Raiders excel at Division V track championships
Wamps freeze Lady-Rebels unbeaten streak
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The two lead dogs in the Bay State Conference Herget Division squared off for the second and final time this season on Saturday afternoon as the Walpole Lady-Rebels (12-3-1, 7-3-1) hosted the Braintree Wamps (12-3-0, 8-0-0) at Rodman Arena.
The Lady-Rebels, who entered the contest on...
McInerney, Desimone lift Lady-Rebs past NDA
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole High varsity girls hockey team welcomed in Notre Dame Academy (Hingham) on Monday night for a midseason non-conference clash between two teams bound for the state tournament.
Thanks to a phenomenal seven-for-seven effort by the Walpole penalty kill unit and some stellar goaltending by senior goaltender...
Warriors, Wolverines skate to tie
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two old TVL rivals met on the ice at Pirelli Arena in Franklin on Saturday afternoon as the Medfield High boys varsity hockey team hosted Westwood.
Thanks to some stellar goaltending on both ends by Medfield’s Mason Matthew and Westwood’s Ben Goodrich, the teams were able to garner...
Damren, Goss, Curran backboning Wesleyan hockey
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Wesleyan University is building something special with their women’s hockey program, and three local athletes have helped backbone the Cardinals this 2018-2019 season as Wesleyan fights for a spot in the NESCAC Tournament.
Westwood native and junior forward Allie Damren, Wellesley native and senior defenseman Sarah Goss,...
Ski team ready to hit slopes
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The Wellesley High School alpine ski team is poised to kick off its season this evening, and while most people think of ski racing as an individual competition, when it comes to high school alpine racing, it’s also a team sport with experience for the athletes that go far beyond the thrill...
Guiffre moves Lady-Raiders to 5-0
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole and Wellesley High girls basketball entered the 2018-2019 season with the goal of winning their respective Bay State Conference divisions (Walpole – Herget, Wellesley – Carey), and making a run in the state tournament.
For Walpole, their potential this season relied heavily upon the two-headed double-double...
Unbeaten Lady-Raiders outlast White, Rebels
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole and Wellesley High girls basketball entered the 2018-2019 season with the goal of winning their respective Bay State Conference divisions (Walpole – Herget, Wellesley – Carey), and making a run in the state tournament.
For Walpole, their potential this season relied heavily upon the two-headed double-double monster...
Injury-ravaged wrestling drops first match
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With huge swaths of their starters out due to injury and illness, the Needham Rockets wrestling squad dropped its first match of the season, 42-39.
The team started strongly early, tallying several pins in the lightest weight classes. However, as the weights became higher and higher, the Rockets could...
Guiffre’s 22 lifts Lady-Raiders past Revere
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Rebel hockey opens season 1-1
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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TeDuits, Wolverines better Warriors in PKs
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High boys soccer went 0-2 against Medfield during the regular season, dropping a 5-0 contest on their home turf on September 27 before falling 2-1 at Medfield on October 24.
It seems only fitting that after going winless against their rivals to the west in the regular...
Hibberts, Reid lead Rockets past Tigers
