Basketball

Watertown Cruises Past Pentucket to Win North Section Semifinal

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WAKEFIELD – Watertown High School’s boys basketball team will return to the North Section final for the 11th time under Head Coach Steve Harrington after beating Pentucket 55-33 Tuesday night. The Raiders hit from inside and out and hounded the Sachems on defense. Watertown’s top scorer Tuesday, senior center John Korte, said that offensive game plan unfolded like they practiced. He scored 25 points with hoops from in close, as well as from behind the three point line. “We knew that their were holes in their zone and a lot of easy driving lanes,” Korte said.

Basketball

Watertown Rolls Past Lynnfield in North Section Basketball Quarterfinal

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LYNNFIELD – The Raiders went into a hostile and steamy gym at Lynnfield High School for Saturday’s Div. 3 North boys basketball quarterfinal and made it look easy in a 62-44 victory over the hosts, despite being a much lower seed. 

Leading Watertown on both sides of the ball was senior guard Julio Fulcar, who was the team’s high scorer and had the assignment to guard Lynnfield’s best player, point guard Billy Arseneault.

Watertown head basketball coach Steve Harrington knew that the Pioneers wanted to run the ball. “They’re ability to run starts with the point guard,” Harrington said. “Fulcar – never mind his 31 or whatever [he finished with 32 points] – his job on defense was knowing where (Arsenault) was at all times.” The No.

Sports

Watertown Runner Shows He can Compete With the Best in Massachusetts

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Watertown junior sprinter Mange Camara ran against the best high school competition Saturday in the All-State Meet and showed he was among the elite. In the 55-meter dash Camara got to the finals at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center. He ran a 6.65, which got him eight place. He was a little off his personal best and school record time of 6.58, last week at the Div. 5 Meet.

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Watertown Boys Basketball Team Grabs Home Game in First Round of State Tourney

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As Watertown High School’s boys basketball team tries to return to the State Semifinal for a second straight year, the Raiders will host a first round game in the MIAA State Tournament on Tuesday. 

The Raiders, who finished 14-6, earned the seventh seed in the Div. 3 North Section bracket, which was released Friday. Watertown will host 10th seed Essex Tech (10-10) at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27. The winner of the Watertown-Essex Tech game will likely face second seeded Lynnfield (17-3), which takes on Swampscott in the first round.

Basketball

Watertown Boys Hoops Team Waits for State Tourney Seed After 46-Point Win

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Senior center John Korte scored 34 points for the Raiders in just three quarters to lead the Watertown High School boys basketball team to an 81-35 victory over visiting Boston United on Tuesday afternoon. The Raiders now await the release of the MIAA tournament brackets to see if they can make another deep run in the Div. 3 playoffs. With the win, Watertown finished the regular season with a 14-6 record. The team has won three straight and six out of the last seven, giving head coach Steve Harrington somethings to be optimistic about.

Emily Koufos

Led by Sprinter Camara WHS Track Team Takes 3rd at Div. 5 Meet, Koufos Grabs 3rd

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BOSTON – Led by the junior sprinter Mange Camara’s top performance, the Watertown boys track & field team took third place at the MIAA Div. 5 Indoor Championships Thursday. Distance runner Emily Koufos excelled for the girls. With each best time in the 55 dash and the 300 meters, Camara sets a new school record. He set the record at the Coaches Invitational and then again at the Middlesex League Meet.

Sports

WHS Sports: Wrestlers Medal, Swimmers Compete at Section Meet, Track Team Heads to Div. 5 Meet

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The State competitions are underway for winter sports and Watertown High School sent competitors or will have athletes competing in the boys swimming, wrestling and boys and girls indoor track championships. Wrestlers Medal at Divisional Meet
A young Watertown High School wrestling team came off a successful regular season, in which it went 18-10 in dual meets, and had five medalists at the Div. 3 Central Section meet at Wayland over the weekend. The Raiders sent competitors in all of the weight classes. Freshman Waqas Khan won third place by going 4-1 in the 113 lb.