The Hometown Weekly for all your latest local news and updates! Over 25 Years of Delivering Your Hometown News!  

Tag Archives: Matt Joyce

Hawks gash Needham’s hopes of repeat

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It was a tough ending to a remarkable run for Needham High baseball on Friday night, as the No. 8 Rockets hosted No. 9 Xaverian in the opening round of the Division I South sectionals. After falling behind by a pair of runs twice in the early...
Read more

Raiders outlast Hawks in Sectionals

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The last time Wellesley and Xaverian baseball met back on May 30 in Westwood, 19 runs were scored in an offensive showcase. The Raiders earned a big 11-8 victory. On Thursday, the No. 3 Raiders (15-5) took on the No. 7 Hawks (12-8) in the semifinal round of...
Read more

Raiders outlast Hawks in Sectionals

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The last time Wellesley and Xaverian baseball met back on May 30 in Westwood, 19 runs were scored in an offensive showcase. The Raiders earned a big 11-8 victory. On Thursday, the No. 3 Raiders (15-5) took on the No. 7 Hawks (12-8) in the semifinal round of...
Read more

Zajec, Raiders earn statement win

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Two teams fighting for spots in the Super Eight met on Wednesday afternoon in Westwood as the Catholic Conference champion Xaverian Hawks welcomed the defending Division I Eastern Mass champion Wellesley Raiders. With the tournament just about a week away, a win for either the Raiders (15-5) or Hawks (12-8)...
Read more

Raiders outlast Cassidy, Hawks

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Two teams fighting for spots in the Super Eight met on Wednesday afternoon in Westwood as the Catholic Conference champion Xaverian Hawks welcomed the defending Division I Eastern Mass champion Wellesley Raiders. With the tournament just about a week away, a win for either the Raiders (15-5) or Hawks (12-8)...
Read more

Langan, Xaverian baseball ready up

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Any given season, expectations surrounding Xaverian baseball are extremely high. In 2018, however, the Hawks will look to qualify for the Super Eight for the third straight season and take care of some unfinished business after rival BC High eliminated them in the third-round last June. Leading the Hawks into...
Read more

Ryan lifts Hawks past Gould, Raiders

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 4-3 victory over Framingham in the first round, the No. 1-seeded Wellesley Raiders (16-3-2) hosted the No. 8-seeded Xaverian Hawks on Saturday night at Babson Skating Center for their quarterfinal round matchup in the Division I South playoffs. The Hawks (11-6-5) entered Saturday’s tilt off the...
Read more

Ryan lifts Hawks past Gould, Raiders

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 4-3 victory over Framingham in the first round, the No. 1-seeded Wellesley Raiders (16-3-2) hosted the No. 8-seeded Xaverian Hawks on Saturday night at Babson Skating Center for their quarterfinal round matchup in the Division I South playoffs. The Hawks (11-6-5) entered Saturday’s tilt off the...
Read more

Ryan, Xaverian hockey roll in opener

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Last season, the Xaverian Brothers High School varsity hockey team made a deep tournament run that included a 3-2 double overtime victory over rival CM before falling 2-0 to Framingham in the South semifinals. In 2017-2018, the Hawks (1-0) appear poised to do more of the same later...
Read more