As the unanimous choice for Northeastern Conference hockey MVP this season, Winthrop High School junior Petey Silverman is already in an elite class among all-time Vikings. Silverman’s spectacular season – consisting of 29 goals and 27 assists, a five-goal outburst…
Author: Cary Shuman
March to the Title: Winthrop Seventh Graders Claim Cape Ann League Championship
The Winthrop seventh-grade girls’ travel team affirmed an adage that resonates at every level of competition: You want to be playing your best basketball in the month of March. And that’s what the Winthrop team did in the Cape Ann…
Winthrop Girls Hockey’s State Title Hopes Ended by Billerica, 3–2
The Winthrop High school girls hockey team’s quest for an historic undefeated season came to an end in the Division 1 quarterfinals in a 3-2 loss to Billerica at Cronin Memorial Rink in Revere. Billerica senior Remore Serra scored at…
MIAA State Hockey Tournament: Vikings Fall to Amesbury, 4–3, in Overtime
There is nothing more exciting in high school sports than the MIAA State Tournament. And there is nothing more exciting in the MIAA State Hockey Tournament than sudden death overtime. The Winthrop High School boys hockey experienced back-to-back overtime games…
Julia Holmes Nets Game-Winner in OT As Winthrop Girls Hockey Advances in Tourney
Senior captain Julia Holmes scored two goals, the second in overtime, to power the Winthrop High girls hockey team to a thrilling 2-1 victory over Whitman Hanson-Silver Lake in the MIAA State Tournament Sunday at the Larsen Rink at the…
Ëthey Won It for Coach McgeeÃ: Ken Sirianni Remembers the Vikings’ Championship Season That Was Capped By a Dramatic Win in the Relay
Nearly 40 years after producing one of the greatest moments in Winthrop High’s long and glorious sports history, Ken Sirianni still remembers it well. He should. It was Ken Sirianni who received the baton from Buster Van Buskirk as the…
Winthrop High Girls Hockey Begins MIAA Playoffs Thursday at 7 P.M.
With a perfect record and a league championship banner in hand, the Winthrop High girls hockey team will open the MIAA State Tournament against Hopkinton High Thursday at 7 p.m. at Larsen Rink at the Mike Eruzione Center. Winthrop is…
Winthrop High Girls Hockey Claims League Title: Emma Holmes Scores Four Goals in Finale
Emma Holmes made a statement Tuesday in the final game of the regular season. Holmes scored four goals to propel the Winthrop High School girls hockey team to a 6-3 victory over Beverly at Raymond Bourque Arena. Winthrop finishes the…
Martucci Nets Two Goals in Victory Over Latin Academy
Sophomore Talia Martucci is playing her best hockey of the season as the Winthrop High girls hockey team rolls into the MIAA Tournament with a perfect 18-0 record. The daughter of head coach Butch Martucci and WHS Hall of Fame…
WPD Plays Major Role In Success of Middle School Open REC Program
The Winthrop Police Department, in partnership with CASA (Community Action for Safe Alternatives), is seeing the important benefits of its Middle School Open Recreation Program, with teenagers participating in weekly recreational activities at the old Middle School gymnasium under the…