Boys soccer fights to tie with Wellesley
DSW Patriots improve to 5-0
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On a wet Sunday morning, the Grade 6 DSW Patriots improved to 5-0 with a 25-0 win over Bellingham at Nora Searle field. Paced by touchdown runs from Michael Polk, Will Dummer, and Danny Sullivan as well as Luke Rinaldi’s 40 yard touchdown pass to Griffin Rosbottom and PATs by Connor Mathew and...
Volleyball nabs comeback victory over Ursuline
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High varsity girls volleyball team earned an amazing 3-2 come-from-behind victory at home against Ursuline Academy on Tuesday evening.
Despite hard fought efforts in the first two sets, the Wolverines (6-3, 5-3) fell behind 2-0 after Ursuline was able to pull out the victory in the first...
Boys soccer still unbeaten
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham high varsity boys soccer team remains undefeated halfway through the 2016 season.
The Rockets (7-0-6) have recently earned wins over Milton (4-0) BC High (3-1), and Norwood (6-0) with ties coming against Framingham (2-2) and Brookline (1-1).
Head coach Jimmy Odierna says that his team has...
Boys soccer fights to tie with Walpole
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a 1-0 September win by Walpole at Sprague Field in Wellesley, the Wellesley High varsity boys soccer team traveled to Walpole to face the undefeated Rebels (8-0-2) on Wednesday evening at Bird Middle School.
After a tough 0-3 start to the season, the Raiders (3-5-2) have since...
Voss/Gonser lead football to Homecoming victory
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield High varsity football team took to the gridiron on Friday evening under the lights on the new turf at Calvin George Fisher Field against Norton high school.
The Warriors (4-1) got their third win in as many games in a hard fought 14-7 victory over the...
Boys soccer goes 2-1 on week
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
While the unbeaten streak may have come to an end with a heart breaking 1-0 loss to Westwood on Tuesday, it was still a successful week for the Dover-Sherborn varsity boys soccer team with wins coming over Holliston and Hopkinton.
The Raiders (7-1-2) began the week with a 1-0...
Field hockey battles to Braintree draw
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After a hard fought victory at Dedham last Tuesday, the Wellesley High varsity field hockey team returned home to face Bay State Conference foe Braintree on Thursday afternoon, September 29, at Sprague Field.
The Raiders (5-3-1) played lockdown defense on Thursday evening against the visiting Wamps but were unable...
DSW Patriots enjoy Medway romp
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Under sunny skies Sunday afternoon in Medway, the DS-Westwood 6th Grade Patriots defeated a scrappy Colts team 40-0, and raised their record to 4-0 on the season.
Walpole Country Club hosts Sox legends
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On Monday, Walpole Country Club hosted the 25th annual Joe Morgan Golf Tournament supporting the Walpole Scholarship Foundation.
The 18-hole shotgun began around 11 am and came to an end around 4 p.m., with everyone who took part in the event coming in off the course with a big...
Bushnell guides boys soccer past Westwood
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield and Westwood High boys varsity soccer teams took the field at the Wheelock school on Tuesday evening with Medfield prevailing 4-0, earning their first win of the 2016 season and improving their record to 1-3-2.
Despite stellar early defensive play from both sides, Jack Fitzgerald got...
Junior Football Goes 3-1 vs. Framingham
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Needham Junior Football’s fourth week saw a full slate of games against Framingham. The A squad hosted Framingham at Memorial Field under the lights on Saturday night while the rest of the squads visited Framingham on Sunday morning and all came out on top.
A Squad (8th Grade) – Framingham 28, Needham 8...
Red Sox historian, Crehan, visits Needham
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
We all think that we might know a good amount about sports; more specifically, baseball. Everybody in the greater-Boston area has that friend or that older relative who is really good at telling stories about the Red Sox or remembering players and their accomplishments. Few, however, are better...
Boys soccer notches two big victories
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Dover-Sherborn boys varsity soccer team had themselves quite the week by extending their unbeaten 2016 campaign with a pair of victories over TVL foes Ashland (9/28) and Medway (9/26).
While the Raiders (5-0-2) were able to come out on top of both of their games, that does...
Rockets fight Porkers to 1-1 tie
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole Porkers (4-0-1) and Needham Rockets (3-1-1) faced off for the first of two meetings in 2016 on Tuesday night under the lights at Turco Field in their Bay State Conference match.
Despite the Porkers jumping out to an early lead, the Rockets were able to fight...
Girls volleyball downs Westwood, 3-0
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield and Westwood High girls volleyball teams met on Friday night in their annual Tri-Valley League match with the Warriors taking the first of two meetings between these two this season, 3-0.
Led by Jessica Sturchio (nine kills, eight digs) and Julia McDevitt (one kill, six digs,...
Girls soccer, Wainwright, earn milestone win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After beginning the year with a tough 3-2 loss to TVL rival Westwood in the season-opener, the Dover-Sherborn varsity girls soccer team has bounced back with a pair of wins to improve their record to 2-3-1 a third of the way through the 2016 season.
The Raiders have...
Girls soccer drops heartbreaker to Natick
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite an outstanding performance in net by freshman goalkeeper Mackenzie O’Neil (11 saves), the Wellesley High girls varsity soccer team dropped a heartbreaker to Bay State Conference rival Natick on Thursday evening at Sprague Field.
O’Neil and the Raiders were able to keep the Redhawks off the scoreboard for...
Westwood Football rolls in conference opener
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After two heartbreaking losses on the road to Falmouth and Hanover to begin the 2016 campaign, the Westwood High football team took the field on Friday night in their conference and home opener against Hopkinton. The game was featured as FOX 25’s High School Game of the Week.
The...
Girls volleyball drops heartbreaker to Medfield
