Tom Skiba knows he will have plenty to live up to as he takes the reins of the Hopkinton High School girls soccer program next fall. The new head coach inherits a team coming off the program’s first sectional title and an appearance in the state title game, and he...
The Bentley Falcons surged through a month and a half of hockey, earning points in 11 straight games and rattling off seven wins in a row in January/February, and Hopkinton’s Brendan Hamblet has become a key cog for the Division 1 program. The streak gave the Falcons...
After 19 seasons as the Hopkinton High School boys varsity basketball coach, Tom Keane experienced a “first” heading into the final week of the 2018-19 regular season: not a single player on his team was scoring more than 10 points per game on average. The Hillers,...
Two years ago, Sean Farrell made the decision to move nearly 700 miles away to pursue his hockey goals. That choice has taken him around the world with the U.S. National Team Development Program and allowed him to earn a chance to play hockey at Harvard after the...
Senior returns to mat despite neurological issue Davin Evans was thrilled to find out he had been named one of the Hopkinton High School wrestling team’s captains. It wasn’t too long ago when he wondered whether he would even be able to wrestle at all. Evans, now a...
Junior distance runner continues to excel Schuyler Gooley started running in the third grade, when a gym teacher challenged students to run at least a mile every day. Now a junior at Hopkinton High School, she hasn’t stopped running, and she has multiple school...
Sean stars for Hillers while sister Riley provides spark at Vermont Academy Neither Sean nor Riley Walsh is exactly sure when they started skating. It was probably when they were around 3 or 4 years old, however, on a homemade rink in the Hopkinton family’s backyard....
The Hopkinton High School girls soccer team captured the first sectional championship in program history by beating Notre Dame Academy, 1-0, on Nov. 5. The ninth-seeded Hillers pulled off four straight upsets without allowing a single goal, including a win over...
The century-old Thanksgiving rivalry between the Hopkinton and Ashland football teams will feature a new twist this year, a rematch. The Clockers’ move to the Tri-Valley Large division this year set the two teams up for their first ever regular season matchup, an 8-7...
Keith Verra was not entirely sure what to expect from his eighth grade soccer team after tryouts earlier this fall, but once he saw his team rally to tie a strong Milford squad in the season opener, he started to get the sense he had a special group on his hands....
The Hopkinton High School girls soccer team experienced some changes at the start of the season, but the Hillers were able to adapt and secure positive results in nearly every match through the month of October and earn a spot in the sectional tournament. “Overall...
The Hopkinton High School golf team won its second straight Division 2 state championship, becoming the first Hillers’ golf team to repeat in more than a decade. Senior tri-captain Mitch Marcou and sophomore Ryan Lundy carded 3-over par rounds of 75 in cold, windy...
A year after making an appearance in the state final, the Hopkinton High School girls volleyball team is once again heading into the postseason as one of the strongest squads in the area and eyeing another lengthy run in the postseason. “The team has been playing...
The Hopkinton High School football team kicks off its postseason run this weekend and head coach Jim Girard thinks his team is coming together at the right time as the Hillers prepare to defend their Division 4 district championship from a year ago. “We are seeing...
The Hopkinton High School boys soccer team comes into the new season with a large group of returning seniors, some of whom will be entering their third year at the varsity level. Head coach Garrett Sawyer said the experience will serve the Hillers well in their quest...
The Hopkinton High School girls soccer team, led by first-year head coach Wayne Sygrove, wants to accomplish something that has not happened since any of the team’s current players were born: win the Tri-Valley League. “I asked the players to come up with some team...
