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Post 14 rallies past Westwood 320

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Westwood Post 320, featuring players from Westwood and Xaverian, traveled to Needham Legion Post 14, featuring players from Needham, Wellesley, St. Sebastian’s and the US Performance Academy, on Sunday afternoon for a pivotal District Six West Division showdown with the postseason less than a week away. Trailing 6-3...
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Walpole’s Wagner comes home to Bruins

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor On Saturday night, Mark Divver of The Providence Journal was first to report that unrestricted free agent centerman Chris Wagner was headed to the Boston Bruins on a two-year, $2.5 million deal. The significance? Wagner is a native of Walpole and will be living his childhood dream of...
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Bomes, DeSisto, Martin named All-American

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor BostonLax released their 2018 class of All-Americans earlier this week, and a significant portion of the players on this prestigious list hail from Hometown Weekly’s six towns. After helping lead Dover-Sherborn to the Division III Central/East sectional title with 14 goals and seven assists in DS’s final four...
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Lady-Raiders best Rockets in sectionals

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Entering Friday, it had been a exactly one year and a day since the Wellesley High School girls lacrosse team had their 2017 season come to an end at the hands of arch rival and eventual Division I state champ Needham in the South semifinals. It had also...
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Lady-Raiders best Rockets in sectionals

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Entering Friday, it had been a exactly one year and a day since the Wellesley High School girls lacrosse team had their 2017 season come to an end at the hands of arch rival and eventual Division I state champ Needham in the South semifinals. It had also been...
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Westwood boys cruise through round one

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off their first-ever co-TVL title as well as their first-ever season that included victories over both DS and Medfield, the Westwood High School boys varsity lacrosse team earned the No. 2 seed in Division II Central/East. Last Thursday, the Wolverines (15-4) welcomed No. 7 Groton-Dunstable to Flahive Field...
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Zajec, Raiders earn statement win

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Two teams fighting for spots in the Super Eight met on Wednesday afternoon in Westwood as the Catholic Conference champion Xaverian Hawks welcomed the defending Division I Eastern Mass champion Wellesley Raiders. With the tournament just about a week away, a win for either the Raiders (15-5) or Hawks (12-8)...
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Raiders outlast Cassidy, Hawks

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Two teams fighting for spots in the Super Eight met on Wednesday afternoon in Westwood as the Catholic Conference champion Xaverian Hawks welcomed the defending Division I Eastern Mass champion Wellesley Raiders. With the tournament just about a week away, a win for either the Raiders (15-5) or Hawks (12-8)...
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Despite results, Rebel lax showing promise

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham High School boys varsity lacrosse team got the result they wanted to start the season on Thursday afternoon in Walpole, but the manner in which it came likely was not how they drew it up. Behind a hat trick by junior midfielder Brendan Walsh and a...
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All-Scholastics littered with Raiders

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Boston Herald and Boston Globe recently released their winter All-Scholastic awards. Following an extremely successful winter athletic season in Wellesley that featured a Division II state championship in girls hockey, many of the recipients of these prestigious honors were Wellesley Raiders. In girls track, sophomore Abby Comella...
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Raider basketball renews grudge with Warriors

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Dover-Sherborn Regional and Medfield High School varsity boys basketball teams met for the second and final time this season on Friday evening as the Raiders (4-6, 3-4) looked to avenge their 60-51 defeat to the Warriors (6-4, 4-3) on their home court back on January 3. Unfortunately...
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Lady Warriors blank rival Raiders

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Medfield and Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton varsity girls hockey teams took to the ice on Wednesday night at Blackstone Valley Ice Arena in Hopedale for their first of two meetings in 2017-2018. Behind a lockdown defensive effort and a 12-save shutout performance by senior goaltender Skylar Flynn, the Warriors (3-6-3,...
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Ryan, Xaverian hockey roll in opener

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Last season, the Xaverian Brothers High School varsity hockey team made a deep tournament run that included a 3-2 double overtime victory over rival CM before falling 2-0 to Framingham in the South semifinals. In 2017-2018, the Hawks (1-0) appear poised to do more of the same later...
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Page’s late tally salvages Rebel tie

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Last year’s magical Super Eight run by the Walpole High varsity boys hockey team is one that will forever be remembered in this area. However, now three games into the 2017-2018 season, it’s all about the present for head coach Ron Dowd and his group. [caption id="attachment_23737" align="alignright"...
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Expectations high for Shaughnessy, Rocket hoop

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Needham High boys basketball was the talk of not only the town, but a large portion of the state last winter following an incredible to run to a South Sectional title, backboned by star guard and Brown commit Thomas Shaughnessy. The Rockets’ season ended with a tough loss...
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Lavanchy, Rebels send Greener out victorious

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Barry Greener has seen it all in his days as a high school football coach in Dover-Sherborn and Walpole. On Thursday, the Rebels (4-7) took to Turco Field under Greener, who will retire following the 2017-2018 academic year, for the final time, as the man who began as...
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Ogletree’s three TDs not enough for Rockets

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The nation’s oldest public high school football rivalry wrote its 130th chapter on Thursday morning, as the Wellesley Raiders and Needham Rockets capped off their 2017 seasons with a thriller of a Thanksgiving game. Thanks to a two-touchdown effort as well as a dominant defensive performance by D’Aunte Moore,...
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Moore, Raiders top Rockets in Turkey Bowl

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The nation’s oldest public high school football rivalry wrote its 130th chapter on Thursday morning, as the Wellesley Raiders and Needham Rockets capped off their 2017 seasons with a thriller of a Thanksgiving game. Thanks to a two-touchdown effort as well as a dominant defensive performance by D’Aunte Moore,...
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Tishman, Raiders battle Rebels

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor With Friday evening marking the beginning Yom Kippur, the Walpole and Wellesley High School football teams played a rare matinee game on Sunday afternoon, with the Rebels (2-2, 2-1) prevailing 13-7 over the Raiders (2-2, 0-1) thanks to a pair of touchdown passes by quarterback Brett Lavanchy. Stout defensive...
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