Needham demolishes Weymouth on the road
DS girls roll to 6-0
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering the 2019 season, DS girls soccer entered with high expectations following a long run in the Division III playoffs last year. So far in 2019, the Lady-Raiders have lived up to those expectations by starting the year 6-0 (6-0 TVL) and outscoring opponents 21-1.
On Thursday, the...
Braintree beats patched-up Wellesley squad
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With one team member at a wedding in Germany, one on the bench with tendonitis, one at home with the flu and one girl who started the game healthy spending the majority of the second and third sets on the bench holding onto an ice pack, the Wellesley...
Raider soccer settles to draw
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Earning points in the standings is never a bad thing. On Thursday afternoon, the Wellesley High School boys varsity soccer team did just so, exiting their home pitch with a point in their back pocket.
However, after hitting a pipe and having a pair of Brendan Clare penalty...
Rebel football stuffed by Natick
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The top two quarterbacks in the Bay State Conference squared off on Friday afternoon as the Walpole Rebels hosted the Natick Redhawks. The Rebels (1-1, 0-1) entered off of a 28-12 victory against rival Norwood to open up the season, while the Redhawks (2-0, 2-0) made the...
Needham handles young Walpole team
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
At the end of the day, the Needham girls’ volleyball team was simply too good for a young Walpole squad that’s still learning and experimenting. While Walpole put up a good fight, the Rebels would ultimately lose, three sets to none, against the rockets.
In the first set,...
Kelley lifts Rockets over Ahola, Raiders
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two field hockey teams with high expectations this season met at Nora Searle Field on Monday for an early-season Division II vs. Division I non-conference showdown as Dover-Sherborn hosted Needham.
Thanks to a goal by junior Grace Kelley and a 13-save performance in net by Cammie Foster, the...
Xaverian lacrosse hires Medfield’s Morse
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Throughout the last two decades, Medfield High lacrosse has been a powerhouse. There are many factors that have gone into Medfield lacrosse’s success throughout the last two decades. There’s an elite youth program. There are legacy families that seemingly have sibling after sibling stepping up, year-after-year, to contribute...
Kelley lifts Rockets over Ahola, Raiders
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two field hockey teams with high expectations this season met at Nora Searle Field on Monday for an early-season Division II vs. Division I non-conference showdown as Dover-Sherborn hosted Needham.
Thanks to a goal by junior Grace Kelley and a 13-save performance in net by Cammie Foster,...
Football stuffed by Natick in opener
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After losing a large core of talent with the departure of last year’s senior class, which included the likes of Duke tight end Matt Smith and Assumption quarterback Charlie Ogletree, Needham High football entered the 2019 season with a lot of figuring out to do on both sides...
Westwood field hockey rolls in opener
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High School varsity field hockey team took to Flahive Field for the first time in 2019 last Wednesday afternoon as the Lady-Wolverines (2-0-0) hosted rival Holliston for their season-opener.
Behind goals by Abby Crowley and Hannah Blomquist, along with a shutdown defensive effort, Westwood started its...
DS field hockey fights off Medfield
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Dover-Sherborn and Medfield varsity field hockey teams met for the first of two times this 2019 season on Friday afternoon. The Raiders (2-0-0) entered looking to make it two straight wins to start the year, following a 4-1 season-opening victory against Medway last Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Warriors...
Wellesley beats Weymouth for first win
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Friday night, the Wellesley Raiders routed the Weymouth Wildcats, 21-6, relying on the big arm of quarterback Matt Maiona and a stingy defense that didn’t give up a point in the second half.
The game was a tight one throughout the first half, with Wellesley scoring quickly to...
Raiders throttle Wolverines in Westwood
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Having to replace fourteen seniors from last year’s team meant that the Westwood girls soccer team was going to have to come together extremely quickly. Unfortunately, the first game of the season was likely too early for the Wolverines to do that, especially against a team as good...
Wellesley girls soccer rolls in opener
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley High School girls varsity soccer team opened up its 2019 season last Thursday afternoon at home against Weymouth.
The Raiders (2-0-0) began their season on the right note, thanks to first half goals by Rory Clare and Olivia Francis, followed by a shutdown defensive effort in...
Needham’s Michals excelling for Providence
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
With field hockey back in full swing, Needham native and The Gunnery School product Mikayla Michals and the Providence College Friars are 1-1 through two games of the 2019 season. After falling to BC, 2-1, in the season-opener on August 30, the Friars took out No. 24...
New era for Medfield field hockey
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
With Mike Mason stepping down as head coach this offseason, a new era is under way for Medfield High School field hockey in 2019 under first-year head coach Allison Driscoll.
For Driscoll, the goals right now for her team are simple: build unity, improve upon skills and conditioning, and become...
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DS field hockey ready to impress
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off of a 10-7-1 regular season and a preliminary round victory against Plymouth South in the Division II South playoffs, Dover-Sherborn Regional High field hockey returns a significant core of talent and appears poised to take the next step with a deep playoff run in 2019.
In...
Westwood girls soccer eyes big year
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High School girls soccer went on a nine-game unbeaten streak (4-0-5) to revive their playoff hopes down the stretch of last season. Unfortunately, a bitter 1-0 loss to rival Medfield in the regular season finale kept the Wolverines (6-8-6) out of the Division II Tournament for the fourth straight...
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Wellesley’s Oppenheim swims to gold
