Winthrop High School hockey captain Mike Holgersen was selected to the 2025 Boston Herald All-Scholastic Hockey Team. Holgersen completed his outstanding hockey career with a hat-trick in the Vikings’ 3-0 victory over Dedham in the state championship game at the…
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Dale Dunbar named Boston Globe Coach of the Year
Dale Dunbar, who piloted the Winthrop High School boys hockey team to the Division 4 state championship, has been named the 2025 Boston Globe Coach of the Year. Dunbar, a 1979 Winthrop High graduate who played college hockey at BU…
All White and a ton of Green
Al Petrilli’s annual bash raises $150,000 in one night for the Marie C. Petrilli Cancer Fund There is one word that best describes Al Petrilli’s annual “The White Party” that was held outdoors on the grounds of his beautiful home…
Revere’s Matt Misci will host Italian-themed Comedy show at Lynn Auditorium Oct. 12
Revere resident Matt Misci will be spending his 48th birthday in a very special way: on stage at the Lynn Auditorium hosting “La Famiglia of Boston Comedy” show before an expected crowd of 2,000 fans. “I couldn’t be more excited…
A ‘Complete’ Victory for the Vikings: Cappuccio, Murphy Propel 34-7 Win Over Danvers
In baseball, when a pitcher records every out, it’s called a complete game. In football, a complete game came be when an offensive unit dominates from the first quarter until victory is assured. “That was probably the most complete game…
Appreciation: Outstanding WHS Athlete and Coach Bob Guidi, 81
Robert “Bob” Guidi, a Winthrop High Hall of Fame inductee and outstanding high school sports coach, died on Sept. 14, 2024, after a brief illness. He was 81. Bob Guidi was the son of the late Albert J. “Obbie” Guidi…
Vikings Football Starts Fast, but Falls to Shawsheen Tech, 28-6
After quarterback Matt Noonan engineered a 72-yard drive on the game’s first possession that culminated with All-Scholastic Nick Cappuccio’s 27-yard touchdown run, everything looked optimistic for the Winthrop High School football team. “That was as impressive a drive as we’ve…
Winthrop rules the Knights
Sacco, Boncore lead the way in 29-8 victory over Northeast Regional When all three phases of the game are functioning at peak efficiency, very good things happen on a football field. From Seth Sacco’s electrifying 81-yard touchdown on the Winthrop…
The Phil-Y Special: Boncore blocks a punt and scores a touchdown
By the time Phil Boncore walked through the handshake line and emerged from Winthrop’s post-game huddle, the senior captain already had a football in his hands. We’re not sure if it was the same exact football that he had blocked…
Tom is Tops: DiGregorio claims his second Winthrop Golf Club championship
For the second time in three years, the Winthrop Golf Club men’s championship trophy will have a home in Revere. Thomas DiGregorio, a 2008 graduate of Revere High School where he was the starting shortstop, roared through the 16-player tournament…