Category: Sports

Sports 05-28-2015

Court TV Jenkins begins career as video scout for the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets team By Cary Shuman Mark Jenkins remembers playing basketball at the age of three. He also remembers sitting on his father’s lap watching college and NBA games…

Sports 05-21-2015

WhS sports Roundup Kirby, Wallace hurl Vikings to victory; Winthrop tourney-bound The Winthrop High baseball team received stellar pitching efforts from David Kirby and Jack Wallace to earn victories over O’Bryant and Gloucester this past week. The 7-2 triumph over…

Sports 05-14-2015

WhS sports Roundup WHS boys tennis  team needs two wins to qualify for tourney The Winthrop High boys tennis team won two of its three matches this past week to improve to 6-5 and move within range of qualifying for…

Sports 05-07-2015

WhS sports Roundup WHS baseball team tops Salem, English The Winthrop High baseball team put it all together in two of their contests this past week to record victories against Salem and Lynn English, a pair of rivals from the…

Sports 04-30-2015

WhS sports Roundup WHS boys tennis  team wins pair The Winthrop High boys tennis team broke into the win column with a pair of shutout victories this past week over Northeastern Conference rivals Peabody and Lynn Classical. The Vikings’ top…

Sports 04-23-2015

WHS softball team earns two victories The Winthrop High softball team journeyed to Nantucket this week to play in a tournament hosted by the island school. After a rockin’ and rollin’ ferry trip Tuesday morning, the Lady Vikings won their…

Sports 04-16-2015

WHS Sports roundup WHS sailing team opens 2015 season The Winthrop High sailing team took to the chilly waters off the Cottage Park Yacht Club for their first regatta of the season Tuesday afternoon against Gloucester. Although the Viking sailors…

Sports 04-09-2015

WHS Sports roundup “Play ball” Monday for WHS baseball, softball The Winthrop High baseball and softball teams finally will get to hear the umpire instruct them to “Play ball” after four weeks of weather-induced frustration when they take to the…

Sports 04-02-2015

WHS Sports roundup Frustration mounts as field situation shows no sign of quick relief   With the announcement this week by the Winthrop Parks and Recreation Department that the town’s fields and playgrounds under its purview (Ingleside Park, Coughlin Park,…

Sports 03-26-2015

WHS Sports roundup Baseball, softball teams are in a holding pattern, waiting for fields to thaw   The calendar may say that spring officially was sprung by Mother Nature last Friday, but her landscape of snow and ice, leftovers from…