Youth and High School Sports in Walpole, Massachusetts
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Walpole Girls Fall to Natick in First Winter Track Meet
December 23, 2011
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From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
The Girls Indoor Track season started off with their first meet against Natick. Unfortunately, the girls team lost by a score of 59-36, but of the 80 girls on the team, seven girls set new personal records and six athletes already qualified for states. Although the season started off with a loss for Walpole the [...]
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Walpole Soccer Players Help to Find “The Cure” to Breast Cancer
December 22, 2011
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From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
Despite a relatively unsuccessful season for the Walpole boys JV soccer team, the players decided they weren’t done with soccer just yet this year. Sophomore Wesley Doolan and some of his teammates decided to put together a soccer team for the indoor league at Forekicks in Norfolk. Then, an idea struck Doolan: his team would [...]
Rebels Track Run All Over Red and Blue
December 20, 2011
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From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
The meet started off close, but Walpole was able to pull away after the 600. In the opening event, the 1 mile, Chris Saccardo from Natick was able to win the race with a time of 4:50.51. Coming in second and third place were Walpole’s sophomores Anthony DiVirgilio and Mike Van Der Linden with [...]
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Boys Hockey Starts Season with Two Ties
December 20, 2011
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From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
Following a very disappointing 2010-2011 campaign in which the team only won three wins, the boys hockey team was poised to have a turnaround season this year and their season began on Wednesday, December 14 as they faced a strong Braintree squad. Heralded as a Super 8 contender, the Braintree Wamps returned most of [...]
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Girls Basketball
December 16, 2011
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Coach: Stacy Bilodeau Last year’s record: 6-12 Strengths: “We are a little older this season with nine returners coming back,” says Bilodeau. Concerns: A lack of crunch-time experience could pose a problem for the girls this year. Expectations: “We need to get better each game and take it game by game this season. The bay state [...]
Girls Hockey
December 16, 2011
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Coach: Joe Verderber Captains: Cori Donahue, Bethany Welch, and Brittany McGraw Last year’s record: 15-5-2 Strengths: “[The team] has strong returning varsity players as well as good teamwork.” Concerns: “[The team] lost eight vital seniors last season, and we only have a small number of girls returning as varsity players.” Goals: “We want to make playoffs again, which [...]
Gymnastics
December 16, 2011
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Coach: Elly Hart Captains: Sydney Gillis and Caitlin Byrne Last year’s record: 4-5 Strengths: “We have a great group of girls that are all very hard working and good strong leadership with both captains.” Concerns: “At this point I have no concerns. As long as everyone keeps up the hard work and optimism and we [...]
Boys Hockey
December 16, 2011
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Coach: Jamie O’Leary Captains: John White, Russ Ollis (Asst. Capt.), Alex Carde (Asst. Capt.) Last year’s record: 3-10-7 Goals: ”Our goals are to win the league, make the state tournament, and win a state championship.” Concerns: ”Our main concern is lack of experience because we have so many underclassmen on the team.” Coach’s outlook: “I think [...]
Boys Winter Track
December 16, 2011
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Coach: Kevin Butera Captains: Andrew Berardinelli, Connor McCarthy, and Bryan Rockwood Last year’s record: 5-0 Strengths: “We are experienced in our senior and junior classes in distance, sprints, and hurdles.” Concerns: “Lack of true varsity experience in field events aside from a few individuals.” Goals: “We would like to go undefeated in an improved Herget [...]
Boys Basketball
December 16, 2011
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Coach: David St. Martin Captains: Tim Connolly, Tom Donnellan, and Johnny Adams Last year’s record: 12-9 Strengths: Shooting, speed, and work ethic. Concerns: Inexperience with only four returning varsity players. Goals: Win the Herget, win the Bay State title, and make a deep run in the playoffs. Coach’s outlook: ”We graduated eight seniors, but talent wise, this could be the best team [...]
Five Best WHS Sports Moments of 2011
December 16, 2011
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From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
5. Football’s last minute win over Natick - In an instant classic, the football team battled a strong Natick team for the Bay State League Herget title and a playoff berth. The game came down to the wire and sophomore kicker Colton Mitchell hit the game winning field goal to propel the Rebels to the postseason. [...]
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Annual Powder Puff Game Unites Junior and Senior Girls
December 7, 2011
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From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
The 2011 Powder Puff team proved to have a successful turnout this year despite the inclimate weather. The game, which is a spin off of flag football, was present at Walpole High School in the 80′s and 90′s. However, it was dismissed for a decade and then reintroduced within the past few years. [...]
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