Wakefield Sports
Warriors beat Dracut 49-14
Sweeney’s five TD’s one shy of century-old record Published in the November 12, 2019 edition. By DAN BYRNE WAKEFIELD — Friday night, it was cold up at Landrigan Field and by the time kickoff rolled around the breeze had started to pick up, making for some brisk fall football conditions. For Dracut, they were tasked with stopping the Warriors’ rushing attack, or more pertinently, finding their way around and/or through the Warriors’ offensive line. The Middies were not ready to deal with the thunder and lightning brought by sophomore...
read moreWakefield earns 3-1 victory over Central Catholic in quarterfinals
Meet Concord-Carlisle in semifinals Wednesday Published in the November 11, 2019 edition. By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI LAWRENCE — In a physical and chippy game, especially late in the second half, the Wakefield High boys’ soccer team defeated host Central Catholic 3-1 in the Division 2 North quarterfinals on cold Saturday night in Lawrence. With that victory, the 13th-seeded Warriors improved to 10-6-4 as they will now take on Concord-Carlisle Wednesday night, 7 p.m. at Manning Field in the semifinal round. Meanwhile, the 12th-seeded Raiders, a team out of the Merrimack Valley...
read moreWarriors to host Dracut tonight
Published in the November 8, 2019 edition. By DAN PAWLOWSKI WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High football team is better off looking at strength of schedule rather than record when scouting tonight’s opponent. The Warriors will host Dracut in a Div. 4 North Consolation game at 7 p.m. Wakefield lost to Wayland 27-14 in the first round last week while Dracut fell to Revere 42-6. It was Dracut’s fifth loss in a row. But rather than examining the 3-5 record and doing the math to find the Middies have been...
read moreHow about that Guy?
Jacob’s OT game-winner sends Warriors to quarterfinals Published in the November 7, 2019 edition. By DAN PAWLOWSKI BILLERICA — In the end, only one Guy can be the hero. That’s just the nature of overtime soccer. So while there were many strong performances across the field yesterday at Shawsheen Valley Tech for a Div. 2 North first round boys’ soccer game, only one would be remembered for giving Wakefield their first playoff win in Div. 2 since, well, nobody really knows. That man was junior midfielder Guy Jacob. After nearly 95...
read moreWakefield girls’ soccer finishes season strong
Published November 6, 2019 WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High girls’ soccer team knew they were mathematically eliminated from the tournament after their loss to Div. 3 North favorite Stoneham on Oct. 23, leaving a decision to be made for their final three games: call it a season or finish strong. The Warriors answered that emphatically, winning the final three games of their season by a combined scoring margin of 16-2 and ultimately ending up just one game out of playoff contention. “This team was very close this year on...
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