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
The Winchester High girls field hockey team (19-3) has reached the Division 1 state semifinal game after winning its first three state tournament games against Arlington (3-1), the 28th seed, Bishop Feehan (2-1), the 12th seed, and fourth-seeded Lincoln-Sudbury (1-0). The fifth-seeded Red & Black are now scheduled to go
The Winchester High girls cross-country team has had a fall to remember, and it continued last Saturday, Nov. 8, when they captured the program’s first State Division 1B championship on the Wrentham Development Center cross-country 5,000-meter course. For the record, Coach Kirsten Healey’s team went into the
The Winchester High cross-country teams participated in the annual Middlesex League All-12 Meet at the Woburn Country Club on Oct. 27. The meet helps decide who makes all-stars, that will be determined after the coaches meet up sometime this month. All 12 league teams run together in this meet, and
It’s now on to the Division 2 Super Bowl playoffs for the Winchester High School football team (8-0) after it defeated Belmont last Friday night at Knowlton Stadium with another dominating performance, 42-8. In their eight regular season games, they outscored the opposition rather convincingly, 349-92. Coach Wally Dembowski’
After convincing shutout wins over North Andover (10-11, 26th seed) and Needham (16-3, 10th seed) to begin the Division 1 state tournament this past week, the Winchester High girls volleyball team (21-1, seventh seed) is now preparing for an Elite 8 showdown against host Newton North (20-2, second seed) on
The high school state tournament season is now underway for five sports after the boys and girls soccer and football playoff pairings were announced over the weekend. Field hockey and volleyball got started with its postseason last week, and on the local front both Winchester squads enjoyed opening round wins.
One down, four to go for the Division 1 state championship. Those are the numbers that the Winchester High girls volleyball team and its Round of 32 playoff winners are looking at right now. The Red & Black (20-1) started the postseason as the seventh seed in the final power
It’s all about making the state tournament — and that is what fall high school athletes work for since cutting their summer vacations short in late August to get ready for the season. Winchester is fortunate to have talented athletes to reach that goal the majority of the time, with
The Winchester High girls soccer team (14-2-2) finished up the regular season over the past couple of weeks with an unbeaten record of six wins and one tie, and it couldn’t have come at better time with the Division 1 state tournament beginning next week. The playoff pairings are
