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1 Watertown Wrestler First to Compete at Nationals, Another Places at Tourney in New York

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Watertown’s Tommy Dicker, third from left, won at match at the High School Nationals in Virginia. Here he is shown on the podium at the MIAA Div. 3 State Meet after finishing second. (Courtesy of Watertown Athletics)

A pair of Watertown wrestlers continued their seasons past the state meet, and one made the first appearance and collected the first win by a Raider wrestler at High School Nationals. Senior Tommy Dicker traveled to Virginia Beach, Virginia, on April 5 and 6 to compete at the NHSCA High School Nationals.

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Youth Sports Success: Girls Youth Basketball Wins Tourney, Wrestler Places 2nd at States

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Watertown’s Girls Fifth Grade Travel Basketball Team won the Div. 3 Metrowest Youth Basketball Tournament. (Contributed Photo)

Youth athletes from Watertown enjoyed some success recently, both on the basketball court and on the wrestling mat. Basketball

The Watertown Youth Basketball Fifth Grade Girls Travel Team won the Metrowest Youth Basketball Division 3 Championship last weekend. The team is coached by Head Coach Lee Haley and Assistant Coach Mark McAndrew. 

Watertown beat Raynham 34-15 in the final of the tournament that included 14 teams. The team got a bye in the first round, defeated Waltham 31-16 in the second round, and won its third round game against Walpole, 40-23.

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Watertown Wrestler One of Top in New England, Basketball & Hockey Teams Hit the Road

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Watertown junior Tessa Master, second from right, received her third place trophy at the New England Wrestling Championships. (Courtesy of Watertown Athletics)

Watertown’s Tessa Master reached new heights for a WHS wrestler on Saturday when she placed third at the New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championships. The junior’s run of tournament wins that started two weeks prior at the Div. 3 State Meet, continued through All-States, and to the the quarterfinals of the New England meet in Providence. Then she ran into one of the top athletes in the competition, said Watertown Wrestling Coach Kevin Russo.

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Interview with WHS’s State Champ & Basketball, Hockey Tourney Brackets are Out!

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Watertown junior Tessa Master won the MIAA All-State Championship on Saturday. (Photo by Franklin Tucker / The Belmontoninan)

Watertown’s Tessa Master made history Saturday by becoming the Raiders first wrestling All-State Champion. See what she had to say after her victory. And the postseason continues for WHS with the basketball and hockey teams preparing for action this week. Watertown Wrestling Coach Kevin Russo said Master has been committed to wrestling and to her team.

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Watertown Wrestler Wins All-State Championship

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Watertown junior won the All-State Championship on Saturday. (Courtesy of Watertown Athletics)

Watertown junior Tessa Master made history Saturday, winning an All-State title and moving on to the New England Championships. A week after winning the MIAA Div. 3 title in the 152 pound division, Master shut out her first two opponents in the All-State Meet and pinned Nadia Lebron of Salem in the final to take the title. Through the season, Master wrestled mostly against boys as part of the Raiders’ wrestling squad.

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Watertown Wrestlers Make History, Hope to Add to Story This Weekend

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Watertown wrestlers Tommy Dicker (front in grey), Brady Gleason (in black), and Tessa Master (back) are preparing for the Div. 3 State Meet this weekend. Gleason and Dicker won their bracket in the Sectional Meet. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

Last weekend, not just one, but two Watertown High School wrestlers — senior Tommy Dicker and junior Brady Gleason — won their division at the MIAA Div. 3 Sectional meet.

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See How Watertown’s Boys & Girls Wrestlers Fared in the State Tourney

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Watertown High School sent wrestlers to both the boys and girls State Wrestling tournament, and a pair of wrestlers made runs in their bracket. Four girls from Watertown participated in the All-State Meet, which was held in Fitchburg on Feb. 26 and 27. While nearly a dozen members of the boys’ team wrestled at the Div. 3 North Meet, with one advancing to sectionals.

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15 Watertown High School Athletes Make Fall II & Spring Middlesex All-Stars

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More than a dozen Raiders were chosen among the best in the Middlesex League in 2021. The pandemic created some strange seasons for some sports. Football was moved to Fall II, in the early part of 2021, and the wrestling season was moved from the Winter Sports Season to the Spring. Fifteen Watertown High School athletes made the Middlesex All-Stars in eight sports. Fall II All-Stars

Football: Chris Lanni, David Manoukian, and Lukas Matton

Spring All-Stars

Wrestling: Leah Knipper-Davis, Bo Leitner, and Hrachya Tonyan

Boys Tennis: Copper Petrie

Girls Tennis: Jenna Petrie

Boys Lacrosse: Jack Bunnell

Girls Lacrosse: Madison Cummings, Maggie Driscoll, Emma Fallon, and Christina Zouein

Baseball: Nick Pye and Casey Williams

Softball: Elaine Andrade