their condensed 10-game playoff-less season in 2020, Dover-Sherborn High School varsity boys soccer is expected to take a big step forward this fall.
The Raiders return a significant chunk of their roster from last season...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Like it does every season, Needham High School girls soccer enters the fall of 2021 with high expectations. Making this season unique, however, is its return to normalcy for fall athletics.
Like all high school soccer programs in 2020, the...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Three years removed from a Division II South finals appearance, Walpole High School varsity boys soccer will look to return to form in 2021.
Despite a 4-10-3 record in 2019, Walpole snuck into the Division II South playoffs as the No....
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
In 2020, Walpole High School girls varsity soccer had all the makings of a state-championship-caliber team. Unfortunately, COVID had other plans. While a condensed 10-game season was still able to be had, the multitude of rule changes and no state tournament made last fall...
Dover-Sherborn youths and members of the New England Rugby Club pose with their medals and banner at the Bay State Summer Games on August 1. Photo by Brad Nathan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Residents of Dover, Sherborn and other surrounding communities seem...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High School varsity girls soccer enters the 2021 season looking to rebound following a 2-4-4 record throughout their COVID-condensed and postseason-less 10-game slate in 2020.
Leading the Wolverines will be three senior co-captains: goalie Rachel Berliner, defensive midfielder Haley Jacobson...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a perfect 10-0-0 season and a TVL Large championship, its safe to call expectations high for Medfield High School varsity boys soccer entering the fall of 2021. With league MVP James Leyden amongst several key members of the Warriors graduating last spring,...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The last time Needham High School boys varsity soccer took to the pitch for a postseason contest was November 23, 2019 in the state championship game. Following a dominant run through the Division I South sectionals that averaged four goals scored per game, followed by...
