By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Community is the best part of sports; in sports it’s not only about getting the best play or being a starter on the field, but it is truly about the connections and memories players make from their youth. An athlete will always remember the guidance...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Greater Boston Junior Bruins team set out to Quebec City, Canada in mid-February to participate in a competition against the Ukrainian Selects team. The competition took place in an arena with 18,000 spectators watching. The game resulted in favor of the Ukrainian Selects after...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter
Spring is here… well at least spring season is! Although it might have been a cooler, rainy evening on Friday, March 31st, the weather didn’t put a damper on the boys’ lacrosse team for their first game of the season. The boys hosted the...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
There was an astonishing fourth-quarter comeback from the Westwood Wolverines on Monday, March 6th. This gave Westwood the jump on the scoreboard ahead of Walpole in the Sweet 16 round of state playoffs. Polishing off a final score of 62-57, Westwood...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The ice glimmered on Norwood’s Skating Rink of Boston’s arena, where the Westwood Wolverines took on the Mustangs for the competition’s senior night match-up on February 15th. The Wolverines fought hard against the Mustangs but ended up falling to them 4-2. This loss closed out...
The Westwood boys varsity hockey team has clinched a spot in the Division 2 MIAA Playoffs for
the 40th consecutive year.
The Wolverines are lead by head coach Matt Sebet and two assistant coaches. The captains of
the team are #12 Danny Sullivan, #13 Paul Dyson and #23 Thomas Hamilton.
At the time of print, the Wolverines...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A monumental win took place Friday, February 10, at the Den.
The Wolverine boys varsity basketball team made a second-half comeback to win, 63-60,
against the Hopkinton Hillers in the final seconds of overtime. It was a perfect way to celebrate
the seniors on their special night, with friends and families...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The bleachers were abuzz Friday evening in the Westwood gymnasium as the Medfield Warriors boys varsity basketball team went head-to-head against the Westwood Wolverines. The Wolverines battled hard against the Warriors, ravenous for victory, and celebrated a 55-44 win.
A full atmosphere...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
A thrilling first half of football in Medfield took a turn for the unusual when a broken floodlight left the field only 3⁄4 illuminated and unsafe to play on in the Warriors' tilt against the Westwood Wolverines last Friday night.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last year, TVL softball was played with conference games only, and most of the preseason “what-ifs” revolved around COVID outbreaks, cancelled games and coaches dealing with a roster full of players staying home sick. Now back to a normal season, after speaking with Westwood’s Tom...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After splitting during the regular season, it was only fitting that the No. 1 St. John’s Prep Eagles and No. 2 Xaverian Hawks ended up being the last two teams standing in Division I.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
From 2017-2019, Xaverian’s Dylan Gardner and Andrew Perry were two of the top high school lacrosse players in the state of Massachusetts.
Gardner quarterbacked Xaverian’s defense as the team’s starting LSM and top cover option on close...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
A 16-3-1 (6-3-1) regular season earned the Xaverian Brothers High School varsity hockey team the No. 2 seed in the MIAA Division I state tournament.
Following a 4-0 victory over Andover on March 2 in the round of 32, the Hawks...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On December 13, the Walpole and Westwood High School girls varsity hockey teams opened their respective seasons against one another. Down 3-0 early, Westwood stormed back with four unanswered goals to pull of a 4-3 victory.
Flash ahead 73 days and...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After qualifying for the state tournament for the 39th consecutive season on February 12 (excluding 2020-2021) with a 4-1 victory over rival Holliston, the Westwood High School varsity boys hockey team returned to Canton Ice House on Wednesday to host Hopkinton.
Medfield's Kyle Gaffney (10) brings in a ball out of the air and attempts to avoid a pressuring Padraig Lombard (18) of Westwood. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Barring a postseason rematch, Medfield and Westwood High School boys soccer...
Jessica Coletti finds a hole between two Westwood defenders.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Playing without their head coach on Wednesday night, the Medfield Warriors were able to take the first set off the Westwood Wolverines’ girls volleyball team. And although they weren’t able...
Mia O'Donnell (pictured) turns and unleashes a backhanded clearing pass. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Through a month and a half of play, Westwood High School varsity field hockey has been every bit the juggernaut it was expected to...
Westwood had a ton of shots on goal as their pressure bothered the Raiders.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday night, at the end of what was a 6-0 win for the Westwood field hockey team against Dover-Sherborn, the woman filming the game...
TJ Casey breaks out a huge fourth quarter run, but is brought down at the goal line by Jack McDaniels.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Westwood fans clad in white wigs, white tutus, with painted white faces and bodies covered in talcum powder stormed...
