Melrose Sports

Starts season off with win over Arlington, 47-44

Published December 14, 2018

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The 2018 Middlesex League Champion Melrose High girl’s hoop team kicked off their 2018-19 campaign this week with a solid win over Arlington on Tuesday at Arlington High, 47-44. The Lady Raiders start their season at 1-0 as they hope to…

Longtime Winchester coach Larry Tremblay takes reigns

Published December 14, 2018

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose High School wrestling team welcomes a new coach this season—and they went big with this one.

Larry “Legend” Tremblay, the winningest coach in Massachusetts wrestling history, is now the head coach of the Melrose Red Raiders. Tremblay spent nearly 40 years at Winchester,…

A talented lineup returns this winter

Published December 14, 2018

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Red Raider hockey team kicks off their 2018-19 campaign this week looking to put together another playoff-bound season. They open on the road against Lexington on Wednesday, Dec. 12 (post deadline) before their home opener on Saturday at 11:45 against Arlington…

48-46 defeat to Arlington came down to buzzer

Published December 14, 2018

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Red Raider basketball team wished they had ten more seconds on the clock after a down-to-the-wire, entertaining home opener against Arlington that ended in a 48-46 loss for Melrose (0-1) on Tuesday evening in a packed Melrose Middle School…

Published December 14, 2018

MELROSE—The Melrose High girl’s field hockey team wrapped up their enjoyable fall season at a recent athletic banquet, where outgoing seniors were honored and awards distributed.

Middlesex League All Stars were named: Mairead Clark and Brianna Stanton.

Coach Erin Parker spoke of the team’s spirited effort in their 2018 campaign, which…

Melrose takes 7th straight Thanksgiving win over Warriors, 34-13

Published November 30, 2018

By JENNIFER GENTILE

WAKEFIELD—The Melrose Red Raider football team once again came up victorious over the Wakefield Warriors for their seventh straight Thanksgiving victory at the 59th annual Wakefield-Melrose Thanksgiving Classic held Wednesday night, Nov. 20 at Landrigan Field in Wakefield, one night…

Published November 30, 2018

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Red Raider boy’s soccer team gathered on Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Knights of Columbus in Melrose to celebrate another winning season at their annual year-end banquet. 

Seniors were honored over the evening and awards given out including Middlesex League All-Star honors, which were given to Tarekegn…

Williams is state silver medalist, breaks MHS record

Published November 23, 2018

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Lady Raider swim team finished their season on a high note with an appearance at the Div. 2 State Finals at Harvard University on Sunday, Nov. 18. Melrose saw nine different athletes compete over the day and crowned…