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Tuesday, February 12, 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.

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 …

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 …

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