After winning five straight matches, the Winchester High School boys volleyball team (11-5) fell to Lexington (3-0, May 12) and non-league host Milford (3-2, May 14). The Red & Black is seeded 17th in Division 1, according to the May 13 power rankings. Without making excuses, the long trek to
The Winchester High School boys lacrosse team (11-4) is in the state tournament, and is also among the Top 10 Division 1 clubs, seeded eighth overall, according to the May 13 power rankings. When the next rankings come out, the Red & Black just might be even closer to the
With just four games left in the regular season, the Winchester High School baseball team (11-5) couldn’t be any hotter. The Red & Black have won four straight games starting with the 8-2 win over visiting Watertown on April 30. They were then all over host Burlington two days
With the regular season winding down, the Winchester High School girls lacrosse team (8-5) is closing in on a state tournament berth. There are five games left on the schedule for the Red & Black, and they are peaking at the right time after winning their last two games against
It’s definitely an understatement to say that Winchester is synonymous with tennis, and on the high school front, both the boys and girls teams have done their jobs to live up to that reputation over the years. So far this spring, the boys have maintained that perception with an
After a brief setback against visiting non-league Needham on April 25, 3-0, the Winchester High School boys volleyball team (8-3) bounced right back to edge host St. John’s Prep (6-5), another non-league opponent, on April 28, 3-2. They then shutout Middlesex League rival Belmont the next night, 3-0. “This
Since 1974, when girls tennis became a sanctioned Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association high school sport, Winchester has held its own among the state’s powerhouse teams. The program won its first state title in 1979 before divisional play came into existence, and in 1983, it took home the Division 1
The Winchester High School baseball team (7-2) is off to a great start, and when they lose a game, they follow it up with consecutive wins, the latest against Woburn and Lexington last week. “I’m proud of how we have been able to handle the mental grind of so
Coach Suzanne Ontso’s girls lacrosse team has played five games so far in the early going, winning three of them. The Red & Black first doubled up host Wilmington on April 1, 10-5. The home opener against Stoneham followed two days later, and it was another victory for Winchester
The Winchester High boys volleyball team is perfect after four matches. They have already defeated Arlington (3-2), Woburn (3-0), Newton South (3-2) and Burlington (3-0). The Red & Black’s most recent matches were against Newton South (April 7) and Burlington (April 8). “We were able to pull off a
This spring has the potential to be historic for the Winchester High School boys volleyball team under the direction of John Fleming, who never takes a season off. Fleming coaches girls volleyball in the fall, boys basketball in the winter and boys volleyball in the spring, which is on pace
The Winchester High boys lacrosse team (2-1) was the tenth seed in the final Division 1 power rankings last spring. They ended the regular season with a 15-3 record, and were 1-1 in the postseason, where they beat rival Arlington in the Round of 32, 13-3, before losing to Needham
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
