Webb, Sliwinski lead baseball into battle
Rocket baseball ready for liftoff
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
In 2017, the Needham High School varsity baseball team will look to duplicate the success they had a season ago when they achieved immensely within the Bay State Conference and earned themselves an appearance in the South Sectional Finals of the MIAA State Tournament.
Captaining the Rockets this...
Xaverian/Medfield volleyball tip off season
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Xaverian and Medfield High School varsity boys volleyball teams tipped off their season this past week before meeting up with one another on Monday evening over on Clapboardtree Street, with the Hawks (3-0) prevailing by a final of 3-0 despite a strong effort by the Warriors (0-3)....
Lady-Wolverines ready to defend title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The varsity girls lacrosse program at Westwood High School has become a defining icon of the school’s athletic success over the years, with numerous state championships and players that have gone on to succeed at the collegiate level. In 2017, the expectations have never been higher after the...
Dolan, Waisel ready to lead Raider baseball
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following an 11-12 season in 2016 that resulted in a state tournament berth (9-5 loss to Bridgewater-Raynham), the Wellesley High School varsity baseball team is ready to get back to work and compete for a third straight tournament appearance this spring.
Leading this band of Raiders in 2017 will...
Johnny Adams: Seadog, Rebel, core Eagle
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Over the years, it’s been tough for Boston College’s baseball team to compete for an ACC championship due to the amount of travel that they have to do and the high level of Southern competition they are forced to face on a given weekend in March and April...
DS 4th grade girls win championship
The Dover-Sherborn 4th grade girls “Athenas” squad defeated Milton by a score of 36-18 on Saturday, March 11, to win the Metrowest Girls Grade 4 Division 3 Championship.
The “Athenas” squad was compromised of twelve players, all new to Metrowest travel basketball and most new to the game of basketball. The squad went 8-4 in the...
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Lax rivals share common ground on Comm. Ave.
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The rivalry that the Medfield and Dover-Sherborn High School lacrosse programs share is fierce, to say the least. But not all rivalries have to end in hate. Just ask Medfield’s John MacLean and DS’s Grant Gregory.
Following four varsity seasons against one another as members of the Raiders...
Shaughnessy, your Offensive Player of Year
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was a special season for the Needham High School varsity boys basketball team in 2016-2017. A 16-4 regular season resulted in the No. 3 overall seed in the MIAA South Sectionals, and from there, the Rockets took off, winning four in a row (two on the road),...
Chryssicas leads Raider lax into battle
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
A high bar has been raised by generations of great alumni at Wellesley High when it comes to the school’s varsity lacrosse team. In recent years, WHS has produced an abundance of NESCAC lacrosse talent such as Tim Rahill (2015, Skidmore), T.J. Noonan (2015, Connecticut College), as...
Lady-Rockets come up just short in finals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was almost the perfect end to the perfect season for the Needham High School girls varsity hockey team on Sunday afternoon in the state championship game at TD Garden in Boston, but the Rockets came up just short in a 3-1 loss at the hands of...
McCarthy, girls hoop capture state title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield High School girls varsity basketball team concluded their incredible 2016-2017 season in the perfect manner, capturing the Division II State title on Saturday afternoon in the form of a 47-34 victory over Arlington Catholic in the state championship game at Springfield College.
The Warriors (23-2) earned their...
Laidman, Raiders aim for three-peat in 2017
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Spring is a special time of year with warmer weather, snow melting, and flowers blooming. At Dover-Sherborn Regional High School, springtime means one thing: lacrosse season. Over the years, DS has been the pinnacle for success in the high school lacrosse world here in Massachusetts, and in 2017,...
Girls hockey concludes season in State Semis
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High School girls varsity hockey team’s magical run deep into the 2016-2017 MIAA Division II Tournament came to an end last Wednesday night, as the Wolverines (19-5-2) suffered a tough 1-0 loss at the hands of Canton at Gallo Ice Arena in Bourne.
Along with the...
Cam Hanley, from West Street to Huntington Ave
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
For years throughout their upbringing, Cam and Craig Hanley were arguably two of the best all-around athletes in the town of Walpole, thriving specifically in baseball and football during their youths. To their peers around Walpole, Craig and Cam were better known as “Hammer” (Craig) and “Nails” (Cam),...
Wolverine girls hoop concludes season in South Finals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was about as tough of a loss as any for the Westwood High School girls varsity basketball team on Saturday afternoon against top-seeded Foxboro at Massasoit Community College in Brockton. Despite leading by three at the half (24-21) and one at the end of three (32-31), the...
Rebels conclude incredible Super Eight run
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
One of the best local high school sports stories this winter has been the incredible run to the Super Eight by the Walpole Rebels. Following an unbeaten 21-0-1 regular season, the Rebels earned the No. 7 seed and a play-in round date with perennial power Catholic Memorial on...
Raider hockey concludes in semifinals
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a 5-1 victory over Bay State Conference rival Natick on Sunday evening in the quarterfinal round in Canton, the Wellesley High School varsity boys hockey team traveled to Gallo Arena in Bourne for the South Sectional semifinals against another conference foe, Braintree.
Despite an incredible defensive effort, the No....
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Four DS skiers take home title
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The Dover-Sherborn Middle School alpine ski team took to the slopes this past weekend to compete in the U12, U14, and U16 state championship races all across New England (Dartmouth, Mount Sunapee, Cranmore Mountain, Okemo).
Garrett Theberge (U12), Ethan Sveen (U14) and Addie Atwood (U14) all took home first place in their respective...
Shaughnessy lifts Rockets to South Sectional title
