Depleted Raiders drop match to Milton
Cohen leads Raiders over Tigers
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley High School boys varsity hockey team travelled to face rival Newton North at John Ryan Arena in Watertown on Saturday. Coming off a 3-3 tie against Walpole on January 2, the Raiders (5-2-1, 2-1-1) entered on a four-game point-streak (3-0-1) and looked to make it to...
Klemm, McIntyre lift Rockets over Wamps
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Braintree has served as Needham’s kryptonite in girls basketball over the last two seasons. In 2018-2019, the Needham girls dropped both regular season contests to Braintree as the Wamps took the Herget Division title. In the postseason, Needham and Braintree met in the Division I South finals, with...
Girls’ basketball continues to dominate
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By Maddie Gerber
Hometown Weekly Intern
Last Tuesday night, the Rockets managed to overcome a tough first half against Weymouth to eventually best the Wildcats, 60-31, adding another win to their already-impressive 5-1 record.
Although the girls had just come off an easy victory over King Philip’s last Saturday, they struggled in the first...
Raiders, Clockers battle until the end
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It what was a tale of two halves for the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity girls basketball team on Tuesday night at home against Ashland. The Lady-Raiders entered looking to bounce back from a 51-35 defeat to Medway on January 3, while the Clockers (2-3, 2-3) came in...
Reilly leads Wolverines over Blackhawks
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High School varsity boys basketball team hosted Bellingham on Sunday night looking to get back on track following a 60-55 defeat to Hopkinton on Friday.
Behind a game-high 18 points by senior captain forward/guard Patrick Reilly, the Wolverines earned a convincing 63-36 victory to move to...
Perez lifts Raiders over Rebels
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley and Walpole High School varsity boys basketball teams played their lone meeting of the 2019-2020 season on Friday night in Wellesley.
The Raiders (2-0, 2-0) entered following a prolonged holiday break due to multiple postponements. Meanwhile, the Rebels (1-6, 0-4) entered looking to get back on...
Rockets cruise to drama-free win
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday afternoon, the varsity girls’ basketball game between Needham and King Philip High School was delayed by almost an hour due to an intense JV game between the two teams, which culminated in a double overtime King Philip victory. Hopefully the varsity fans that wanted to see...
Medfielders play in FBU National Championship
Two Medfielders recently played in the FBU National Championship.
"The FBU National Championship tournament," according to fbunc.com, "celebrates and promotes youth football through uniting all-star athletes of all backgrounds from across the United States in a true, one-of-a-kind national tournament. The only national football tournament of its kind, the annual FBU National Championship crowns a...
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DS girls skate against Norwell
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Still in search of their first victory of the 2019-2020 season, the Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton girls varsity hockey team hosted Norwell for the latter half of a back-to-back on Friday afternoon at Blackstone Valley Iceplex in Hopedale.
With 3:53 left in the opening period, the Raiders (0-8-0, 0-3-0) seized an...
Boys basketball ready to make noise
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After failing to qualify for the state tournament in 2018-2019, the Walpole High School boys varsity basketball team enters this season looking for a rebound year.
Leading the Rebels in 2019-2020 will be junior point guard and captain Jack Connell, who flourished last season as a sophomore with...
Rebels battle Wolverines before season opener
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With no chance of playing each other during the season, last week, the Walpole Rebels and Westwood Wolverines girls basketball teams decided to face each other in a scrimmage as a way to both gather information about their respective teams and get used to facing tough competition before the...
Raiders christen new barn with victory
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The defending Division II state champion Wellesley High School girls varsity hockey team took to the ice for the first time in 2019-2020 on Saturday night. The Lady-Raiders hosted Weymouth at their new home arena, Wellesley Sports Center, after making the switch from their old home at Babson.
Wellesley...
Westwood girls hockey roll out of gate
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite graduating their top scorer from a season ago in Kat Keith, the Westwood High School girls varsity hockey team didn’t skip a beat on Saturday night in their season-opening contest against rival Dover-Sherborn.
Behind a solid and complete performance on offense, as well as a shutdown defensive...
Westwood spars Walpole before season opener
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With no chance of playing each other during the season, last week, the Walpole Rebels and Westwood Wolverines girls basketball teams decided to face each other in a scrimmage as a way to both gather information about their respective teams and get used to facing tough competition before the...
Dorion, Needham basketball ready up
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
A 14-6 regular season earned the Needham High School boys varsity basketball team the No. 7 seed in Division I South last winter. The Rockets drew a tough first-round matchup, having to face Catholic Conference power and No. 10 Xaverian in the first round. Needham fell, 62-47.
In...
Rockets battle CM before season opener
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As any fan of Super 8 hockey will tell you, when a public school comes up against a Catholic Conference powerhouse, the results are rarely good for the public school kids. Whether it’s their ability to recruit players from many towns, private school finances, or having twice as many...
Warriors hang tough with Mustangs
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Simply put, the 2018-2019 season was a tough one for Medfield High School boys varsity basketball, as the Warriors failed to qualify for the state tournament.
This season, things already appear different for Big Blue after a strong opening night performance against perennial TVL power Medway on Friday...
DS winter track starts strong
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity winter track team had its best start to a season in program history this past weekend at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.
Senior Oren Wiemeyer broke the school record in the 600 after running a 1:28.89, previously held by current Boston College track...
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Westwood boys hockey gears up
