Rockets Review: Girls Basketball Postseason, Track Records Fall, Carey Division Gymnastics
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week, featuring basketball, track and gymnastics.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Rockets Review: Girls Basketball Postseason, Track Records Fall, Carey Division Gymnastics
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week, featuring basketball, track and gymnastics.
Girls Basketball traveled to Weymouth on Tuesday and came away with a 50-38 win. While the win was the team's 5th in a row, and 8th in 11 games, it was also the team's 10th of the season, which is significant as it qualifies them for the postseason. Monday night's match-up at top-5 Braintree has been postponed to Wednesday, 2/20, so the Girls will wrap up their schedule at Newton North on Tuesday at 5:00pm (double-header with the Boys - 6:45pm), at Dedham on Thursday, and then at Braintree the following Wednesday. The MIAA Tournament will begin after February vacation. On Tuesday night, the Gymnastics Team wrapped up the BSC Carey Division Title as they took down the host Rebels of Walpole. With the win, the Girls move to 8-1 on the …
Monday, February 4, 2013
Rockets Review: Regular Seasons Wind Down, Postseason Underway
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week, featuring indoor track, girls gymnastics and basketball
On Tuesday, Wrestling beat Brookline on the road, before heading to North Andover on Saturday for a dual meet tournament. Coming out of the day 1-1, the team's final match will be held this Wednesday, as they host Wellesley on Senior Night at 7:00pm, before traveling to Quincy on Saturday, 2/9 for the DII Metro Sectional Tournament. Girls Basketball got two big wins on the week, beating Norwood on Tuesday and Framingham on Friday on Senior Night. With the two wins, the Team moves to 9-7 on the season, needing one more victory (in final 4 games) to qualify for the postseason. The girls will travel to Weymouth on Tuesday, before playing their last three games next week. Please note the Varsity, JV, and Freshman games scheduled to be …
Monday, January 28, 2013
Rockets Review: Buzzer Beater over Brookline, Wrestling at BSC Quad
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week
The following was submitted by Needham High Athletics: Needing a win to to keep the possibilities of a trip to the postseason alive, the Boys Basketball waited until the final tick of the clock on Tuesday night to take down BSC Carey Division rival, and top-20 Brookline. Trailing 53-54 with just under 30 seconds left in the game, Needham set up a play for Senior Robbie McKittrick, who got an open look at a 3, but whose shot was just off. Senior Connor McLeod gathered the long rebound and tossed up what he thought would be the final shot of the game, which was just off target, however, Junior John Madsen found himself all alone under the basket for the rebound, and had just enough time to lay the ball in as time expired for the thrilling …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Rockets Review: Undefeated Gymnasts and Soccer at the State House
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week, as submitted by the Needham High Athletics Dept.
The Needham gymnasts moved to 4-0 on the season with their big BSC Carey win over Newton North on Friday. With the 133.25-131.10 win, the team finds itself with an outside chance to qualify for the State Team competition, while Senior Maria Smirnov and Junior Maggie Nieto turned in strong individual performances to help propel the Rockets. Boys Swim and Dive used two wins on the week to move to 4-3 on the season, with victories over Natick, 94-81, on Friday, and Newton North, 95-91, on Monday. While the Indoor Track Teams were not able to take down the mighty Tigers of Newton North in dual-meets on Thursday, they did test the perennial State power in both the Boys and Girls competitions. On Saturday, at the annual MSTCA Relays, two …
Monday, January 14, 2013
Rockets Review: Wrestling in Woburn, Girls Basketball, Boys Hockey
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week. Mandatory anti-bullying meeting today 2:40 p.m.
The following was sent by the Needham Wrestling Team: This past week saw NHS Wrestling drop a close one to Bay State League Rival and state powerhouse Framingham, 41-30 on Thursday, and then travel to the Woburn Invitational on Saturday where one Rocket took home Gold. At Framingham, the visiting Rockets took six of the fourteen bouts, earning four pins along the way: "Those guys (their opponents) weren't wrestling," said Associate Head Coach Nick Gamble. "That was their game plan-they knew they couldn't beat those guys and they just stalled by the edge of the mat to save pin points..." Despite the strategy, Carroll rolled to a major decision, 13-1, and Khibkin downed his Framingham Captain opponent, 9-4. The loss brought NHS wrestling …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Rockets Review: Wrestlers Take Belmont Tournament
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week, featuring Wrestling and Skiing.
Below is Wrestling info from Head Coach Paul Ahern: The Needham High School Wrestling Team topped off a very successful week by taking the team title at the 16 team Belmont Invitational. The Rockets, who had beaten Bay State League Rival, Weymouth, 61-16 earlier in the week, placed 10 wrestlers at Belmont. Against Weymouth, The Rockets got pin points from Sophomore Dan Goldstein, Freshman Lucas Goldman, Senior Captains Mark Carroll and Mikhail Khibkin, Juniors Zach Goldman and Ben Glickman, and first-year varsity Seniors Aten Miles, Steve Cromp and Chris Ptak. Senior Captain Islam Baiev earned a hard-fought 11-7 victory, while Tak Hirayama pulled out an 11-0 major decision over his Wildcat opponent. At the Belmont Tournament, without the…
Monday, December 31, 2012
Wrestling Recap: Needham High at Bossi Holiday Tournament
A quick look at Needham High School wrestling for the latest tournament.
The following was sent to Patch by Amy Goldstein: The NHS Wrestling Team traveled to Lowell's Tsongas Arena to compete in the George Bossi Holiday Tournament. The 67-team Tournament is widely regarded as the most competitive wrestling event in New England, featuring the top teams and wrestlers throughout the region. The Rockets, without the services of a couple of big potential point-earners, finished 20th. Two Needham Grapplers brought home medals: Senior Captain Mikhail Khibkin moved to 18-1 on the year, taking a third, and another Senior Captain, John Cronin took a hard-fought fifth. After Khibkin's only loss which was in the quarter-finals to a top-ranked Natick Wrestler, Ethan Zeigler, he battled back knocking off a returning New …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Rockets Review: Wrestling Recap, Boys Ice Hockey Family Day, Parent Conferences
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week.
The following was sent to Patch by Amy Goldstein: NHS Wrestling went 2-2 on the week, facing some of the top competition in the Bay State League and state. On Wednesday night, The Rockets dropped a close one to undefeated Bay State League rival, Braintree, 48-34. In the loss, Needham saw some great performances from Freshman Lucas Goldman, Senior Captains Mark Carroll and Mikhail Khibkin, Junior Zach Goldman, Seniors Islam Baiev and John Cronin, all earning pins or technical falls for the team. "Our guys beat some of their best guys," Said Coach Paul Ahern, "But in the end, we lost those toss-up matches." On Saturday, NHS Wrestling traveled to Winchester where they battled the home team, Xaverian and Billerica. Facing Winchester first, …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Rockets Review: Wellesley-Needham Rivalry up for Best in US, Coach Recognized
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week.
Needham vs Wellesley is up for Best High School Football Rivalry in the Country! Voting for the top rivalry at the State level will end at 11 a.m. on Monday (12/3), and if Needham vs Wellesley wins MA, regional voting will start this Wednesday (12/5) and run through Wednesday, 12/12. Vote now for Needham vs Wellesley (the oldest Public School game in the country, beginning in 1882) at: http://contest.usatodayhss.com/vote/ma National winners will split a $10,000 First Prize and the 2013 game will be covered live by the USA Today! NHS Boys Soccer Head Coach Don Brock Recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America! In recognition of Coach Brock's commitment to his students and athletes over his 50+ year coaching and …
