Weiss, Raider XC win Ocean State Invitational
Whitehill balancing WHS coaching and broadcasting
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
When it was announced this past summer that Cat Whitehill would become the new head coach of Wellesley High School girls varsity soccer, there was obvious reason for excitement for the Raiders, given Whitehill’s lengthy background in the sport as well as her activism and support of Title...
O’Neil, Raiders battle Rebels in opener
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole and Wellesley High School varsity girls soccer teams opened up their seasons and Bay State Conference action on the turf in some scorching heat in Wellesley last Tuesday afternoon. Behind a strong second half by Walpole’s Libby Foley and the speedy Maria Toumbouras, the Rebels (1-0)...
Wellesley’s Batty headed to BU
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Under head coach Rocky Batty, the Wellesley High School boys varsity lacrosse program has enjoyed immense amounts of success throughout the past 10 years. Perennially at or near the top of the Bay State Conference, Batty has helped shape WHS into a lacrosse power, with several handfuls of...
Strachan leads BC football into battle
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It’s been quite the journey for Boston College linebacker and Wellesley native, Connor Strachan. Since arriving in Chestnut Hill in the summer of 2014 for preseason training and conditioning, the St. Sebastian’s product has done nothing but impress and improve, and it has resulted in Strachan emerging as...
Frattasio, Goss, Damren taking over at Wesleyan
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Hockey is one of those sports where everybody knows everybody, especially here in New England where hockey is life. Oftentimes, relationships between hockey teammates and rivals can last a lifetime, and sometimes, rivalries can turn to friendship. Throughout their upbringings in adjacent towns, Westwood’s Allie Damren, Walpole’s Cici...
Thorbjornsen 2017 Pre-Junior Amateur champ
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Michael Thorbjornsen continues to make his mark on the golf world at the young age of 15 after winning the 2017 Massachusetts Pre-Junior Amateur Championship on August 2 at The Orchards Golf Course in South Hadley (ages 14 and 15).
The Wellesley resident shot 214 overall across three rounds,...
Barefoot Soccer raises AIDS funds, awareness
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Last weekend, Wellesley United Soccer Club hosted the 7th annual 24 Hours of Barefoot Soccer in Wellesley. Due to severe weather on Saturday, the event was shortened to a nine-hour event on Sunday. Run by volunteers each year, 24 Hours of Barefoot Soccer is a fundraiser to support Grassroot Soccer Inc....
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Wellesley Scoops growing field hockey interest
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
There are many factors that go into making a specific sport take off and become popular. Maybe the most significant factor, however, is integrating children into that specific sport and developing them at a young age through youth programs. The Wellesley Scoops, an associated club with USA Field...
Ward mashes Wellesley Williamsport to victory
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After winning their respective districts in early July, the Walpole American and Wellesley North 12-year-old Williamsport All-Star teams met on Wednesday night at Ryan Field in Charlestown for their first round-robin matchup in the state sectionals. Behind a five RBI performance by Hagan Ward (three-run home run, two-RBI...
Chicoski named All-American after dominant 2017
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Getting good grades and excelling at a sport can take one a long way, but Wellesley’s Caitlin Chicoski is on a whole different level. Since walking in the doors of Wellesley High School as a freshman in 2014, Chicoski has shined in both the classroom and on the lacrosse field,...
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Wellesley making large impact on college lax
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Thanks to the always-growing and popular youth program, many boys and girls grow up in Wellesley with lacrosse in their blood. In past years, the hard work and training that goes on for years in the youth program has translated into players such as Matt Dziama (Virginia) going...
Weycker, Kane take Wellesley baseball honors
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The spring of 2017 will forever be remembered in Wellesley as the year of the Cinderella Raiders. Entering the tournament as a humble 13 seed, the Raiders won four games away from home (three away, one neutral) en route to a South Sectional title. The Raiders continued their...
Raider rundown: Weycker, girls golf shine in 2016-2017
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
From start to finish, 2016-2017 was an incredibly successful year for Wellesley High School and youth athletics. All of the athletes who competed did so with honor, pure class, and extremely hard work. However, it would be a disservice to these boys and girls not to recognize the...
Raiders win E-Mass, fall just short of state title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Wellesley High School’s phenomenal run through the 2017 MIAA Division I State Baseball Tournament came to an end on Saturday at Fitton Field in Worcester, as the No. 13 seed and Eastern Mass champ Raiders fell to Western Mass champ Taconic High School (Pittsfield) 5-1 in the state...
Ciolfi, Raiders win Division I South title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
If one thing is true about the MIAA State Baseball Tournament, it’s that any team has the chance to make some noise and make a long run. All you have to do is get in. On Sunday, the No. 13 seed Wellesley Raiders (11-9) continued their incredible playoff...
Conroy leads Raider lax to first-round win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After earning the No. 6 seed in Division I South, the Wellesley High School varsity lacrosse team took on No. 11 Mansfield (12-7) at Darcey Field on Saturday afternoon in the first-round of the MIAA State Tournament.
Led by senior attack-man and Skidmore College commit Brennan Conroy, the...
Chryssicas, Raider lax seeded sixth in South
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Playoff lacrosse season has finally come to Wellesley, and following a successful regular season in the Bay State Conference, your Raiders (13-5) have earned yet another a trip to the dance.
After winning six of their final seven regular season games, including tilts against rivals Natick (15-12) on May 18,...
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Raiders and Rockets renew lacrosse rivalry
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the Bay State Conference’s premiere lacrosse programs took to the field last Tuesday afternoon in some beautiful weather as the third-placed Wellesley Raiders (10-5) and conference-leading Needham Rockets (14-2, No. 6 in the state) wrote the next chapter in their storied and heated rivalry. Led by...
Raider lax headed to tournament
