The 46th annual Pan-Mass Challenge is officially in the books. The two-day summer cycling event concluded last Sunday (Aug. 3) after raising more millions of dollars for cancer research and patient care at the world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Jimmy Fund). Last year, the PMC donated $75 million to Dana-Farber, and
For Winchester High School athletes, summer is almost over. Coach Wally Dembowki’s football team will be welcoming his Red & Black athletes back on the field for the first day of practice on Aug. 15. Their fall sports counterparts from the cross-country, field hockey, golf, boys and girls soccer,
The 2025 Pan-Mass Challenge is only days away. Set for the weekend of Aug. 2, the two-day event will once again attract thousands of cyclists to raise money for cancer research and patient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The goal this year is to earn a record $76 million
After closing out the last EMass pool play game with a 3-1 loss to Raynham at the Freetown / Lakeville youth baseball complex on July 11, the Winchester Cal Ripken 12U all-star team was ready for the final round, still sporting a sensational 8-1 overall state tournament record. They then went
Steamrolling through its first eight games, the 12U Winchester Youth Baseball Cal Ripken all-star team continues to build momentum on its way to the 2025 World Series in Branson, Mo. It all started for them in the Division 7 playoffs, where they easily finished on top after beating Arlington (11-0)
On the 40th anniversary of the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions (MTOC) playoffs, the Winchester Youth Soccer Grade 7-8 girls team, named the Avalanche, won the Division 1 state championship at Lancaster’s Progin Park. The tournament was a three-day event that ran from June 27-29. It traditionally marks the end
It’s been a relatively smooth start for the Winchester Youth Baseball U-12 all-star team in its journey to Branson, Mo. to participate in the Cal Ripken World Series. They had already qualified for the August extravaganza after participating in it two years ago. But the Winchester entry began this
Winchester Youth Baseball coach Chris Gannon’s U-12 2025 all-stars are certainly ready for prime time, because most of them have been together since 2022, when they were nine. That year, they lost to Arlington in pool play, but recovered in time to beat their nearby neighbors when it counted
The Winchester High School girls tennis team (18-4, eighth seed) advanced to the Division 1 state semifinal round after knocking off Boston Latin (14-4), the top seed, in a close Elite 8 matchup, 3-2 at the Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center in Dorchester on June 6. After this win,
This Saturday, June 14, Major League Soccer’s (MLS) New England Revolution is hosting Winchester Youth Soccer Day at Gillette Stadium, where youth soccer players from Winchester and many other communities across Massachusetts will play against one another on the Gillette turf in head-to-head contests. Families and friends are invited
The Winchester High School boys volleyball team only lost six regular season matches, while winning 14, and as a result it ended up as the 15th seed in the final Division 1 power rankings, before the state tournament got underway against Methuen (15-6), the 18th seed, in the Round of
The Winchester High girls lacrosse team (8-11) got into the Division 1 state tournament as the 27th seed. They then went up against host Westford Academy (17-3), the sixth seed, in the Round of 32 on May 30, where they lost to the host Ghosts, 13-6. The Ghosts went on
The Winchester High School boys tennis team (16-4, 10th seed) has advanced to the Elite 8 in the Division 1 state tournament after first shutting out Boston Latin (6-10), the 23 rd seed, in the Round of 32 on May 28, 5-0, before edging BC High (13-5, seventh seed) in
After the Winchester High School baseball team (14-8, 32nd seed) defeated the Beverly Panthers (12-8, 33rd seed) in a Division 1 preliminary round game at home May 30, 6-4, second-year head coach Ed McDonald said that was a huge win for the program. Certainly not playing like a team that
Coach Phil Reuland couldn’t have asked for a better start to the postseason from his Winchester High School boys lacrosse team. They were all over visiting Shrewsbury last Friday night (May 30) to the tune of 15-2 to kick off the state tournament season with a flair in the
The Winchester High School boys volleyball team (15-6), seeded 15th in Division 1, hosted the 18th-seeded Methuen Rangers (15-6) in the Round of 32 on May 30, and the home team was able to prevail, 3-2. The Red & Black now moves on to the Sweet 16, where they will
