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A series profiling where Westwood natives have gone since leaving their hometown.
Many of you reading may be in college or high school wondering what you will do when you grow up and need to actually fend for yourselves in the "real world". Justin Obey felt the same way when he was graduating from Westwood High School in 2002 and moving on to Bentley College. He melded together his Westwood upbringing with his business degree to create a foolproof idea for his company, Social Boston Sports.Social Boston Sports is an organization that Obey created with three of his friends after he graduated from Bentley in 2006. As seniors, there they spent some of their time organizing …
When Carolyn "C" White played point guard for the Westwood High School basketball team, she was determined to win. "It was always my dream to make the Varsity team," said White, who officially goes by C. "I couldn't wait to be in uniform." With four undefeated seasons in the Tri-Valley league, she conquered her goal. The only four games the team lost were at the gym at Massasoit Community College, which White calls the "curse gym." "Senior year we were supposed to be at a different gym and we were happy we were finally not going to have to play at Massasoit," White said. "But then someone …

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