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Watertown’s Kennedy Named National Field Hockey Athlete of the Year

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Kourtney Kennedy had already enjoyed a successful senior season, winning a state championship and collecting many accolades, and now she has received an honor never given to any field hockey player from Watertown, or even Massachusetts – National Athlete of the Year. Kennedy received the National High School Senior Field Hockey Athlete of the Year honor, the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) announced this week. “Kourtney is an excellent example what this award stands for,” said Eric Hess, Executive Director of the NHSCA said in the award announcement. “Kourtney has excelled on the field and off.  She is a leader that led her school to national records for victories. We congratulate Kourtney on an outstanding high school career.”

She is the first winner from Massachusetts in the 18-year history of the NHSCA Field Hockey Athlete of the Year Award.

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Watertown Field Hockey Player Named as High School All-American

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For the second straight year, Watertown’s Kourtney Kennedy has been selected as a Second Team All-American Field Hockey player. Kennedy closed out her senior year at Watertown High School by winning the state title for the fourth time (and the school’s eighth straight). She scored the winning goal in the state final in November and next year she will play Div. 1 college field hockey. Though she had success on the field, Kennedy said she did not think she would be chosen as one of best in the nation.

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Watertown Field Hockey Player Named to Team USA’s U17 National Team

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Jonna Kennedy’s play with the Watertown High School field hockey team has drawn national interest, and the junior goalie recently learned she was named to the United States’ Under 17 National Squad. The year was already a successful one for Kennedy, who helped guide the Raiders to their eighth straight state title as one of the team’s co-captains. She was on the way home from the team’s tryouts in Pennsylvania when she got the news. “I was first very excited to be invited to try out for the team but more excited when I heard that I made the U17 National Squad,” Kennedy said. “I’m just vey fortunate to have been coached well at WHS and on my club team, Boston Field Hockey Club.”

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Boston Herald Honors Three Watertown Field Hockey Players

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The Watertown High School field hockey team grabbed three spots on the 2016 Boston Herald’s All-Scholastic team. 

Watertown senior Kourtney Kennedy and her sister Jonna, a junior, made Herald team, along with junior Sydney Poulin. The Kennedy sisters also made the Boston Globe’s All-Scholastic team. Kourtney will graduate with four state titles and no loses during her four years as a Raider. She scored the game winner in this year’s State Final against Oakmont. Next year she will play at UConn.

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Watertown Sisters Named Globe All-Scholastics, Elder is Player of the Year

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A pair of Watertown sisters made the Boston Globe’s 2016 All-Scholastic Field Hockey team, and one was named the top player in Div. 2. Senior Kourtney Kennedy and junior Jonna Kennedy both made the Globe’s list of best field hockey players, and Kourtney received the Div. 2 Player of the Year honor for the second year in a row. Kourtney, who will play field hockey for UConn next year, never lost a high school game and was part of four straight state championships with the Raiders.

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Watertown Wins Thriller to Capture Eighth Straight Field Hockey State Title

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WORCESTER – The Raiders found themselves in an unfamiliar spot with just under 11 minutes left in Saturday’s state final – tied and with momentum on the side of their opponents – but Watertown’s senior co-captain Kourtney Kennedy made the game changing play and the team lifted the Div. 2 Field Hockey State Championship trophy for the eighth straight time. 

Watertown High School’s field hockey team seemed to have a solid lead, up 3-1 early in the second half of the state final at WPI, but a feisty Oakmont team battled back with two goals making it anyone’s game. Along with an aggressive attack, the Spartans’ defense focused on Kennedy, and kept her largely hemmed for the majority of the game. Six minutes after the score was tied, Kennedy found space in the middle of the circle and blasted home the winning goal late in the 4-3 win. “Initially I thought, just get the ball in the circle, and then I saw I could get past another girl and then I knew I could get that shot off,” Kennedy said.

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LIVE: Watertown Beats Oakmont in the Field Hockey State Final

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After facing Auburn the past few years in the Div. 2 field hockey State Final, Watertown will have a different foe – Oakmont. Those who have have followed the Raiders over the years will recall, however, that Oakmont has been Watertown’s opponent in the final in the past. The last time the two teams met, 2012, the Raiders won 1-0. The previous year, Watertown came away with the 3-1 victory.

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Watertown Clinches Berth in Eighth Straight State Final by Beating Foxborough

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READING – Watertown’s field hockey exploded for four first half goal and cruised to a 5-1 victory over Foxborough in the Eastern Mass final and booked their eighth straight state final. The South Section champions stayed with the Raiders for most of the first half of the game. Junior Maddie Leiter broke the deadlock with a goal from in close after getting a pass from senior Gabby Venezia with 13 minutes left in the half. Less than three minutes later, Sydney Poulin makes it 2-0 Watertown. This time Leitner had the assist. Leitner then got her second goal when she tipped in a ball hit by senior Kourtney Kennedy with seven minutes left in the first half.