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The Ligerbots are welcomed into a competition at Ponaganset High School Sunday, March 19.

LigerBots succeed at playoffs, states, prepare to take on off season

Maddie Ngo, News editor April 27, 2023

Capping a year of great success, North and South’s combined robotics team, the LigerBots, finished strong at The New England District Championship April 6-8 in Springfield. At states, the team ended...

Boys Soccer Falls Short of State Title Despite Impressive Performance

Boys’ Soccer Falls Short of State Title Despite Impressive Performance

Maxwell Lu December 1, 2021

Boys’ soccer fell to Brookline, 2-1, in an overtime thriller during the MIAA state championship game Saturday, Nov. 2 in Lynn. “It hurts and we wish it ended differently, but we know that the results...

Girls Volleyball Advances to State Finals with Sweep of Haverhill

Girls’ Volleyball Advances to State Finals with Sweep of Haverhill

Griffin Bond November 19, 2021

Girls’ volleyball defeated Haverhill, 3-0, Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Billerica to advance to the MIAA state finals. “Coming into this season none of us really expected to get this far,” said junior...

Boys' soccer makes playoffs, upsets East Boston in first round

Boys' soccer makes playoffs, upsets East Boston in first round

Jeremy Frankel December 11, 2019

Boys’ Soccer, 9-8-5, advanced to the second round of the MIAA North Division I tournament by an upset victory over the two seed East Boston. The team’s run came to an end in the second round when...

Football faces off against Natick in the annual Friday Night Lights game, Friday, Oct. 18. (Photo by Ian Dickerman)

Football makes playoffs, lose to Brockton in first round

Griffin Bond November 20, 2019

Football, 3-4, advanced to the playoffs this season as the sixth seed before falling to Brockton 48-14 in the first round of the South division. “There was a lot of hype going into the season,”...

Seniors Caroline Alexander and Kayla Rigoli go up to the net for a block during the quarterfinals of the MIAA Central/East Division. Photo by Ian Dickerman

Girls' volleyball falls in the sectional semi-final to Boston Latin

The Newtonite November 8, 2019

Article by Griffin Bond, Jeremy Frankel, Jake Forbes, and Nichol-Weylman Farwell Girls’ volleyball fell to Boston Latin 3-2 on Wednesday in the MIAA Central/East Division Semi-Final. Despite the loss,...

Senior Filippo Menozzi lunges for the ball. (Photo by Joelle Sugianto)

Boys' soccer loses to Brookline in first round of playoffs

Jake Forbes November 6, 2018

Boys’ soccer fell to Brookline 3-2 last Friday in the first round of the MIAA North Sectional playoffs. Brookline struck first to take a 1-0 lead late in the first half. “It’s tough to be down in...

Football loses to Needham in first round of playoffs

Football loses to Needham in first round of playoffs

Jake Forbes October 29, 2018

Football lost to Needham last Friday night 14-7 in the first round of the MIAA Division I South Playoffs. “We need to play more complete games. We didn’t play well in the first half and that is why...

Boys' Hockey defeats Braintree in double overtime, advances to semi-finals

Boys' Hockey defeats Braintree in double overtime, advances to semi-finals

Blake Krantz March 6, 2016

by Blake Krantz Boys’ hockey upset number one-seeded Braintree in the second round of the state tournament Saturday in double overtime on a goal by junior forward Pat Mullowney, who senior Dante Leone,...

Thinking Outside The Batters Box is a blog about baseball published every week.

Blueprint for success in 2015 starts with ace—just ask the Red Sox

The Newtonite October 22, 2015

by Jacob Gurvis Now that the Red Sox leadership has finally acknowledged that having an ace-less pitching staff does not work, new President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski will work to secure a...

Thinking Outside The Batters Box is a blog about baseball published every week.

Thinking Outside the Batter's Box: Round-by-round predictions for the 2014 MLB Playoffs

The Newtonite September 30, 2014

by Jacob Gurvis The leaves are changing color, the temperature is dropping (except for the odd 80 degree weather last weekend), and October is here. All of this means one thing: playoff baseball is upon...

Team members practice in the preseason. Photo by Leah Budson.

Promising season ahead for football

The Newtonite September 24, 2014

MacKenzie Silvia Football, 2-0, is looking to “face one opponent at a time and challenge themselves each week to improve on physical and intellectual skills,” said Mike Bower, a coach with Peter Capodilupo. Senior...

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