It was an historic day for the Winchester High School (WHS) wrestling team after successfully co-hosting the first Glen Doherty Memorial Wrestling Tournament in conjunction with the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation on Dec. 13. A total of 17 teams participated in this invitational tournament. The tournament honored Doherty, who was
The Winchester High School girls basketball team (2-1) has gotten off to a winning start after coming away with two victories in its first three games. The Red & Black opened up with a 55-51 road win against Stoneham on Dec. 12. They then came home Dec. 16 to drop
Coach Tommy Scarpa’s Winchester High girls hockey team opened up the regular season on Dec. 13, with a 7-2 dominating win against Stoneham at Woburn’s O’Brien Rink. One year ago, the Red & Black ended the season with a 9-10-3 record after splitting their two postseason games.
The Winchester High boys hockey team finished up the regular season last year with a 13-10 record, and were the 11th seed heading into the Division 1 state tournament. They then won two straight postseason games against Shrewsbury, the 22nd seed, 4-1, and Middlesex League rival Belmont, the sixth seed,
One year ago, the Winchester High boys basketball team entered the Division 1 state tournament as the ninth season with a 16-4 record, but as is the case of any postseason game, upsets and heartbreakers sometimes factor into the final result. Unfortunately, both of those scenarios were rolled into one
While the high school fall sports season officially concluded last week with the playing of the Super Bowl championship games at Gillette Stadium, the winter sports teams have been going at it since the Monday after Thanksgiving, when practices began across the board for all teams. It’s now their
The Winchester High football team might have fallen short of its ultimate Gillette Stadium goal, but there was still plenty to celebrate. The Red & Black, the fourth overall seed in Division 2, racked up 11 wins, including two in the playoffs, before dropping their only game of the season
The Winchester Men's Softball League, under the auspices of the Winchester Recreation Department, plays its games at Ginn Field in the spring and fall, and this year the fall season finally concluded just a couple of weeks ago on Nov. 18, when the Pipes, sponsored by DaVinci Plumbing,
There was plenty to celebrate this fall for Coach Michelle Ross’ Winchester High girls soccer team. The varsity roster was made up of many young players that included eight freshmen, but they still managed to compile an 14-2-2 regular season record to secure another Middlesex League championship for the fourth
In football, Catholic Memorial was in Division 1 as late as 2019, and ironically, the school made it to the Super Bowl that year in the state’s highest division, only to lose to St. John’s Prep, 21-14 at Gillette Stadium. It was the second straight year that the
One week after the Winchester High School girls cross-country team won the State Division 1B championship on the Wrentham Development Center cross-country 5,000-meter course, they were ready to compete in the Division 1 All-State Meet of Champions at the Devens Willard Athletic Complex in Ayer on Nov. 15. By
Friday’s the night for the Division 2 state semifinal showdown between Winchester’s high-powered offense and top-seeded Catholic Memorial (7-2) at Medford’s Hormel Stadium, starting at 6 p.m., with the winner going to Gillette Stadium next month to play in the Super Bowl. Bridgewater-Raynham (7-3, third seed)
In a season that started with an alleged roster controversy, the Winchester High girls soccer team (14-2-2) rose above all of the off-field noise to finish seventh in the state, according to the final Division 1 power rankings prior to the playoffs. The Red & Black then went on to
It was a closer game, comparatively speaking, but the Winchester High School football team (10-0) still defeated another opponent rather decisively, this time in an Elite 8 Division 2 contest. Lincoln-Sudbury (8-2), the fifth seed, came to Knowlton Stadium on Friday Nov. 7, and it too had trouble keeping up
The Winchester High volleyball team won 21 matches this year, counting the postseason, while losing just twice, a record that should never be dismissed casually. For their efforts, they were seeded seventh in the final Division 1 power rankings. But that last loss will always be defined as bitter, which
As has been the pattern since the opening game of the season against Peabody at Knowlton Stadium back on Sept. 12, the Red & Black (9-0, fourth seed) has jumped on the opposition from the start, and never looked back. They won that game against the Tanners, 42-7, and the
