Rockets Review: Boys Lacrosse Takes on State Champs, Seedings and More
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week, including lacrosse, volleyball and tennis.
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Rockets Review: Boys Lacrosse Takes on State Champs, Seedings and More
A quick look at Needham High School sports action over the past week, including lacrosse, volleyball and tennis.
On Monday, Boys Lacrosse traveled to State #1 and defending State Champion, Duxbury, to take on the mighty Dragons, a team that had not lost an in-State game in its last 48 tries. The Rockets got some pay-back for last spring's State Championship loss, and brought home a thrilling 6-4 upset win! Below is the story the Boston Herald posted about the game along with video footage of the contest: See the Boston Herald article and a game highlight video here. Needham then beat top-15 Newton North and Dedham to complete a BSC sweep, finishing 11-0 in league and as the overall champion. The MIAA South Girls Lacrosse seeding and tournament scheduling will take place on Thursday (5/23). After dropping their first league match of the season, 3-2…
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Rockets Basketball Takes on Braintree
Highlights from the game via the Needham Channel.
The following was sent by the Needham Channel: Braintree played tough and led the whole game. Needham was able to get within 2 late in the game, but couldn't convert after Braintree made their free throws down the stretch and won 60-52. Rockets now need to win out in order to make the postseason. The Rockets play Newton North today.
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 …
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…
