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Needham High beats Walpole, 41-27

By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter The Needham High wrestling team picked up a big win over Walpole on Thursday night to improve their record to 3-2 on the year. Early on in the season, the Rockets dropped a few matches while fighting off injuries. For this match, the team was coming off the holiday break, with...

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The Dover-Sherborn Regional High School indoor track had several of its members qualify for states this past weekend in their freshman/sophomore meet at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. A week after breaking the school record in the mile (5:33.35) and qualifying herself for Division V states, Caitlin Britt continued her strong season...

Damren, Goss, Curran backboning Wesleyan hockey

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Wesleyan University is building something special with their women’s hockey program, and three local athletes have helped backbone the Cardinals this 2018-2019 season as Wesleyan fights for a spot in the NESCAC Tournament. Westwood native and junior forward Allie Damren, Wellesley native and senior defenseman Sarah Goss,...

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The Wellesley High School alpine ski team is poised to kick off its season this evening, and while most people think of ski racing as an individual competition, when it comes to high school alpine racing, it’s also a team sport with experience for the athletes that go far beyond the thrill...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Walpole and Wellesley High girls basketball entered the 2018-2019 season with the goal of winning their respective Bay State Conference divisions (Walpole – Herget, Wellesley – Carey), and making a run in the state tournament. For Walpole, their potential this season relied heavily upon the two-headed double-double...

Unbeaten Lady-Raiders outlast White, Rebels

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Wellesley High wrestlers humbled by Braintree

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter While every team at Wellesley High School goes by the name “Raiders,” for decades, the school’s wrestling team has adopted the moniker “Monks,” a tradition whose origin remains unsolved despite the school’s thorough investigating. Unfortunately, on Wednesday night against Braintree the young team didn’t have a prayer. Wellesley dug themselves...

Dorion, Rockets, outlast McDonough, Rebels

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Senior center Matt Smith (23) celebrates with teammates following a fourth quarter dunk.[/caption] The Needham and Walpole High School varsity boys basketball teams met for...

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter This summer, Drake’s “In My Feelings Challenge” was so inescapable, both online and in real life, that within months, the entire country was annoyed at the song’s recurring line: “Kiki, do you love me?” On Tuesday night, the Walpole girls basketball team quickly became annoyed at the inescapable, recurring line...

Brown leads Herons to unprecedented start

Medfielder Lindsay Brown is helping drive the William Smith College Herons to their best start, ever. William Smith College ice hockey is off to its best start in program history. The Herons are 10-0-0 overall and 8-0-0 in United Collegiate Hockey Conference play. They enter the winter break on top of the conference standings. William Smith...

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Senior captain and guard John Muckstadt (5) moves the ball up the floor midway through the first quarter.[/caption] The phrase...

Injury-ravaged wrestling drops first match

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter With huge swaths of their starters out due to injury and illness, the Needham Rockets wrestling squad dropped its first match of the season, 42-39. The team started strongly early, tallying several pins in the lightest weight classes. However, as the weights became higher and higher, the Rockets could...

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Junior right wing Charlotte Tolman...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off a 6-3 victory at Framingham on Friday afternoon, the Medfield/Norton High girls varsity hockey team returned home to Rodman Arena on Saturday night to open up TVL play against rival Westwood. Like the Warriors (1-2-0, 0-1-0) the Lady-Wolverines (2-0-0, 1-0-0) also entered Saturday’s tilt coming...

McDonough, Wolverines outlast Prego, Warriors

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On Friday night, Dover-Sherborn just wasn’t ready for Medfield’s defense. In what would end up ultimately being a 61-23 loss to the Medfield Warriors, the ladies of Dover-Sherborn seemed shell-shocked at the multi-faceted, hyper-aggressive defense they were facing. Early on in the game, Dover-Sherborn could barely get the ball over half-court...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Dover-Sherborn Regional indoor track team took on TVL foe Millis on Thursday at Wheaton College. The DS boys earned a dominant 74-12 victory to move to 2-0 on the young season, while the girls fell 53-24, but had several notable individual performances. Sophomore Caitlin Britt broke the...

Guiffre’s 22 lifts Lady-Raiders past Revere

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Molly Cronin (10) directs traffic and sets up a play. [/caption] Coming off a 45-27 season-opening victory at Medway on December 10, the Wellesley High School...

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Mike DiCenzo (11) fights off a Mansfield fore-checker and gets the puck up the boards. [/caption] The Walpole High School varsity...

MacTavish, Warrior hockey ready for next step

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Despite entering the tournament as the No. 8 seed, Medfield High School boys hockey nearly captured the Division II South title last season, winning their way to the sectional finals before falling to No. 3 Plymouth, 6-3. With last season’s tough ending behind them, the Warriors enter 2018-2019 ready to...

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