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Boys soccer equipped for regular season

Avonlea Cummings

Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

Under the scorching heat of the Medfield turf pellets, the cleats of the Walpole boys' soccer team were heating up as they prepared to charge across the field towards their offensive end. It marked the inaugural scrimmage of the year, a...

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Student athletes gear up for fall season

By Avonlea Cummings

Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

As the final days of August wane and the echoes of summer vacation recede, athletes lace up their shoes and converge on the fields and courts. Preseason, a period of self-imposed challenges and ambitions for new personal records, beckons athletes...

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Walpole Little League semi-finals

By Max Clifford

Hometown Weekly Reporter

With an opportunity to advance to the state finals, Walpole Little League’s age-11 baseball team battled their opponents from Hingam to a scoreless tie through the first four innings, eventually falling by a final score of 4-0 at Milton High School...

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Spring sports round up

By Avonlea Cummings

Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

In the spring of 2023, Walpole student-athletes delivered an extraordinary season brimming with talent, victories, and unwavering determination to compete against the finest competitors. Athletes comprehend the inherent challenges of their pursuits, but above all, they find reward in each...

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Walpole slips past Mansfield in Playoffs

By Avonlea Cummings

Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

It was a perfect day for lacrosse; the sun was peeking through the clouds, shinning on the talented Walpole boy’s lacrosse team as they fought hard against Mansfield High in a battle for the tournament. The boys capitalized on their...

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Walpole Baseball dips under Mustangs

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

The baseball team has a shot at the tournament this season after making a huge comeback in the second half of their regular season. Although, the boys closed off their regular season with a 3-1 loss over their non-league competition, Norwood, last Thursday afternoon.

Timberwolves come alive just in time

By Max Clifford

Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

In Milton on Wednesday, starting pitcher Alex Hee delivered a remarkable performance for Walpole Varsity Baseball. Despite trailing 2-1 entering the seventh inning, Hee's two-run, five-hit complete game effort seemed insufficient. However, the Timberwolves' offense awakened just in time, scoring...

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Walpole blanked by Needham’s final goal

By Avonlea Cummings 

Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter 

Needham traveled to Walpole High on Thursday, May 11th where they battled a one goal game throughout the competition. 

Needham slipped past Walpole’s defense to earn their winning shot with only a few minutes left in the...

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Girl Lacrosse slip past Framingham

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

You get 60 minutes. 60 minutes to prove what skills you’ve got, and 60 minutes to win the competition. Even a slow start to the game can make or break the entirety of the match. Although, as you dig deep expelling any energy you...

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Walpole’s Maddy Clark meets Boston Bruins

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

Maddy Clark is a senior on the girls’ hockey team, and she had a phenomenal season. Being an outstanding goalie on the ice, Clark brought something special to the team, her immense amount of respect and joy impacted everyone she met and played with...

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Boys’ Basketball drop to Westwood

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Boys’ basketball has been fearless and passionate all season long. The Timberwolves represented all their hard work on Monday evening, March 6th. The boys tipped off against the Westwood...

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Timberwolves travel to DS for scrimmage

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

The Walpole boys' basketball Timberwolves traveled to the Dover-Sherborn gymnasium on Friday, February 24th. Both teams participated in a friendly scrimmage to hone in on more practice time leading into the heat of the tournament. Walpole completed their regular season with...

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Timberwolves Weekend Senior Day Celebration

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Skates slid across the ice at the Rodman Arena on Saturday, February 18th as the Walpole girls' hockey Timberwolves hosted the Medfield Warriors in a senior day match-up. The two teams flung shots each period, leading into overtime competition, which resulted in a tie of...

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Timberwolves tie against Rockets

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Walpole’s girls varsity ice hockey Timberwolves took the ice against the visiting Needham
Rockets at Rodman Arena on Saturday, February 11. As the teams went back and forth each
period, the match-up closed in a tie of 0-0.

As the first period began, the Timberwolves held strong over the Rockets, denying all...

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JV hockey beats Natick

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Families and friends bundled up at Chase Arena Friday afternoon to watch a thrilling match-up between the Walpole Timberwolves JV boys hockey team, and the Natick RedHawks. The Timberwolves chased down the RedHawks to earn themselves a 2-1 win for the early evening.

Gritty Timberwolves beat Milton on road

By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

The balanced offensive attack that the Walpole High School girls basketball team has used to dismantle opponents all season came to life in the third quarter on Friday night. The visiting Timberwolves defeated Milton 44-22, improving to 2-0 against the Wildcats and 12-2 on the...

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Timberwolves face Wamps in Braintree

By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

The Walpole High School boys basketball team's first win of the season looked well in hand as they did not trail Braintree once during the entire 40 minutes of game time on Friday night. It was the Wamps, however, that got the last laugh when...

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Timberwolves take thriller in Needham

By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

Walpole’s 31-14 victory over Needham was bookended by thrilling plays from both sides — in fact, anyone who missed the first minute or the last three minutes of the game may have characterized the high scoring affair as a defensive struggle.

It...

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Timberwolves beat Braintree on the road

By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

In an homage to the Halloween season, the Braintree student section came out dressed in orange and black on Friday night, but Walpole refused to be spooked as the visitors rolled to a 28-12 victory.

As has been the case in many...

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Timberwolves fall on road to Milton

By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

The Walpole High School varsity football team faced its toughest test of the year on Friday night as it traveled to Milton High School to face the team ranked one spot ahead of them in the Boston Globe’s top 20. 

A second-half...

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