Melrose Sports

Playoff opener comes after 47-0 rout of Watertown

Published November 1, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Red Raider football team finished their regular season unbeaten at 7-0 after a 47-0 thrashing of Watertown last Friday evening at Fred Green Field as they now embark on playoffs. Tonight, they host Burlington in the Div. 4 North…

Melrose’s Thomas Brodeur earns Sectional title

Published October 25, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose High golf…

Finish regular season undefeated at 5-0

Published October 25, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose High girl’s cross country team are league champs after finishing their regular season a flawless 5-0 with a victory over Wilmington on Tuesday. This is the first time in 8 years that Melrose has clinched a title, and now they…

Two league wins improve Melrose to 15-2

Published October 25, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Lady Raider volleyball team is operating at full throttle as they drive towards playoffs. Over the last week, they picked up two straight league wins over Watertown and Wakefield to improve to 15-2. On Wednesday of this week (post-deadline) they faced a…

Red Devils burned by Red Raiders, 49-14

Published October 25, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Red Raider football team continues its unbeaten streak and improved to 6-0 after a 49-14 thrashing of Burlington.

Melrose scored 42 points in the second and third quarters behind the work of senior captain Chris Cusolito, who had three…

Back-to-back wins help playoff cause

Published October 25, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Lady Raider soccer team refuses to go quietly into the night and is riding on a two-game winning streak that they hope to extend into a playoff run. 

Melrose stands at 6-8-1 and needs two wins and at least a tie…

Melrose shows guts & glory in clash against Lexington

Published October 25, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—A large home crowd greeted the Melrose Unified Red Raider Basketball team, who hosted their home opener on Monday, Oct. 22 against Lexington and put on quite a show for their devoted fans. 

This is the second year of MHS…

Woburn no match for Red Raiders, 35-6

Published October 18, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose Red Raider football team’s joyride season continues as they picked up their 5th win to remain unbeaten, 5-0, after a 35-6 thumping over Woburn on Friday, Oct. 12 to improve their season to 5-0.

Melrose is simply firing on all…

A key league win to keep playoff hopes alive

Published October 18, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—It’s been a season of ups and downs for the Melrose Red Raider soccer team who’ve battled a host of injuries that has kept their lineup this season very competitive but inconsistent. Melrose remains in a playoff hunt with 11…

Seniors also honored during Senior Night

Published October 18, 2019

By JENNIFER GENTILE

MELROSE—The Melrose High girl’s field hockey team had plenty of reason to celebrate over the last week when they picked up a non league win over Saugus and then celebrated Senior Night during their game against Watertown on Oct. 14 at home.

According…