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Raiders Football Team Kicks Off First Home Game With New Coach, New Look

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The Watertown High School football team preps for its first home game of the 2024 season. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

The 2024 Watertown Raiders football team will have a different look and the team hopes to have different results from last season. Watertown High School hosts its first home game under its new head coach at Victory Field Friday night at 7 p.m. against Ipswich. Last year, the team finished 3-8, and was shut out by Belmont on Thanksgiving. This year the team will play under a new head coach, Joey Carroll, who has brought in a new system.

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Watertown Field Hockey Seniors Seek to Complete Undefeated Career

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Watertown field hockey co-captains Rachel Egan, left, and Adiranna Williams were interviewed by WBZ Channel 4. (Screenshot from WBZ video). The Watertown High School field hockey team once again has established a long winning streak, has claimed three straight State Championships, and in 2024 the seniors seek to complete an undefeated career with the Raiders, a feat that caught the attention of a Boston news station. Watertown begins the 2024 campaign on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. at Victory Field against Lexington. Last season, the Raiders went 22-0 and defeated Newburyport 4-3 in the MIAA Div.

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Watertown Residents Can Apply for a Youth Sports Scholarship

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Get Lively hosted a sport equipment rally to raise money for a youth sports scholarship. The following announcement was provided by Turf and Get Lively:

Turf and Get Lively(R) Health & Fitness Studio hosted the first-annual Pass the Torch: Youth Sports Equipment Rally to get gently used equipment into the hands of local kids. At the end of a very busy and beautiful spring day, we were left with a few items of value, so we headed over to Play it Again Sports in Waltham to trade them for cash. We planned to push the cash back to the community in the form of a recreational scholarship designed to help a family defray some the expense of a program for which their child would like to participate. Turf rounded up the amount received from Play it Again and matched it so that it can now offer a 2024 Turf Recreation Scholarship of $200.

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Watertown Summer Basketball Finals Game 3 Moved to Aug. 20

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More Than Different faces New Day in the third and final game of the 2024 Watertown Summer Basketball League Finals Tuesday night at Saltonstall Park. (Courtesy of Watertown Recreation)

The Papas Elite Finals Game Three between No. 4 More Than Different and No. 7 New Day will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at Saltonstall Park.

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Gold Kings Hockey Team Hosting Youth Street Hockey Tourney

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The following information was provided by Gold Kings Hockey, Watertown’s semi-pro hockey team:

Please join us Saturday, August 31st at the street hockey rink at Moxley Field in Watertown for a day filled with fun and competitive youth street hockey! *More details to come

Register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgk-youth-street-hockey-tournament-registration-965293578077

Email goldkingshockey@gmail.com if you are interested in being a sponsor or donating to the event! Season Sponsors

Now is your chance to support Greater Boston’s only semi-pro hockey team! We have several sponsorship opportunities available ranging from $100-$5,000 for the 24/25 the season. Please reach out and we will send you our NEW Sponsorship Packet!

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Watertown Summer Basketball League Finals Begin Tonight!

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The finals of the Watertown Summer Basketball League begin Tuesday at Saltonstall Park. (Photo by Natalie Nigito Photography)

The Watertown Summer Basketball League Finals will feature two teams of former college basketball players. The best-of-three series begins Tuesday night at the court outside the Watertown Boys & Girls Club at Saltonstall Park. The league is run by the Watertown Recreation Department, which provided the following information:

The 2024 Elite League Finals have been set. No.

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Watertown Football Team Hosting Golf Fundraiser

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Charlie BreitroseThe Watertown Raiders football team will hold a golf fundraiser on Aug. 11. The Watertown High School Football boosters will hold a golf tournament to help support the program. Play a round of golf at Sandy Burr Country Club in Wayland on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024 beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Tickets are $175.00 per golfer, and include:

18-Hole round

Golf Cart

Italian Dinner

Raiders Football Koozie

Sponsored Golf Towel

Sponsorships are also available.

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2 Watertown Field Hockey Players Take Part in National Junior Championships, One Named to Junior Olympics Team

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The following announcement came from USA Field Hockey:

Following evaluation at the 2024 Junior Nexus Championship, presented by Osaka Hockey, USA Field Hockey is pleased to announce the athletes who have been selected to play in the 2024 Girls AAU Junior Olympic Games, including Reagan Driscoll of Watertown. This year’s event will take place at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina, from July 29 to August 1. These selected athletes will have the opportunity to participate alongside some of the best athletes in other sports, from across the country. AAU Junior Olympic Games athletes have until Friday, July 19, 2024 to register online through their USA Field Hockey Membership Account. If a player declines their invitation, an alternate will be notified.