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Resilient HHS girls soccer finds success

Resilient HHS girls soccer finds success

Coming into a season having graduated 12 seniors from the previous year would be a challenge for any team. But the Hopkinton High School girls soccer team also has had to deal with the new rules and a compressed schedule foisted on it and every other school during the...

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Hillers boys soccer enjoys chance to compete

Hillers boys soccer enjoys chance to compete

There is no sectional tournament or league title for the Hopkinton High School boys soccer team to compete for this year, but that has not stopped the Hillers from making the most of the season they get to have. “You don’t have that playoff element, but it’s still...

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HHS field hockey adjusts to new rules

HHS field hockey adjusts to new rules

The motto for the Hopkinton High School field hockey team this year: Play smarter, not harder. The ongoing pandemic has imposed changes on many high school sports this fall, but perhaps no sport has been as upended as field hockey. Not only do players have to wear...

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HHS girls XC prepares for unusual 2020 season

HHS girls XC prepares for unusual 2020 season

In a normal year, the Hopkinton High School girls cross country team already would have started by the middle of September and would spend the fall gearing up for the big meets at the end of the season. But nothing is normal about 2020, and instead Hopkinton will run...

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Hillers boys XC ready to run

Hillers boys XC ready to run

Despite not having a league or district meet to look forward to this fall due to the pandemic, the Hopkinton High School boys cross country team is determined to make the most out of the modified and shortened fall campaign. “I think a lot of them came in with a...

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New era for HHS golf as Phaneuf takes reins

New era for HHS golf as Phaneuf takes reins

For the first time since the beginning of the Hopkinton High School golf program, the Hillers will not have Dick Bliss as coach when the 2020 campaign begins. Bill Phaneuf is taking the reins after Bliss guided the team to multiple state titles and sent players to the...

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Hopkinton moms prep for Boston Marathon

Hopkinton moms prep for Boston Marathon

A Boston Marathon turned virtual has not kept a pair of Hopkinton moms from continuing to train and fundraise for youth sports as if they’d be running down Boylston Street this fall. Ali Balster and Amy Dorfman are running to raise money for Hopkinton Boys Youth...

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HHS adjusts to new sports schedule

HHS adjusts to new sports schedule

The governing body for high school sports in the state unveiled its plan for competition in the 2020-21 academic year, putting forth a four-season sports schedule that moves football to the late winter and aims to get everyone in action during the COVID-19 pandemic....

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High school football in February? It might happen

High school football in February? It might happen

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s COVID-19 Task Force on Monday recommended adjusting the entire high school sports calendar and moving football to a season that would run from late February through late April, according to a report from the...

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