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WAGH lines up for the opening face-off

WAGH ties home opener vs. Boston Latin

Andrew Friel, Managing Editor Dec 14, 2016

The Westford Academy Girls' Varsity Hockey team tied their home opener at Groton School against Boston Latin by a score of 3-3. The girls started off strong, but after falling behind in the middle of the match up, they found themselves unable to crawl out quick enough in order to secure the win. The...

WA Girls' Field Hockey defeats Acton-Boxborough

WA Girls’ Field Hockey defeats Acton-Boxborough

Alisha Sabnis, Advertising Manager Sep 17, 2016

On the morning of Saturday, September 17,  WA Girls’ Varsity Field Hockey defeated Acton-Boxborough with a score of 1-0. The game consisted of 2 thirty minute halves. No goals were scored during the first half and the winning goal, made by senior Colleen Ellis, was scored in the second half. Within...

Arnold jumps for the ball

WA Girls’ Volleyball falls to Newton-South

Kai-Jia Yue and Varshini Ramanathan Sep 14, 2016

  WA Varsity Girls' Volleyball lost to Newton-South High School with a final set score of 2-3 this Wednesday. The game was close throughout, but WA's little mistakes built up through the play. The whole team wore orange armbands around their arms to show their support to Matt Roberge's...

Emma Orfanos regains possession over the ball in the game's second half.

Photos: Girls’ Varsity field hockey opener

Anthony Cammalleri, Features Editor Sep 7, 2016

In the season opener, WA Girls' Varsity Field Hockey beat the Weston Wildcats 2-1 today, starting the season off on a bright note for the Grey Ghosts. Although tied for the first half of the game, WA played aggressively throughout the second half, refusing to surrender possession to any opponent,...

Senior Cat Mahanna defends herself against three Bromfield players.

Westford wins a tight game over Bromfield

Niha Kaushik, Staff Writer Apr 3, 2016

On April 2nd, the WA Girls' Lacrosse team narrowly beat Bromfield, with a final score of 13-11. WA started off the game with a strong lead, scoring 5 goals at around ten minutes into the game, with 1 goal for Bromfield. Both teams fought for goals in the minutes that followed. However, in the...

Girls' Basketball defeated by Newton South

Girls’ Basketball defeated by Newton South

Ellie Smith, Editor-in-Chief Jan 6, 2016

On Tuesday, January 5th, Girls' Basketball faced Newton South at home. Both teams played hard in this close game, but Newton South ultimately took home the win with a final score of 52-60. WA started out strong as junior Angela Alibrandi won the tipoff and gained possession early in the game. Sophomore...

Sophomores and juniors prepare to put the ball in action

Sophomores and juniors tie powderpuff

Kai-Lou Yue, Editor-In-Chief Oct 22, 2015

On Thursday, October 22, 2015, WA girls participated in the annual Lady Ghosts Powderpuff game as part of spirit week. Though the competition was fierce between grades, sophomores and juniors were tied 0-0 at the end of the final game. For the first game of the night, in typical fashion, the freshmen...