Since 1974, when girls tennis became a sanctioned Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association high school sport, Winchester has held its own among the state’s powerhouse teams. The program won its first state title in 1979 before divisional play came into existence, and in 1983, it took home the Division 1
The Winchester High School baseball team (7-2) is off to a great start, and when they lose a game, they follow it up with consecutive wins, the latest against Woburn and Lexington last week. “I’m proud of how we have been able to handle the mental grind of so
Coach Suzanne Ontso’s girls lacrosse team has played five games so far in the early going, winning three of them. The Red & Black first doubled up host Wilmington on April 1, 10-5. The home opener against Stoneham followed two days later, and it was another victory for Winchester
The Winchester High boys volleyball team is perfect after four matches. They have already defeated Arlington (3-2), Woburn (3-0), Newton South (3-2) and Burlington (3-0). The Red & Black’s most recent matches were against Newton South (April 7) and Burlington (April 8). “We were able to pull off a
This spring has the potential to be historic for the Winchester High School boys volleyball team under the direction of John Fleming, who never takes a season off. Fleming coaches girls volleyball in the fall, boys basketball in the winter and boys volleyball in the spring, which is on pace
The Winchester High boys lacrosse team (2-1) was the tenth seed in the final Division 1 power rankings last spring. They ended the regular season with a 15-3 record, and were 1-1 in the postseason, where they beat rival Arlington in the Round of 32, 13-3, before losing to Needham
Jason Capodanno is beginning his third year as head coach of the Winchester High Red & Black softball team. At the end of Year 1, the girls were 3-17, but last spring there was a dramatic improvement. They won five more games to end up with an 8-12 record. Capodanno
Coach Ed McDonald is beginning his second year in charge of his Winchester High School Red & Black baseball team. Last year, after coming over from St. Joseph’s Prep in Brighton, where he was its baseball coach for seven years, the Red & Black ended up with a 6-14
It was a night of celebration for the Winchester High School Red & Black wrestling team last Wednesday night, March 19, at the Sons of Italy on Swanton Street, when the team convened for the annual awards banquet. There was plenty to remember throughout the last four months, starting with
The high school wrestling season officially came to an end for the Red & Black squad locally during the New England Championship Meet at the Providence Career and Technical School on March 8-9, where junior captain Kai Napadow Baquero went 1-2. Napadow Baquero’s lone win was an exciting, last-minute
The Winchester High School Red & Black boys hockey team (14-11, 11th seed) came within one overtime goal from advancing to the Division 1 state semifinal round after St. John’s of Shrewsbury (12-12, 14th seed) pushed across the game-winner in the extra period to win the Elite 8 game,
The state high school tournament season can be cruel. A fantastic winning regular season record (16-4) in arguably the most competitive league (Middlesex League) in the state does not guarantee success in the postseason. The Winchester Red & Black boys basketball team experienced that heartbreak in a Division 1 Round
The Winchester High School girls hockey team (9-10-3, 19th seed) played two close, competitive games to begin the Division 1 state tournament. They beat St. Mary’s of Lynn (9-12-2, 14th seed), the defending champs, in the Round of 32, 1-0, but then dropped a 2-1 decision to Malden Catholic
The Winchester High School Red & Black boys hockey team (14-10, 11th seed) is now in the Elite 8 of the Division 1 state tournament after beating Shrewsbury (10-11, 22nd seed) and Belmont (16-7-1, sixth seed) in the first two rounds. In the Round of 32 game against the Shrewsbury
Two Winchester High School Red & Black wrestlers – Anshu Patra and Kai Napadow Baquero –represented the team quite well during the All-State Meet last Friday and Saturday (Feb. 28 and March 1) at Methuen High School. This annual event brings together the best wrestlers from all three divisions. Patra, the
Boys basketball loses tourney opener Boston Latin (20-1, 24th seed) upset the ninth-seeded Red & Black boys basketball team (16-5) last night (Feb. 27) heartbreakingly at the WHS gym, 53-51 in a Division 1 Round of 32 state tournament game. Girls hockey takes on Malden Catholic tonight in Sweet 16
