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New year, same dominance from Kocher

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor For the second straight season and the 15th time in the last 16 years, the Nobles Bulldogs are ISL champions in alpine skiing. Of the skiers who suited up for Nobles this season and led the team to yet another conference title, perhaps none were more valuable...
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Larkin named interim skipper at Westwood

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off an incredible Cinderella run all the way to the Division II South finals as a No. 11 seed in 2017, the Westwood High School varsity baseball team enters the 2018 season with high hopes. Following the conclusion of last season, however, Westwood head coach Jimmy Vanaria...
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Darcey, Raider lax set to ball out

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2018 season will be the beginning of a new era for Wellesley High School boys lacrosse with new head coach Jim Connolly. A 13-5 regular season earned the Raiders the No. 6 seed in Division I South last spring. Wellesley took down No. 11 Mansfield, 10-9, in...
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McInerney, Rebel softball have high hopes

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Despite a 16-5 regular season and a Bay State League title, the 2017 season ended with a bit of a sour taste in the mouths of the Walpole High girls softball team, as the No. 7 seeded Rebels fell 13-10 to arch rival and No. 10 Norwood in...
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High expectations for McEvoy, Child, Rocket lax

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor A 16-3 regular season and a Bay State Conference crown earned the Needham High School boys lacrosse team the No. 2 overall seed in Division I South last spring. However, the Rockets saw their season come to a tough end in the form of a 14-7 loss to...
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McCarthy, Lady-Warriors start hot

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It was an ideal start to the 2018 campaign for the Medfield High School girls lacrosse team on Monday night. Behind a five-goal effort by senior captain and Harvard-bound star Maggie McCarthy, as well as a hat trick by junior Erin Seibel, the Lady-Warriors earned a convincing 12-5 victory...
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Simms, DS girls gear up

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2017 season ended with about as tough of a loss as they come for the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School girls varsity lacrosse team, as the No. 4 -seeded Raiders fell, 11-10, in double-overtime to arch rival and No. 5 Medfield in the Division II East quarterfinals. This...
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Westwood 4th graders are hoops champs

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This year the 4th grade Westwood (black) team has won the Metrowest Division 3 championship. The team finished with a 8-4 record in the regular season, earning them a two seed in the Metrowest playoffs. “We were undefeated this year when we had our full complement of players. But in games when we didn’t,...
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Langan, Xaverian baseball ready up

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Any given season, expectations surrounding Xaverian baseball are extremely high. In 2018, however, the Hawks will look to qualify for the Super Eight for the third straight season and take care of some unfinished business after rival BC High eliminated them in the third-round last June. Leading the Hawks into...
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The time is now for Chicoski, Lady-Raiders

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2017 season left a bit of a sour taste in the mouths of the Wellesley High School girls lacrosse team, as the Raiders fell to arch rival and eventual Division I state champ Needham in the South semifinals. This season, the Lady-Raiders return a roster that is...
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Little Rebels take big victory

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Walpole first and second graders won their age bracket in the Sacred Heart March Madness Basketball tournament in Quincy, beating out many local teams to get to the championship game. They won the big game, 34-30, against Raynham....
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Walsh, Lady-Rebels ready up

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2017 season was one filled with immense success for the Walpole High girls lacrosse team, as the Lady-Rebels put together an 18-2 regular season to secure the No. 1 overall seed in Division II East before defeating Medway, Medfield, and Foxboro en route to the sectional title. In...
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6th graders are state champs

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The Walpole 6th grade girls basketball team went 5-0 over St. Patrick’s Day weekend to claim the 2018 Massachusetts State Middle School Championship. Walpole beat Millis and Dighton-Rehoboth in pool play on Saturday, March 17, to advance to Sunday’s winner’s bracket. Walpole then beat Franklin, Tyngsboro, and King Philip to win the...
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Perfect start for Plansky, Seb’s lax

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor With a surplus of talent returning from last season’s ISL champion team, 2018 is a season stacked with extremely high expectations for St. Sebastian’s lacrosse, who enter the ranked No. 17 nationally, according to Inside Lacrosse. The list of Division I-bound laxers playing at St. Sebastian’s in...
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Medfield 7th graders are champs

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The Medfield 7th grade boys travel basketball team capped an amazing playoff run with a championship victory over Watertown in the Division 5 Metrowest basketball tournament on Sunday night, March 11, at the Mass Premier courts in Foxboro. Medfield, who sported their away Warrior blue uniforms as underdogs in every game, took care...
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McCarthy, Deady, Lady-Warriors ready up

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor A 12-6 regular season record earned the Medfield High School girls lacrosse team the No. 5 seed in Division II East last spring. Following a 19-6 victory over Bishop Stang in round-one, the Warriors put together one of the greatest comebacks in the history of Massachusetts high school...
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Youth basketball season a smashing success

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This year’s Dover Sherborn Youth Basketball season, with over 250 girls and boys participating, was among the most successful in the history of the program. An unprecedented nine DS teams won their division, including 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade boys, plus 6th and 7th grade girls. Four teams made it to...
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Mastrobuono, Raider lax ready up

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2017 season was par for the course for the Dover-Sherborn Regional boys lacrosse team, as the Raiders put together a 14-4 record and earned the No. 1 overall seed in Division III Central/East before winning the sectional title with an 18-7 victory over Littleton. This season, DS will...
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Antonucci, Deehan ready to lead Wolverine lax

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor An 11-7 season in 2017 ended with a tough 13-8 sectional semifinals defeat to eventual Division II Central/East champs Medfield for the Westwood High School varsity boys lacrosse team. In 2018, the Wolverines will need to fill in some major holes left behind by departed talent such as...
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Westwood 8th graders are MetroWest champs

The Westwood 8th grade girls basketball team recently captured the Division 1 MetroWest Championship. After securing the third seed for the playoffs, Westwood defeated Easton and Raynham to make the championship game against perennial foe, Franklin. The team's tenacious defense and across-the-board contributions helped them pull away in the fourth quarter to win, 45-36 -...
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