All-Scholastic

Two Watertown Athletes Named to Boston Globe’s All-Scholastic Teams

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After stellar winter seasons two Watertown High School athletes made Boston area All-Scholastic teams, one in basketball and one in track. Senior John Korte led Watertown to its third State Championship in March. The center finished with 1,337 points in his career with the Raiders and averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds a game. He was named to both the Boston Globe’s boys basketball All-Scholastic team and the Boston Herald’s All-Scholastic team. Korte also was named the Most Valuable Player of the Middlesex League Freedom Division for the second straight year. He is an honor role student and plans to do a postgraduate year, during which he will play basketball, before heading to college.

Around Town

Watertown Sprinter Mange Camara Caps Historic Indoor Season at Nationals

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Watertown High School’s Mange Camara wrapped up an amazing indoor track season by competing against the top high school runners from across America over on Saturday.The junior competed in the New Balance Indoor Nationals at The Armory in New York City. He ran the 200 meters in 22.10 seconds, which was the 22nd fastest time at the meet and was the best time for Massachusetts runners and runners from New England. See the race video by clicking here (Camara is in the far left lane). Last week, Camara got second place in the 300 meters at the New England Indoor Championship at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. He ran a 34.87, which was less than .2 seconds off his best time, which he set when he won the event at the MIAA Div. 5 meet on Feb. 15.

Sports

Watertown Runner Shows He can Compete With the Best in Massachusetts

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Watertown junior sprinter Mange Camara ran against the best high school competition Saturday in the All-State Meet and showed he was among the elite. In the 55-meter dash Camara got to the finals at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center. He ran a 6.65, which got him eight place. He was a little off his personal best and school record time of 6.58, last week at the Div. 5 Meet.

Emily Koufos

Led by Sprinter Camara WHS Track Team Takes 3rd at Div. 5 Meet, Koufos Grabs 3rd

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BOSTON – Led by the junior sprinter Mange Camara’s top performance, the Watertown boys track & field team took third place at the MIAA Div. 5 Indoor Championships Thursday. Distance runner Emily Koufos excelled for the girls. With each best time in the 55 dash and the 300 meters, Camara sets a new school record. He set the record at the Coaches Invitational and then again at the Middlesex League Meet.

Sports

WHS Sports: Wrestlers Medal, Swimmers Compete at Section Meet, Track Team Heads to Div. 5 Meet

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The State competitions are underway for winter sports and Watertown High School sent competitors or will have athletes competing in the boys swimming, wrestling and boys and girls indoor track championships. Wrestlers Medal at Divisional Meet
A young Watertown High School wrestling team came off a successful regular season, in which it went 18-10 in dual meets, and had five medalists at the Div. 3 Central Section meet at Wayland over the weekend. The Raiders sent competitors in all of the weight classes. Freshman Waqas Khan won third place by going 4-1 in the 113 lb.

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

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.