Stephenson’s sidearm style flummoxes Westwood’s batters en route to a complete game shutout.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Sunday night, the rain fell on Needham High’s baseball field, but not enough to warrant stopping or cancelling the game between Needham and Westwood. Unfortunately...
By Rachel Talcoff
Hometown Weekly Intern
This fall’s high school sports season is right around the corner, yet countless student-athletes and eager fans are left with uncertainty as to how the season will play out. Teams must prepare for whatever lies ahead while COVID-19 is spreading, making it particularly difficult for...
Drew Baacke (pictured) fires home a pitch in the top of the second inning. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The River Rats' dominant start to the inaugural 2020 Major Independent Baseball League season continued on Monday night...
Jack Rufo (pictured) and fires home a pitch in the bottom of the second inning. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
My Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood MIBL (2-7-1) traveled to Natick on Sunday evening looking to get back on track with playoffs about a...
Hunter Anderson (pictured) turns on a ball and drives a base hit into right field. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
There’s a reason why baseball does not have a time limit. Things can change from inning to inning, and...
The Walpole High School varsity boys hockey team poses together with their state championship trophy on the steps of Walpole High School on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Neal Fisher.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was the first good news that Walpole High...
Ryan Donohue (17) fires home a pitch during his complete-game performance in Medfield MIBL's 8-2 win at Walpole on Wednesday.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The cancellation of the 2020 MIAA spring athletic season left behind many unknowns.
In...
Needham's Andrew Barnett towers over a pair of Xaverian defenders for a jump-ball on Tuesday during seven-on-sevens. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It's still unknown whether or not high school football will be played this fall in Massachusetts. States...
Starting Pitcher Nico Schwartz (pictured) stares in and reads the signs from his catcher. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After months of cancellations and postponements due to COVID-19, organized team sports finally returned to Needham this past week, thanks...
Starting pitcher Drew Kral (pictured) fires home a pitch in the bottom of the second inning. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the perennial Division Six Legion powers, Hyde Park and Walpole, squared off on Sunday at Bird...
Good effort to run out this ground ball from Hunter Anderson, even in a game that wasn’t going Needham’s way.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With no American Legion baseball being played this year, the Massachusetts Independent Baseball League has stepped in to take...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The MIAA recently released its new proposed alignment for statewide athletic tournaments set to begin in the 2021-2022 school year.
For Dover-Sherborn, the school will remain in Division III for most sports. This includes boys and girls basketball, as well...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood native Carolyn "C" White was recently named the new head coach for Bentley University's women's basketball team.
A 1997 graduate of Westwood High School, White emerged as a standout guard and led the Wolverines to four undefeated regular seasons...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Amanda Melish has emerged as the premiere star for Walpole High School swimming and diving over the last two years. As a freshman in 2018, Melish shattered multiple school records, including racking up 326.92 points after six dives. Melish capped off her incredible breakout...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Boston Herald recently released its All-Decade team (2010-2019) for MIAA girls soccer. Making this prestigious list were two former local stars in Medfield’s Mimi Borkan (’13) and Needham’s Kayla Steeves (’15).
As many will remember in Medfield, Borkan emerged...
Needham High School's Lauren Tarlow was recently named the MIAA's Unified Track and Field Coach of the Year.
The news was announced by the Needham High School Athletics Twitter account on June 25.
All...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Former Walpole High field hockey stars Sarah Rockwood and Christine Murray (now a resident of Westwood), as well as former Medfield High School star Kate Slowe, all now teammates at Bentley, were recently named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association's National Academic Team....
Jack Cahill (10), pictured during his junior season at Medfield High School.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Former Medfield High School lacrosse star and captain Jack Cahill was recently named a captain for Trinity College men's lacrosse.
As a...
Merrimack goaltender James Corcoran was the backstop for Walpole boys hockey's 2017 run to the Super Eight.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The COVID-19 pandemic has basically forced all normalities of life either into cancellation or postponement. For former Walpole High School star...
Cam Martin and James Corcoran join Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Mike Flanagan to reminisce on the goal that sent the now-legendary 2017 Walpole hockey team to the Super Eight Tournament.
