Westwood little league Cardinals finish season
Lacrosse battles Medfield in state tournament
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Growing up separated by just a popular ice cream place and a hairline of Dover, the players of the Westwood and Medfield High school varsity boys lacrosse teams have come to know each other extremely well, especially after their years upon years of playing against one another in...
Antonucci goes off, Wolverines to semifinals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The saying goes “one player doesn’t make the difference,” but on Thursday night in Hopkinton, that was far from the case with Westwood star midfielder and Providence College commit, Jake Antonucci.
Despite winning a share of the TVL title and a season sweep of perennial power Medfield...
Westwood girls win soccer tourney
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Westwood girls (plus three teammates from Milton) from Manny Fernandes Soccer Academy won the U14 Division of the Bridgewater Challenge Cup Soccer Tournament this weekend. The team was coached by Manny Fernandes....
Westwood girls earn TVL crown
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For the first time since 2002, the Westwood High School varsity girls tennis team are TVL champs. The Wolverines finished the 2017 season with a record of 15-2 following a 3-2 overall win against Hopkinton on Tuesday afternoon.
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Xaverian’s Buckley helps build winning culture in Columbus
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Janfaza leads Wolverine tennis to Senior Day win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High School varsity boys tennis team improved to 8-3 in the TVL on with a 4-1 victory against Medfield on a blistering hot afternoon last Thursday as part of the team’s senior day. Out of the 10 total sets played on Thursday, Westwood won eight, and...
Saint Dennis Girls CYO win championship
The Westwood 5th and 6th grade girls Saint Denis CYO basketball team has won the New England CYO championship.
After going 11-1 in the regular season (which included one forfeit), the Saint Denis girls defeated St. Agatha of Milton, St. Adelaide of Peabody, and St. Margaret Mary of Westwood to win the Archdiocese of Boston playoffs....
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Nevills, Wolverine softball earn walk-off win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High School varsity softball team put together arguably their best performance of the 2017 season on Friday afternoon, taking down TVL rival Holliston at home, 2-1, in thrilling walk-off fashion.
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Wolverine and Raider baseball play thriller
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On Thursday afternoon, the Westwood High varsity baseball team traveled to take on Dover-Sherborn in a battle for first place in the TVL. Behind a solid performance on the mound by Holden Ferrari (five innings, two earned runs, three hits, nine strikeouts) and some late heroics at the...
Kitchen continues dominance at Rochester
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On March 11, Westwood resident and University of Rochester (NY) senior Samantha Kitchen won All-American status in the indoor mile at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track National Championships at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Kitchen’s efforts throughout the course of the 2016-2017 regular season as well as her...
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Westwood Squirts win championship
Coming off a double-overtime game to defeat Tri-County in the semi-finals, the Westwood Squirts went on to win their championship game by a score of 4-2 over Duxbury. An empty-netter with a minute left sealed the victory.
The championship-winning Westwood Squirts are (front row:) John Quinn. (Row 2:) PJ O’Donnell, Travis Engel, Luke Barley, Jack Nozzolillo....
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Grier, Hawks fall in overtime thriller
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Arguably two of the most dominant high school lacrosse programs in the state of Massachusetts over the last two decades have been Medfield and Xaverian, with each of the last four state titles residing at either 88 South Street in Medfield (’14, ’15, ’16) or 800 Clapboardtree...
Swirbalus thriving at UPenn, named All-American
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
To say that Westwood resident Nicole Swirbalus has thrived since arriving at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 2015 would be an understatement. After recently completing her sophomore season on the Quaker gymnastics team, Swirbalus enters the offseason as one of the most accomplished gymnasts at...
Teammates reunited at Championship
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Throughout their upbringings in Westwood, Irina Chiulli and Samantha McDonald saw a lot of each other. Whether in the pool, in the hallways at school, on the bus, in their driveways, or in their living rooms, the two now-NCAA Division I swimmers for Richmond University (Chiulli) and Fordham...
Wolverine girls open lax season at 1-1
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The pride of both the Bay State Conference and Tri-Valley League, as far as high school girls lacrosse is concerned, met in an early-season non-conference heavyweight bout Wednesday evening, as the Needham Rockets traveled to Flahive Field to take on the two-time defending Division II state champion Westwood...
Antonucci, Rich, Middleton ready to lead Wolverines
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After a 19-9 loss to arch-rival Medfield in the Sectional Finals ended their 2016 season, the Westwood High School boys lacrosse team returns to action this spring with revenge on their mind. The goal for this season is not just to get back to the Sectional Final, but...
Hawk volleyball off to flying start
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Xaverian and Medfield High School varsity boys volleyball teams tipped off their season this past week before meeting up with one another on Monday evening over on Clapboardtree Street, with the Hawks (3-0) prevailing by a final of 3-0 despite a strong effort by the Warriors (0-3)....
Lady-Wolverines ready to defend title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The varsity girls lacrosse program at Westwood High School has become a defining icon of the school’s athletic success over the years, with numerous state championships and players that have gone on to succeed at the collegiate level. In 2017, the expectations have never been higher after the...
Girls hockey concludes season in State Semis
