By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite what may have been a bit of a rebuilding year in 2018, Westwood High football still earned itself a spot in the Division IV South playoffs with a 3-4 regular season record. The Wolverines nearly took out No. 2 Milton in the quarterfinals, dropping a heartbreaker, 20-16.
This...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
When forced to deal with the void of Jed Cappuccino (knee) in the midfield for a significant chunk of the season, Westwood High lacrosse needed to find ways to get other guys involved and produce on offense. In 2019, one of those guys was senior Justin O’Dwyer. According...
The Westwood 12A baseball team recently traveled to Sandwich, MA, to participate in the annual Sandwich Summer Blast Tournament.
The Westwood Little League 12A team played in the 16 team tournament and won the championship. The boys had to play four playoff games on the final day, beating Hingham in game one, Canton in...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After falling 10-0 to Medfield Post 110, whose roster is comprised mainly of Medfield High and Dover-Sherborn players, on Monday night, Westwood Legion Post 320 hosted Medfield on Thursday looking to bounce back and serve up some revenge to their rivals to the west.
Unfortunately for Westwood, whose...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a dominant 19-1 regular season in which they were atop the state rankings (Globe, Herald, etc) for the majority of the year and earned themselves the top spot in the Division I South sectionals, Westwood High girls lacrosse entered the state tournament confident, and for good reason....
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite being without star senior attack-man and captain Mike Hauptman (knee), the top-seeded Medfield Warriors advanced to the Division II Central/East finals with a resounding 18-6 victory over No. 5 and rival Westwood on Monday night.
Junior attack-man Jack McCordic recorded a career-high 11 goals, tying the Medfield...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High boys lacrosse finds itself in an interesting position. A year after coming one overtime goal short of a Division II Central/East sectional title, the Wolverines have found their rhythm and are rounding into form at the perfect time.
The Wolverines finished the regular season at 12-6...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Last season, Westwood High boys lacrosse entered the state tournament as one of the favorites to come out of Division II Central/East and take home the state championship.
One year later, the Wolverines (12-6, 9-4) head into the postseason with a chip on their shoulder for a number...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday afternoon, Medfield and Westwood’s baseball teams met with both teams fighting for their playoff lives. Unfortunately for Medfield, a complete game shutout from junior left-hander Danny DeLorey would leave them continuing to search for answers after an incredibly promising start to the season.
In the first inning,...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Although cold, muggy weather threatened the event and made it far from the typical spring opening day, on Saturday morning, over 500 of Westwood’s Little League baseball and softball players took part in the annual opening day parade and festivities. Starting at Hanlon Elementary and ending at Morrison...
Westwood Youth Soccer entered three third grade boys teams in Norwood's indoor soccer league at Compete Indoor Sports Complex this winter. One team, coached by Dave Blumh and Chris Rull, made it to the championship game, but came up just short, losing to Walpole 3-2. The boys played great all season and are looking forward...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High boys varsity lacrosse team, reigning co-champions of the TVL, opened up their 2019 season on Friday afternoon at Flahive Field against Ashland.
In a dominant all-around performance from start to finish, the Wolverines took out the Clockers, 17-6, to start the year on a positive...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off the best season in program history, which featured a 14-4 regular season record, their first-ever wins against Medfield and Dover-Sherborn, as well as a share of the TVL title, expectations heading into this spring are extremely high for the Westwood High School boys varsity lacrosse team.
Despite...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports
Westwood and Medfield was already one of the top hockey rivalries in the TVL heading into the 2018-2019 season. After the teams played to a 1-1 tie on January 12, Westwood defeated Medfield 3-1 on February 13, which later allowed the Wolverines (15-3-6, 9-1-5) to claim the outright TVL...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a regular season in which they won the TVL and qualified for the state tournament for the 37th consecutive year, it’s safe to say that the 2018-2019 season has already been a major success for the Westwood High boys varsity hockey team.
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018 high school lacrosse season was all about Westwood High star attack-man Jake Antonucci, who fired home a ridiculous 75 shots into the back of the net and tallied 19 assists, all while becoming Westwood’s all-time leading scorer (214 goals, 89 assists).
After leading Westwood to the...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Powers from the TVL and Bay State Conference met on Sunday afternoon as the Westwood Wolverines (13-6,...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
There have been a lot of good high school hockey programs over the years in the state of Massachusetts. Catholic Conference powers like Catholic Memorial, BC High, Malden Catholic, public programs such as Burlington, Reading, and other Western Mass purebreds like Springfield Cathedral have all held decades of...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The girls of Westwood High School beat Dover-Sherborn 57-24 last Monday afternoon, putting on a dazzling display of passing, cutting and forcing turnovers so well executed that you would have thought they were from Westwood, Los Angeles, not Westwood, Massachusetts.
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High varsity boys hockey team entered Saturday night’s contest with Norwood still unbeaten in TVL play and looking to keep pace with Medfield (also unbeaten) in the race for the conference crown.
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