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   After a very surprising regular season, in which they finished 13-5-1, the Walpole High girls’ lacrosse team discovered they have made history twice.

   First of all, they ended with the most regular-season wins ever by a WHS girls’ team with 13 – and a first-round win would give them the most one-season victories in team history – and second they have grabbed their first home game ever in the MIAA state tourney.

   With pairings coming out today, the Rebels find themselves seeded eighth in Division 2, set to host ninth-seeded Hingham Wednesday at Turco Field. The Harborwomen come into the tourney at 14-6, with their most impressive victory a 19-7 domination of Mansfield, a 15-2 entity, earlier in the year. More recently the Harborwomen faced unbeaten Bay State Conference champion Wellesley, losing to the Raiders 20-8. They also finished their season with a 13-7 loss to Mansfield in the rematch.

   Wellesley is the only common foe for the two first-round opponents, with each doing equally well agaisnt the top-ranked Bay State Herget power. The only other ranked team the Harborwomen have played is Duxbury …

Read the entire article on the Wicked Local Walpole website:

   After a very surprising regular season, in which they finished 13-5-1, the Walpole High girls’ lacrosse team discovered they have made history twice.

   First of all, they ended with the most regular-season wins ever by a WHS girls’ team with 13 – and a first-round win would give them the most one-season victories in team history – and second they have grabbed their first home game ever in the MIAA state tourney.

   With pairings coming out today, the Rebels find themselves seeded eighth in Division 2, set to host ninth-seeded Hingham Wednesday at Turco Field. The Harborwomen come into the tourney at 14-6, with their most impressive victory a 19-7 domination of Mansfield, a 15-2 entity, earlier in the year. More recently the Harborwomen faced unbeaten Bay State Conference champion Wellesley, losing to the Raiders 20-8. They also finished their season with a 13-7 loss to Mansfield in the rematch.

   Wellesley is the only common foe for the two first-round opponents, with each doing equally well agaisnt the top-ranked Bay State Herget power. The only other ranked team the Harborwomen have played is Duxbury …

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   The Walpole girls ran into a lacrosse buzz saw when they hosted and lost to unbeaten Wellesley last Thursday, 13-5, but they also were able to pick up another win Wednesday when they topped Milton, 17-9.
   The week left them at 12-5-1 with one game remaining and on the verge of doing something Walpole girls’ lacrosse has never done before: host a tourney game.
   The improved Wildcats dogged the Rebels throughout the first half but got left in the dust by a “Brady bunch” of goals – five by Michaela Brady.
   Again it was balanced scoring that led the Rebels, who had their 15th game in double figures and 11th with 15 or more goals. Sarah Buckley registered the other hat trick while Shelby Guisti added two more scores and set up three others. Playing sort of a point position, Buckley was able to set up teammates five times, most of them flashing through a defense that couldn’t keep up. Sophomore Cecelia Abely …

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With just 19 days left before the election, hopefuls met for the first time Monday night at Old Post Road Elementary School to challenge each other on school budget cuts, the economy, general experience and business development.

    Three residents are running for two spots on the School Committee while five are vying for two seats on the Board of Selectmen.

    Voters will go to the polls on Saturday, June 6.

    For the School Committee candidates, budget cuts and potential shortfalls were at the heart of every question asked by the hosts, the Westwood/Walpole League of Women Voters.

    Incumbents Dot Bergen and Brian Walsh defended the School Committee’s most recent $2.3 million worth of cuts as unavoidable, while challenger William Buckley cited a lack of creativity to generate revenue on the board’s part.

      Bergen said the cuts were a necessary response to the state’s crumbling economy, stressing that the committee had no alternative.

      "This budget season we were faced with many bad choices. We simply had no good choices," Bergen said.

      "Let me be perfectly clear, and I’ll say it twice," Walsh said, "I don’t like any cuts. I don’t like …

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   A universal hope for all coaches is that their teams don’t peak too soon.
   If Wednesday’s game with archrival Norwood, with both teams battling once more for the Bay State Herget title, is any indication then Walpole High baseball coach Bill Tompkins has little to worry about.
   In the midst of an up-and-down season where the hitting still hadn’t fully come around and the usually slick gloves have cost the Rebels wins, they fashioned a gem of a victory over Norwood on its own Balch Field with a 3-0 shutout.
   All systems were go in this one, hopefully not because it’s the rivalry but that the Rebels, indeed, are turning the corner.
   As usual the pitching was excellent, but in this case outstanding as sophomore ace Tom Ryan dominated the hard-hitting Norwood line-up in a complete-game victory, handcuffing the hosts on just two hits while allowing three walks and fanning seven. Catcher Chris Ferro also called an excellent game behind the plate.
   The Ryan Express …