By Meghan Foley
Hometown Weekly Staff
The boys’ lacrosse team had a great run last week, winning all four of their games and bumping their record up to 8–3. Their final game of the week was at home against the Wayland Warriors on May 1st, where they held the Warriors to a difficult 0–10 season.
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Boys’ lacrosse wins fourth game in five day
WHS lax pulls away from Holliston, 13-5
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff
Last week, Westwood High boys’ lacrosse team tuned up for the Chowder Cup with a 13-5 win over the Holliston Panthers.
Westwood (6-1) crushed Holliston (5-2), 19-3, last season. This time around, the Panthers put up a much better fight, before the Wolverines were able to pull away in...
Boys’ lax fights hard versus Medfield
By Paul Vozzella
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter
Of course, there is always extra motivation and a bigger desire to win for both teams heading into a DS-Medfield game. Dover-Sherborn boys lacrosse was not able to turn the passion into victory in the rivalry matchup on Monday night, however, falling 17-4.
Things got out of hand quickly for the...
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Med Lax celebrates their youth
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter
Being a captain is so much more than putting on your captain’s band, it is a symbol of dedication, determination, and leadership. It is a symbol of care and commitment a player has to their teammates and the countless hours practicing their sport. Being a captain is something...
Boys Lacrosse inch past Algonquin High
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter
Traveling for a Saturday afternoon match, Dover-Sherborn boys lacrosse tallied in another second straight win game after battling against their non-league competition, Algonquin High. The boys overpowered Algonquin succeeding them with a 13-12 final score.
The Raiders came out onto the...
Schofield named DII Player of the Year
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
If anything is for certain in the town of Medfield, it’s that John Schofield has an extremely bright future playing lacrosse. Entering the 2019 season as one of the top-rated close D men in the country and a reigning All-American, Schofield committed to play at Lehigh just before...
Raycroft named DIII Player of the Year
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was quite the year for Dover-Sherborn’s Cameron Raycroft and DS athletics in general. First, the DS boys took home the school’s first-ever Division III state championship in basketball this past winter, with Roycroft serving as one of the Raiders’ centerpieces on the offensive end as a small...
Raiders reign supreme in Central/East
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
For the sixth straight season, Dover-Sherborn boys lacrosse are the champions of Division III Central/East, following a dominant 12-7 victory over No. 2 Littleton on Thursday that featured a first half shutout by goalie Matt Gallitano (seven saves).
A pair of goals from star sophomore attack-man Pierce Gregory...
McCordic’s historic night leads Warriors to sectional final
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 program record...
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Raider lax headed back to sectional title game
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Division III Central/East sectional may as well be called the Dover-Sherborn invitational at this point.
On Monday, the top-seeded Raiders advanced to their sixth straight Division III Central/East title game with a convincing 16-8 victory over Medway at Medfield High School.
Sophomore attack-man Pierce Gregory (four goals,...
Donohue, Wolverines out to prove themselves
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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...
Child, Rockets lacrosse eye sectional title
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Throughout the 2019 high school lacrosse season, perhaps no player in the state meant more to their team than Needham’s Jason Child. A shoo-in for All-Scholastic recognition, Child led Needham in both scoring and total points and helped the Rockets to a 12-0 league record en route...
Wilder’s emergence sparking MedLax confidence
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield High boys lacrosse entered the 2019 with a lot of deserved hype, thanks to the majority of its 2018 starting lineup returning. Following a 16-2 regular season and an unblemished TVL record that included wins over DS, Hopkinton twice, Westwood twice, Xaverian and Pinkerton, its safe to...
Paolatto, Raider lax ready for next step
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Each of the last five seasons, Division III Central/East has belonged to Dover-Sherborn in boys lacrosse. In 2019, the Raiders have put themselves in a prime position to make it six in a row. A 13-5 (10-2) regular season that featured wins against Division II powers Wayland,...
McCusker, Wolverines getting hot at right time
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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...
Rockets comeback comes up short
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two boys lacrosse heavyweights squared off at Memorial Field on Saturday afternoon as the No. 11 Needham Rockets hosted the No. 5 St. John’s Prep Eagles for a little late-season Division I North vs. Division I South showdown.
Behind five goals apiece from Pat Keefe and Michael Ott,...
Kenney powers Harbormen past Child, Rockets
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite a four-goal night from star BU-bound attack-man Jason Child, No. 12 Needham High boys lacrosse came up just short at home against No. 5 Hingham on Thursday night, falling by a final of 10-8 in an extremely tense and entertaining game.
Needham began the game on a...
McCordic lifts Warriors over Gregory, Raiders
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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One of...
Duxbury hands Medlax first defeat
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The No. 4 Medfield High boys lacrosse team has pumped its way through the first eight games of their 2019 season, scoring an average of 19.5 goals per game and surrendering just 3.12 per game en route to an 8-0 start.
On Saturday, the Warriors traveled to face...
Strong second half lifts Raiders past Wolverines
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Dover-Sherborn’s Cam Raycroft (29) moves the ball up field on a clear with Westwood’s...
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