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Medfield Girls Hoop advances over Wayland

Photos by Paul McNeil

Before a large crowd at Medfield High School Monday night, the Medfield girls basketball team advanced in the state playoffs with a decisive 54-41 win over Wayland. Sophomore Camilla Silk led the way with 13 points and 12 rebounds while senior captain Erin Seibel also added 13 points with 4...

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor With the postseason approaching, every win matters this time of year in order to receive the highest seed possible in the MIAA state tournament. On Saturday, the Walpole Rebels (11-6-3, 8-3-1) hosted non-conference rival King Phillip Regional for their senior day. Having already picked up their 10th win of the...

Palli’s 25 lifts Lady-Raiders over Warriors

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor With conference play wrapped up, the Wellesley High girls basketball team traveled to Westwood on Sunday afternoon for semifinals of the Reilly Winter Classic. The Raiders (14-3, 11-2) entered having already wrapped up the Bay State Conference Carey Division and their eyes set on a top seed in...

Jantzen, Lady-Rockets outlast Murray, Wolverines

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Riley Murray (23) protects the ball along the baseline. [/caption] Powers from the TVL and Bay State Conference met on Sunday afternoon as the Westwood Wolverines (13-6,...

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Kiki McIntyre scouts the scene and gets set to dish a bounce pass into the paint.[/caption] Powers from the TVL and Bay...

Warriors outlast Raiders, remain in hunt

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Senior captain Laney Ockerbloom (11) cuts the net and gets set to make a centering pass.[/caption] Entering Monday’s matinee rivalry contest...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor

Entering Monday’s matinee rivalry contest with Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton, the Medfield/Norton High girls varsity hockey team had absolutely zero room for error. In order to receive a bid to the MIAA state tournament, the Lady-Warriors (7-9-2, 4-5-1) needed win all of...

Westwood hockey tournament bound, set state record

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor There have been a lot of good high school hockey programs over the years in the state of Massachusetts. Catholic Conference powers like Catholic Memorial, BC High, Malden Catholic, public programs such as Burlington, Reading, and other Western Mass purebreds like Springfield Cathedral have all held decades of...

This season’s Wellesley High School gymnastics team put together the program’s strongest record in the past four years, finishing the season with a record of 6-2. The highest score of the regular season came on January 24 against Needham. Wellesley finished the meet with a 135.7 over Needham’s 131.9. The team was led by senior...

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Senior Night had the Weymouth fans coming out in droves.[/caption] Walpole’s last dual meet of the year came against Weymouth on Wednesday night. Unfortunately for the Rebels, this particular...

Griffin lifts Huskies to sixth Beanpot title

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Last season, Northeastern broke their 30-year Beanpot drought with a 5-2 victory over Boston University to claim the school’s fifth-ever tournament title. On Monday night, the defending champ and No. 13-ranked Huskies took to the TD Garden ice to defend their crown against rival Boston College. Leading the...

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Sophomore guard Kiki McIntyre (2) fights through a double team and puts up a jump shot. [/caption] Entering Friday night,...

Needham rally spoils Braintree’s senior night

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Needham shows some of the toughness that was the key to the second half. Photos by James...

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Medfield’s Phil Parker (23) shields the puck from DS/Weston’s Connor Burke (3).[/caption] Two old friends met on Saturday afternoon in Franklin as the Medfield boys varsity...

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter “It wasn’t pretty, but we got a win.” Such was the game summary of Wellesley coach Glen Magpiong. On Friday night, the Milton and Wellesley girls’ basketball teams engaged in an ugly, but fun, tense back-and-forth game that had coaches yelling at refs, fans yelling at players, and players yelling...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 2-2-0 start to the season, the defending Division II state champ Wellesley High girls have played 10 straight contests of unbeaten hockey. On Monday, the Lady-Raiders (7-2-3) hosted another Division II South heavyweight, Notre Dame Academy (Hingham), at Babson. Despite outshooting the Cougars (9-3-1) by a...

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A hard foul from Weymouth’s Norman Sianne.[/caption] Earlier this year, the Weymouth boys basketball team lost to Walpole in a thriller at home, 59-56. On Tuesday night, the Wildcats would get...

Nawrocki, Schmalz hat tricks lift Lady-Rockets

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Sophomore forward Caroline Han (9) corrals a loose puck and fights off a stick check...

By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter Roxbury’s Reggie Lewis Center hosted the Tri-Valley League’s indoor track meet on Saturday night, February 2. The meet featured teams from Westwood, Dover-Sherborn, Medfield, and their conference opponents. While there were many gifted athletes and innumerable great performances in Roxbury, a few did stand above the rest. For the Medfield Warriors, the...

Wamps freeze Lady-Rebels unbeaten streak

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The two lead dogs in the Bay State Conference Herget Division squared off for the second and final time this season on Saturday afternoon as the Walpole Lady-Rebels (12-3-1, 7-3-1) hosted the Braintree Wamps (12-3-0, 8-0-0) at Rodman Arena. The Lady-Rebels, who entered the contest on...

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