Carlos Terrinha was a 19-year-old living in Brazil and working a delivery job when he stumbled upon the martial art known as Brazilian jiu jitsu. Next door to a spot where he was making a delivery, he noticed a gym with some practitioners of the close-combat art. “I...
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HHS football has short window to make lasting impact
The Hopkinton High School football team will not have a sectional or state title to play for during the “Fall 2” season this spring, but the Hillers are taking on five teams from the Tri-Valley League, so a league title is on the table. And head coach Dan MacLean said...
Hopkinton’s Hervol lives pro golf dream
There are times when Hopkinton’s Jimmy Hervol might feel like he is a world away from the PGA Tour. The 2015 HHS graduate is competing on the mini-tour known as Minor League Golf. The payouts are in the hundreds or, on a good week, in the thousands of dollars. But...
‘Nothing but positive energy’ for HHS girls volleyball
In a normal year, the Hopkinton High School girls volleyball team would go into a season ready to make a deep postseason run. The Hillers did just that last year, advancing to the sectional final before losing to the eventual state champion. But this is anything but a...
HHS ski teams enjoy time on slopes
Like every other sport during the COVID-19 pandemic, skiing looked a little different this year. The Hopkinton High School boys and girls teams needed to make sure they stayed spaced out and kept their numbers down on the hill, but what they love the most about their...
HHS sports roundup: Boys hockey falls to Medfield in finale
Senior Aidan Walsh had two goals and an assist, and classmate Geoff Tocco added a goal and two assists, but it wasn't enough for the Hopkinton High School boys hockey team, which dropped Thursday morning's season finale, 7-4 to host Medfield. Sophomore Pavit Mehra...
HHS sports roundup: Carrazza, Mehra lead boys hockey past Ashland
Sophomores Joe Carrazza and Pavit Mehra recorded two goals and an assist apiece as the Hopkinton High School boys hockey team skated past Ashland, 6-2, in a Wednesday afternoon game at Loring Arena in Framingham. The Hillers improved to 7-2 heading into Thursday...
HHS sports roundup: Boys, girls hoops topple Ashland
Brian Keefe scored 20 points as the Hopkinton High School boys basketball team closed out its pandemic-shortened season with an exciting 60-56 home victory over rival Ashland on Tuesday afternoon. Josh Czerepuszko added 17 points for the Hillers, who finished with a...
HHS boys basketball adjusts to unique season
The pandemic has impacted the Hopkinton High School athletics program significantly this winter and, like his fellow coaches, boys basketball coach Tom Keane is doing his best to roll with the punches. The Hillers played three games before the need for COVID-19...
Strong junior class has HHS girls hoops eyeing future
The Hopkinton High girls basketball team is determined to make the most of a season shortened and disrupted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But, as the Hillers are focusing on the schedule in front of them, for much of the team there is a hope that a strong...
Defending TVL champion Hillers boys hockey returns
The Hopkinton High School boys ice hockey team has had to adapt and roll with the changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. At one point, ice hockey was shut down in the state as cases of the virus began to rise. But with an abbreviated 2021 season having begun last week,...
HHS adds defense to girls hockey co-op team
The Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton girls ice hockey co-op will get a significant boost from several Hopkinton High School athletes this winter, especially on the defensive end of the ice. The program, which draws athletes from six schools, has six HHS players on the roster...
HHS basketball teams split with Norwood as winter season begins
Hopkinton High School opened the winter season this past week. The boys basketball team split a weekend series with Norwood. In the opener on Friday night, the visiting Hillers fell behind big in the early going but fought back, led by the hot shooting of senior guard...
Brown caps XC career with TVL pod MVP
The 2020 cross country season presented plenty of challenges for Hopkinton senior Nick Brown. The pandemic resulted in new rules and smaller practices, and his season began with an injury that kept him out of the Hillers’ first dual meet. But the Bates College-bound...