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WA's starting lineup gets introduced on senior night.

Boys’ Basketball stampedes Wayland on senior night

James McDermott, Sports Editor Feb 1, 2023

Westford Academy Boys’ Basketball improved to 7-6 on the season after blowing out Wayland 85-41 at home on Tuesday Jan. 31 on their senior night. A season-high 85 points, coupled with stifling defense, gave Wayland little hope from the opening tip-off. Almost every single player for WA got in the...

Coach Kalukiewicz is all smiles after his 400th victory.

Coach Kalukiewicz eclipses incredible milestone of 400 wins

James McDermott, Sports Editor Jan 20, 2023

20 years, 20 preseasons, 20 regular seasons, 20 postseasons, 20 offseasons, and 20 wins per season. That is the formula necessary to win 400 games as a high school basketball coach, which explains why it is such a daunting task. Westford Academy Girls’ Basketball Assistant Coach Bob Kalukiewicz...

The WA Boys Varsity Hockey team huddles up.

Boys’ Ice Hockey defeats Chelmsford 1-0

Grace Hsu, Staff Writer Jan 20, 2023

The Boys' Ice Hockey team defeated Chelmsford High School 1-0 in an intense game at Chelmsford Forum on Wednesday, Jan. 11, bringing their season record up to 5-3-1. The winning goal was scored by senior captain Matty Haggan in the last three minutes of the game. From the start of the game, it was...

Graffeo finishes the race where he broke the 1-mile record.

Graffeo breaks 1 mile track record at freshman/sophomore invitational meet

Jack Zwirn, Reviews/Opinions Editor Jan 17, 2023

Jack Graffeo is just a sophomore at WA, but he is already breaking records. At the Auerbach Freshman-Sophomore Championship Meet on Saturday, Jan. 7, Graffeo broke the meet record for the one mile race with a time of 4:26.50. This broke the previous meet record of 4:26.76. After he finished the record-breaking...

WA Girls' Basketball huddles up to game plan for the second half.

WA Girls’ Basketball outlasts Bedford in high scoring battle

James McDermott, Sports Editor Jan 11, 2023

WA Girls’ Basketball improved their record to 3-5 on the season after beating Bedford at home 57-53 on Friday, Jan. 6. WA came out with an abundance of energy to begin the first quarter, starting the game on an 11-6 run to set the tone. Both their offensive and defensive intensity continued to help...

WA down by three goals in the first period.

WA Boys’ Ice Hockey defeated by Lincoln-Sudbury 6-1

Shaivi Shah, Staff Writer Jan 11, 2023

The WA Boys' Ice Hockey team season record fell to 3-2 on the season after suffering a massive 6-1 loss on Jan. 4 at Skate 3. Lincoln-Sudbury started off powerful by scoring a goal in the early minutes of the first period. They score their second goal in five minutes and fifty-six seconds, following...

Junior Molly Harding scores a pair of free throws in the fourth quarter.

WA Girls’ Basketball comes up short against Pentucket Regional

Katie McDermott, Staff Writer Jan 3, 2023

Westford Academy Girls’ Basketball dealt their third loss of the season in their away game at Merrimack College against Pentucket Regional on Tuesday Dec. 27, going home with a score of 50-43.  Pentucket had a strong start in the beginning of the first quarter, as their offense was showing up with...

Senior captain Alanna Saunders takes a free throw as the players around her jump into action.

Girls’ basketball faces 51-44 defeat against Billerica Memorial

Srivas Arun, Staff Writer Dec 24, 2022

The Westford Academy Girls' Basketball Team was dealt their second loss of the season away against Billerica Memorial High School on Thursday, Dec. 22 with the game ending in a score of 51-44. Billerica began with an early lead in the first quarter. Due to their strong offense, they were able to...