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Weston Sports Teams Bask in Winter's Glow

As seasons change, we look back at the shining moments.

It was a huge winter for several sports teams at Weston High. We say so long to this past season honoring a few of the memorable campaigns, starting with girls’ basketball, which repeated as Dual County League Small Division champions.

“We ended the season 14-8 with back to back DCL Small titles, [and] we are very proud of our seniors as they set a very high standard of work ethic and tenacity this year,” Weston head coach Linda Martindale said.

Those senior standouts include forwards Allyson Pemberton, Margo Cox, and Taylor Reeves, and point guard Anna Duffey.

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But, there was more good news. Sophomore star forward Saliah Serrette earned Dual County League Co-MVP honors with Wayland’s Jen Berkowitz. Serrette was Weston’s driving force on the boards and registered double figures in rebounding and scoring on a nightly basis.

The Wildcats won a first round state tourney game over archrival Wayland, before bowing out to Pentucket in the second round.

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Rounding out the cast were juniors Emelie Reeves, Tanner Skendarian, Sami Gosman, and Jackie Tayabi, and sophomores Bianca Brueckner, Hannah Graves, Kayla Lawrence, Nicolette Kombouras, and Maddie Linde.

Meanwhile, the Weston girls track team sparkled with an eighth place finish out of 39 teams at the Division 4 State Track and Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Sophomore Abigail Pohl and junior Olivia Brackett were the big winners for the Wildcats, crossing first and second, respectively, in the one mile run. Pohl won the event with a stunning time of 5:08.30, while Brackett followed at 5:11.27. Sophomore Edom Wessenyeleh also contributed with a time of 5:43.48

Junior Julia Kee and senior Emeilia Barron also shined for Weston. Kee finished the 55 meter dash in 10th place out of 24 entries in a time of 7.78. Barron placed 13th in 7.79.

Barron also finished 12th of 23 in the long jump with a leap of 14 ft., 10 inches.

For the boys track team, sophomore Matt Herzig starred for Weston with a solid seventh place finish in the two mile run. Herzig finished in 10:10.67. Junior David Freeman followed in 15th place for the Wildcats in a time of 10:23.75.

Senior Connor Mahoney finished the 1000 meter in ninth place in 2:46.75. Sophomore Craig Shytle placed ninth in the long jump with a leap of 19 ft., 2.75 inches, while senior Spencer Shea finished 11th with a jump of 19 ft., 2 inches. Junior Jorge Castro also contributed with a leap of 17 ft., 10 inches.

Shea and senior Nicky Packs placed 13th and 14th in the 300 meter in times of 37.89 and 37.91, respectively.

Everything was also cool in the pool. Junior standout Bianca Tocci was the big winner for the Weston girls swim team at the Division 2 Girls’ State Meet. Tocci won both the 50 and 100 freestyles in times of 24.16 and 52.08, respectively.

Senior Dale Ziobro also had a strong outing, placing fifth in the one meter diving event with a score of 366.

As a team, Weston finished in fifth place with a score of 122, behind Marblehead (229), Wayland (223.5), Duxbury (128), and East Longmeadow (124). Rounding out the top 10 were Holyoke Catholic (92), Northampton (55), Bedford (54), Nauset (49), and Belchertown (42).

Finally, they could be called the fighter and they certainly had a lot of true grit. We’re talking about the feisty members of the Weston-Wayland girls’ hockey team.  Due to  lack of numbers, the program itself wouldn’t have existed unless eighth-graders were allowed to play on the team. Once they were included, however, Weston-Wayland was in many games in which it outshot its opponent, but lost by close margins, including the season-finale in which it outshot Waltham, 27-10, but fell, 4-2.

“Even without a win this year, we are optimistic for next year because we don’t graduate anyone,” W-W head coach Bill MacDonald said. “The experience and improvement from this year should pay off with success next year.”

 

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