After having his college season cut short and amid a busy training schedule at West Point, Hopkinton’s Tim Simoes was more than willing to drive halfway across the country for the chance to get in a couple weeks of summer baseball. Simoes spent two weeks with the...
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Video: Simoes hits grand slam in college summer league debut
Hopkinton’s Tim Simoes drove out to North Dakota to participate in a collegiate summer baseball league there before returning for his senior year at West Point. In his debut for the Bismarck Larks on Thursday night — in his first at-bat, no less — Simoes hit a grand...
HHS pitcher Fischer verbally commits to Fairfield
Hopkinton High School baseball standout Joshua Fischer, who just completed his junior year, announced that he plans to play collegiate baseball at Division 1 Fairfield University. Fischer, a left-handed pitcher, helped the Hillers go 16-6 and reach the Division 2...
Uncertainty abounds in preparing for post-pandemic sports season
Hopkinton High School athletic director Rich Cormier is not entirely certain what high school sports will look like when they return in the fall — assuming they do — but he’s confident there will be significant changes compared to when the last HHS teams suited up...
HHS baseball plans summer return via Babe Ruth League
The senior-laden Hopkinton High School baseball team never had the chance to take the field this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so when coach Steve Simoes saw an opportunity to get the group one more opportunity to play together, he took it. “I never get...
Sports Roundup: HHS athletic awards announced
Hopkinton High School recently announced its athletic award recipients. Cami McDonald, who lettered in field hockey, basketball and lacrosse, and Drew Rancatore, a member of the basketball and baseball teams, were named Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Schuyler Gooley...
Chris Delaney set to take shot in Chicago
Hopkinton High School freshman Chris Delaney is about to embark on a very different high school experience than his friends. Selected in the eighth round of the United States Hockey League draft, Delaney is set to move to the Midwest in a year and take another step...
Boston Athletic Association recognizes Hopkinton athletes
The Boston Athletic Association annually holds short races for high school and middle school runners from towns on the Boston Marathon course on the weekend of the marathon. This year's races were scheduled for April 18 but were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
HHS tennis pays tribute to seniors with rolling rally
Like all spring sports programs at Hopkinton High School, the girls tennis team was disappointed to lose its season to the coronavirus pandemic, and the Hillers wanted to give their seniors some kind of recognition. Last Sunday, May 3, the team's coach and younger...
Sports Roundup: Group of HHS athletes set to play sports in college
Normally the Hopkinton High School Athletic Department hosts a breakfast event for all seniors planning to play college sports. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, that was canceled. Instead, HHS athletic director Rich Cormier has been spotlighting the student-athletes...
List: Hopkinton runners in 2020 Boston Marathon
Below is a list of Hopkinton residents registered for the 2020 Boston Marathon. For those who are raising funds for charity, we have included that information. For a list of Hopkinton organizations that have individuals running to raise money on their behalf, click...
List: Hopkinton organizations with fundraising runners in 2020 Boston Marathon
Below is a list of Hopkinton organizations that have individuals running in the 2020 Boston Marathon to raise money on their behalf. For a list of Hopkinton residents running in the 2020 Boston Marathon, click here. The Boston Marathon is scheduled for Sept. 14, after...
Finnerty’s stellar multisport career comes to abrupt end
When Bowdoin College senior Kara Finnerty and her lacrosse teammates gathered before their March 12 game against Colby, their coach, Liz Grote, delivered a sobering and startling message. That game, only the fourth of the season, would mark the end of the 2020...
Rabinovich set to continue hoops career at Holy Cross
Mike Rabinovich has been playing basketball in Worcester and going to school there for the past four years, so the chance to stay in his adopted city and be part of a rebuilding program led the Hopkinton resident to commit to Holy Cross to continue his hoops career....
Sports Roundup: HHS spring season pushed back
In the fall, Eastern equine encephalitis forced all town activities to end at dusk. It created a challenge for scheduling fall sports, but compared to this spring’s developments, that was a minor inconvenience. On March 16, with students already being kept out of...
Boston Marathon postponed to Sept. 14
To hear Hopkinton Select Board member John Coutinho tell it, there was never any consideration given to canceling the Boston Marathon. It was always a matter of when, not if, it would take place. At a press conference in Boston on March 13, Boston Athletic Association...
HHS girls grateful for athletic opportunities
There is a timeless saying older people remark to those from subsequent generations: “You don’t know how good you have it.” For Hopkinton High School seniors Alyssa McIntire and Schuyler Gooley, it’s a cliche they are more apt to believe after taking part in...
Sports Roundup: HHS boys basketball enjoys underdog run
HHS boys basketball enjoys underdog run The HHS boys basketball team was the eighth and bottom seed in the MIAA Division 2 Central sectional, but the Hillers showed that they were much stronger than their 10-10 regular-season record indicated, pulling off two upset...
Hopkinton girls’ creativity helps gymnastics co-op team
A group of Hopkinton High School athletes, including a trio of freshmen, helped the Westborough gymnastics co-op team this fall, doing well to create their own routines and execute them in competition. “The girls worked hard in practices to get better and we improved...
Sports Roundup: HHS hockey caps record-setting regular season
HHS hockey caps record-setting regular season The HHS hockey team set a school record when it finished the regular season at 19-1 following a 9-0 rout of host Norton on Feb. 17. A day earlier, senior Sean Walsh became the all-time leading scorer in team history when...