Skippers hold off Baker, Raiders in rain
Lindquist’s shutout gives Wellesley win
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
If you want to know how dominant Wellesley’s pitching has been this year, consider this: on Saturday, Justin Lindquist pitched a three-hit, no-walk, nine-strikeout complete game shutout over King Phillip.
He brought the team strikeout average down.
Such dominance been par for the course with the Raiders, who moved to 6-4...
Falvey, Rebels explode in rout of Rockets
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole and Needham High baseball faced off for the second and final time in 2019 last Wednesday night.
The No. 5 Rebels (7-3, 4-2) entered looking to continue on track for the Super Eight, as well as picking up the season sweep of Needham after their 5-0 win at Eldracher Field...
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Needham girls track looks to postseason
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham and Natick faced off in a track meet on Wednesday, but the Rockets were looking to use the event to give some of their younger talent an opportunity to shine, more so than to dominate the event.
“We’re going cross conference and we just decided ahead of time...
Warriors outlast Wolverines in lacrosse
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following an 18-6 win by Medfield back in April, Westwood and Medfield played for the second and final time this regular season on Friday night at Flahive Field.
Behind a pair of goals each from Brian Abely and Tommy Gill, the No. 3 Warriors (11-1, 8-0) fought off...
Panthers stun Raiders late
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Dover-Sherborn boys lacrosse has solidified itself as one of the premiere teams in Division III, entering Friday’s date with Hockomock champ and Division I power Franklin at 8-3 (5-1 TVL).
Despite holding a two-goal lead late, the Raiders were unable to hold off the powerful offense of the Panthers...
Schlittler’s gem lifts Walpole past Brookline
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a tough 3-2 loss to rival Wellesley on April 25, Walpole High baseball entered last Wednesday’s tilt with Brookline looking for their second straight win after bouncing back with a 9-6 victory over Westwood on the 27th.
Behind a seven-inning complete-game shutout by staff ace and Northeastern...
Kenney powers Harbormen past Child, Rockets
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite a four-goal night from star BU-bound attack-man Jason Child, No. 12 Needham High boys lacrosse came up just short at home against No. 5 Hingham on Thursday night, falling by a final of 10-8 in an extremely tense and entertaining game.
Needham began the game on a...
McCordic lifts Warriors over Gregory, Raiders
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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One of...
Generations meet at Little League parade
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Although cold, muggy weather threatened the event and made it far from the typical spring opening day, on Saturday morning, over 500 of Westwood’s Little League baseball and softball players took part in the annual opening day parade and festivities. Starting at Hanlon Elementary and ending at Morrison...
Lyne becoming household lacrosse name
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Wellesley has had an ample amount of legacy families throughout the years in lacrosse. Recently, names like Callahan, Cheek, Darcey and Dziama have dominated the headlines.
One last name that lax rats in Wellesley have become more accustomed to over the last year or so is Lyne.
In...
Walpole hands Wellesley first loss
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Wellesley softball team went into their game against Walpole on Thursday afternoon undefeated, but would ultimately leave the field with an ugly, “mercy rule” loss. With the win, Walpole moved to 4-2 on the year, while Wellesley dropped to 3-1.
The top of the first inning was disastrous...
Wamps outlast Foley, Rockets
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The last time Needham and Braintree baseball met was last June in the Division I South semifinals, a game that Needham won 5-4 via a walk-off en route to the Division I state championship.
On Monday, the Wamps and Rockets met for the first time since their epic...
Duxbury hands Medlax first defeat
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The No. 4 Medfield High boys lacrosse team has pumped its way through the first eight games of their 2019 season, scoring an average of 19.5 goals per game and surrendering just 3.12 per game en route to an 8-0 start.
On Saturday, the Warriors traveled to face...
Strong second half lifts Raiders past Wolverines
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Dover-Sherborn’s Cam Raycroft (29) moves the ball up field on a clear with Westwood’s...
Top-ranked Harbormen fight off Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two Division I powers met for a little early-season non-conference showdown on Thursday afternoon as the top-ranked Hingham Harbormen hosted the Wellesley Raiders in the semifinals of the 2019 Coaches Challenge Cup.
Despite a pair of goals from standout junior attack-man Carl Callahan, a 7-0 run by the Harbormen...
Quinn, McGrath lead Rebels past Minutemen
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering the day at 1-3, the Walpole High School varsity boys lacrosse team was in big need of an out-of-conference win to bolster their tournament resume for later on this spring.
Backboned by two of their senior captains in UMass Lowell committed attack-man Conor Foley (five goals, one...
Schmalz, Lady-Rockets rout Warriors
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham High School girls varsity lacrosse team was delivered a significant blow with star scorer Callie Hem out for the season with a torn ACL.
Despite the loss of their Harvard commit and reigning All-Scholastic recipient, the Rockets (5-2) have responded with a series of impressive victories...
Needham hosts BSC Invite
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Almost 700 people showed up to Needham’s DeFazio Park for the 2019 Bay State Conference Invite on Wednesday morning, and while it is still early in the track season, the coaches from Needham, Wellesley and Walpole High School all hoped their athletes would show something in their...
Panthers hold off Warriors in rain
