By Sameer Kini Staff Writer Westford Academy senior Ryan Mumford has been elected to play in the first ever Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association (MSHCA) High... »
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Mumford slapshots into All-Star game
By Sameer Kini Staff Writer Westford Academy senior Ryan Mumford has been elected to play in the first ever Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association (MSHCA) High School All-Star Hockey game. Mumford will be representing the Northern All-Stars as they play the Southern All-Stars on Saturday, March 20th. The game will be played at Tsongas Arena in... »
Waltham Hawks fly away with the win
By James Knowles Staff Writer January 20, the varsity girls’ ice hockey team drove all the way into Waltham to face the Waltham team after three consecutive wins against Wayland, CC and Newton-South. »
Cross Country Ski Team Races Ahead
Westford Academy's Cross Country ski team is off to a great start of the season. »
Rebuild: one leap at a time.
By: Ishita Agrawal Staff Writer The gymnastics team here at Westford Academy, have had 5 meets and are still waiting on a win with a high score of 126.7. Their average score for the season is 123.9. Stephanie Anderson, coach of the team, says that this year... »
Alpine Ski, need for speed
Jared Joyce Staff Writer Every Thursday and Sunday night, Westford Academy’s Alpine Ski Team practices with Coach Ruhmann, a Blanchard Middle School teacher, and Senior Captains Helen Webb and Ben Andrews. »
Team spirit or team splits
Barbara Morrrison Editor-in-Cheif This is the second article in a series on the dynamics of girls’ sports teams. Many coaches and players, alike, point to spirit days as a point of friction among team members. Josh Vadala who assistant coaches Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse and coaches Girls’ Varsity Cheerleading “In girls’ sports in particular, spirit and team dinners… can... »
Boys’ track falls to Newton-South
Lexie Brearley Staff Writer The boys’ indoor track team suffered their second loss on Thursday, January 7, to Newton-South at Boston University Sports Arena. The score was 64-31. »
Ghosts Dog the Wolf Pack
By Danielle Victory Staff Writer Week three of basketball was strong for the Varsity Girls Team. The Ghosts defeated the Boston Latin Wolf Pack 56-25 on Tuesday night. The win of both the freshman and Junior Varsity teams before them encouraged the varsity to acheive victory. The Grey Ghosts quickly took the lead and had Boston... »
Girls’ sports teams experience divisions
Barbara Morrison Editor-in-chief This part one of a series of articles on girls’ sports dynamics At Westford Academy every sport excluding football has a highly competitive and often successful female counterpart to the men’s sports teams, a requirement of title IX. The girls’ sports are renowned; our Girls’ Cheerleading team is the division 1 State Champions, and... »
WAGB trumps LS
by James Knowles Staff-Writer Confidence and adrenaline pumping, the undefeated Varsity Girls’ Basketball team got on the bus at 3:45 to travel all the way to rival team’s home turf, Lincoln-Sudbury. “This is going to be our year,” senior captain Asia Ewing states before the game. “We have a stacked team and we all know how each... »