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
There will be a new Division 1 girls hockey state championship team this year after St. Mary’s of Lynn (9-12-2), the 14th seed, was knocked off by Winchester (9-9-3), the 19th seed, 1-0 at Lynn’s Connery Rink on Tuesday night, Feb. 25, in a Round of 32 game.
The Winchester High boys basketball team (16-4) wrapped up the Middlesex League regular season title with an overtime win against Belmont, 55-52 on Feb. 13. “Beating Belmont wasn’t easy,” said Coach John Fleming. “They fought hard and gave us everything we could handle. A slow first half led to
Winchester High School’s Red & Black wrestling team persevered with success through the Division 1 State Meet at North Andover High School last Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21 and 22. This tournament brings out the best throughout the state after qualifying for it by finishing in the top four
Boys hockey Coach Gino Khachadourian’s boys hockey team (12-10) will be hosting Shrewsbury, the 22nd seed, in a Division 1 Round of 32 game Tuesday night (Feb. 25) at 7 p.m. at Woburn’s O’Brien Rink. The Red & Black begin the postseason as the 11th seed,
There’s no doubt that the Winchester High School wrestling team (6-3) is getting better under the guidance of Head Coach Ryan Errico. The Red & Black started the year dropping their first three matches, but since then they rattled off six straight wins to end the regular season with
Boys basketball The Winchester High School boys basketball team (16-3) defeated Belmont, 55-52 on Feb. 13, but over the weekend on Feb. 15, they dropped a 45-38 decision to North Andover in the annual IAABO/Board 27 Classic at Emmanuel College in Boston. The Red & Black is scheduled to
