By Joshua Resnek There is something exquisitely bipolar about the way this town goes about the task of deciding whether to vote for the override. Some of the people who claim to love the town the most won’t vote for the override that will allow Winthrop to remain open, so to speak. They believe...
The Winthrop High boys track team may be small in numbers this season (a direct result of the exorbitant athletic user fee which many cannot afford), but the Vikings are rich in talent. Although Coach Pat McGee’s team came out on the short end of their meet at Marblehead Monday, her Vikings turned in...
Sophomore Nick McCarthy swatted a walk off homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Winthrop High baseball team a dramatic 6-5 victory over Salem last week. “Nick got hold of a fastball and the ball was over the left fielder’s head within a second of it leaving the bat,” said...
The Winthrop High softball team’s bats came alive last Thursday, blasting Mt. St. Joseph 14-7. Among the Lady Vikings who feasted on the Mt. St. J pitching were Ashley Fiandaca, who enjoyed a fine day at the plate, going three for five with three RBI and a run scored; Lindsey Barker with three hits,...
The Winthrop High boys tennis team handily defeated both of its opponents this week with 5-0 whitewashings of Salem and Lynn English. “It was nice to get back on the winning track after some tough losses,” said WHS head coach Barbara Hoffmann. “In the Salem match, we won 5-0, even without our usual first...
Vikings baseball team defeats Saugus, Matignon The Winthrop High (WHS) baseball team earned a pair of victories this past week, defeating Saugus and Matignon, before falling to Beverly on Monday. Matt Moore went the full seven inning distance for Winthrop in the Saugus triumph. Although Matt was touched up by Saugus along the way,...
Delaware North Companies and Boston Bruins Principal Charlie Jacobs announced recently that Winthrop’s Jillian Dempsey of the Rivers School and Wayne Simpson of the Lawrence Academy are the re cipients of the 2009 John Carlton Award. Named after the late Bruins scout and administrator who died in 1982, the John Carlton Award is given...
The Winthrop High (WHS) softball team has started the 2009 season in fine style, winning all three of its contests thus far. The Lady Vikings have played well in all three aspects of the game, defense, pitching, and hitting, but Winthrop particularly impressive at the plate, scoring 29 runs in the three games and...
Baseball team out-slugs Watertown, 10-9 The Winthrop High baseball team battled back tenaciously to overcome deficits on three separate occasions before pulling out a 10-9 win in the last inning over Watertown on the local diamond Tuesday afternoon. “It was a tremendous win for us,” enthused WHS head coach Frank DeMarco afterwards. “We never...
By Cary Shuman [email protected] From this day forward, any time a member of the 2008-9 Winthrop High School hockey team enters Larsen Rink, he’ll see the year “’09” on the Northeastern Conference Champions banner in the rink. That’s one of the principal messages that head coach Dale Dunbar conveyed to the players, coaches, parents,...
