Last week, the Raiders held their senior night at their home game against Westwood.
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Softball celebrates senior night
Wellesley girls’ lacrosse ready for playoffs
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff
Last week, Wellesley’s girls’ lacrosse finished up their regular season with a 17–4 win over the Natick Redhawks on the 19th. After a delay due to the weather, the Raiders earned two goals and held the Redhawks to none in the first quarter before jumping to a 7–1 lead...
Rockets’ girls’ golf wraps up season
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff
Girls’ golf is one of the newer programs at Needham High, the team completing their sixth regular season last week.
“We started out with fifteen beginner golfers and we’ve grown to having 52 girls try out this year,” explained Head Coach...
Boys’ lacrosse closes regular season with close game
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff
Last Friday, the boys’ lacrosse team played their final game of the regular season on the road against the Walpole Timberwolves. Before the matchup, the Wolverines had the 10th seed in D2 while Walpole had the 9th and beat them just...
Rockets’ rugby wins big on senior night
By Meghan Foley
Hometown Weekly Staff
This year is only the fourth season for Needham High School’s girls’ rugby program after its institution in 2023. The team recently earned success with a win on May 7th, when they defeated Algonquin Regional High School on the road 75–43, making history...
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This year is only the fourth season for Needham High School’s girls’ rugby program after its institution in 2023. The team recently earned success with a win on May 7th, when they defeated Algonquin Regional High School on the road 75–43, making history...
Softball celebrates senior night
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff
Warriors’ softball held their senior night on May 13th, playing the Millis Mohawks for the second time this season. The Warriors (6–9) had previously beaten the Mohawks (3–11) 11–6 a month earlier on April 14th.
Medfield took a strong lead early...
Wolverines finish up regular season
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff
Note: Records and rankings in this article reflect their positions as of May 14th.
The baseball team is currently the 19th-seeded team in D2 with a 10–7 record. On Sunday, they beat Plymouth South 6–1 for their 11th win. They will play their final two games on the road,...
Boys’ volleyball shuts out King Philip
By Meghan Foley
Hometown Weekly Staff
Last week, the boys’ volleyball team hosted King Philip Regional High School for their only matchup of the season. They entered the match with a 10–3 record to King Philip’s 5–7 and beat them 3–0 last year.
The Warriors took the first two sets...
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The Warriors took the first two sets...
Raiders’ softball vs. Newton South
By Meghan Foley
Hometown Weekly Staff
Last week, the Raiders' softball team took on the Newton South Lions for the second time this season after defeating them 9–6 the previous week. Going into the game, the Raiders had a 7–5 record while the Lions were 6–6.
The Raiders gave...
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The Raiders gave...
Rockets’ softball dominates in 15–3 win
By Meghan Foley
Hometown Weekly Staff
The varsity softball team recently had a big win over the Natick Redhawks. Going into the game, the Rockets had a record of 6–2 and the Redhawks 3–9.
The first inning was scoreless, and Needham held Natick to no runs again in the top...
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The first inning was scoreless, and Needham held Natick to no runs again in the top...
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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However, Dover-Sherborn was the first to score...
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.
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Boys’ volleyball faces Brookline in championship rematch
By Meghan Foley
Hometown Weekly Staff
On April 30th, the boys’ volleyball team (9–1) hosted an anticipated match against the Brookline Warriors (9–0), who defeated them in the finals last season three sets to one when Needham was the 3rd seed and Brookline was the 1st.
The game was competitive from the start, with a good rally during...
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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...
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...
Lincon-Sudbury overpowers Needham lax
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff
On April 11th, girls’ lacrosse played the Lincoln-Sudbury Warriors at home. Last season, the Rockets and Warriors both had regular season records of 11–6 but did not face each other.
At 13–7, the Rockets were down by six goals at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but scored not...
Nickerson reflects on perfection, addresses future
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Staff
Head Coach Mark Nickerson led the Medfield High girls’ basketball team to their third consecutive state championship win after an undefeated season. But this success didn’t come out of nowhere. Beginning his coaching career at Dover-Sherborn in 1993 for the freshman and then varsity girls’ teams, he returned to...
Behrmann headlines winter success with 1,000th point
By Meghan Foley
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield High boys’ basketball team entered the MIAA Division 3 State Tournament as the Tri Valley Small League champions and the 8th seed after a 17–3 season and made it to the quarterfinals before being knocked out by the 1st-seeded Hanover.
“It’s been a good year. It’s been one of the...
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Hockey advances; basketball knocked out
By Meghan Foley
Last week boys’ and girls’ basketball and hockey all entered the playoffs. The girls’ hockey team earned the first seed with a regular season record of 19–1. They first beat 32nd-seeded Stoneham 2–0 at home on February 25th and then 17th-seeded Martha’s Vineyard Regional on March 1st. Their next game will...
Raiders present challenge for No. 2 Xaverian
By Meghan Foley
The boys’ hockey team entered the playoffs as the 31st seed, but you wouldn’t have known it. On February 24th, they hosted 34th-seeded Medford after knocking them out in the Preliminary last year 5–1. This year they took a 4–1 win in the same situation and advanced to face the 2nd-seeded...
