Weekly Roundup

The Weekly Washup
by Tyler Movsessian
We had another great week of Tanner sports this week as we had blowouts, close games, upsets, records broken, and so much more. To break it all down in such short space is doing it injustice but, all of your Tanner info for the week will be jam packed right here!
            Football- The football team won vs Belmont 42-14 on Friday night. After Belmont scored an opening touchdown, Woburn scored the next six unanswered with terrific play from Chris Jeweet. He scored 3 rushing touchdowns and had about 150 yards. Additionally, the Tanners move to 5-0 as Rob Maracayo, Tyler Joseph, and Deion Williams all add touchdowns. Next Woburn prepares for Arlington, which is like a mid-season Superbowl. Both teams are 5-0 and it will be an exciting game to watch.
            Boys XC- Belmont also came into town for cross country where the boys earned their first win of the season. Matt Dimauro won his first race this year with a time of 16:36, and captains Alex Brodeur and Nolan Lundin both reached their long term goals of finishing the course in under 18 minutes. (Brodeur- 17:45, Lundin 17:57). Lundin has imporved his time from his first race by a whopping 15 minutes as he ran a 33 minute time back in 2011.
            Girls XC- All-star Gina D’Addario said she was nervous with Belmont having another great runner who could potentially upset D’Addario, something that hasn’t even been a thought all season. But then D’Addario went out and broke Diane Connolly’s course record of 18:08 set back in 1989. D’Addario ran a 17:52, securing her spot as #1 in the top 10. Additionally, the girls won 20-41 as Lauren Anderson finds herself now tied for 8th on the all time top 10 list by running an impressive 19:03.
            Volleyball- They had a great comeback win against Watertown in 5 sets and they were swept by Melrose. They came very close to stealing a set from the #1 team in the state which will give them momentum going forward. Captain Maria Kieu earned role of “libero” based on her performance in serve receive (In English: She got extra playing time because she was doing so well).
Field Hockey- The girls were still looking for their first win and in the 2 games they played, they came up short in a 3-0 loss against Melrose and a 5-1 loss against Lexington. Junior Michelle Miller scored against the state ranked Lexington team, which will hopefully give them momentum going into senior night. 

Other results at a glance:
Girls Soccer- Win 2-0 vs Melrose and 3-2 vs Winchester
Boys Soccer- Loss vs Watertown 3-2
Golf- Loss vs Lexington 43.5-28.5


For September 29-October 5:
A wild week in WMHS sports
by Tyler Movsessian
As September finally came to a close, the last week in sports for the month of September got even better. Thrilling plays were made as seniors got to match up against their foes for one last time. Believe it or not, the athletes actually did wake up when September ended.
            The Woburn football team had consistently been cruising by their opponents and winning by large margins. When they competed against Lexington, it was a different story. The Tanners opened up the scoring, but Lexington came right back with one of their own. Later in the 4th quarter, with Lexington down 14-13, Jeff Costello threw his third touchdown of the night, missing the two point conversion resulting in a score of 19-14. On the next drive, Chris Morgan threw an interception, but a nice defense by Woburn got the ball back in their hands for one last drive. A completion to Dennis Peary had the Tanners on the Lexington-15 with five seconds to go; and, on the last play, Morgan hit Tyler Joseph in the end zone for the game winning touchdown as the clock expired. After this grueling event, Woburn stays undefeated at four wins, zero losses. Chris Jewett was also responsible for this win, as he aided in a touchdown for Woburn.
            Boys Cross Country finally found itself at the pond again, despite being a road meet, as they took on Winchester looking for their first win. On this shortened 2.9 mile course, Woburn’s Matt DiMauro and Pat Haverty paced the first mile of the race until Winchester’s Jacob Zuch took off, tying the course record at 15:55. This led to a narrow victory for the Sachems and was the third time in four meets that Woburn has lost by six or less points. Additionally, the varsity team went to Franklin Park and placed ninth. Haverty led the way for Woburn, who came in 23rd place with a time of 17:31.
            The girls team, who ran later that afternoon, took another victory against Winchester. The four senior stars, Gina D’Adarrio, Katie Murray, Lauren Anderson, and  Yan Ni Kelly led the way as they came in first, second, fourth and fifth  respectively, to romp Winchester 45-18. The girls also went to Franklin Park with high expectations and they sure lived up to them. D’adarrio came in fourth overall with a time of 19:10 and Murray and Anderson came in at 11th and 12th respectively. They tried for the upset but they came in 2nd behind Hamilton, the number one ranked girls cross country team in the state.
            Soccer took the field against Stoneham where they routed the Spartans 5-1. The hats flew in this game as junior Morgan Bishop got a hat trick, that is, one person scoring three points. This marked her ninth, tenth, and eleventh goals of the year, putting the Tanners at 5-3-1. This was a great boost for the team as they were coming off a 3-1 loss against Reading. They look forward to carrying this momentum into next week.
            Field hockey also had pride on the line. They were looking to be without a win for the entire month. However, they came up empty after a 3-1 loss to Arlington and a 5-0 loss to Reading. Julie Doherty scored the only goal. Unfortunately, Woburn was still without a win. Captains Kate McCall, Emily Crampton, Karen Thifault and Kaitlyn Ryan look to keep team morale high going into October.
            Golf also took on Reading this week and they came up short, going down 42.5-29.5. They still had a strong month, however, as they are sitting at 5-3-1, in a nice spot to make the tournament.
            Additionally, Volleyball took on Reading where they played a great game against one of the best teams in the league. Junior Elle Brennan was impressive as usual, guarding the front very well. Senior Maria Kieu had a great pancake play (playing it off the top of the hand) which helped the Tanners gain momentum. Each set was close, but, unfortunately, the Tanner still got swept 3-0.
           

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