Watertown junior Will Carty and the Raiders look for a tournament run after beating Excel in the final regular season game. Here he celebrates during the Raiders’ victory over Shawsheen in a 2024 State Tournament game. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
When something ends, invariably something else begins. What ended on Thursday afternoon Feb. 20th at the Victor J. Palladino Gymnasium at the Watertown Middle School was the Boys Varsity Basketball’s regular season. What begins is hopefully a long run in the MIAA Div. 3 Tournament that gets under way next week.
Watertown senior Adrianna Williams helped the Raiders close out the regular season with a win against Ursuline Academy. Here she dribbles against Newburyport in the 2024 State Tournament. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Who doesn’t love nostalgia? Young people, of course, because they’re too young to know anything. But someday seniors Adriana Williams, Alani Garey, Victoria Dicker and Caroline Andrade will look back and remember putting together a pretty darn good season on the hardwood for Watertown High School. On Wednesday night Feb.
Watertown senior Brady Gleason (in red) will be wrestling in the MIAA Div. 3 State Meet this weekend, and has hopes to qualify for All-States. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Intense practices, dedication, and good leadership have the Watertown High School wrestling team on the rise, and several Raiders hope to keep the momentum going at this weekend’s MIAA Div. 3 State Meet and beyond. Watertown High School’s wrestling team will hit the mats at the MIAA Div.
Senior Caroline Andrade led the Raiders in scoring against Arlington Catholic. Here she plays against Old Rochester in the 2024 State Tourney. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown Girls Basketball went into Saturday’s matinee with Arlington Catholic (AC) feeling pretty good about itself. Coach Mike Tempesta’s squad had won seven of nine, including two of the the last three on the road, and that included a convincing wire-to-wire win over the team ahead of Watertown in the Middlesex Freedom, Wakefield, on Tuesday, Feb.11.
Watertown finished league play on Thursday Feb. 13 at Melrose with a win, and finished at 11-5, and in second place behind Wakefield at 13-3. Saturday’s non-league opponent AC came into the game 8-12, and 1-7 in the Catholic Central. Watertown continued to adjust to life without injured senior starter and co-captain Victoria Dicker, who injured her knee versus Burlington on Jan.
Watertown’s Fahad Khan, left, won the MIAA Div. 3 North 106 Pound title in Gloucester. Here is is pictured in a dual meet against Keefe Tech. (Screenshot of Watertown Cable video). Watertown High School’s wrestlings enjoyed success at the MIAA Div.
Will Carty shoots in a 2024 State Tournament Game. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown Boys Basketball defeated Wilmington Tuesday night in the late game of a doubleheader inside the Victor J. Palladino Gymnasium at the Watertown Middle School. The final score on Senior Night was Watertown 59, Wilmington 55 in overtime. Watertown moves to 8-5 in the Middlesex League’s Freedom Division and tied for second place with Wilmington. Burlington is in first at 9-4. Well, if high school basketball could always be this good! Tuesday night pitted two very good basketball teams in a rematch of a January 3rd game at Wilmington, which the Raiders lost in OT by 3. This was a great basketball game, back and forth and intense right from the opening tip-off. Through numerous lead changes, Watertown led by two after one quarter, and after a 15-15 second quarter went into the locker room ahead 32-30 at the half
Wilmington went cold in the third, while Watertown played a solid quarter and stretched the lead to ten. That’s when things went sideways.
Wilmington started trading three pointers for Watertown 2’s, and whittled the lead to 3. Then it got crazy. Senior Olivier Labossiere, who had 13 on the night, made a great steal at the defensive end, then drove the length of the court only to miss a layup. Wilmington couldn’t capitalize. Then Senior Aiden Didovic made a great move in a half-court set, drove to the basket and – yup, missed the layup. Wilmington couldn’t capitalize.
Watertown senior Caroline Andrade was named a Boston Herald All-Scholastic. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
A pair of Raiders made the Boston Herald’s All-Scholastic Field Hockey team, and a third got recognition for her season. Also, the Watertown wrestling team had a successful week, and three Raiders teams look like they will be heading to the state tournament. The Raiders who made the Herald’s All-Scholastic team were senior Caroline Andrade, senior Rachel Egan. Senior Adrianna Williams was an honorable mention selection.
Watertown Field Hockey Coach Eileen Donahue has been named national coach of the year. Here she speaks to the Raiders during a 2024 State Tournament game. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
The Watertown Public Schools provided the following piece:
Watertown High School field hockey coach Eileen Donahue has been named the field hockey Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations, adding another award to her Hall of Fame career. Donahue, who was honored as the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Coach of the Year for field hockey in December, has molded the Watertown Raiders field hockey program into one of the most decorated high school athletics programs in the United States. Her 22 state championships are the most in Massachusetts field hockey history.
