Watertown Has Lucky 13 Athletes on Winter All-Star Teams & One Division MVP

Charlie BreitroseWatertown senior hockey player Jack Dickie was named the Middlesex League Freedom MVP in 2023. Here he celebrates after he scored the game winner in the Round of 32 State Tourney game. The Watertown Public Schools announced the Watertown High School athletes that made the Middlesex All-Start teams. See the announcement below:

The Watertown Raiders capped off a strong 2022-2023 winter sports season with 13 athletes capturing Middlesex League All-Star honors. Fresh off a run to the Division 3 semifinals, three members of the boys hockey team were honored for their performances. Senior Jack Dickie was named Freedom Division MVP, while fellow seniors Aiden Campbell and Casey Williams picked up All-Star nods.

Watertown’s Run in the Hockey Tourney Scuttled by Scituate in State Semi

Charlie BreitroseWatertown junior Jack Dickie coms around the Scituate net in the MIAA Div. 3 Final Four game in Bourne. BOURNE — The Watertown/Wayland boy’s hockey team appeared to have one more moment of magic up its sleeve after grabbing a tying goal in the final minutes of the MIAA Div. 3 Final Four game, but the “puck luck” was not on the Raiders’ side and the Sailors will be skating for the State Title after a 4-2 win capped by an empty net goal. Charlie BreitroseWatertown junior Maricio Souza skates up ice against Scituate in the State Semifinal.

Watertown Hockey Returns to Cape for State Semi, History is On the Raiders Side

Charlie BreitroseIn 2015, Watertown defeated Norwell in the State Semifinal at Gallo Arena. That night Watertown junior Tyler Gardiner celebrates scoring the first goal in the 3-0 victory. The Watertown High School boys hockey team will be back on the Cape Saturday night playing for a berth in the State Final. This is not the first time the the team has been in this position, and the Raiders hope that history repeats itself. Saturday night at 7:40 p.m., the fifth-seeded Raiders (14-6-3) take on top-seeded Scituate (19-4-2) in the MIAA Div.

Last Second Goal Lifts Watertown into Hockey State Semifinal

Charlie BreitroseWatertown junior Mauricio Souza scored the gamer winner with seconds remaining in the Elite Eight Game against Nauset. Here he celebrates a goal against Southeastern Regional in the First Round. A breakaway goal with five seconds left in the MIAA Div. 3 Boys Hockey Elite Eight vaulted Watertown/Wayland past host Nauset, 3-2, and into the Final Four for the second straight season. Just as it appeared the game played at Charles Moore Arena in Orleans would head into overtime and the puck in the Nauset offensive zone, junior Mauricio Souza grabbed the puck, skated down ice and buried the puck in the Warriors’ net to clinch the win for the fifth-seeded Raiders.

Watertown Grad Named Conference Rookie of the Year for Play at Hamilton College

Hamilton College AthleticsWatertown grad and current Hamilton College player Taylor Lambo was voted NEASC Women’s Basketball Rookie of the. Year. The following announcement was provided by Hamilton College Athletics:

Hamilton College forward Taylor Lambo ’26 (Watertown, Mass./Watertown HS) has been selected the 2023 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Year by the conference’s coaches. Lambo also made the all-NESCAC second team and was one of 10 players who received all-conference honors. She is Hamilton’s first rookie of the year since the Continentals joined the NESCAC for basketball for the 2011-12 season.

Watertown Hockey Blows Past Dracut, Books Trip to the Cape for State Quarterfinal

Charlie BreitroseWatertown junior James Erickson celebrates scoring a hat trick against Dracut/Tynsboro in the Round of 16 State Tournament game. Having survived a double overtime in the first round of the MIAA Div. 3 State Tournament, the Watertown High School boys hockey team skated to a relatively easy victory Saturday night, putting half a dozen goals on the scoreboard against Dracut/Tyngsboro. The Raiders won the Round of 16 game 6-2 at John A. Ryan Arena. Watertown Coach John Vlachos was confident his players would be ready.

State Tourney: Girls Basketball Rolls Over Oakmont in Final Game at Kelly Gym

Charlie BreitroseJunior Sarah Morrissey led Watertown with 13 points in the State Tournament game against Oakmont. Watertown High School’s girls basketball team closed out the final game in WHS’s Kelly Gymnasium in style, doubling up Oakmont, 44-22, in the MIAA Div. 3 Round of 32 game on Friday night. Charlie BreitroseJunior Emma Garapetian directs traffic in the State Tourney game against Oakmont. Three Raiders scored in double digits, and Coach Pat Ferdinand cleared the bench in the fourth quarter of the contest.

Raiders Boys Hockey Triumphs in 2 Overtimes in State Tournament

Charlie BreitroseWatertown’s boys hockey team celebrates the double-overtime winning goal against Southeastern Regional Vocational Tech in the State Tournament. Watertown High School’s boys hockey players piled onto each other after the Raiders scored the winning goal in a dramatic double overtime victory in the MIAA Div. 3 State Tournament Round of 32 game. Watertown defeated the visitors from Southeastern Regional Vocational Tech, 3-2 on Wednesday night at John A. Ryan Arena. Charlie BreitroseWatertown took a 2-0 lead in the second period of the State Tournament game with Jack Dickie’s goal.