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Girls’ lacrosse holds Westwood to a one-goal game

By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff On May 7th, the girls’ lacrosse team (9–3) faced the Westwood Wolverines (9–5) at home. The Wolverines are known to be a tough team, earning the third seed in D2 last year and defeating the Raiders 17–3. However, Dover-Sherborn was the first to score...
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Boys’ lacrosse wins fourth game in five day

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. Read more

D-S girls’ lax makes statement in 14-13 loss to Medfield

By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff

The girls’ lacrosse team has had a fantastic start to their season this year, opening with four consecutive wins: 19–2 over Medway, 14–2 over Ashland, 16–2 over Holliston, and 16–11 over Hopkinton. On April 13, the Raiders faced the Medfield Warriors, who are the two-time defending D3 champions. Last...

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Girls’ basketball fights till the end

By Meghan Foley

On Friday, January 30th, varsity girls’ basketball played the Medway Mustangs for the second time this season after being beaten by them 34–65 back in December. Going into this game, the Raiders had a record of 6–8 to the Mustangs’ 10–2.

Captain Meredith...

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Wolverines claw their way to a win

By Owen Ziegler Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

On Tuesday, December 23rd, the Westwood Boys basketball team matched up against the Dover-Sherborn Raiders. In a hard fought game, the Wolverines would eventually win the game, finishing 49-42.

From tip off, junior Aidan Rodman expertly commanded the floor at...

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Girls’ hoop has two landslide victories

By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter

The Warriors had a very successful season last year with an 18–2 record and the championship title for the second year in a row when they, the 1st-seeded team, defeated 6th-seeded South High Community School 62–20. Before their home game...

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Raiders progress in the playoffs

By Paul Vozzella Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter The defending Division 4 state champions took the first step to being the last team standing as Dover-Sherborn/Weston defeated Monomoy 4-2 on Thursday. Coming into the tournament, the Raiders realized repeating would be a tall task. “We know we're gonna have a target on our back as defending state champions and...
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Raiders finish regular season

By Paul Vozzella Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter The Raiders wrapped-up their regular season on Friday night with a 52-42 loss to Bellingham. The team finishes with a 2-18 record with a chance to qualify for playoffs based on strength of schedule. A rough start to the game due to several turnovers and missed shots made it difficult for...
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Boys’ hockey battles Medfield

By Paul Vozzella Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter The Raiders did more than hold their own on Tuesday night, but ultimately, could not do enough to hand Medfield their first loss of the season. The 2-1 final drops Dover-Sherborn/Weston to 6-7-2 on the year. The team found themselves in an early deficit, letting up a goal thirteen seconds into...
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Raiders prevail in tight showdown

By Paul Vozzella Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter The Raiders got back to their winning ways Friday night as they topped Holliston/Ashland 3-2. It was their first win since December 18 and has them sitting at a 4-4-2 record. The team did not get off to a hot start spending just about all of the first several minutes on...
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Boys hockey secures sweet 16 spot

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter

Cheers filled the Divine Rink, home of the Boston Latin Academy Dragons, as the Dover-Sherborn Raiders traveled in the first round of state playoffs. The 18th-seeded Raiders made a second-period comeback that tied the boys over the 15th-seeded Dragons' first-period lead. In a lively...

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Raiders notch victories on the court

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor

The Dover Sherborn boys varsity basketball team defeated the Bellingham Black Hawks at
home on February 7 by the score of 71-51.

The Black Hawks dropped three quick baskets to start the scoring, but DS answered with a pair
of three-pointers to even the score at 6-6 midway through the first quarter. Luke...

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Raider basketball starts on positive note

By Jeff Kiesling

Community Contributor

The Dover-Sherborn Raiders boys varsity basketball team commenced its 2022-2023 season in impressive fashion on December 13 with a 71-39 win at home against the Millis High School Mohawks. 

The Raiders controlled the opening tip and then went on...

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Raider football finishes strong season

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor

The Dover-Sherborn varsity football team’s incredible and improbable unbeaten run came to an end on Saturday, November 19, against the Shawsheen Valley Tech Rams in the semi-final round of the MIAA Division 5 playoffs. The Raiders mounted a fierce comeback in the second half to tie...

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Raiders defeat Hawks, move on

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor

When it rains, it pours. 

The Dover-Sherborn High School Raiders varsity football team defeated the Hudson High School Hawks by the score of 20-7 in the second round of the MIAA Division 5 playoffs last Friday night at the Morgan Bowl in Hudson,...

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D-S advances in playoffs, remains unbeaten

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor

The Dover-Sherborn High School Raiders varsity football squad won a hard-fought game against the Watertown High School Raiders before a large home-crowd at Nora Searle Field last Friday night by the score of 28-14 in the first round of the MIAA Division 5 playoffs. D-S relied...

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Raider football unbeaten streak continues

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor


The Dover-Sherborn Raiders varsity football team leaned heavily on its defense and rallied in
the second half to beat a winless, but inspired Norton High School squad to remain perfect on
the season. Norton played a solid first half of football and led DS, 7-0, at the break....

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Raiders roll at home against Millis

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor

“Who’s got my back?”

“I got your back!”

“Who’s got my back?”

“I got your back!”

The Dover-Sherborn varsity football team formed a tight circle and their voices thundered as they jumped up and...

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Raiders come back against Bellingham

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor

The Dover-Sherborn varsity football team pulled off an incredible come from behind win during the closing seconds on Saturday afternoon against the Bellingham Blackhawks. Emilio Cabey caught a touchdown pass to put the Raiders ahead with 20 seconds left in the game after they had trailed,...

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Raider football extends winning streak

By Jeff Kiesling
Community Contributor

The Dover Sherborn Raiders varsity football team extended their winning streak to four games to begin the season with a dominant showing on the road against the Dedham High School Marauders on Friday night. The Raiders defense bottled up Dedham’s potent ground game and the offense...

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