Hawks Baseball: Xaverian Defeats Taunton for D1 South Title

Monday marked the third year in a row the squad reached the Division 1 South Finals.

The Xaverian Brothers High School varsity baseball team rose victorious from a battle with Taunton in the MIAA Division 1 South Championship, 10-2.  Senior captains Tim Duggan, who in December 2011 signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Fairfield University, and Chris Hoyt, accepted the championship trophy after the game, according to Xaverian's blog.  It was a strong victory for the Hawks, as senior Nick Ahearn kept Taunton to two runs during nine innings, while senior Mike LaVita pulled in two runs on a single in the seventh inning. Junior Alex Person then sealed the deal with a three-run homer in the eigth, according to the Hawks' blog Monday night. The Hawks will will now face Lowell in the Division 1 Eastern Mass …

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Baseball: Hawks Topple Over Walpole

Xaverian senior Nick Ahearn pitched all nine innings on Tuesday, leading the Hawks to a 9-3 victory over #2 Walpole in the first round of the MIAA State Tournament. The Hawks visit Silver Lake on Wednesday, June 6 at 4 p.m. in the Division 1 South quarter

Westwood Little League to Host Hot Stove Event

The event kicks off at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29.

Spring is still a long ways off, but the Westwood Little League isn't about to let a little cold weather get in the way.  To warm up as it looks ahead to the spring season, the WLL will be hosting its first annual "Hot Stove" event at the end of the month The family-oriented event for all ages, will take place on Sunday, Jan. 29 from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Westwood High School cafeteria, and will feature games, crafts, music, hot dogs, pretzels, popcorn and ice cream.  Siagel Productions DJ will get the kids swinging to warm up the group, and STATIC, a contemporary teen rock band, will be on hand, performing two live sets in the high school auditorium. The band comprises Westwood residents and former little leaguers Jason Oberstein, Trevor …

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Xaverian Brothers Scoreboard: June 7

Scores for Xaverian athletics during the week preceding June 7.

The regular seasons are over and Xaverian's baseball and tennis teams were in their respective state tournament this week.  Baseball The Hawks are on fire in the State tournament, posting wins over Norwood, North Attleboro and Barnstable. They will take on Braintree on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Tennis

Girls Tennis Sneaks Past Feehan, Advances to Quarters, Baseball Done

Singles swept for Westwood and both doubles fell in straight sets.

The Wolverines' tennis squad edged out Bishop Feehan 3-2 Saturday afternoon at home, as they advanced to the quarterfinals of the D-2 South Tournament. With second and third singles already victorious and both doubles losing, the match was put on the shoulders of junior MaryKate Norton. Norton, who dominated her first set 6-1, dropped the second, 4-6 and found herself trailing 1-2 in the third. She used her power game to out-stroke her opponent Colleen Scanlon and mixed her shots well, catching Scanlon off guard on numerous occasions. “It seems like throughout her career it always comes down to her and she’s always getting us through it,” said Westwood coach Paul Houston. “I think she likes the pressure and she performs well under it.” …

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Marauders Drop Tourney Opener to Westwood

Dedham baseball loses 7-3 to Wolverines Friday afternoon in opening game of the MIAA playoffs.

Tournament baseball is alive and well within the town lines of both Westwood and Dedham as the two battled it out in their first round bout in the Division 3 South Sectionals at Russell E. Downes field in Westwood Friday. Westwood jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, thanks to the bat of Brett Egizi, who launched a grand slam to right field to open the scoring in the first, while the arms of Will Smith and Brendan Skehill held Dedham in check for the 7-3 Wolverine win. "We got out to a nice lead," said Westwood skipper Brian Whelan, "and we sustained it." The win quickly moves Westwood (12-9) into a second round match-up against Abington Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Abington. Dedham, who finished their tough Division 1 schedule going  (9-12…

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Wolverines Baseball, Softball Wrap Up Seasons

Both baseball and softball fell to the Hillers Thursday afternoon at home.

After clinching their respective spots in the state tournament earlier this week, both the baseball and softball teams closed out their seasons Thursday afternoon at home against Hopkinton. Softball played the one-loss Hillers tough through the third inning thanks to Leigha Valentine’s three-run triple and an RBI single from Keira Travers, but Hopkinton’s bats were too strong as they pounded out 16 runs in the 16-5 victory. Regardless of the result, the girls will be playing in their first state tournament in four years and first under head coach Jonas Sherr, thanks to their Senior Day victory on Wednesday. “It was a really emotional day, especially for our seniors on senior day playing in front of their parents,” said Sherr about the game…

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