The Winthrop High (WHS) softball team has started the 2009 season in fine style, winning all three of its contests thus far. The Lady Vikings have played well in all three aspects of the game, defense, pitching, and hitting, but…
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WHS Roundup
Baseball team out-slugs Watertown, 10-9 The Winthrop High baseball team battled back tenaciously to overcome deficits on three separate occasions before pulling out a 10-9 win in the last inning over Watertown on the local diamond Tuesday afternoon. “It was…
Dunbar’s squad returns to glory in ’09
By Cary Shuman [email protected] From this day forward, any time a member of the 2008-9 Winthrop High School hockey team enters Larsen Rink, he’ll see the year “’09†on the Northeastern Conference Champions banner in the rink. That’s one of…
Opening Day is set for Monday vs. Matignon
The Winthrop High baseball team will open the 2009 season Friday, hosting Matignon, with the first pitch for Opening Day set for 4:00. “We’re looking forward to an exciting season,†said WHS head coach Frank DeMarco, whose team compiled a…
Bantam A’s win state title
By Pete Legasey For the Transcript The Winthrop Youth Hockey League’s Bantam A team has participated in three tournaments this season and won all of them. The most recent triumph earned them the right to call themselves state champions. The…
The Vikings continue to raise the bar
Not only did the Winthrop gymnastics team break the all-time Winthrop High School (WHS) meet score with a 141.15 earlier in the season, but Saturday, February 14, turned out to be another history making day for the team. Most years,…
Bantam ‘A’ team qualifies for the state tournament; action begins tonight
The explosive and ever-exciting Winthrop Bantam A team (ages 13-15 years old) has qualified for this season’s Massachusetts Hockey Association’s Bantam Tier-II State Hockey Tournament, which will be held at the John Ryan Skating Arena, in Watertown, beginning tonight (Thursday).…
A big piece of a state title – Smith and Golden help lead St. Mary’s to another hockey championship
By Cary Shuman [email protected] Winthrop High fans can only dream of what might have been had the school started a girls hockey program several years ago and players such as Alex Smith, Michelle Golden, Jess Martino, Jillian Dempsey, the Ferrara…
After the buzzer, a stunner – Mahoney’s heroics not enough as Winthrop drops a stunner to NCC in Div. 4 North Sectional final
By Cary Shuman [email protected] When Gavin Mahoney hit one of the most clutch baskets in Winthrop High School basketball history, a dramatic 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime, and Dino Mallios continued his heroic 34-point performance…
Vikings ease into North quarterfinals
The Winthrop High boys basketball team cruised into the quarterfinal round of the MIAA Division 4 North Sectional tournament with a runaway 71-38 triumph over Tyngsboro before an appreciative home crowd at the Holland Gym Tuesday evening. Coach Dave Brown…