Winthrop High star softball pitcher Alex Ferri achieved a milestone seldom seen in the schoolboy ranks, as she reached the 500 career strikeout plateau Monday against Revere. Alex, who drew within striking range of the mark with an 11 strikeout…
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Girls Track Team Tops Classical
The Winthrop High girls track and field team defeated Lynn Classical, a pre-season favorite to win the Northeastern Conference South Division, 77-42. “The team stepped up and responded in a big way,†said WHS head coach Warren MacPhail, whose young…
Ferri Tosses No Hitter for WHS Softball Team
When WHS softball head coach Dave Guffey said two weeks that the best was still to come from his star pitcher, Alex Ferri, the veteran Lady Viking mentor knew what he was talking about. Ferri turned in a pair of…
Softball Team to Play in Tourney Final
The Winthrop High softball team advanced to the championship round of the Winthrop vacation week tournament with a 5-2 victory over Manchester/Essex in an opening round contest Tuesday. The Lady Vikings will meet Boston Latin, which defeated Cathedral in its preliminary…
Spring Sports Season Going Strong at WHS
WHS baseball team wins opener in dramatic fashion The Winthrop High baseball opened its 2012 campaign on a positive note with a dramatic 7-6 victory over Watertown last Saturday on the local field. The Vikings won the contest with two…
U-14 Girls Capture Middlesex Conference Crown
Legendary Philedelphia Flyers hockey coach Fred Shero said to his 1975 Stanley Cup winning hockey team “Win today, and we walk together foreverâ€. That statement rang true on Sunday, April 1 at 9 p.m. in Arlington’s Buck Hills Hill Rink.…
WHS Lacrosse Debut Attracts Large Field of Potential Players
More than 80 Winthrop High students have begun preparations for the school’s first season of lacrosse. Athletic Director Peter Gobiel said that Winthrop will field two teams, boys and girls, and they will play a “club†schedule this spring. The…
St. John’s CYO Girls Basketball Team Wins State Title
The St. John’s CYO Cadet seventh-and-eighth-grade girls basketball team is No. 1 in Massachusetts after stunning St. Adelaide’s of Peabody, 28-24, in the championship game Saturday at Milton High School. St. Adelaide’s had defeated St. John’s by 20 points in…
Winthrop Girls Hockey Team Falls to Braintree
The Winthrop Lady Bulldog girls hockey team engaged in a pair of dramatic encounters in Division 1 play of the MIAA state hockey tournament last week, winning their opening round contest with Medway/Ashland 3-1, but then dropping a tough 1-0…
Vikings Cruise Past Tewksbury in Tourney Opener; Face Second Seeded Boston Latin Tonight in Woburn
The Winthrop High boys hockey team made a successful debut in the Division 2 North Sectional of the MIAA State Hockey Tournament with a 4-0 victory over Tewksbury Tuesday evening in Stoneham. Winthrop now moves on to the next round…