By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite winning yet another Central/East sectional championship, the 2018 season ended with a bitter taste for the Dover-Sherborn Regional varsity lacrosse team, which fell in the Division III state finals to Cohasset, 10-6.
In 2019, the Raiders return some high-level talent and will look to reign supreme in...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Lacrosse season is upon us, and after a deep run into last season’s Division I South Sectionals, the Wellesley Raiders enter the 2019 season poised to be a dominant force in the Bay State Conference.
Despite losing one of their top scorers in Michael Bomes, who netted...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The spring of 2018 for forever be remembered in the town of Needham after the Cinderella Rockets won their way to the Division I state championship in baseball as a No. 8 seed.
In 2019, the obvious goal of defending their spot atop Division I looms large. Despite...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield High School girls varsity lacrosse team is poised to have a solid year in 2019, with some big names returning.
Leading Medfield this season will be a duo of senior co-captains in midfielder Erin Seibel and defender Lily Bannister.
Before a tough 8-7 loss to...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
For the first time since 1981, the Dover-Sherborn Raiders are state champions in boys basketball. On Saturday, the Raiders capped off an incredible tournament run with a 71-56 victory in the Division III state finals in Worcester over South Sectional champ Bishop Stang, finishing the year at...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports
Westwood and Medfield was already one of the top hockey rivalries in the TVL heading into the 2018-2019 season. After the teams played to a 1-1 tie on January 12, Westwood defeated Medfield 3-1 on February 13, which later allowed the Wolverines (15-3-6, 9-1-5) to claim the outright TVL...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After finishing first and second in the Bay State Herget Division, it was fitting that the two teams left standing in Division II South for girls basketball were Braintree and Needham.
The Wamps swept the regular season series with Needham with a 56-43 win on January 11, followed...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It’s been a wild ride for the Dover-Sherborn boys basketball team this 2018-2019 season, and on Saturday in Worcester, the Raiders put together a banner win with a 50-36 victory over No. 1 Hudson in the Division III Central finals.
The thing that has made this DS team extremely...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a regular season in which they won the TVL and qualified for the state tournament for the 37th consecutive year, it’s safe to say that the 2018-2019 season has already been a major success for the Westwood High boys varsity hockey team.
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two old rivals met in the first round of the Division I South Sectionals last Wednesday evening as the Walpole and Wellesley boys squared off at Canton Ice House for the right to move on and face No. 1 Duxbury.
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Two old rivals met in the first round...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Sophomore sensation guard Kiki McIntyre has been an X-factor for the Needham...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield senior track star Ryan Eng has quietly put together an absolutely stellar season over the last several months, earning himself the TVL MVP. He is bound for Globe and Herald All-Scholastic honors, as well.
At the TVL championships, Eng finished first in both the 55-meter hurdles and...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018-2019 season has been an extremely special one for the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys varsity basketball team. A year after squeaking into the state tournament with a 10-10 record and falling in the first round to Whitinsville Christian, DS entered the postseason with a chip...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018-2019 Walpole High girls varsity hockey team has sneakily become a wagon.
Much thanks to the play in net from senior goaltender Kiera McInerney, as well as a steady dosage of offense production from senior forwards Audra Tosone and Meghan Hamilton, the Lady-Rebels (16-3-1) ended their regular...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018 high school lacrosse season was all about Westwood High star attack-man Jake Antonucci, who fired home a ridiculous 75 shots into the back of the net and tallied 19 assists, all while becoming Westwood’s all-time leading scorer (214 goals, 89 assists).
After leading Westwood to the...
In the finals of the Reilly Winter Classic on February 18, the Needham and Wellesley High girls varsity basketball teams played one of the most remarkable girls basketball games in recent memory. Both teams have played against each other since sixth-grade MetroWest and in AAU, so there is a tremendous rivalry between these...
In the finals of the Reilly Winter Classic on February 18, the Needham and Wellesley High girls varsity basketball teams played one of the most remarkable girls basketball games in recent memory. Both teams have played against each other since sixth-grade MetroWest and in AAU, so there is a tremendous rivalry between...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite an 8-10 regular season in 2018, the Medfield High baseball team was still able to sneak their way into the Division III South Sectionals under first-year head coach David Worthley. Ultimately, the Warriors fell 6-4 to No. 14 Middleboro in the preliminary round, but expectations heading into 2019 for...
The Dover-Sherborn Regional indoor track team traveled to the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston on February 13 to compete in the Division V State Championship Meet.
Caitlin Britt placed fifth in the mile with a time of 5:29.48, breaking her own school record she set earlier this season.
On the boys side, the...
