By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood and Xaverian Brothers High School varsity winter athletics continued on this past week as the Wolverines were in action against rivals Norwood and Medway, while the Hawks battled BC High and Malden Catholic.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity winter athletics was back in action this week as the Raiders faced rivals Medfield, Norton, Bellingham and Norwood.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
At the end of the second half against the Norwood Mustangs, the Westwood Wolverines’ boys basketball team trailed by sixteen points, 32-16. With 1:22 left in the game, they trailed by only four points, 58-54. But despite this run, spurred in large part by James...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Medfield basketball looks pretty much the same, but the players wear masks and there’s no opening tipoff. Warrior soccer had no throw ins, but still pretty much looked like soccer. But because of COVID-19, Medfield High swimming has been radically altered, with teams “facing off”...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole has begun to flex its muscle as a hockey town. In the past four years, the Walpole boys earned a berth in the Super Eight for the first time in program history (2016-2017) and won the school's first-ever Division I South championship (2019-2020)....
Senior defenseman John Techiera (24) snaps a shot from the point. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a brief pause due to COVID-19 contact tracing, Westwood High School boys varsity hockey returned to the ice on Saturday as the...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School junior defenseman Maddie Ledbury put on the performance of a lifetime on January 16. In a 5-2 victory against rival Walpole at Babson Skating Center, Ledbury scored all five goals for the Rockets (3-0-0).
Senior forward Charlotte...
Senior captain Phil Parker (23) picks up the puck behind his net and starts a rush up the ice. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Rivalry games against Dover-Sherborn and Westwood are what varsity hockey players in Medfield live for....
Junior defenseman Caden Popiel (pictured) moves the puck through the neutral zone on a rush up the ice. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Varsity winter athletics continued on in Dover-Sherborn this past week as the Raiders were in action...
Dover-Sherborn’s defense caused all sorts of problems for Millis, who ended the game with 27 turnovers.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With five and a half minutes left in the third quarter, the Dover-Sherborn boys basketball team led Millis, 36-27, in a...
Michael Noone’s midrange jump shot put Westwood up for good.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Michael Noone was second to none on Friday night, draining a midrange jump shot that put Westwood ahead for good with a little over eight seconds left in...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield High School athletics continued on this past week as all varsity winter athletic teams were in action against Dedham, Norwood and Westwood.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High School and Xaverian Brothers High School winter varsity athletics were back in action this week as the Wolverines took on TVL rivals Hopkinton, Norwood and Medfield, while the Hawks took on rivals BC High and St. John's Prep.
Dover-Sherborn sophomore guard Parker Kendall (5) launches up a 3-pointer during the Raiders contest against Norton on January 7. Photo by Greg Hills.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Dover-Sherborn Regional High School winter athletics continued on this past week as the Raiders battled...
Senior defenseman Ty McGovern (10) gets set to snap a pass up the ice on the breakout. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham and Walpole High School boys varsity hockey met in the first half of a back-to-back set...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In a game that was close for a couple minutes in the second and third quarters, but somehow never a blowout nor particularly...
Despite the attempts to slow him down, James McGowan finished the game with 31 points.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In 2008, Steph Curry was held scoreless while playing for Davidson in a game against Loyola Maryland. Davidson won the game by thirty points,...
Six-foot social distancing rules be damned; the Needham defense didn’t give Walpole's players any room to breathe.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
If the idea of eliminating the opening tipoff and baseline inbounds plays, or not having offensive rebounders on the line during free...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2020-2021 winter athletic season finally got underway for Needham High School this past week. The Rockets played a series of home-and-home contests on the ice and on the hardwood against Weymouth.
• Varsity girls basketball earned a 40-28 victory...
Pictured during his junior season at DS, Erik Niit (23) will look to make an impact as a freshman this upcoming spring for Colby men's lacrosse. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Erik Niit last suited up for Dover-Sherborn Regional...
