Winchester Star: Sports

CALABASAS, California — NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a remote, steep hillside in Southern California on Sunday, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an outpouring of grief for a star whose celebrity transcended basketball.The chopper went down in Calabasas, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Tom Brady isn't playing in Sunday's big game, but his cryptic Instagram post gone viral has everybody talking about TB12 just days before Super Bowl LIV.A black and white photo of the Patriots quarterback in street clothes, just outside Gillette Stadium that Brady posted without any caption, has sports fans wondering what message he could be sending about his football future.Is he walking toward the stadium and another year at the helm of the New England Patriots or is [...]

The Winchester High School Nordic teams completed a successful season with the boys taking first place overall for the season and the girls taking second place in the seven-team Mass Bay West League.Despite 40-degree temperatures and several days of rain, the groomers at the Weston Ski Track miraculously kept the race course going for the fifth and final race, which took place Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

 Three Winchester wrestlers are moving on to compete in All-States at Methuen High School on Feb. 28 and 29The Winchester High School wrestling team took second place overall at the MIAA Division 2 Metro Sectionals on Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Coach Pierre Charchaflian led the St. Mary’s CYO fifth-grade boys basketball team to an undefeated season, winning 11 games and being crowned champions of the Boys Grade 5 & 6 Blue Division of the Boston and South Shore CYO League.

With the temperature approaching historic highs, the Winchester High School boys and girls Nordic ski teams commenced the 2020 season with a historically hot showing of their own.On Friday, Jan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora was "an active participant" in the sign-stealing scheme that cost the Astros manager and GM their jobs.Astros manager AJ Hinch and team general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after being suspended by Major League Baseball for the team's illicit use of electronics to steal signs during Houston's run to the 2017 World Series title and again in the 2018 season.Major League Baseball also took away the [...]

These are strange days for Patriots fans.For the first time in years New England isn't prepping to play on Super Bowl Sunday and rumors continue to swirl about quarterback Tom Brady's football future.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Congratulations to the Winchester High School girls swim and dive team after their performance at the Division 2 state championships at MIT on Nov. 17. They executed terrific dives, had fast swims and a lot of best times.Scoring several 9s, 9.5s and 10s, divers Donna Zhang and Tabitha Chen-Fiske dominated once again in the diving well.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

On Wednesday morning, Nov. 13, the St. John’s Prep athletic program kicked off the NCAA’s initial nationwide signing period for high school athletes by announcing a dozen student-athletes who have officially committed to a collegiate destination.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share