Woburn bounced back from an early Wildcat push and went on to a 10-6 victory to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Ken Blaszka will be on the sidelines for the Woburn High School boys lacrosse team. But for the last week of the season, he knows there’s not much coaching he has left to do. “At this point we aren’t putting anything new in the game plan. It’s take it to the cooker, score, and stop them,” said Blaszka, whose team needs two victories in its final four regular season contests to earn a playoff berth. “There’s no coaching at this point. It’s just who wants it. Hopefully we want it and we’ll make the tournament.” Woburn improved its playoff chances on Thursday when it took a lead into halftime and dominated the time of possession in the final two periods for a 10-6 victory. It was just Wilmington’s third loss of the season, while the victory …
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Photos from last week's track meet.
Take a look at local photographer Bob Hurkett's photos from the May 8 Woburn Boys track meet against Reading High. For the complete set of photos, click here.
Massachusetts also largely supports Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination in 2016.
Bay Staters like Hillary Clinton and support same-sex marriage, but nothing compares to their love of Red Sox Manager John Farrell. The Sox manager received the lowest disapproval percentage in Public Policy Polling history – even better than Abraham Lincoln, Mother Theresa and Santa Claus. What a difference a year makes for the Sox. The team’s hot start has 27 percent of those who took the survey predicting a World Series. Only 3 percent said the Sox will not make the playoffs. Sixty-four percent of those surveyed said Farrell is doing a good job. Only 1 percent disapproved of Farrell’s work this year. This is the lowest disapproval rating Public Policy Polling has ever seen. In comparison, in a national poll in November, Lincoln was …
The Woburn High School boys lacrosse team hung tight in the first half, but fell to a difficult foe, 14-5, on Tuesday.
Though Woburn hung with Reading in the first half, it was the Rockets who took over in the closing two quarters of boys lacrosse action on Tuesday afternoon. The Tanners trailed just 5-3 at the intermission, but the Rockets took over in the final minutes and went on to a 14-5 win. While Reading improved to 10-2 on the year, the setback dropped Woburn to 4-6 on the campaign.
Find out which one of your neighbors is running the marathon this year.
Curious about which Woburn residents are running the Boston Marathon? Here is a list of the runners from the city. Cheer them on! Check back with Woburn Patch for the runners' times after the race.
Congratulations to Joanne Sankus for earning her black belt at the The Body Mind Systems Training Center at in Stoneham.
Woburn High School's spring sports squads are in action in upcoming days.
There may be some scattered snow banks still refusing to melt, but spring is officially here. And with that, spring sports season is in full swing with a busy slate of games on the docket this week. Here is a look at games and matches scheduled in the upcoming days for Woburn High School teams, according to HighSchoolSports.net. Monday, April 8 Tuesday, April 9 Wednesday, April 10 Thursday, April 11
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Patch Snap is an occasional post that features pictures from around Woburn or Woburn residents out and about.
Welcome to another edition of Patch Snap, where we highlight a picture or pictures of around Woburn or of Woburn residents out and about. Today's Patch Snap comes from the profession soccer team the New England Revolution. They sent this picture of Woburn resident Mackenzie Clement performing the national anthem at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, March 30. Clement took the field ahead of the New England Revolution’s game against FC Dallas. Do you have a picture that would make a great Patch Snap? Email it with a brief description to Richard.Hosford@Patch.com.
Here are several ways you can make sure your sports teams are highlighted on Woburn Patch this season.
Spring sports at Woburn High School are set to begin the first week of April with many teams looking to build on their success in 2012. Around Woburn, youth sports are also underway and we want to help share all the great moments and highlights from this spring with the community. We are looking for athletes, coaches, parents, booster club members and fans who are ready, willing and able to show their team spirit on Woburn Patch. News about any team -- high school, middle school, rec. teams, etc. – is welcome! Here's how you can share news about your sports team this fall: 1. Start a blog about your sports team: Share stats, recaps, photos and/or videos from the game in your own sports blog. Discuss the team, coaches and players with other…
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Are you running in the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15? Fill out the form below to submit your profile to Woburn Patch—make sure to email us a photo at richard.hosford@patch.com — and we'll print the profiles all next week leading up to the 2013 B
Are you running in the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15? Fill out the form above to submit your profile to Woburn Patch and email a photo of yourself running to richard.hosford@patch.com, and we'll print the profiles all next week leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon.
