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Watertown Girls Lacrosse Team’s Long Journey Ends in Nantucket

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Watertown girls lacrosse players relax on the ferry on the way to their State Tournament game at Nantucket. (Photo by Jim Zarkadas)

NANTUCKET — Few road games require multiple modes of transportation, but Watertown High School’s girls lacrosse team hade to take two buses and a ferry to make it to the MIAA Div. 4 Tournament game against Nantucket. The 20th seed Watertown (9-13) lost 14-5 to fourth seed Nantucket (19-3) on June 8. Sophomore Alani Garey scored three goals for the Raiders, while junior Sarah Morrissey and senior captain Alex Karalis each contributed one.

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Watertown Girls Lacrosse Sailing to Nantucket for Tourney Game, Find Out How to Watch

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Watertown’s girls lacrosse team celebrates after defeating Medway, and booking a ticket to Nantucket for the State Tournament game. (Photo courtesy of Watertown Girls Lacrosse’s Instagram account)

When the Watertown High School girls lacrosse team defeated Medway 8-5 on Saturday, the Raiders booked a trip to Nantucket for a Round of 16 contest in the MIAA Div. 4 Tournament. Watertown, the 20th seed, plays the fourth seeded hosts at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 8. The Raiders defeated the 13th seed, Medway, after getting four goals from junior Molly Driscoll, three from senior Alex Karalis, and one from senior Maggie Driscoll in the Round of 32.

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Registration Open for Watertown-Belmont Youth Football & Cheerleading

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The following announcement was provided by Watertown-Belmont Youth Football and Cheerleading:

Watertown-Belmont Youth Football and Cheerleading are now accepting registrations for the 2023 Fall season. Practices begin on Monday, August 7th, 2023. The location is to be determined due to the construction at Moxley Field. Our program offers 2 different divisions: flag football for 1st and 2nd graders, tackle football for 3rd thru 8th grade, and cheerleading for all grades. Our program is open to all Watertown & Belmont residents. Registration and more information can be found on our website:  

https://leagues.bluesombrero.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1441240 or email us at WatertownBelmontBulldogs@gmail.com. Thank you! 

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3-Run Homer Powers Watertown Baseball Team to State Tournament Upset

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by Brianna WilliamsThe Watertown High School baseball team celebrated a Preliminary Round win over Arlington Catholic. ARLINGTON — The Watertown High School baseball team began the MIAA Div. 3 Tournament with a 7-2 win over Arlington Catholic. The 38th-seeded Raiders traveled to 27th seed Arlington Catholic’s home field on June 3 for the Preliminary Round matchup. 

Being the lower seed mixed with the cold air temperatures and bouts of rain, the Raiders faced challenges, but nothing the players and coaches, especially Watertown head coach Aram Manoukian, felt they could not conquer. “I knew they’d be good.

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Watertown Grad Makes Track All-Region Team, Competing at NCAAs

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Watertown’s Abbi Peterson earned All-East Region honors, and will compete in the NCAA Div. III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. (Photo courtesy of Bridgewater State Athletics). Bridgewater State senior Abbi Peterson, a Watertown High School grad, was named to the NCAA Division III All-East Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field & Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). She will be competing in the NCAA Championships on Thursday.

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Watertown Grad Named Co-Captain of UMass Lowell Field Hockey Team

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Watertown’s Aurise Tattrie will be a co-captain of the UMass Lowell field hockey team in 2023. (Photo courtesy of UMass Lowell Athletics)

The following announcement was provided by UMass Lowell Athletics:

UMass Lowell Field Hockey Head Coach Shannon LeBlanc announced her team’s captains for the 2023 season. Rising-seniors Alissia de Vries (The Hague, Netherlands), Mirthe Gans (Tiel, Netherlands) and Aurise Tattrie (Watertown, Mass.) have all been named to the leadership role for the first time this year. “Ali, Aurise and Mirthe are fantastic leaders as individuals, but as a group, they will be very influential in our success this coming fall,” said LeBlanc. “They all have unique qualities that the team admires, but they are all passionate, love to win, and have a team-first mentality.

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3 Watertown Residents Keep Their Gymnastic Careers Going as Adults, Compete at Nationals

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Watertown residents Meredith Rogers, Mia Lazarewicz, and Sklyer Kelemen competed at the 2023 NAIGC Nationals. Three Watertown residents recently traveled to Memphis to compete in the sport they have loved since they were young girls. Meredith Rogers, Skyler Kelemen and Mia Lazarewicz represented Jurassic Gymnastics at the 2023 NAIGC (National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs) Nationals from March 30 to April 1. All three gymnasts have competed in several nationals. Kelemen first competed at the NAIGC meet in 2017 and has competed in four, Rogers has been to a dozen and first went to the Nationals in 2006 when she was a college freshman, and for Lazarewicz it was her 16th time competing at Nationals, having first competed in 2003.

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See How Watertown Runners Finished in the 2023 Boston Marathon

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The fastest Watertown runner in the 2023 Boston Marathon finished in under 2:45 and broke the top 1,000 runners, and the fastest woman was in the top 900 female participants. Ryan Abo completed the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Copley Square in 2:44:14, and was the 988th fastest overall and 940th fastest male runner. Erin Jaffke ran the course in 3:11:56, which made her the 875th fastest woman in the 127th Marathon. Deborah Downs ran the 76th fastest time for female runners age 45-49, finishing in 3:17:34. Peter Tagge’s time of 4:00:17 was 251st ranked in male runners age 65-69.