It was a season that saw major improvement for the Needham Sharks.
After a 2-9 record in 2016, followed by a 3-8 mark in 2017, the Sharks responded with a 7-4 record this past summer, finishing the season on a four-meet winning streak over Dedham, Norwood, Medfield, and Sherborn and earning third place...
The Medfield Marlins Suburban Summer Swim team made great progress this summer, as the season came to a close on August 11 in the A Regional Championships at Gath Pond in Newton.
The Marlins were named the league’s Most Improved Team thanks to a collective number of significant contributions and put together a strong...
Former Bentley University linebacker and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School quarterback/linebacker Rogers Boylan, a magna cum laude graduate this past May, will attend the second annual National Football Foundation Campbell Trophy Summit at Stanford University from August 22-25.
Boylan was invited as a previous nominee for the William V. Campbell Trophy and will be one of...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite the departures of some key offensive weapons, expectations surrounding the Medfield High School football program are extremely high heading into the 2018 season.
In 2017, the Warriors cruised to a 6-1 record before earning the No. 2 seed in Division V South. Medfield fell short of their...
Westwood Youth Lacrosse has announced the schedule for Fall Ball 2018. Fall Ball will begin on Sunday, September 9, and run through Monday, October 22 (no session Columbus Day weekend). Players in grades 1-3 will meet on Sundays from 6-7:30 p.m. Players in grades 4-8 will meet Mondays from 6:30-8 p.m.
Fall Ball...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The University of Virginia holds one of the most successful and storied Division I men’s lacrosse programs in the country with 38 NCAA Tournament appearances, 22 trips to the Final Four, six ACC titles and five national championships.
UVA last won the national championship in 2011, but in...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole native and Xaverian rising sophomore Eric Boulger was crowned the Pre-Junior Champion at the 100th Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship on August 8 at Belmont Country Club, scoring the lowest amongst his age division with a final round of 69.
A humbled Boulger says that he likes his...
It was a hole-by-hole grind and a constant series of comebacks, but Needham resident and Beaver Country Day rising junior Rebecca Skoler refused to be denied on August 9 at the Massachusetts Junior-Amateur Championships at Framingham Country Club.
The 16-year-old shot six-over (73-79-152) throughout the 36-hole tournament, and strung together five birdies on...
Needham’s 10U summer baseball team won the SYBL championship on August 2 at Morrison Field in Westwood. They defeated Newton with a final score of 9-4....
The Medfield JV boys team took home a hard fought victory on the Mass Premier courts to win the JV summer league title over Dedham, 49-43. It was their second championship in the last three summers. After a 5-2 summer season, the JV boys entered the weekend as the No. 2 seed for the playoffs....
Medfield’s Aidan Kelly and Charlie Hardiman competed with great success in the New England section of the Jr. PGA Championship. The two-day event was held at Atkinson Golf Club and Resort in New Hampshire and featured the top 30 teams from across New England. Aidan will begin 7th grade at Blake Middle School this fall,...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys soccer program saw an immense amount of success in 2017, putting together a 12-2-4 record, winning the TVL, and earning the No. 4 seed in Division III South before falling just short, 1-0, against Norwell in the sectional finals.
In 2018, DS returns several...
Westwood Youth Lacrosse has announced the schedule for Fall Ball 2018. Fall Ball will begin on Sunday, September 9, and run through Monday, October 22 (no session Columbus Day weekend). Players in grades 1-3 will meet on Sundays from 6-7:30 p.m. Players in grades 4-8 will meet Mondays from 6:30-8 p.m.
Fall Ball...
By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Members of the community were out at Hunnewell Fields for Wellesley’s 24 Hours of Barefoot Soccer last weekend. Battling the elements and other soccer players, participants in annual event raised money for Grassroots Soccer, an organization spearheading efforts to prevent AIDS in Africa.
The event welcomed players of all skill...
[caption id="attachment_27850" align="alignright" width="250"] April Padilla Hrones (839) has a go at the high jump.[/caption]
Nearly 500 young track and field athletes from all over the Northeastern USA met over the weekend of July 20-21 to compete in...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off their first bowl victory since 2007 last season, Boston College football put together several statement victories in 2017 over Florida State, Virginia, and Louisville before finishing the season 7-6. Obviously, with wins like that under their belts, as well as having one of the nation’s most explosive and...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On Friday, boys and girls from across the region competed in the Ehrlich Mile Swim at Dug Pong in Natick. The swim including representatives from the Walpole Barracudas, Sherborn Snappers, Medfield Marlins, Needham Sharks, and Westwood Waves of the Suburban Summer Swim League. The event, which is often...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Former Wellesley High School head boys lacrosse coach Rocky Batty is back in town after a year away as an assistant at Boston University. Babson College announced on July 11 that Batty will take over as the school’s head men’s lacrosse coach, effective immediately.
Batty – who has seen...
