The Winthrop High baseball team racked up two impressive wins this past week and in the process qualified for the state tournament. On Monday the Vikings hosted Gloucester, a team that was ranked 13th in Eastern Mass. and in first…
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Softball team wins two more, improves to 11-5
The Winthrop High softball team defeated both of its opponents this past week to improve to 11-5 on the season and qualify for the post season state tournament. Last Wednesday the Lady Vikings hit the road to Lynn English in…
Fucillo sets new school mark in javelin
Jenny Fucillo will be remembered for many of her exploits on the track when she unties the laces on her cleats for the final time as a Winthrop High Lady Viking a few weeks hence. But she added yet another…
Viking netmen qualify for state tournament
The Winthrop High boys tennis team has been on a roll of late, winning four of its last five matches, and with yesterday’s 3-2 triumph over Gloucester, the Vikings now have nine wins on the season which assures them of…
Connors finishes undefeated season in the high jump
Jake “Skywalker†Connors concluded an undefeated season in the high jump, taking first place at Saugus with a leap of 6-4 in the final dual meet of the year on Monday. Jake almost made it a season of being undefeated…
Softball team improves to 9-5
The Winthrop High softball team improved to 9-5 with an 11-0 blanking of Somerville of the Greater Boston League yesterday. Alex Ferri pitched the first five innings and allowed just two hits while fanning six and walking only two. Elaine…
Viking baseball team drops two tough ones
The Winthrop High baseball team endured a tough week, dropping three games, two of which were decided by one run that was scored in the final inning by their opponents. “We’ve hit a rough patch,†said WHS head coach Jim…
Fucillo continues to dominate NEC rivals
Jenny Fucillo still has not met her match this season against Northeastern Conference opponents, as the Lady Viking “rocket†(the description applied to her by an opposing coach) won three events in both of the last two meets for the…
Jake continues his high jump domination
Another rival….another victory. So it goes for Jake Connors and every opponent he has faced this season in the Northeastern Conference, as the high leaping Viking once again took first place in the high jump in Monday’s meet with Marblehead…
Boys tennis team stands at 7-5
Coach Barbara Hoffmann’s Winthrop High boys tennis team now stands at 7-5 on the season after winning two of its three matches this past week. The Vikings blanked Lynn Classical 5-0 and edged Salem 3-2. Details will appear in next…