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
In the state tournament, you take it one game at a time, and the Winchester High School baseball team (13-8, 32 nd seed) has taken that first step, and won it by beating Beverly (12-8, 33 rd seed) at home, 6-4 in a Division 1 preliminary round game on May
Spring sports athletes have been striving to reach this time of the year since practices began on March 17. They all wanted to be among the select few to participate in the state tournaments in order to measure their skills as a team against their peers statewide. At Winchester High
The sign hanging on the mantle in the Nutile home says “We interrupt this marriage to bring you the baseball season.” That’s a good illustration of how much baseball played in the lives of the Nutile family. Susan Nutile and daughter Katie knew baseball was ever present in their
Despite the unseasonably cold, rainy weather that hovered over the state this week, high school spring sports teams were scrambling to wrap up the regular season, before the state tournament pairings are announced for baseball, softball and lacrosse next Wednesday, May 28. The preliminary round games will then begin two
Dario Pizzano is very familiar with Multiple Sclerosis and what it does. His mom, Tracie, has lived with the autoimmune disorder since 1998. The Mass. native, who is director of fundraising for MS4MS (Mission Stadiums for Multiple Sclerosis), has been dedicating his time to boosting funds and awareness in order
