Grace Fleuriel made so many key plays against Revere High, you needed a second notebook. Fleuriel’s 11 points and 12 rebounds, including the game-winning bucket, helped Winthrop stave off their Beach City rivals, 44-42, Friday at the Roland Merullo Fieldhouse.…
Author: Cary Shuman
Preserving the Past: Hubbard Takes Historian’s Role to Incredible Heights
George David Hubbard II did not grow up in Winthrop. But once he arrived and fell in love with the town, he never left. Unless you count the time he returned briefly to Cincinnati, Ohio, for the very good reason…
Tops in This Field: Former Winthrop QB Matt Emanuelson Led the Building of Miller Field Complex
There will be a day soon when one of Winthrop resident Matt Emanuelson’s children’s teammates says something to the effect, ‘Wow, we’re lucky to have such a great field in our town.” And the young Emanuelson will say, we believe,…
Post-Season Honors: Jurovich, Chaves, Harris, Martin, Dassau Selected All-Conference; Noonan an All-Star
The Winthrop High School football team did very well in the post-season awards selection process with five Vikings – seniors Peter Jurovich, Michael Chaves, Ian Harris, Xam Martin, and Chuck Dassau earning All-Northeastern Conference status – and a sixth player,…
One Play Away: Revere Beats Winthrop, 16-13, in Holiday Thriller
Oh, so close. The Winthrop High football team, in what should have been a rebuilding year with the graduation of a superb senior class, was one play away from beating playoff team Medway, Super Bowl qualifier Rockland, and as it…
Thanksgiving Football Returns: Vikings Travel to Revere for Holiday Classic
The Winthrop High and Revere High football teams will renew their annual Thanksgiving rivalry Thursday at 10 a.m. at Harry Della Russo Stadium in Revere. The two teams did not play last fall or in the abbreviated spring season due…
Hyrdo Power! Engineered for Success: WHS Senior Raymond Whittaker Will Attend Purdue University
There will have to be a new category in the Winthrop High Hall of Fame one day: Best Winthrop High Athlete to Never Have Competed for Winthrop High, But Who Went On To Compete in Division 1 College Athletics. That’s…
Winthrop’s Ron Spinney Inducted Into Mass. Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame
Ron Spinney, who led Winthrop High School girls’ basketball teams to 406 victories and numerous titles during his spectacular 29-year career as head coach, was inducted into the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame at a banquet Sunday at…
WHS Cheerleading Team Qualifies for State Championships
The Winthrop High cheerleading team, under the direction of first-year co-head coaches Emily Bitchell and Briana Hogan, is heading to the Massachusetts State Championships Sunday at Worcester State University. Winthrop’s 11 athletes qualified for the finals after taking fourth place…
Winthrop-Revere Powder Puff Game Set for Saturday
The Winthrop High School Powder Puff team will play Revere High School in the annual Power Puff game Saturday at 1 p.m. at Miller Field in Winthrop. Members of the two schools’ senior classes will compete in a flag football…