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WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

WA sports week in recap

Jan 3, 2013

Sports results from holiday break Girls' Basketball Game- December 27th, 2012 Westford 67, Arlington Catholic 42 Sam Hyslip grabbed 16 rebounds Megan Kibblehouse, Christina Nowak, and Hannah Hackley all made 3 pointers The team plays their Coaches vs. Cancer game January 4th at home Girls...

Where Bombacci does his work

Bombacci tapes together WA Athletics

Nov 29, 2012

By Victoria Walker Staff Writer With a wide variety of highly competitive sports teams competing home and away for Westford Academy, and a student body of over 1600, there is rarely an afternoon when trainer Bill Bombacci does not have a line of students outside his office. Bombacci’s services...

Volleyball strikes down Cancer

Volleyball strikes down Cancer

Nov 16, 2012

By John Devereaux Staff Writer On Friday, October 26th, there was a volleyball game which helped raise money for cancer. This event was called Coaches vs. Cancer. Both the Junior Varsity and Varsity volleyball teams won against their rivals Acton-Boxborough. JV girls' volleyball team had an...

Cerullo and Monoxelos in the Wright Library

New sportscasters entertain WA

Sep 28, 2012

By Kathleen McAleese Features Editor Fridays have been anticipated for the entire week among WA students for countless years and this year will be no different. The last day of the week is a source of relief from the hard work all week, and Friday mornings may just provide some comic relief as well. Evan Monoxelos and...

The Grey Ghosts preparing to battle Memorial-Catholic.

Varsity Football Primed for Success

Sep 18, 2012

By Kyle Auger Sports Editor Despite their tough loss against Chelmsford, the varsity football team is still expected to perform extremely well, with both the players and many other publications projecting another winning season with perhaps a division championship. After their loss, the Ghosts...

Play continues in the first half.

Boys’ Soccer Takes Andover 1-0

Sep 16, 2012

By Craig Brinkerhoff Staff Writer Boys' Varsity soccer added another win to their season so far, securing a 1-0 win at Andover High School this past Saturday. The Ghosts beat Chelmsford last week as well, and going into the match-up Coach Tony DiLeo thought Andover would be a tougher competitor. "We...

The site for the clash with the Lions.

Football suffers tough loss against Chelmsford

Sep 10, 2012

By Kyle Auger Sports Editor On a rainy Friday night at Alumni Field the Westford Academy Varsity Football team kicked off their season against the Chelmsford Lions and were defeated 40-26. Although they lost, the Ghosts can be nothing but hopeful after the game illuminated several positive points...

Cheerio will be remembered by all members of the WA Community. Photo courtesy of Andrew Silvia

Remembering WA’s biggest superfan

Sep 7, 2012

By Lauren Cullen Staff Writer On Tuesday, September 4, Westford Academy's beloved bus driver and sports photographer Victor "Cheerio" Neal passed away of lung cancer. Cheerio was famous in the WA community for driving to sports events and taking pictures of every game he could. In an interview...

Grey Ghosts tame Tyngsborough Tigers

Dec 14, 2009

By Kendall McElroy Staff Writer The boys varsity basketball team started off the season right with a big win over the Tyngsborough Tigers 97-51 at Wesford Academy on December 11th. After Westford Academy junior varsity boys basketball team had a solid win over Tyngsborough, more maroon clad...