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Watertown High School’s girls lacrosse team will host their first round State Tournament game on May 30. The eighth-seeded Raiders will take on ninth-seeded Medway at Victory Field at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Watertown finished the regular season with a record of 11-5. Medway comes in with a record of 11-6. The winner of the Div. 2 East Section game faces top seeded Walpole in the on Thursday in the quarterfinals.
This weekend, Watertown’s Danny Loprete will take the field at Gillette Stadium with his Merrimack College teammates to play for the NCAA Div. II lacrosse national championship.
The WHS graduate is a senior on the Warriors team which will make the school’s first ever appearance in the national championship game. The midfielder and face-off man scored two goals and had two assists this year. He also won 56 of 101 face offs and 26 ground balls. Merrimack, ranked fourth nationally, beat No.
On April 29-30, seven rhythmic gymnasts who train at Boston Rhythmic in Watertown, represented the USA by competing in an international competition in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Our Level 4 and 5 girls earned top awards across all age groups. In total, our girls brought home 14 gold medals. The competition hosted elite to beginner gymnasts from ten countries. Boston Rhythmic gymnasts attend this competition each year, because of the warm atmosphere and hospitality offered by the local citizens.
The Watertown High School softball team is on a hot streak, with the Raiders winning their last six games. The season started with four loses, all close games, but then the squad then got on the winning track with a big comeback win over Stoneham. Down 7-1, the Raiders tied the game up and won 9-8 in extra innings. Against Northeast Regional the team again fell behind, this time 6-0, but rallied back to win 11-10. After that the team claimed victories over Weston 15-3, Marian 18-1 and Canton 16-2.
An 18-member committee has been appointed to find a new image to represent Watertown High School. The Committee is called the Mascot Screening Committee, but on Monday night School Committee Chairman John Portz said the Raiders name will not be changed, nor will the school’s red and black colors. The group has been given the task of finding a mascot, or logo, that represents the high school, its teams, clubs and other organizations. The current status of the mascot is confusing. While the image of the dancing cartoon American Indian can be seen around town, that is not the official mascot for the high school.
The Watertown High School Athletic Hall of Fame is proud to announce its class of 2017, organizers said in an announcement. Inductees for this year’s celebration to be held at the St. James Armenian Hall on Saturday, Oct. 21 include four distinguished athletes, two State Championship teams, and one extraordinary coach. Sarah York and Jay Quinn, two dominant athletes from the class of 2002, will be joined by basketball All-Scholastics Max Kerman ’06, and Anthony Coppola ’07.
March has been a big month for Jonna Kennedy. First the Watertown High School junior was named to the USA Field Hockey’s U-17 team going to Ireland and now she has been named to the Shriners All-Star Game for her play in ice hockey.
The Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association Girls High School All Star Game will take place on Sunday, April 2 at 2 p.m. at the Canton Ice House. Kennedy will be one of the goalies on the North All-Stars, and was one of 46 girls selected to play in the game. See the rosters for both the girls and boys All-Stars here. Tickets for the games (the boys start at 4 p.m.) will cost $11 and proceeds will benefit the Shriners Hospital for Children.
While Friday nights were game time for the Watertown High School girls basketball team, Saturday mornings were reserved for helping out the Watertown Youth Basketball. That has helped form a strong bond between the players, young and old. WHS head coach Patrick Ferdinand’s players spend the morning working with the fourth and fifth grade girls, who are playing organized basketball for the first time. “It’s an honor to teach the kids to plan and getting them them know what we do in high school,” said WHS senior Jenna McMahon. “It’s important, at the same time, to have fun.”