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…
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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…
Top-ranked Vikings draw Newburyport
The Winthrop High boys hockey team will embark on its Journey to the Tourney this Friday evening at 7:30 at Salem State College when they take on Newburyport in a quarterfinal game of the MIAA Division 2 North sectional tournament.…
Perfectly satisfying – Vikings suffer first loss but clinch NEC title with win over Beverly
The Winthrop High hockey team claimed the championship of the Northeastern Conference North Division with a 2-0 victory at Beverly Saturday. Coach Dale Dunbar and his squad thus compiled a near perfect 13-1-1 league record, edging out second place Revere…