After an undefeated Tri-Valley League dual meet season, the Hopkinton girls indoor track and field team capped off its impressive campaign by winning the league showcase meet Feb. 1, leaving no doubt as to the top squad in the TVL this winter. The Hillers amassed 99...
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Holiday Stroll continues favorite traditions, adds new ones
With the addition of the Holly Trolleys, community members may roll, as well as stroll, between local businesses at the 2019 Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce Holiday Stroll. The event, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., will offer the opportunity...
Sports Roundup: Jones defends D3 cross country title
Jones defends D3 cross country title Girls, boys runners finish season in impressive fashion Hopkinton High School junior Olivia Jones successfully defended her title in the Eastern Mass. Division 3 championship meet on Nov. 9 at Wrentham Developmental Center. Jones...
‘Ultimate’ lessons about athletics, sportsmanship
Flying disc game becomes more popular in Hopkinton In 2017, Liz Siber walked into the Hopkinton Parks and Recreation office looking to find a way to introduce youth to Ultimate, a sport she picked up as a graduate student in 2001. With support from Parks & Rec and...
HHS girls XC looks to outpace expectations again
The Hopkinton girls cross country team has had a knack for exceeding preseason expectations. Two years ago, the Hillers did not show up in the preseason rankings and finished the season 13th at the all-state meet. Last year, they were ranked in the high teens for most...
Baker-Brown, McConville, Champney among race starters
For more than 100 years, a member of the Brown family — Hopkinton and Boston’s iconic sports family — has started the Boston Marathon, and that tradition will continue with the 123rd edition of the race in 2019. The Boston Athletic Association selects starters for...
Local veterans to be honored on Patriots’ Day at start line
At the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day, the Hopkinton Marathon Committee will honor three local veterans: Russell Phipps Sr., Betty Branagan and Frank Torento. “On Patriots’ Day 2019, the Hopkinton Marathon Committee is pleased to be able to...
Stellar elite field includes many past champs
Nine Boston Marathon open champions and seven wheelchair champions return to challenge for the win at this year’s 123rd Boston Marathon. Last year’s running champions Yuki Kawauchi of Japan and American Desi Linden and wheelchair champions Tatyana McFadden (USA) and...
College Sports Notes
Ryan Branch, Lafayette ’21, took 69th at the Bucknell Bison Open cross country meet on Aug. 31. He covered the 6K course in 20:21. Sara Freedman, Stonehill ’19, made 11 saves in goal in her field hockey team’s 2-1 season opening win over West Chester on Sept. 1. She...
Marathon Quilters Guild plans quilt shows at HCA
Members of the Marathon Quilters Guild are putting together the final pieces for their ninth annual Quilt Show to be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16, at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will include an...
Hopkinton athletes assist at Community Harvest Program
The Community Harvest Program (CHP), based in Grafton now, began here in Hopkinton at the Elmwood Farm on Ash Street. It was started and run by Bill and Rose Abbott as Food for the Needy. Local scouts and other groups volunteered with the planting, weeding and then...