Category Archive for "Sports"

Wolverine hockey wins six in a row

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Westwood High School boys varsity hockey team is on a roll, as the Wolverines (8-1-1, 3-1-1) are unbeaten in their last nine games, having won eight of them. The Wolverines entered last Wednesday night’s contest with Norton on a five-game win streak, and were able to extend it...

Marken leading the way for Raider hockey

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After a tough 3-1 loss to Holliston on January 11, followed by a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to Auburn-Millbury on January 14, the Dover-Sherborn High School boys varsity hockey team returned to the ice last Wednesday night at Chase Arena to play host to TVL rival Westwood. After falling...

Jackowitz leads hoop to thrilling overtime win

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After a tough 43-36 loss to Braintree last Tuesday put an end to their two-game win streak, the Wellesley High School varsity boys basketball team returned to the court on Friday night to face off against longtime Bay State Conference rival Natick. Thanks to the clutch efforts of...

Lax star Fraser excelling at Johns Hopkins

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor In recent years, the town of Walpole has produced elite collegiate lacrosse talent such as Peter Bowes (Loyala-MD), Davis Butts (Loyola-MD), and Ryan Izzo (UMass, Boston Cannons). Unlike Bowes, Butts, and Izzo, who played their youth and high school lacrosse locally here in Walpole, Pat Fraser moved to Walpole from...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor On December 30, the Medfield High School varsity basketball team traveled to Millis and took down the Mohawks 62-56 in a back-and-forth bout. The Warriors (8-4, 8-2) hosted the Mohawks on Friday evening for the second and final time in 2016-2017, and despite a late rally by Millis,...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham High School boys varsity hockey team earned a signature win last Wednesday evening at home against Milton at Babson Ice Center. Trailing 2-0 towards the end of the second period, the Rockets (4-5-1) exploded with five goals during the final period and change to overcome the...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a tough 47-32 loss to arch-rival and undefeated Needham (7-0) at TD Garden in the Good Sports Invitational on January 8, the Wellesley High School boys varsity basketball team rebounded this past week with two consecutive wins over Brookline (75-64) on January 10, and Dedham (63-38) on...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Medfield and Westwood High School varsity girls basketball teams each entered last Tuesday night’s matchup undefeated and looking to earn a key win over a quality conference opponent. Senior forward Allison Petit and senior guard Sophia Ouimette led the lady-Warriors (6-0) to a 51-37 victory over the...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham and Walpole High School varsity girls basketball teams met on Wednesday night for their lone meeting of 2016-2017. The Rockets (4-4) were able to contain Walpole’s most lethal offensive weapon, Kelly Fogarty (16 points), and gutted out a big 43-40 win over the Rebels (5-2) to...

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Warrior girls basketball improves to 6-0

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Paolatto’s hat trick propels Raider hockey

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a tough 4-0 loss to Medway on January 4 and a postponement of their game against Ashland on January 7 due to snow, the Dover-Sherborn High School varsity boys hockey team got back on a winning note with an 8-3 victory over Bellingham last Monday to improve...

Raider gymnastics prevails through illness

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Walpole and Wellesley High School gymnastics teams entered Friday night’s Bay State Conference matchup looking a bit different than usual. Due to a circulating stomach virus plaguing its way through both locker rooms, the Raiders and Rebels were each forced to grind through their match with a...

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The hockey world lost one of its gems this past week with the passing of Boston Bruins legend and Needham and Westwood resident, Milt Schmidt. The cause of death according to his family was a stroke. He was 98 years old.

Rebel gymnastics grinds through adversity

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Raider hockey earns back- to-back victories

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After a tough 3-1 loss to Medfield before the holiday break, the Dover-Sherborn High School varsity boys hockey team earned two consecutive wins this past week with a 6-0 victory over Newton South before downing East Longmeadow 3-1 to improve to 4-2 (1-2) on the young season. Early goals...

The DS Middle School Hockey Team, pictured here, is well on its way to a flying start with wins over Natick, Nobles, Fessenden and the Boch Blazers. The team plays an 18-game schedule that runs from November through the end of February against local town and private school teams including Wayland, Weston, Xavarian, Thayer, Belmont...

Raiders and Rockets renew storied hockey rivalry

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham and Wellesley High School boys varsity ice hockey teams each exit the holiday break with the goal of competing for a Bay State Conference championship. Both teams know that in order to complete that goal, they must go through each other. Last Wednesday, the Raiders (3-1-0,...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Westwood and Walpole High varsity basketball teams waited until the second-to-last day of 2016 to play what was arguably one of the best high school basketball games that this area has seen in quite some time, as the Wolverines (5-1, 3-1) took down the Rebels (2-3, 0-2)...

Category Archives: Sports

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