Local lax stars dominate All-Scholastics
Local lax stars dominate All-Scholastics
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Week after week, the boys and girls lacrosse teams for all six towns within Hometown Weekly’s range of coverage in 2017 supplied seemingly endless headlines and excitement. All the hard work these boys and girls put in translated into all 12 boys and girls lacrosse squads from Dover-Sherborn,...
Rocket rundown 2016-2017: Shaughnessy, Conley, Burnett
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Oh what a year it was for the high school teams - and Needham athletics in general - in 2016-2017. There are so many names to point out and achievements to highlight, so let’s go all the way back to the beginning.
August 26, 2016. Needham’s own Aly...
Rockets take home Division I lacrosse title
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham High School varsity girls lacrosse team concluded an absolutely dominant 2017 season with an 8-5 win over Longmeadow on Saturday afternoon at Boston University in the MIAA Division I state championship game.
Following an 18-3 regular season that saw zero conference defeats and an outright Bay...
Hem, Rockets cruise to South semifinals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After a dominant 18-3 regular season, the Needham High School varsity girls lacrosse team earned the No. 1 overall seed in the MIAA Division I South Sectionals as well as a first-round bye.
On Sunday, the Rockets opened up their 2017 postseason by hosting of No. 8 seed Duxbury...
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...
Rocket girls dominant in revenge match
