Archive for January, 2010

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   The Walpole High boys’ basketball team lost to Brookline High January 8, dropping the Rebels’ overall record to 2-6, 0-6 in the league.
   The team had reached its nadir the first half of the previous game, when it self-combusted in a 56-35 loss to Wellesley.
   During that first half a disorganized Rebel squad scored just 12 points as the Raiders rolled to a 19-point bulge by the break.
   Fortunately, the Rebels fans never gave up on their team, and the Rebels never gave up on themselves.
   Since that first half on January 5, the young team has started making strides toward becoming what it is capable of, and as it heads into the second half of the season, not only promises to be an exciting entity the rest of the year, but to produce a nucleus that will be competitive for at least the next two seasons after.
   Following halftime of the Milton game, in which Coach Dave St. Martin’s talk …

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   Despite tough odds, the unbeaten boys’ track team once again passed a difficult test and proved its strength by topping the Natick Red and Blue with a score of 42-40, last Thursday at the Reggie Lewis Center. The girls however, were unable to conquer a talented Natick team as they fell 51-35.
   The Rebel boys knew it was going to be a close meet going in, and that was exactly the outcome as the meet carried on. The mile kicked off the meet, and was the first of many victories the Rebels needed to get the overall “W”. Junior Dave Connors was hot off the gun taking an early lead, but was eventually passed by junior teammate Dave Wians who cruised to first in 5:01.
   Connors, not far behind, raced it out with his Natick counterpart Pat O’Loughlin for a key second place time of 5:05. The 1000-meter race was even more of a nail biter, with sophomore Zach Ganshirt yielding second place with a time of 2:59.7, just a short .66 seconds behind Natick’s lead runner. The race was just another …

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   The Walpole High boys’ basketball team had a rough week as the Rebels dropped two games in disappointing losses to Wellesley on Tuesday night, and Brookline on Friday night. The boys dropped to 2-6 as they struggle to gather momentum as the season wears on.
   The trip to Wellesley was unsuccessful and disheartening for the Rebels as a 56-35 loss to a good shooting team was added to the books. The Raiders took advantage of sloppy Walpole play and prevented them from ever catching their expansive lead throughout the game.
   The competition began with the Raiders off to a quick start. Walpole had a hard time getting themselves on the board with the quarter concluding with the score at 16-6. Despite an energetic performance by junior Mike Gilmartin off the bench, Walpole could not seem to get the ball in the hoop, or swing the momentum in any way. The second quarter was much the same way as Walpole had …