When Nicole Giaquinto graduated from Winthrop High School two years ago, track coach Warren MacPhail said his record-setting sprinter would be an even bigger star at the next level. MacPhail reasoned that with the extensive training opportunities and superior facilities…
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Viking baseball team ready for season opener Saturday hosting Lynnfield
The Winthrop High baseball team will get the 2010 season underway when Coach Jim Gillis’s squad hosts Lynnfield this Saturday at 2:00 p.m. “We’re ready to go,†said Gillis. “We’ve played a number of scrimmages and we’re coming along pretty…
Lady Vikings ready for softball opener Monday
After almost a month of pre season rain, cold, and finally warm weather, the Winthrop High softball team will open its 2010 campaign Monday at Somerville in a non-league contest. “It has been a long preseason (almost a month),†said…
WHS varsity sports schedule
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 3:30: Boys tennis vs. St. Mary’s THURSDAY, APRIL 8 4:00: Boys track at Salem 4:00: Girls track at Salem FRIDAY, APRIL 9 3:30: Girls tennis at St. Mary’s SATURDAY, APRIL 10 2:00: Baseball vs. Lynnfield MONDAY, APRIL…
Vikings a work in progress
“Rain, rain, go away,†certainly has been the mantra for the Winthrop High baseball team and scores of other schoolboy athletes across the region as they try to prepare for the start of the 2010 spring sports season. “This weather…
Pee Wee A’s win state title
By Jim Lederman In a scene that reminded me of the parade to welcome home Olympic hero Michael Eruzione, the town had a parade to welcome the newest State Championship Team. The Pee Wee A’s team captured the state title…
Soper named to all-rookie team
Bryant University freshman Meredith Soper (Winthrop, Mass.) and senior Kelsey O’Keefe (Warren, Mass.) have earned the first-ever postseason Northeast Conference honors in women’s basketball history. O’Keefe, a Bulldog tri-captain, capped her record-breaking career with a First Team All-NEC honor while…
Snap count on three: Boudrow, Doonan and McCarthy named captains for 2010
It’s unanimous. Joseph Boudrow, Nick Doonan, and Nick McCarthy received every vote from their teammates during an election in January to earn the prestigious title of captain of the 2010 Winthrop High School football team. “I think the unanimous vote…
Vikings state their case – Vikings ease past St. Clement, reach sectional semis
The Winthrop High boys basketball team delighted a large and raucous hometown crowd at the WHS gym with a 62-45 win over St. Clement’s of Somerville Saturday evening in a quarterfinal contest of the MIAA Division 4 North sectional tournament.…
Lady Bulldogs eliminated in tourney opening round
The Winthrop/Lynn/Revere Lady Bulldogs hockey team bowed out of the MIAA Division 1 North sectional tournament with a 4-0 loss to Arlington Catholic in a preliminary round contest played at Larsen Arena last Wednesday evening. “Arlington Catholic is a very…