By Sameer Kini Sports Editor For Acton-Boxborough runningback Kyle Sweeney, this was a game to remember. Carrying for all three of AB’s touchdowns, Sweeney led the Colonials to 14 unanswered points in the second half to beat the Grey Ghosts in a down to the wire matchup. The game started looking like a defensive showdown, with AB deferring the opening [...]

By Moonrose Cheng Staff Writer As the football teams leave the field, the crowd cheers. A large band with shiny, fancy instruments enter. Alongside the WA Marching Band comes a smaller group of eleven girls with large flags and sparkling batons. Who are they exactly? Some people call them the flag twirlers. But they have a much more specific name; [...]

By Ethan Walshe Managing Editor As everyone knows by now, Westford Academy installed a new turf field this year. Many teams now play on this field consistently, and it has made an impact on their athletic performances. The turf field differs greatly from the one that was previously in its place. Firstly, it is much more consistent, meaning that the [...]

By Alivia Kilroy Staff Writer The long awaited Lady Grey Ghosts football game was last Thursday October 20th. The games consisted of the Freshman vs. Seniors and Sophomores vs. Juniors to find who would be competing in the final game. First game Seniors ruled the turf. The Freshmen team came out strong but lost their spark after the seniors got [...]

Kathleen McAleese Staff writer Meghan Thomasch, and Emma Katz are two freshmen playing on the WA varsity soccer team (also referred to as WAGS by the two). The girls, both placed in the varsity group at the tryouts, and were very happy to find out that they each had a fellow freshman to pal around with. The girls had been [...]

By Alivia Kilroy Staff Writer The Westford Academy Varsity field hockey team got their first home win yesterday against Waltham. With great goaltending from sophomore Allison Avery and an aggressive offense the girls pulled out an impressive 2-0 win. The first half of the game was all WA. With constant play right in the face of the Waltham goalie, the [...]

By Sameer Kini Sports Editor The WA boys’ golf has had an interesting year so far. With only 3 matches to play, last year’s DCL champions are an even 6-6, looking to close out the year above .500 to qualify for sectionals. The team has two pivotal matches this week, as Wednesday they will play at Waltham, and Thursday they [...]

By Kyle Auger Sports Editor Does Westford Academy have our own Adam Vinatieri? We might with new kicker senior Alex Locker. Locker was formerly a junior varsity soccer player who recently made the switch over the summer. With such a dramatic change came hard work and determination. “Every day, I’d go to Stony and kick field goals for like 2 [...]

By Lauren Meurer Staff Writer Westford Academy Varsity Football won their annual Thanksgiving football game against the Acton-Boxborough Colonials 21-18 for the second year in a row. AB and WA both scored three touchdowns, but a few plays were the difference between winning and losing. Westford’s Mark Cornelius scored three extra points, but the Ghosts blocked one goal-kick attempt and [...]

Matt Miller Staff Writer Golf team achieves victory at DCLs With the fall sports coming to a close, many teams have endured victory and defeat. With Captain Jack Ryan at the helm, the small, limited golf team has just gained a major victory. The 2009 season had been a bit of a destructive blow. In the season’s Dual County League, [...]

By Brian Prato Staff Writer It’s not every day you see a freshman starting on a varsity team. But today, Ben Osgood is proving that even though he is one of the youngest in the school, he can make an impact on one of WA’s top sports team. Osgood is the starting attacking mid-fielder on the WA Varsity Soccer team [...]

By Kasey Cohan Staff Writer This fall, five freshmen made the varsity field hockey team. Those five freshmen are Erica Mattila, Allison Avery, Hailey MacDonald, Jenna Klinka, and Allia Connoly. Klinka says of her reaction to making the varsity team, “It was amazing. I didn’t think that I would make it at all.” Mattila says, “I was shocked and so [...]