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Category Archives: sports
Wellesley tennis champs visit state house
The Wellesley High School boys tennis team, which won the Division 1 State Championship during an undefeated season, recently paid a visit to the state house as guests of State Rep. Alice Peisch (photo credit: Mark Kasianowicz, Legislative Photographer).
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Wellesley part of 200-mile road relay race
The Mass Dash, a 200-mile relay running race that started at Mt. Greylock Saturday and ends in South Boston on Sunday, made its way through Wellesley on Sunday morning along Rte. 16. Runners raised money for the Jimmy Fund. The course description reads in part: “beautiful Wellesley, bustling on any Sunday afternoon” (uh, not during [...]
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Wellesley rowers shine at nationals
Young Community Rowing Inc. (CRI) participants from Wellesley performed well at the recent US Rowing Youth National Championships at Lake Harsha in Cincinnati. Margaret Ciocca, a member of the girls’ lightweight 8+crew, claimed a national title, with her crew breaking the course record along the way despite temperatures in the 90s. Recent Wellesley High grad [...]
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Wellesley Country Club hosting Mass Open
Wellesley Country Club has the honor next week of hosting the Mass Open, a big local golf tournament featuring amateurs and pros. Past winners have included golfing legends like Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen, and this year’s winner will take home a $15K prize. The Globe reports that among those taking part will be D.J. [...]
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Littlefield, Smith top Schofield 5K race field
You rarely so see many kids — including many under the age of 10 — running a 5K road race as you do with the Schofield 5K, held Sunday under muggy skies. The winners weren’t from the elementary school set, but are pretty young: 19-year-old Billy Littlefield won this year’s Schofield 5K in 17:32, a [...]
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Wellesley’s favorite TinCap: Nate Freiman
Wellesley’s Nate Freiman, chosen from Duke University by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of last year’s Major League Baseball draft, is now playing for the Padres’ Single A Fort Wayne TinCaps team. The first baseman is not doing badly either, batting 300 through the first 53 games, with 4 homers and a [...]
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Gold medal Wellesley crew members
Wellesley’s Christian Van Dyck, Conor Sullivan (rowers) and Katie Falb (coxswain) took home gold medals as part of the Community Rowing Jr. Men’s Lightweight 8 at the Northeast Regional Championship in Lowell. The Nationals are coming up in June in Cincinnati.
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Baseball camp being offered in Wellesley/Natick
Just in case you put off camp plans until now, there is a baseball camp being offered in Wellesley and Natick in mid-June that is being run by the head high school baseball coaches at Natick and Wellesley high schools. More info.
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Wellesley Little League All-Stars to shine this weekend
Amidst all the other Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend action coming up this weekend, Wellesley Little League will showcase its best players in games and skill competitions Friday and Saturday. National League All-Stars play Friday from 440-930pm, skills competitions (running, throwing, hitting) take place Saturday from 2-4pm and American League All-Stars play 430-930pm on Saturday (2 games, [...]
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Wellesley Little League games do go on
You know how Red Sox games now last longer than a trip down to Cape Cod during rush hour, what with all the pitching changes, players’ fussing with their gear and all the rest? Well, Wellesley Little League hasn’t gotten to that point, but the league has moved its Reidy Field game starts back from [...]
Play ball, Wellesley
The 2010 Wellesley Little League season kicks off this weekend, with games being played at various fields across town. This season marks the reintroduction of metal bats, so spectators should stay alert — or wear body armor.
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Wellesley Marathon recap
Bob Collins topped all Wellesley runners at the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:50:59 — an incredible 6:32 per mile pace. Paul Leslie-Smith was next, at just over 3 hours, and for him, the Boston Marathon is a warmup for an even longer race: a 56-miler next month in South Africa. Martha Blackwell, at [...]
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Carol Chaoui’s run is Wellesley’s top marathon story
Carol Chaoui, the fastest woman in Wellesley, is getting some well-deserved attention for her running of the Boston Marathon on Monday. Chaoui has been undergoing breast cancer treatment for months, but has regained enough strength to give the marathon a go, along with her husband Amin. Both the Townsman and Globe profile her. To donate [...]
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