It's always good to read what the local papers are saying about their hometown cross-country teams. Here's a smattering of coverage from around the area:
The Daily News Tribune (Newton, Waltham) has a long article, mostly focusing on the Newton South girls upsetting Lincoln-Sudbury to win the D1 Championship, but with additional coverage of all the Newton teams.
Lions girls shock L-S to claim EMass Div. 1 championship
The article has a great quote from Newton South girls coach Steve McChesney:
`My pride in this team and my joy for them is beyond anything that I could say to them. They are the best of what I have worked for my entire life as athletes and as young people. It is privilege to work with a team like this and they are very special to me."
The Wellesley Townsman has a great article about both Wellesley teams qualifying for the state meet.
Cross country teams third at EMass meet
Nick Carroll, who finished 8th in Div III, sums up Wellesley's season to this point as follows:
"We drastically underestimated our season even from the beginning... But as the season progressed ,everyone kept getting better and surprising themselves. Our top five improved significantly with the addition of some new runners as well as the return of veterans, so by the time the state meet rolled around, we were ready to do big things even if other people didn’t know about us."
The Weymouth News has a brief article about the boys and girls performance at EMass. The article notes that Kristin Mahoney qualified for the state meet, but doesn't mention that Carolyn Connolly did as well.
Solid showing for Weymouth runners at Division 1 state meet
I am sad to report that the Brookline Tab continues its sub-standard coverage of the what might be the best Boys XC team the town (and maybe the state) has ever seen. Nice pictures of Robert Gibson and David Wilson, though.
Boys run to EMass x-country championship
Why doesn't the Brookline Tab use a student-athlete from the XC team to write their articles? Anyone from Brookline want to write about the state meet for this blog?
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3 comments:
haha i think the brookline tab is sub-par at covering most things. i would write for the tab but i think I would find it hard to maintain objectivity while also running in the race.
Chris - do it!!
Forget about objectivity, just write the STORY of the meet and it will be a hundred times better than someone just listing the times. - JW
Jon,
Here's some local coverage from the Needham Times as well:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/needham/sports/x1855990968
http://www.wickedlocal.com/needham/sports/x9496627
Hope to see you Saturday.
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