Rockets Review: Football Moves on Semis; Boys Soccer No. 1 in Globe Poll; Cross Country Heads to Division Finals

This Needham High School Rockets Review was submitted by the Needham High School Athletics Department:

Football

Needham moves on to play #1 seed King Phillip HS in the D2 Semi’s on Friday at 7PM at KP! D2 South Brackets

10/31/14 vs Quincy W 29-27 in OT

Rockets won their 2nd ever home playoff game against a tough Quincy Team! Down 8 with just over 3 min left to go, QB Sam Foley led Needham on scoring drive that ended in a TD pass to Cliff Kurker and a 2 Pt conversion to Dylan Murphy to tie the game. In Overtime, Quincy scored first but failed on their 2 Pt conversion try. Then it was Needham’s turn, Foley found Tommy Stenberg for the game tieing touchdown and again on the 2Pt conversion for the win!! (video below)

Boys Soccer Boys earn #1 Seed in the D1 South Playoffs, They host the winner of Natick/Wellesley on Saturday! D1 South BracketsRockets place 5 on the BSC All-Star list; Jason Miller, Donnie Igo, Aaron Maslow, Greg Evans (HM) and Aram Ouligian was named BSC Carey MVP!!

10/27/14 @ Newton North W 5-0

10/29/14 vs Lexington W 3-0

Needham back ranked #1 in Boston Globe Poll

Girls Soccer Girls earn #3 Seed in the D1 South Playoffs, They host the winner of Weymouth/New Bedford on Wednesday! D1 South BracketsRockets place 5 on the BSC All-Star list; Kathleen Rizzo, Emily Bowers, Natalie Wong, Dee Picou (HM) and Kayla Steeves was named BSC Carey MVP!! Wednesday Night’s game will be a “Pink Out” to help the Girls Soccer Program in their fundraising efforts for Making Strides against Breast Cancer!

10/27/14 vs Newton North W 3-0

Girls Volleyball

Girls end the season at 8-12, a great turnaround from last year! Coach Chaloff has the girls headed in the right direction!

10/27/14 vs Newton North L 3-0

Field Hockey

Girls won an instant classic vs CC in the D1 North First Round, then fell to the talented #1 seed Acton-Boxborough in the Quarterfinals

10/30/14 @ Concord-Carlisle W 1-0 *3OT11/2/14 @ Acton-Boxborough L 3-0

*The 9th seeded Needham HS Field Hockey Team went on the road to play #8 Concord-Carlisle in the 1st Round of the D1 North Sectional Tournament today. The game was as evenly matched as you would expect from an 8 vs 9 match-up. The 1st half saw CC control the ball, but the Rockets counter-attack was just a strong. Needham turned away at least 7 corners from the Patriots, and BSC MVP Allie Brinkhaus came close on 2 shots, but missed just wide on both. The 2 teams went to the half tied 0-0. The 2nd half was more of the same, great scoring chances for both teams, but the each respective defense stood up to the challenge. The Rockets thought they broke through with 10 min left when Ally Hickey put one in the top corner, but the refs waived off the goal.

Regulation ended scoreless and the teams went to sudden death overtime, which is a 7v7 Format. With a wide open field, both teams looked tired, but fought on. The first 15 min overtime period went by without a goal and the two teams went to a 2nd OT. Early on, Needham faced a 7 on 2 corner from CC, but Senior Captains, Dana Campbell (GK) and Regina Longley (D) teamed up to turn them away!

In the final seconds of OT #2, Needham had their own 7 on 2 corner, but Hickey’s shot went wide and they moved on toPenalty Shots (Best out of 5).

Needham won the coin flip and deferred.....

Round 1:Dana Campbell makes the save for Needham!Kendall Milligan stepped up first to shoot for the Rockets and Scored! (Video Below)

Rounds 2-4:3 more saves from Campbell, and 3 Saves from the CC Goalie.

Round 5:Needing a goal to extend the game, the Patriots player went high, but Campbell turned it away for the Win!! (Video Below)

It was an amazing game for both teams and the Rockets came out on top!

Golf Ellis Focht finished 13th at the State Tournament!

Girls & Boys Cross Country BSC Championship Meet Winners

Boys & Girls Cross Country head to Divisionals in Wrentham this weekend!

Girls Swimming & Diving 11/1/14 BSC Diving Championships: Abby Hughes finished 11th in 1 Meter Diving!11/2/14 BSC Swim Championships: Team 3rd Place!

From Head Coach Rachel Waldstein

The Girls Swimming & Diving Team took 3rd overall in the Bay State Conference Championship.

Freshman Abbey Hughes started off the weekend with a strong 11th place finish in the 1 meter diving on Saturday and in the first event on Sunday morning, Claire Hadelman, Julia Nascimben, Ellen Ingweson & Monika Hedman broke a 15 year old high school record in the 200 Medley Relay going 1:54.67, placing 2nd in the event. Hadelman followed up her record breaking swim with a season best in the 200 Free, taking 2nd place, Diana Nascimben took 6th. In the 200 IM Elizabeth Bonvouloir came in 4th, Grace Ward 13th, Tracy Sexton 16th and Anisha Mishra 18th. In the 50 Free everyone went their season best, Ellen Ingwerson, Elizabeth Lively, Julia Gaitley and Julia Nascimben all scored points with top 16 finishes.

Ingwerson also had a person best in the 100 Fly taking 5th with a 1:02.24. Emilie Despres came in 2nd in the 100 Free going 55.77. Monika Hedman took 5th and Tricia Kenney & Meg Gilman went sub 1:00.00 to qualify for the MIAA South Sectional meet. Hadelman and D. Nascimben came back for the second distance event of the day taking 4th and 7th respectively. Ingwerson, Hedman, D. Nascimben & Despres came in 3rd in the 200 Freestyle Relay and Tori Budreau, Lively, Gaitley & J. Nascimben took 5th as the highest scoring B relay of the meet.

Anisha Mishra went a personal best in the 100 back, an event she will compete at Sectionals, and the rockets were strong in the breaststroke led by Julia Nascimben with a time of 1:10.72.

Finishing the meet with the 400 Freesyle Relay, Diana Nascimben, Elizabeth Bonvouloir, Claire Hadelman & Emilie Despres placed 2nd with a time of 3:46.86.

The Rockets head back to Wellesley College next Sunday for the MIAA South Sectionals with a team of 15 swimmers, one of the largest squads Needham has ever brought to a post season event.

Varsity Cheer 11/1/14 Braintree Invitational: Team 2nd Place! They’re 9.5 out of 10 on Stunting. It was their highest score in 5 years!