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Boys' Varsity Tennis poses for a picture
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Grounded but grand: Boys’ Varsity Tennis aims for greatness

Gabriel Freeman, Staff Writer Mar 19, 2025

As the sun shines over the Robinson School Tennis Courts, wind blows through the fences. The Ghosts stand under the sun, past the fences, on the courts. They swing their rackets against the breeze, ready to take on any opponent who stands in their way of success. With spring right on the horizon,...

The Boys' Tennis Team poses for picture.

Boys’ Tennis looks to continue success for 2022-23 season

Aarush Adimulam, Staff Writer Mar 31, 2023

The Boys' Tennis Team is one of the many successful sports teams at WA. They finished last year with a 10-5 record and frequently dominated opponents. The team qualified and advanced in the State Tournament last year, but lost in the Round of 16 to Winchester. Led by junior captain Connor Liona and sophomore...

The Westford Varsity Softball team takes a huddle during their scrimmage against Newton North.

WA Softball puts in the work to start their season

Benjamin Borselli, Staff Writer Apr 6, 2022

As they enter their much-anticipated spring sports season, WA Varsity Softball players, new and old, have been taking to the practice fields with bats, balls, and gloves looking to better their skills. This year, the team hopes to continue what it started last year and once again head for the DCL...

The softball season has been postponed indefinitely due to Corona.

Softball season cancelled due to the coronavirus

Molly Smith, Staff writer Apr 25, 2020

With the shutting down of schools for the rest of the year, spring athletes are left without their spring seasons, the last opportunity for seniors to play before college. This is the case for senior Maeve Proulx, a captain for this spring's softball season. Proulx has put countless years of practice...

Player dives for the disc in an Ultimate game.

Ultimate flies to WA

Molly Smith, Staff Writer Mar 6, 2020

Ultimate is coming back to WA as a team sport in the spring of 2020. This will offer students a fun alternative to the stereotypical spring sports such as baseball and lacrosse. WA's Ultimate team will be co-captained by seniors Collin Pickersgill and Mike Reeve. The team will consist of 16 roster...

Boys' Volleyball loses to AB

AB upsets WA Boys’ Volleyball

Mahi Kandage, Sports Editor Apr 12, 2018

On Wednesday, April 11, the Acton-Boxborough Colonials managed to defeat the Grey Ghost Boys' Volleyball team in a dramatic game that lasted five sets and lasted for over two hours. The score was tied 2-2, but AB managed to dominate the fifth set, clinching the victory. The first set projected a completely...

Photo courtesy of Westford Community Rowing.

Crew team reinvented after budget deficit discovered

Varshini Ramanathan, Co-Managing Editor Dec 11, 2017

After discovering a projected $70,000 deficit for the Westford Community Rowing program, home of the local crew team, Westford town officials made the decision to lay off two full-time crew coaches and shift the adult crew programs to the nonprofit Friends of Westford Community Rowing. WA has made preliminary...

Tommy Welham.

Freshmen get spots on varsity tennis

Conor Bellone, Staff Writer Jun 14, 2017

Tommy Welham and Oliver Davey aren’t just new to the halls of the WA, but new to the tennis courts of the boys’ varsity team. However, the work it takes to get onto a varsity team in freshman year doesn’t happen overnight, but through years of practice and preparation. Oliver Davey was inspired...