WHS Sports: College Letters Signed, New Trophy Case and All Stars

Three Watertown High School students will continue their athletic career in college, after signing letters of intent this week. Two field hockey players and a lacrosse player officially announced their college intentions this week. Emily Loprete, an All-Scholastic field hockey player, signed to play at Holy Cross. Loprete is also an standout on the Raiders ice hockey team. Fellow Raider field hockey player Allie Doggett signed to play at Boston University next year.

5 Watertown Athletes Make Herald’s All-Scholastic Teams

The Boston Herald named five Watertown High School athletes to its All-Scholastic teams in football, field hockey and soccer. Raiders’ quarterback Nick Giordano made the Herald’s football All-Scholastic team, named Sunday. He helped lead Watertown to its first Middlesex League title since 1983 and a 9-2 record, including a second straight playoff birth and a win over Belmont. Giordano threw for 1,110 yards and 11 touchdowns, and ran for 850 yards and eight TDs, according to the Herald. In his Watertown career he had more than 3,500 yards of offense and 41 touchdowns.

Watertown Girls’ Basketball Team Takes Down Belmont

Watertown opened the girls’ basketball season on a high note by taking down rival Belmont, Tuesday night. 

Watertown took an early lead, leading 13-4 at the end of the first quarter, but the Marauders fought back to tie the game in the third quarter. The Raiders pulled away and won the game at Watertown Hight School 53-42. Watertown was lead by junior Nicole Lanzo’s 11 points. Junior guard Felicia Korte scored 10, and senior guard Gianna Coppola and junior guard Michaela Antonellis added 8 apiece.

See How the Watertown Boys’ Basketball Fared Against Belmont

The Raiders team had a tough start to the 2014-15 boys’ basketball season against their rivals from Belmont Tuesday night. The game started well for Watertown, which lead by 8 at the end of the first quarter, and 26-23 at halftime. The Marauders, however, looked different in the second half, outscoring the Raiders 43-23 in the second half. Belmont hit six 3-pointers in the second half after making none in the first half. Watertown was led by senior guard Mike Hagopian, who scored 18 points including two 3-pointers.

See Which Watertown Athletes Made the Globe’s All-Stars

Watertown had a successful fall season, and four athletes were honored for their play by the Boston Globe. Boy’s soccer player Rafael DeSouza earned the Div. 3 player of the year from the Boston Globe. In his senior year, DeSouza scored 11 goals and added 12 assists, grabbed the Middlesex MVP award and was named All-New England by the EMSCA. He scored 36 goals and had 26 assists in his career and is a two-time EMass All-Star, according to the Globe.

LETTER: Watertown Gridiron Club Thanks Business Supporters

To the Watertown Business Community:

The Watertown Football Gridiron Club, coaches, and players would like to thank you for your generosity and support during this football season! Many of our local businesses paid for an ad in our Program Book—we thank you and hope you had an opportunity to see your ad displayed. Others donated items, food for our players’ lunches, or for our snack shack on game nights: Boston House of Pizza, The Chateau Restaurant, Donohue’s Bar & Grill, Gerry’s Italian Kitchen, Friendly’s Restaurant, Home Depot, McDonald’s, Supercuts, The Talk Restaurant, Tri-City Restaurant, and” W” House of Pizza. Your generosity was truly appreciated. The Watertown Raiders had a great 9-2 season this year and part of that success is due to the support you and the Watertown community has given them.

Hockey Season Starts Soon – See When Watertown Plays

The Watertown High School boys’ and girls’ hockey teams hit the ice soon. See when you can catch the Raiders. Both teams had runs in the MIAA state tournament last year, and look to return. The teams play their home games at John Ryan Arena, 1 Paramount Place, off of Pleasant Street. The girls share a team with Belmont, and will play some of their games at Belmont High School.

2 from Watertown Earn All-NCAA Field Hockey Tourney Honors

Stonehill College juniors and Watertown natives Lauren Giordano and Erika Kelly were named to the All-Tournament team for their performance in the NCAA Div. II semifinals. Giordano, who graduated from Watertown High School in 2012, scored both goals for Stonehill it its 3-2 loss to LIU Post in the semifinal played on the campus of University of Louisville on Dec. 4. Kelly, another 2012 WHS grad, got the assist on the second goal.