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Watertown Boys Basketball Team Heads to Round of 8 After Resounding Victory

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown senior Tyler Timperio scored 27 points in the Raiders win over North Reading in the State Tournament. It took some time for the members of the Watertown boys basketball team to find their shooting touch, but when they did the Raiders rained down the three pointers and put away North Reading in the Round of 16 MIAA Div. 3 State Tournament game Tuesday night. The first half saw most of the Raiders shots from behind the arc miss. The only player with a three pointer was senior Tyler Timperio.

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Frantic Comeback Gives Watertown Girls Basketball Team Victory in Tourney Over Norton

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown senior Sophia Garapetian celebrates after hitting the go-ahead layup with under eight seconds left in the State Tournament game against Norton. A State Tournament game that was neck and neck most of the way appeared to be slipping away for the Watertown High School girls basketball team, falling behind six points with about two minutes left. But, the team and the WHS Gym came to life as the Raiders closed the game and senior Sophia Garapetian completed the comeback with a drive straight down the lane. When the final buzzer sounded, Watertown’s players came together on the court to celebrate their 54-52 win over Norton in the MIAA Div. 3 Round of 16 game, and kept their season alive.

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Trio of Seniors Lead Watertown Boys Basketball Team to Tourney Victory Over Medway

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown Senior Tyler Timperio drives against Medway in Friday’s State Tournament game. He led the Raiders with 20 points in the first round victory. Watertown’s Tyler Timperio scored 20 points for the Raiders and fellow senior Pierre Paul Labossiere added 19 in the 54-39 win over Medway in the first round of the MIAA Div. 3 boys basketball tournament on Friday night. A third senior, Adam Patterson, scored in double figures to help the second-seeded Raiders pull away from the 34th-seeded Mustangs.

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Watertown Girls Basketball Team Dominates Second Half to Win Tourney Game

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown senior Taylor Lambo led the Raiders in with 17 points in the victory in the first round of the State Tournament over Greater Lowell Tech. The State Tournament got started on a positive note for the Watertown High School girls basketball team with a 53-28 win over Greater Lowell Tech on Friday night. The 26th-seeded Gryphons kept the game close in the first half, trailing by four after the first quarter. But seventh-seeded Watertown got a trio of three pointers from senior Ellie Monahan — two before halftime and one after — to help the Raiders pull away for the win in the first round of the MIAA Div. 3 State Tournament.

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Taylor Lambo Joins Watertown Girls Basketball’s Elite 1,000 Point Club

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Charlie BreitroseTaylor Lambo, second from left, poses with her family after scoring her 1,000th point on Saturday against Weston. A 33 point performance in just three quarters on Saturday vaulted Watertown High School senior Taylor Lambo over the 1000-point mark in the Raiders’ victory over Weston. Lambo knew she was approaching the four-figure mark before the game in the WHS Gym, but she wasn’t given word by Watertown Girls Basketball Coach Pat Ferdinand until just before she reached 1,000. “I had talked to him about it, I wasn’t super close to it, so it wasn’t definite that I was going to hit it,” Lambo said. “He didn’t even tell me until like two points before, and he was like, ‘Your next layup is 1,000.’

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Herald Picks Members of Watertown’s Boys, Girls Basketball Teams as Players to Watch

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown sophomore Lily Lambo brings the ball up court. She and her sister Taylor made the Boston Herald’s list of players to watch. Four Watertown basketball players made the Boston Herald’s preseason Players to Watch lists, two from the boys team and a couple members of the girls team. A pair of sister made the list for the Div. 3 girls basketball 2021-22 season: senior Taylor and sophomore Lily Lambo.

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Basketball Camps for Young Players to be Hosted by Watertown High Coaches

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Watertown High School’s basketball coaches will be running a camp for young players in August. Watertown boys basketball coach Steve Harrington (Harry) and girls basketball coach Pat Ferdinand (Coach Pat), will put on summer skills sessions for players boys and girls going into grades 3 through 9. Camps are separated into age groups. This year, the camps will be held at the Browne Basketball Courts, behind the Watertown Police Station, 552 Main St. The four-day camps run for an hour-and-a-half each day.