Kelley, Lady-Rockets outlast Finn, Wolverines
Weycker’s gem lifts Raiders past Chmielewski, Rockets
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the Bay State Conference’s elite baseball programs met last Wednesday afternoon at Memorial Field as the defending Division I Eastern Mass champion Wellesley Raiders traveled to face their arch-rivals, the Needham Rockets.
Behind a complete game, seven-strikeout performance by left-handed ace Hank Weycker, the Raiders (10-4, 5-3)...
Schofield, Warriors outlast Carothers, Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Medfield’s Mike Tyer (40) attempts to fight through a check...
DS track secures TVL Small title
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Boasting an undefeated spring season, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School track and field team (both boys and girls) have secured the Tri-Valley League Small championship.
“It has been an amazing season, all around,” said enthused DS head coach Maura Bennett. “This spring our runners, jumpers and throwers worked so hard and as the cliché goes,...
Mulcahy, Rebel softball walk it off
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole High School varsity softball team is off to a ferocious start to the 2018 season, currently sitting at 8-1 on the year and 5-1 in Bay State Conference play.
This past week, the Lady-Rebels took home a pair of W’s while playing a back-to-back set against...
Tyer, Warriors fight off Donohue, Wolverines
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the TVL’s elite met last Wednesday evening with first place in the conference on the line as the Westwood Wolverines (8-2, 5-1), coming off of consecutive road victories over Dover-Sherborn and Hopkinton, traveled to face rival and the defending Division II Central/East champion Medfield Warriors (6-5,...
Child, Rockets outlast Bomes, Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Very few lacrosse rivalries in the state of Massachusetts share the same type of mutual animus that Needham and Wellesley have for one another
On Thursday, the Rockets (8-4, 7-0) hosted the Raiders (7-3, 4-2) for a pivotal mid-season showdown. Behind a six-goal performance by junior attack-man and BU...
DS track makes a day of it
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On Saturday, May 5, a day after DS held its annual junior-senior prom, members of the Dover-Sherborn track and field team were ready to keep the excitement going, but this time the excitement wasn’t on the dance floor. DS track and field underclassmen arrived ready to compete at Saturday’s MSTCA Freshman/Sophomore Meet.
“The...
Tyer, Warriors fight off Donohue, Wolverines
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the TVL’s elite met last Wednesday evening with first place in the conference on the line as the Westwood Wolverines (8-2, 5-1), coming off of consecutive road victories over Dover-Sherborn and Hopkinton, traveled to face rival and the defending Division II Central/East champion Medfield Warriors (6-5,...
Child, Rockets outlast Bomes, Raiders
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Very few lacrosse rivalries in the state of Massachusetts share the same type of mutual animus that Needham and Wellesley have for one another
On Thursday, the Rockets (8-4, 7-0) hosted the Raiders (7-3, 4-2) for a pivotal mid-season showdown. Behind a six-goal performance by junior attack-man and BU commit Jason...
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Lyons, Antonucci lift Wolverines past Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering Friday, it had been quite some time since the Westwood High School varsity boys lacrosse team defeated rival DS; five years, to be exact.
Off to one of their best starts in program history, the Wolverines wrote the latest chapter of their exceptional beginning to the 2018...
Balter, Lady-Raiders roll past Wildcats
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley High School girls varsity lacrosse team welcomed Milton last Tuesday afternoon for a key Bay State Conference showdown.
Behind a stellar performance by senior captain and Northwestern commit Maddy Balter (five goals, two assists), along with four goals from fellow senior captain and Stanford commit Caitlin Chicoski,...
Walpole’s Bushway, UMB set track record
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole native Jack Bushway and the UMass-Boston track and field team finished in third place overall at the Little East Conference (Division III) New England Alliance championships at Bridgewater State University on Saturday afternoon, and in doing so, made a little history.
Serving as one of the four legs...
Hem, Lady-Rockets cruise past Mustangs
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The defending Division I state champion Needham High School varsity girls lacrosse team traveled to Norwood on Thursday afternoon for their final-ever matchup against the Mustangs in Bay State Conference play; Norwood is heading to the Tri-Valley League next season.
Behind a hat trick and pair of assists...
Clifford, Warrior softball roll past Marauders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield High School varsity softball team made quick work of TVL newcomer Dedham last Tuesday afternoon at Curt Schilling Field, downing the Marauders 14-1 by slaughter rule to improve to 5-1 on the season.
Dedham got to staff ace Alana Potts in the first inning with a...
Antonucci, Wolverines best Mastrobuono, Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering Friday, it had been quite some time since the Westwood High School varsity boys lacrosse team defeated rival DS; five years, to be exact.
Off to one of their best starts in program history, the Wolverines wrote the latest chapter of their exceptional beginning to the 2018...
Concannon, Hawks down Prep at Fenway
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering Saturday, Xaverian baseball’s senior class had never beaten their arch-rivals, St. John’s Prep, who finished as the runner-up in last season’s Super Eight.
It only makes sense that after such a long drought against the Eagles on the diamond, the Hawks (4-3) were able to put together...
Westwood Squirts win division
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Westwood's Squirt A team won their division in the South Shore Conference in a hard-fought 5-3 victory against Cape Cod Canal at the Canton Ice House on Sunday, April 8....
Fletcher’s walk-off bomb lifts Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a rainout on Thursday, the defending Division I South and Eastern Mass champion Wellesley High School baseball team hosted Barnstable at Sprague Field on Friday afternoon for a pivotal early-season showdown.
And with it came some history.
With the game remaining tied after seven full, sophomore catcher...
Donato’s walk-off powers Rebels past Hawks
