Wakefield Sports

Published in the March 2, 2021 edition.

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — The Middlesex League boys’ basketball coaches recently voted on All-Stars for the 2021 season. Two members from Wakefield High made the list: Senior Brett Okundaye and junior Andrew Quinn. 

Okundaye led the Warriors in multiple statistical categories including points, rebounds and steals. He…

Published in the March 1, 2021 edition.

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — The Middlesex League’s girls’ basketball coaches recently voted on All-Stars for the 2021 season. Two members from Wakefield High made the list: Junior Ashlee Purcell and sophomore Emma Shinney. 

Purcell led the Warriors in scoring with 12.5 points per game and in steals with…

Published in the February 25, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield High 2020 graduate Antonio Anastasiades was recently named to the Boston Herald’s Eastern Mass All-Decade boys’ swimming team. The All-Decade team members competed between 2011 and 2020.

Anastasiades helped lead the Lynnfield-Wakefield co-op boys’ swim team to new heights during his time with the program…

Published February 24, 2021

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

ARLINGTON — A first glance at the Middlesex League girls’ hockey bracket might have been disheartening to some Warrior girls’ hockey fans. 

With the No. 8 seed, 4-5-1 Wakefield drew top-seeded and undefeated Arlington (8-0-2) in the first round to be played on the Spy Ponders’ home ice…

Beat Woburn in quarterfinals for 6th straight W

Published in the February 23, 2021 edition.

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High girls’ basketball team pushed top-seeded Burlington to the brink in the 2021 Middlesex League Playoff semifinals on Thursday morning at Burlington High. 

The Warriors controlled the tempo and had their best defensive…

Published in the February 22, 2021 edition.

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

ARLINGTON — The Wakefield High boys’ basketball team traveled to Arlington High on Wednesday night to take on the Spy Ponders in a first round Middlesex League playoff matchup. 

The Warriors played a strong first half, taking a 38-31 lead into the break and eventually…

Published in the February 19, 2021 edition.

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WATERTOWN — They were even for 49 minutes and 57 seconds. 

The Wakefield and Belmont boys’ hockey teams put on a show in the first round of a Middlesex League playoff game on Wednesday at the John Ryan Arena in Watertown. The two teams were tied…