By Kathleen McAleese Staff Writer Brian Poon, a Westford Academy swimming superstar, is one of the most well known freshman athletes at WA. The winter sports have now come to a close and Poon has been presented with the Westford Academy Most Valuable Swimmer Award at the winter sports banquet, held on March 13th. He was in Wisconsin for a [...]

By: Kyle Auger Sports Editor She swirls, hops, and then jogs into an impressive double handspring and then closing with a standing frontward tuck and sticking a perfect landing. The flash in maroon then trots into the corner of the mat and throws up her hands in triumph. The Westford Academy record books have been changing at an unprecedented pace, [...]

By Alivia Kilroy Staff Writer The Westford Academy girl’s hockey team clinched their division this year with a big win over Concord Carlisle Wednesday February 8th with a final record of 16-2-2. They look forward to playing Saturday, March 3rd at home against Weymouth in the first round of the MIAA tournament. Alyssa Ware was one of the major parts [...]

By Lauren Cullen Staff Writer Despite the lack of snow this season, Westford Academy’s Alpine Ski Team team has a major win behind them, the Dual County League Championship Race, which was held on February 10th. This win came after a lot of hard work by the entire team, said Senior Captain Jessica Bishop. Along with one of her co-captains [...]

By Alivia Kilroy Staff Writer The Westford Academy Varsity girls hockey team came out big with a 2-0 win against Concord-Carlisle Thursday night. The girls came out strong and kept the pressure through the whole game ending up on top. In the 1st period the puck was controlled mainly by Westford, keeping the play in their offensive zone for the [...]

The seasons have changed and winter sports are beginning to get in full swing here at Westford Academy. Included in the winter sports category are swimming, basketball, indoor track, Alpine skiing, gymnastics, Nordic skiing, wrestling, winter cheer and ice hockey. This winter season is packed full of sports. Some coaches have been coaching their sport for a number of years, [...]

By Kyle Auger Staff Writer Westford Academy suffered a heartbreaking loss Sunday to the Lawrence Lancers by a final score of 81 to 80. The early part of the game was completely dominated by Lawrence. The Lancers led the Ghosts by 11 points at halftime, however the tides turned when guard Ryan Jann hit a last second jump shot to [...]

By Bjorn Burk Staff Writer An unusual week was started off Sunday morning with an unusual game where the 76ers, who only had four players, almost managed an upset over a full squad in the Knicks. With sophomore Bjorn Burk pulling off 33 points and contributing performances from junior John Bates, and sophomores Tyler Mills and Phil Dominici, the 76er’s [...]

By Brian Williamson Staff writer The WA Ghosts Girls Varsity Hockey team was shutout Thursday, January 13th against Arlington, losing by a score of 8-0. The Girls were handed their second lose in three games, making their record 4-3-1. The first period was an offensive explosion by Arlington who made some good shots, but also got lucky by mistakes by [...]

By Brian Williamson Staff Writer The girl’s varsity team lost an evenly matched game to Lincoln-Sudbury on January 6th by a score of 5-2. This is just their second loss of the season, making their record 3-2-1. The first period of the game was full of offensive chances, and the Ghost’s put the first goal of the game in the net [...]

Nate Tashjy Staff Writer It wasn’t until Mike Mizzoni’s freshman year of high school that his football coach, John Morris, talked Mike into wrestling. Ever since the moment Mizzoni walked onto the mat, he’s been growing into one of the most feared wrestlers in Massachusetts. After missing last season due to back surgery, Mizzoni had to find a way to [...]

By Brian Williamson Staff Writer Coach Ed Scollan has come a long way from his varsity team’s first win during the 1986-1987 season. On Tuesday, December 28th Scollan got his 300th career win coaching the Westford Academy Boys’ Varsity Basketball team beating Lowell High in a convincing 52 to 39 victory in the annual Lowell spinners/IAABO 95 holiday tournament at [...]