WHS sports roundup WHS girls track team edges Salem The Winthrop High girls track & field team defeated Salem, 68-62, in a close encounter this past week. The meet-clinching race came in the final individual event, the 200 dash. The…
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Sports 04-28-2016
MAYOR WALSH HONORS JILLIAN DEMPSEY AND BOSTON PRIDE HOCKEY TEAM Winthrop’s Jillian Dempsey and her Boston Pride teammates were honored by Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston for winning the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) championship during…
Sports 04-21-2016
WHS sports roundup Disciscio spins three-hitter, Vikings defeat Salem 8-0 The Winthrop High baseball team broke into the win column in a big way with an 8-0 victory at Salem Monday. After a tough start to their season — which…
Sports 04-14-2016
WHS sports Years 10 years ago April 13, 2006 Jarrett Herdt struck nine Georgetown batters en route to tossing a no-hitter for the WHS baseball team in the season-opener for a 5-1 victory for the Vikings. Herdt’s feat was the…
Sports 04-07-2016
WHS sports roundup Weather permitting, Winthrop High softball team ready for opener Just when we thought that Mother Nature’s mild spring this year was a make-up call for last year’s record-setting winter snowfall that wiped out the first two weeks…
Sports 03-31-2016
WHS sports roundup WHS baseball team opens season Tuesday What a difference a year makes! Last year at this time, the Winthrop High baseball team’s field was covered with a veritable mountain of snow and debris after the worst winter…
Sports 03-24-2016
Winthrop girls U-10 hockey team wins state championship By: Jim Lederman Raise the banner at Larsen Rink! The Winthrop (U-10) girls captured another state championship for Winthrop, Sunday at Springfield, defeating Duxbury (2-1). The (U-10) girls won their third title…
Sports 03-17-2016
Winthrop sixth grade team takes home North Shore basketball championship By Cary Shuman The Winthrop sixth grade girls traveling basketball team, representing the Parks and Recreation Department, won nine of its last ten games in the North Shore Basketball League’s…
Sports 03-10-2016
All-Around Winner WHS gymnast Christa Vaccaro honored by Boston Globe By Cary Shuman When Christa Vaccaro is flying toward the vault in a gymnastics meet, you can predict that something spectacular is about to happen and she’ll receive high marks…
Sports 03-03-2016
From the Press Box sponsored by: MSA MORTGAGE March Madness By: Jim Lederman Are you ready for the exciting ‘Tourney Time’ – March Madness, College and high school tourney’s? The Winthrop Vikings hockey team faced off with Cambridge (12-7-1) at…