UNC edges out Duke in high school’s Rec Ball Championship
Leon Yang, Sports Writing Editor
March 17, 2016
Filed under Game Recaps, Showcase, Sports, Uncategorized
The most highly anticipated sports game of the entire year took place at Schluntz Gymnasium on Thursday, March 17, as #8 Duke and the #6 University of North Carolina (the high school equivalents to the elite college programs), both underdogs throughout the playoffs, battled in a high intensity Rec Ball Championship.
Read more »Boys indoor track sends eight runners to All-State meet
Kayla McKeon, Staff Writer
March 7, 2016
Filed under Game Recaps, Girls Indoor Track, Sports, Winter Sports
Eight members of the boys indoor track team qualified for the MIAA All-State Indoor Championships. The number of events they qualified for was the most since 2008. The Championships took place on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston.
Read more »Girls basketball falls in hard-fought contest on emotion-filled Senior Night
Leon Yang, Sports Writing Editor
February 25, 2016
Filed under Game Recaps, Girls Basketball, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
Energized by T.I’s song “Bring Em Out,” which blared out of the loudspeakers in the Schluntz Gymnasium, Brookline’s girls varsity basketball team stormed onto the court to warm up for their seniors’ last game of the season on Thursday, Feb. 25 against the Needham Rockets.
Read more »Boys basketball defeated by Burke in final game
Evan Marohn, Staff Writer
February 25, 2016
Filed under Boys Basketball, Game Recaps, Sports, Winter Sports
The boys basketball team fell in an overtime defeat by a score of 67-63 on Wednesday, Feb. 24, to the Bulldogs of Burke High School of Boston, finishing the season with a 5-15 record.
Read more »Boys hockey shows perseverance in loss to Everett
February 7, 2016
Filed under Boys Hockey, Game Recaps, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
The high school’s boys varsity hockey team lost against Everett High School with a score of 1-7 at Boston University’s Walter Brown Arena on Saturday, February 6. This made them officially eliminated from the run to playoffs. However, their perseverance as a team did not falter at any point in the game.
Read more »Girls hockey prevails over Newton North
Ella Kitterman, Staff Writer
February 6, 2016
Filed under Game Recaps, Girls Hockey, Sports, Winter Sports
he combined hockey team of Brookline and Newton South girls finally broke through to capture their first ever combined victory against both schools’ long time rival Newton North last Wednesday, Feb. 3, winning 5-2 and improving its record to 8-6-4.
Read more »Boys track and field finishes the regular season with a win
Sofia Georgaklis, Sports Writing Editor
January 29, 2016
Filed under Boys Indoor Track, Game Recaps, Sports
On Thursday, January 28th, the boys track team pulled an impressive 68-43 win against Natick in the Bay State Conference Interdivisional meet. The Warriors finished up the dual meet season with a final record of 5-1. The first event was the mile, where sophomore Quinn Gangadharan placed first wit...
Girls basketball beats Dedham handily
Sascha Wolf-Sorokin, Staff Writer
January 27, 2016
Filed under Game Recaps, Girls Basketball, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
The girls varsity basketball team dominated their game on Tuesday, Jan. 26 against Dedham High School, winning 60-34. The game started off with sophomore Maya Page scoring the first basket and giving Brookline a lead. The intensity of the game was evident with the sound of the players on the bench cha...
Despite strong performances, girls indoor track falls to Weymouth
Sam Klein, Visuals Manager
January 22, 2016
Filed under Game Recaps, Girls Indoor Track, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
The girls track and field team moved back under .500 with a 62-38 loss to Weymouth on Thursday, Jan. 21. Now with a 2-3 record, the team has one dual meet left, followed by the postseason meets.
Read more »Boys swim and dive team dominates Milton in final home meet
Jason Altshuler, Staff Writer
January 20, 2016
Filed under Boys Swim and Dive, Game Recaps, Showcase, Sports, Uncategorized, Winter Sports
Brookline’s swimming was strong from the beginning of the meet to the end. In 11 out of the 12 events, the Brookline’s three swimmers came in first, second, and third place.
Read more »Injury-plagued wrestling team falls to Walpole
Matt DeAngelo, Game Recap Writer
January 13, 2016
Filed under Game Recaps, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports, Wrestling
Graphic by Leon Yang. The boys wrestling team was defeated 7-1 by the Walpole Rebels on Tuesday night.
Read more »Squash team loses in tight contest against Needham
Ben Mandl, Staff Writer
January 12, 2016
Filed under Game Recaps, Showcase, Sports, Squash
Ben Mandl / Sagamore Staff On Monday, Jan. 6, the high school’s squash team played against the only other public school squash team in the district, the Needham Rockets. It was an extremely close competition, with the Warriors losing in the final match. Even though the team lost, Coach Steve Lantos said he was very satisfied with how the match went.
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Baking with Susanna: Honey Cake
Susanna Kemp, Co-Editor-in-Chief
It’s a Jewish tradition to dip apples in honey or eat honey cake on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, to represent the beginning of a sweet year. This week is not only the ...
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100 Years of JFK
The Headlines of the Kennedy Years
Leon Yang, Co-Editor-in-Chief
We went to the archives to find headlines from old issues of our newspaper to see what stories were written during John F. Kennedy’s presidency. A few notable st...
June 15, 2017
Remembering Kennedy: Residents’ Stories
June 15, 2017
Kennedy advocated for the appreciation of art
June 14, 2017
JFK Presidential Library preserves legacy
June 14, 2017
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