There are a lot of strange aspects to the 2021 season for the Hopkinton High School swimming and diving team. The season is just beginning, but the calendar reads March. Meets are virtual, there are only 24 swimmers allowed in the pool at a time, and, when they are...
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HHS Sports Roundup: Football falls to Holliston
Despite four touchdowns from senior running back Cam Mulvaney, the Hopkinton High School football team fell to perennial powerhouse Holliston, 37-27, in its season opener on Saturday in Holliston. Hopkinton fell behind 14-0 early on short rushing touchdowns by...
HHS sports Roundup: Volleyball earns revenge vs. Ashland
Avenging the first loss of its season two days earlier, the Hopkinton High School girls volleyball team swept Ashland 3-0 on Thursday in Hopkinton. Junior outside hitters Kate Powers and Melanie Gildea led the way for the Hillers, who started slow before taking...
Superintendent, health director: Despite surge, no student-to-student transmission at HHS
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh and town health director Shaun McAuliffe issued a joint statement Wednesday to address the surge in COVID cases at Hopkinton High School. "We are finding that students are testing positive for the virus at rates that have not occurred...
HHS organizes team for Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics
A Hopkinton High School team is being formed for the Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Special Olympics athletes that will take place Friday, March 26, and participants are being sought. Individuals have until the day of the event to register at polarplungema.org (enter...
Superintendent: No plans to go all-remote at high school despite COVID surge
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh, in an email to schools families Monday, stated that there are no plans to switch to a temporary all-remote learning model at Hopkinton High School despite a run on COVID-19 cases there. In the past week there have been 12 cases at HHS:...
HHS class hosts virtual marathon fundraiser
The Hopkinton High School Class of 2024 is hosting a Hopkinton Virtual Marathon fundraiser. Participants have just over three weeks (March 23-April 15) to complete 26.2 miles, either alone or as part of a team of up to five people. The miles can be broken up over a...
HHS Sports Roundup: Volleyball sweeps Holliston
The Hopkinton High School girls volleyball team completed a two-match sweep of Holliston on Thursday, blanking the visiting Panthers 3-0 for the second time in three days. Hopkinton took the first set 25-17 behind strong serving from Cathryn Leighton and Rachel...
HHS has 5 COVID cases in past 2 days; state updates reopening deadlines
An email Wednesday from Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop to HHS families indicated three members of the HHS community tested positive for COVID-19. This comes on the heels of an email Tuesday noting there were two cases. This makes a total of seven known...
HHS Sports Roundup: Volleyball, swim teams win openers
The Hopkinton High School girls volleyball team posted a 3-0 victory at Holliston on Tuesday night in their season opener. Senior Cadyn Boyce shined with seven kills, while Cathryn Leighton contributed 13 assists, two kills and an ace. Also for the Hillers, Melanie...
Student’s award-winning collage hits home for cancer survivor
On the right, Carolyn Fitzpatrick appears to glow with health, donning dangling earrings and a striking exotic necklace. On the left, she is clearly weary, dressed in pajamas and wearing no makeup. The images appear starkly different, perhaps taken weeks or months...
‘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...
Hillers land spots on TVL winter All-Star teams
The Tri-Valley League recently named its winter All-Stars, and Hopkinton was well-represented. In boys indoor track and field, Ethan Champlin was named MVP, while Tommy Bernardin, Nick Brown, Sean Golembiewski, Aidan Morin, Harrison Prucher and Wyatt Ruff were tabbed...
HHS plans car parade for seniors, postpones junior prom
Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop informed students and families this week that the junior prom would not be held this spring, and instead the Class of 2022 will have a prom in May of next year. Bishop also emailed families of seniors to say administrators...
HHS Science Fair highlights students’ perseverance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVi5R1FJIsw&feature=youtu.be The Hopkinton High School Science Fair was moved online this year, and according to lead organizer Kristen Murphy, the students showed great resolve and creativity to make this year’s event special in...
HHS student wins 10 awards in statewide writing competition
Hopkinton High School junior Kevin Gu writes faithfully in his journal every day and spends hours of his free time creating poetry and short stories. He obviously takes his writing seriously. So did the judges in the 2021 Scholastic Writing Awards, a statewide writing...
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...