‘Sports’ Archives
Girls Varsity Tennis Sweeps Holliston Panthers
By Allison Langh On Tuesday, May 3rd, girls varsity tennis defeated Holliston 5-0, improving their overall record to 7-1 and their Tri-Valley League record to 6-1. At number 1 singles, sophomore Denny Lamachia wasted no time defeating Holliston's Kirsten Ydoate; the score of both her matches was 6-0. She said, “Today, I focused on [...]
Ballantyne Scores 100th Career Goal and Hillers Defeat Medway 14-8
By Ryan McLean The Hillers varsity boys lacrosse game on Tuesday, May 3rd was one for the history books, as they not only beat Medway 14-8, but senior attackman Will Ballantyne scored his 100th career goal for the team. Ballantyne finished the game with a hat trick of three goals as well as two assists. Upon scoring his 100th goal, there was a [...]
Lady Hillers Come Close to Victory Against Undefeated Westwood
By Ryan McLean On Friday, April 29th, the girls varisty lacrosse team lost a close game to Westwood with a final score of 14-10, dropping their record to 7-3. One minute into the game, Junior Tam Mills scored the first of four of her goals that game. Senior captain Brooke Rudden scored four goals as well, and sophomore Tess Chandler, who was [...]
Varsity Boys Lax Dominates Holliston 20-8
By Ryan McLean On Tuesday, April 26th, the Varsity boys lacrosse team defeated Holliston 20-8 at home and improved their record to 5-3. The Hillers came out of the gate a bit shaky, trailing 4-2 early in the first half. Heading into half time, however, Hopkinton was leading 9-6. After the half, the Hillers scored 5 quick goals. “We had [...]
Girls Softball Walks Away With a Win Against Holliston
By Meghan Fleming On Thursday, April 14th, the HHS girls varsity softball team defeated Holliston with a final score of 7-4. Hopkinton started the game off strong by getting two players on base with walks. Junior Nicole Mellor hit a triple, putting two runs on the board for Hopkinton. Holliston retaliated by hitting three doubles and scoring [...]
High Expectations for Girls Varsity Tennis
By Karen Podorefsky Spring sports tryouts are this week, and the Girls Varsity tennis team is already predicting a successful season. There are thirty-six girls trying out for the Junior Varsity and Varsity teams, and ten Varsity players will be returning. Although the team lost three of their starters last year, Sophmore Denny Lamachia, [...]
HHS Basketball Player Barrett Hanlon Featured on WBZ
By Kayla Sullivan Despite the end of the Hiller Boys Basketball team falling in the state semis, WBZ-TVs Kate Merrill profiled junior Barrett Hanlon on the local CBS affiliate. The tragic loss of his father late last year proved a rallying call for the team's deep run in the tourney and inspiration for Hanlon who dedicated the season in [...]
Tough Loss for Hiller Boys at the TD Garden: 56-67
Photos by Ryan McLean Article by Kayla Sullivan The Hiller boys played against New Mission at the TD Garden on Tuesday, March 15th in Division 2 State semi-finals. The Hillers fell behind in the fourth quarter, and the final score was 56-67. Varsity Coach Tom Keane said, "The game was challenging, as New Mission was fantastic and favored [...]
Quarter Final Win for Hillers Boys Basketball
By Catherine Leonard The Hopkinton Hillers Boys Varsity Basketball team came out on top with a score of 78-72 in the quarter finals of the State Tournament against Stoughton on Thursday, March 3. Senior captain Will Relle stated, “The team felt a little bit nervous coming in because we had heard a lot about them , and they were in a really [...]
Boys Track Returns to State Relays
By Kellie Lodge On Saturday, January 15th, members of the Hopkinton boys track team had a strong showing at the Division 3 State Relay meet in Boston at the Reggie Lewis Center. Although they were missing one of their best sprinters due to injury, HHS junior Joey McNulty, the Hiller boys were able to improve last year's seventh place finish to [...]