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
With one more regular season game left on the schedule before the start of the Division 2 Super Bowl playoffs on Friday, Nov. 7, the Winchester High football team (7-0) — currently the fourth seed in the power rankings — kept on powering past another Middlesex League foe, when it dominated host
Sometimes a regular season loss is a good thing for any team that has state championship aspirations, especially against a club that more than likely they will be seeing down the road deep into the playoffs. The Winchester High School volleyball team (18-1) is facing that situation head-on right now
The high school football playoffs are only a couple of weeks away, and the Winchester Red & Black (6-0) are among one of the favorites to sweep November. That’d propel them to the Division 2 Super Bowl game at Gillette Stadium in December. To that end, the Winchester boys
The Winchester High School girls volleyball team (16-0) is cruising to the postseason, and, if its last five matches are any indication of what lies ahead, November just might be a month to remember. The Red & Black not only won the five, but they did so convincingly by shutouts
The Winchester High School football team (5-0) took a giant step forward in the Division 2 power rankings this past week, going from fifth to second after defeating Middlesex League rival Reading (1-4) at Knowlton last Friday night, Oct. 10, 42-14. The latest state weekly seedings came out on Tuesday,
The Winchester High School girls soccer team (10-2-1) has continued its impressive campaign into a new month with two more Middlesex League victories over Lexington (2-1, Oct. 3) and Watertown (7-0, Oct. 8). Between those two games, the Red & Black lost a hard-fought non-league contest to Wellesley (4-2, Oct.
The following was submitted by Shannon Sullivan: The Winchester High School Girls Lacrosse team fundraised and walked on Sunday, Oct. 5 in the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress’ Buddy Walk in Wakefield. The team raised $1,200 in support of Captain Siobhán Sullivan’s cousin, Annie and her team Annie’s
Coach Michelle White’s field hockey team (10-3) lost its third game of the season on Saturday (Oct. 11) to non-league host Uxbridge (12-0, top seed in Division 3), 8-0. But other than that rare defeat this fall, the Red & Black girls are still among the top teams in
So far in the early going, there’s not much for Winchester High School football coach Wally Dembowski to criticize. His team is a perfect 4-0, with the latest dominating win coming against host Wakefield last Friday night (Oct. 3), 42-7. The Red & Black have outscored their opponents, 182-43,
Coach Kirsten Healey’s boys and girls cross-country teams are pretty much halfway through the season. The girls have a perfect 4-0 record, while the boys are 2-2 after their victories against Woburn on Oct. 7. “We have a tight pack of runners up front on the girls team that
Unbeaten in their last four games, including Monday’s (Oct. 6) 1-1 tie against Lexington at home, the Winchester High School boys soccer team (5-3-2) is getting hot at the right time with six games left in the regular season. The Red & Black started their most recent run of
Domination was the operative word of the month for the Winchester High School football team. Throughout their three September games, the Red & Black (3-0) have outscored the opposition, 140-36. Breaking it down even further, they took care of both Peabody and Waltham by identical 42-7 scores, before beating up
The Winchester High School girls soccer team (6-0-1) had a week off between games, but instead of savoring its undefeated record, they can be seen helping their neighbors around town. But once they returned to the pitch, nothing changed. The Red & Black were able to maintain their winning ways
After the first two weeks of the high school football season, the Winchester football team has some symmetry going after beating non-league opponents Peabody and Waltham by identical 42-7 scores. They mixed things up somewhat in Friday night’s (Sept. 26) home game against the Masco Chieftains, but it was
