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School Committee Looks to Change Policies on Sports Banners; Non-WHS Students Attending Dances, Events

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{Updated Feb. 14, 2018 at 5:04 p.m.}

Changes to the policies for how Watertown High School athletics banners are awarded, and for allowing non-WHS students to attend events – such as dances – are being examined by the School Committee. 

At last week’s School Committee meeting the board had first readings for the policy changes. The final votes are expected to be made at the School Committee’s March 5 meeting. Athletic Banners
The policy about when a banner goes up the gymnasium at Watertown High School is being examined because there are all several types of banners, some for teams, some for individual athletes and they are not all the same. “There is a confusion because there are inconsistencies,” said School Committee member Eileen Hsu-Balzer, who chairs the Policy Subcommittee.

Kevin Russo

WHS Sports: Raiders Claim 2 Individual League Track Titles, Wrestling Coach Wins No. 400

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Watertown High School had some outstanding individual performances at the Middlesex League Indoor Track Championships in Boston this week. Senior Emily Koufos won the 2-mile run in a time of 11:28.01, more than 12.5 seconds ahead of the second place runner. The League Meet was the first time Koufos ran that distance competitvely. In her career Koufos has also won 800, the mile and in cross country. On the boys side, junior Mange Camara won the 300 meters by nearly a second.

Artemis Yoga

Watertown Track Team Works Out Bodies and Minds at Local Yoga Studio

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Periodically, the Watertown High School track and field team will take a break from running and hit the yoga mat as a part of their training regimen. On a January afternoon, more than a dozen members of the boys and girls track teams filtered into Artemis Yoga in Coolidge Square to work with instructor Amy Hrobak. Assistant track coach Megan Diduca first brought some of the girls track athletes over last year, and last spring she brought some of the boys track team members. “”We love it,” Diduca said. “We do extra strength training so it is not always running.

Sports

Senior Led Watertown Boys Basketball Faced Belmont Friday Night

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The Raiders’ boys basketball team – led by the senior duo of John Korte and Julio Fulcar – suffered a close loss to rival Belmont Friday  night in the WHS Gym. 

Watertown lost 59-56 to the Marauders in the Middlesex League matchup. The Raiders battled back to make it close after being down 36-22 in at halftime. The team dropped to 8-5 on the season and 5-5 in the Middlesex League. The Raiders were coming off a 10 point win over Boston United earlier in the week, where senior guard Julio Fulcar scored a career high 30 points, according to Wicked Local Watertown. The team has been led this season by senior John Korte, who passed the 1,000 point mark for his career during a 27-point performance at Wilmington last week.

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Watertown Track Sets Record at Coaches Div. 5 State Relay Meet

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Watertown High School’s boys track team excelled at Sunday’s MSTCA Div. 5 State Relays, finishing fourth place overall and one relay setting a new Div. 5 record. The meet, held at Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center in Boston, featured the best teams from around Massachusetts of comparable size. The 4 x 200 relay team of Nick Cordeiro, Nathan Follett, Edie Ferreira and Mangé Camara placed first with a time of 1:35.71.

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Watertown Runner Breaks Two School Records on Same Day

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Watertown High School sprinter Mangé Camara recently had what his coach called “perhaps the finest individual performances in the history of Watertown indoor track and field.” The junior broke not one, but two Watertown High School records at the MSTCA Speed Classic at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center on Dec. 29. The meet includes the top sprinters in Massachusetts in all divisions, said Watertown track and field coach Tom Wittenhagen.

“In this history of Watertown indoor track and field I can think of no other athletic performer who set two outstanding school records in a single day. I don’t think that has ever been duplicated,” Wittenhagen said.

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Watertown’s Coppola Claims 2nd Place on Endicott Women’s Basketball Assist List

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Watertown’s Gabriella Coppola moved into second place on the Endicott College women’s basketball program’s assist list during the game at Gordon College on Thursday night. 

The former WHS star tallied five assists in Wenham, Mass., and gave her a total of 46 through 12 games in her senior year and 306 in her career for the Gulls. She came into the game tied with Kaylin Burke at 301, so her first assist in the 78-55 win against Gordon put her into second place. The assist record at Endicott is held by Heidi Stevens, who had 472 in her career. Coppola is also second on the single-season assists list at Endicott with 135 during her sophomore year. She is also among the top active NCAA Div.

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A Pair of Watertown Boxers Compete in Golden Gloves Tournament

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Two Watertown boxers competed in the annual Golden Gloves Championships in Lowell over the weekend. See more information and all the results below. Organizers sent out the following information:
The 72nd annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championships kicked-off last night in front of an enthusiastic crowd, despite traveling in sub-zero temperature, at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium with Central New England (Greater Lowell) preliminary-round action that featured 13 exciting men’s and women’s novice class matches. The preliminary round will conclude next Friday night (Jan. 12) at Lowell Memorial Auditorium with novice and open class matches.