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,...
The Warriors took the first two sets...
The Raiders gave...
The first inning was scoreless, and Needham held Natick to no runs again in the top...
However, Dover-Sherborn was the first to score...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Sports Correspondent
The Warriors are looking strong as they enter the postseason this week. Last week, girls’ basketball played their final regular season game and were able to achieve an undefeated season with a 20–0 record. They are also the Division 2 defending champions, though the team they defeated in...
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Sports Correspondent
Last week, the regular seasons for basketball and hockey drew to an end and the playoff brackets were released. The boys’ hockey team won their final game against Plymouth North High School on February 16th 5–1 and ended up in the 31st seed with a 9–11 record. They...
By Meghan Foley Hometown Weekly Sports Correspondent
This week, Needham boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball, and boys’ hockey entered their postseasons. Boys’ basketball finished their season with an 18–2 record, putting them in the 3rd seed. This is an impressive climb from last year when they were the 36th seed after a 10–10 season. In that...
By Meghan Foley
Boys’ basketball has been having a fantastic season. On February 3rd, Big Blue took only their second loss of the season, for the first time since December 28th. This brought their record to a 13–2 following a 10 game win streak and has...
By Meghan Foley
On Friday, January 30th, varsity girls’ basketball played the Newton North Tigers for the second time this season after falling to them 40–52 back in December. Entering this game, the Raiders had a record of 3–8 to the Tigers’ 5–8.
When the...
By Meghan Foley
On Wednesday, January 28th, varsity girls’ hockey played the Canton Bulldogs at home for their only matchup of this season. This was also their mental health awareness game. The rink was decorated in bright green ribbons and the Warriors adorned their sticks with matching tape and wore small ribbons on their...
