Sports

Watertown Youth Lacrosse Team Completes Perfect Season

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The Watertown Boys Youth Lacrosse U-13 team recently completed a perfect season. The team, which is made up of fifth- and sixth-graders, defeated Belmont 7-1 in the last game of the year. The team finished the season with an 8-0 record. The team is coached by Tom Shortt and JD Donohue. The players are Nelson Bellows, William Jokic, Aidan Flanagan, Brian Shortt, Anthony Lampasona, Tyler Timperio, Ciaran Flanagan, Cam Reed, Owen Lawn, Levon Gukasyan, Rory Kennelly, Roan Hopkins, Jack Dickie, Anthony Venezia, Brenden Donovan, Patrick Donohue, Eoin Morrissey, Jared Norton and Aidan Conneely.

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Two Area Basketball Experts Speaking at Boston Basketball Clinics

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Boston Basketball announced two speakers who will work with players at clinics this summer, Newton North Head Coach Paul Connolly and Bentley University Assistant Women’s Coach C White. The Shot Dr.
Paul Connolly is one of the most well renowned coaches in the region and earned the nickname the “Shot Dr.” for his tremendous ability to teach proper mechanics of shooting the basketball. Coach Connolly is the head boys basketball coach at Newton North High School, where he has amassed a career record of 251-59 in 13 seasons. Coach Connolly guided the Tigers to back to back State Championships in 2005 and 2006, and nine Bay State Conference championships (2005, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, &14).

Boys Lacrosse

WHS Sports: See How the Raiders’ Track, Boys Lacrosse & Girls Tennis Teams Fared

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Watertown’s athletic teams wound up a successful spring season with state competitions this weekend. 
Track & Field
Watertown senior Austin Lin turned in another fine performance, running the 400 meters in 48.84 to take third place Saturday at the All-State Meet at Westfield State College. Lin will run again for the Raiders as part of the Watertown sprint relay team going to Outdoor High School Nationals in North Carolina later this month. The boys 4 x 400 relay came in 11th in the meet, and senior Jeremy Breen finished 21st in the 800 meters. On the girls’ side, Watertown sophomore Emily Koufos got 14th in the mile run, and senior Katherine Tolman finished 18th in the 400 meters. The Raiders boys squad finished 43rd with six points.

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See How the Raiders Fared in the State Tournament

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A pair of Watertown High School teams played in the state tournament Thursday, with mixed results. Watertown’s girls tennis team sprung an upset at Arlington Catholic on Thursday. The Raiders won the Div. 3 North Section first round match 3-1. Next up for Watertown is a match at Manchester-Essex on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the quarterfinal.

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Raiders Boys Lacrosse Rolls in Tournament, Girls Eliminated

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Watertown’s boys lacrosse team demolished Lunenberg in the first round of the MIAA tournament on Thursday. The seventh-seeded Raiders defeated the 1oth-seeded visitors 19-5 in the Div. 3 Central/East Section game at Victory Field. Watertown improves to 7-10 and will head to No. 2 seed Weston (15-3) for the section quarterfinal on June 4 at 5 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
The Raiders girls lacrosse squad suffered an 18-3 loss to Medfield Wednesday in the East Section Div.

Baseball

WHS Sports: Track Excels at Div. 4 Meet; Teams Ready for State Tourney

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The Watertown track team continued a successful season, with a number of top performances at the Div. 4 meet in Norwell this weekend. The boys team finished fifth place in the team competition with 44 points, thanks a couple of wins, and other high finishes on Saturday. Raider standout Austin Lin won the 400 meters with a time of 49.89. The senior is a school record holder in the indoor 600 meters.

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Watertown Boys Relay Team Heading to National Track Meet

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A foursome of Watertown runners sprinted their way to a berth in the New Balance Nationals in North Carolina. Austin Lin, Jeremy Breen, Vasken Kebabjian, and Cyril Brutus ran the sprint relay at the Last Chance Meet in Burlington on Saturday and ran fast enough to reach nationals, according to a report on Wicked Local Watertown. Nationals will be held on June 17-19 in Greensboro, N.C.

The race has two 200 meter legs, a 400 meter leg and finally an 800 meter leg. Lin has had quite a year. He won the 400 meters at the Middlesex League meet and set a new school record.

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Still Time to Register for Cops & Rec Middle School Basketball Program

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The Watertown Police and the Recreation Department have teamed up to put on the free Cops & Rec Middle School Basketball Program this summer. 

Watertown Police officers will be part of the program, including Police Chief Michael Lawn, who will officiate some games. The first week of this program will consist of clinics, drills and evaluations and then four consistent teams will be selected. There will be a separate league for girls and boys and a schedule of games will be played beginning the following week. The focus of the program is to provide a fun, positive atmosphere with officials and scorekeepers while the participants play their game. Registration is on a first come first serve basis Limit is 40 participants per league

The program is for girls and boys in grades: 6-8 on Tuesdays May 24-July 5, 2016 (7 week program)

Time: 5:45-6:45 p.m. for girls, 6:45-7:45 for Boys

Where: 552 Main St.