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Wellesley’s Chryssicas leads football to Thanksgiving victory

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Wellesley and Needham High football teams renewed their historical rivalry with one another on Thursday morning in their annual Thanksgiving grudge match at Memorial Field in Needham. Running back Grant Chryssicas led the way for Wellesley with four touchdowns, as the Raiders (11-1) pulled out the 34-14...
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Wellesley Football downs Brockton, Needham up next

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a tough 9-0 loss to Bridgewater-Raynham in the MIAA D1A South Sectional semifinals, Wellesley High football coach Jesse Davis made it clear that his team was not done fighting in 2016 despite their Super Bowl hopes being dashed. “We’ve got to get back to work,” said Davis. “We...
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Wellesley Boys soccer falls in overtime

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Wellesley and Needham High boys varsity soccer teams renewed their historical rivalry with one another on Monday night under the lights at Memorial Field in the quarterfinal round of the 2016 MIAA One South State Tournament. The sixth-seeded Rockets (11-3-7) got to the quarterfinals via a 4-1 victory...
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Wellesley Little League the pride of Massachusetts

The boys of Wellesley South, whose push for the Little League World Series in Williamsport was closely followed by their entire community and Commonwealth, were recently honored with a visit to the State House. On behalf of Hometown Weekly and the state of Massachusetts: congrats, boys!...
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Wellesley Field Hockey on to round two

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Wellesley High field hockey team extended their season with a 2-1 victory over Bay State Conference foe Braintree in the first round of the MIAA Division 1 South Field Hockey Tournament on Friday afternoon at Sprague Field. The eighth-seeded Raiders got off to a great start against the...
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Football falls in south semifinals

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 43-22 victory over Hingham in the first round of the MIAA Division 1A South playoffs on October 29, the Wellesley High football team returned to the gridiron on Saturday afternoon to take on six-seeded Bridgewater-Raynham in the South Semifinals. Despite a spectacular defensive effort against the Trojans...
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Wellesley’s Chryssicas leads football past Hingham

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After receiving the two seed in their part of the bracket, the Wellesley High football team continued their unbeaten season with a 43-22 victory over the visiting seven-seeded Hingham Harbormen on Saturday afternoon in the first round of the Division 1A South Sectionals. Running back Grant Chryssisacs had...
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Football downs Milton, captures Herget Division

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor In the wackiest of circumstances, the Wellesley High football team captured their first Bay State Conference Herget Division title since 1999 after a hard-fought 38-26 victory over Milton, a game which took two days to complete due to a lightning postponement. [caption id="attachment_14402" align="alignright" width="267"] Read more

Wellesley Football shuts out Norwood, remains undefeated

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After a 10-7 victory in a low-scoring defensive battle last Friday night at Walpole (2-4), the Wellesley High football team hit the road on Saturday afternoon to visit Norwood looking to remain unbeaten. The Raiders (6-0, 4-0) prevailed 27-0 over the Mustangs behind a spectacular effort from wideout...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Wellesley Raiders go green

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By Rama K. Ramaswamy The Wellesley Raiders Football team had a hole in their regular schedule and a substitute team - New Mission High School (NMHS) in Mattapan - was added to the game lineup. The team had “a strong showing in their first game of the 2016 season” according to parent and attendee,...
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Wellesley Boy’s soccer shuts out Milton

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After a series of heartbreaking losses to Walpole (1-0), Needham (2-1), and Weymouth (2-0) to begin the 2016 campaign, the Wellesley High boys soccer team took on Milton at Sprague Field on Friday evening in search of their first victory. A strong offensive performance, tight defensive play, and stellar...
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Undaunted, H.Y.P.’s Ozer fights on

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff Needham’s Dennis Ozer is many things. He is a father and husband. He is the co-owner of H.Y.P. Studio, a yoga and pilates facility with branches in Medfield, Needham, and Wellesley. He is, in the words of his wife, Debra Goodman, “the mayor of everything” and “like the Tasmanian...
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Wellesley can’t hold off Rockets in Season opener

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Whether it is on the gridiron, the ice, or the pitch, any time the Needham Rockets and Wellesley Raiders get together, you know that it is going to be an intense match. Last Wednesday, Needham and Wellesley kicked off the 2016 boys soccer season in at Sprague Field...
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Wellesley Field Hockey falls to Walpole

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor In 2014, Wellesley ended Walpole’s season with a 1-0 victory in the state tournament, so the Porkers know to never take the Raiders lightly. On Friday, the Porkers (2-0) and the Raiders (1-1) met in Wellesley for their first of two meetings in 2016, with Walpole coming out...
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Wellesley South returns home, heads high

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff In his essay, “The Green Fields of the Mind,” former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti said: “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and...
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Wellesley Little League dream run continues

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The Little Leaguers of Wellesley South continue their march towards a World Series berth in Williamsport. In their opening game in the New England Regionals, the Wellesley boys defeated their Bedford, NH opponents by a score of 10-0 in five innings, the game called early due to mercy-rule. A five-run third inning, plus a...
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Winners Wellesley in Williamsport Hunt

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff As Hillary Clinton, a Wellesley College graduate, occupies headlines, the Little Leaguers of Wellesley South are seeking some national press of their own. With a few key victories and an abundance of grit and guts, the boys are putting themselves on track to compete in the Little League World...
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