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Flyers Boys Hockey Season Opener Tonight

The Framingham High Flyers will skate against the Weymouth Wildcats at 7 p.m. at Loring Arena. Not a hockey fan but love to golf, then read below for a once-in-a-lifetime golf auction benefiting the hockey program.

Got Hockey? We do! Tonight, Dec. 12 is the Framingham High School Flyers boys hockey season opener. Come on down to Loring Arena for our home opener and see the Flyers Varsity Hockey Team take on the Weymouth Wildcats. See the new 2012-2013 team in action! The puck drops at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 adults, $3 students with a valid ID and $2 for children. Not a hockey fan? How does airfare, 18 holes of golf at the Liberty National Golf Course, dinner & overnight hotel accommodations for 2 sound? As an ongoing fundraiser this season, the Framingham Flyers will be auctioning off this amazing golf experience. That’s 18 Reasons to Love Flyers Hockey! Liberty National is a one-of-a-kind, world class golf club in Jersey City, New Jersey, overlooking…

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UPDATED: 5 Things You Need To Know Today: Dec. 11

Selectmen and Board of Health scheduled to meet, Framingham Library fundraiser at California Pizza Kitchen and Godspell auditions all featured in today's column.

Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. Framingham Selectmen are scheduled to meet tonight at 7 in the Memorial Building. It is a short agenda. On tap is renewal of licenses and a report on the resident pilot parking study evaluation. 2. The Framingham Public Library is holding a fundraiser at California Pizza Kitchen in Natick. Bring the flyer attached to this report, order your favorite items, present the flyer to your server and the library will get 20% of your check. Can be used for dine in or take out orders. Saturday, the main Framingham Library held its annual Winter Arts & Crafts Fair. Views a slideshow from the event here…

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UPDATE: Flyer Jake McKinnon Named Starter at Massachusetts All-Star Team

McKinnon and 45 other high school hockey players will play in the 3rd annual Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association High School All-Star Game Sunday, April 1 at the DCU Center in Worcester.

UPDATE: Framingham Flyer Jake McKinnon was named a starter at the 3rd annual Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association High School All-Star Game.   McKinnon has played hockey for the last 12 years. He was a 4-year varsity starter for the Framingham High School ice hockey team. He was selected a Bay State Conference All-Star his junior year and was named the sole team captain this, his senior year. McKinnon and 45 other players will play Sunday, April 1 at noon at the DCU Center in Worcester. The game is hosted by the Worcester Sharks. The All-Star Game will consist of two teams split into Team South and Team North. Fans had the opportunity to vote for the starting lineup via a contest at Fox25, which ended Friday. Fox 25 News will …

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IMAGE GALLERY: Weymouth Skates Past Framingham Flyers

Framingham Flyers boys hockey team lost to Weymouth Wednesday night 5-1; play Norwood Saturday at Loring Arena.

Playing against rival Weymouth High Wednesday night at Loring Arena, the Framingham High boys hockey team fell flat after the first period, departing for the locker room already three points behind.    High hopes were in the air that the boys would take the “W” given they tied the Wildcats in their last match-up earlier this season 3-all.  The team’s lone goal was scored in the second period when senior captain Jake McKinnon worked to assist sophomore Kevin Parker to “light the lamp” with a score.  Weymouth scored two more goals within 38 seconds at the six-minute mark in the third period.  Framingham will take the ice again Saturday, as they host Norwood at 5 p.m. Editor's Note: Thanks to Michelle Smith for these fabulous photos!

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Flyers Skate To A Tie With Weymouth

Framingham High boys hockey team travelled to Weymouth and skated to a 3-3 tie.

Playing on the Weymouth Wildcats' home ice Saturday night, the Framingham High School boys hockey team added a tie to their record, 3-3. The Flyers' first goal was an unassisted beauty by senior Captain Jake McKinnon. Weymouth went ahead with just 21 seconds left in the first period. In the second period, the Flyers made good use of fresh ice with a goal to tie it 2-2 – sophomore Cory Gorovitz put the puck in net with the assistance of Ryder Lessing and Eric Libby. Third period started like a shot with Weymouth scoring after only 11 seconds on the ice, making it 3-2. Framingham proceeded to kill off penalties left over from the second period with an unassisted goal by McKinnon. Junior goalie Casey Brigham served in net for all three …

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Flyers Skate Past Wellesley 4-2

Framingham High boys hockey team defeated Wellesley for the first win of the season; Captain Jake Mackinnon had a hat trick in the victory.

Framingham High boys hockey team skated to a 4-2 win against Wellesley High on Wednesday. Captain Jake Mackinnon had a hat trick in the win. MacKinnon went in on the breakaway and buried the puck, giving the Flyers a 3-2 lead and the game winner. McKinnon finished the game with an open net goal and a first Flyers victory of the season, according to the Flyer News. Thanks to Michelle Smith for these fabulous action photos! (Parents & students feel free to add you own photos to these.)

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Kim Poness

9:33 am on Friday, December 16, 2011

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Flyers Hockey Season Ends With a 4-3 Loss

Framingham needed to win yesterday's game in regulation in order to qualify for the state tournament.

Framingham fell to Burlington 4-3  last night in the Ed Cahoon hockey tournament, hosted by Burlington, in the Flyers final game of the season.  Burlington has now won the tournament seven times in its 19 year history and will hope to carry this momentum into the state tournament which is set to begin next week.  The Red Devils found themselves in an early hole after Framingham defenseman Zealin Cronk scored on a shot from the point just 1:21 into the game to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.  The puck took a funny bounce in front on the net to get past Burlington goalie Derek DeCastro.  This would be the only scoring of the first period and Framingham took the one goal lead into the dressing room. Burlington came out in the second period and …

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Framingham Wrestler Wins State Title

In track, Ben Groleau finished seventh in the 1,000 with a time of 2:34.87 in the Division 1 Championship. . Sarah Bowhill got caught in traffic and ran a 5:17. Both Bowhill and Groleau will compete in the All-State meet this Saturday at the Reggie Lewis

Framingham came home from the Division 1 wrestling tournament with a state championship to highlight last week’s sports schedule as the winter season begins to wind down. Two Framingham runners advanced to the All-meet this weekend. On the ice, the Flyers’ boys hockey team needs two wins in its final two games this week in order to qualify for the state playoffs. WRESTLING: Sa dominates to win state title Gil Sa quickly built a lead in his 130-pound final match against St. John’s Prep’s Mike Mayo and remained in control to record a 9-1 major decision and win the state Division 1 individual title Saturday at Methuen High School. Three other Flyers gave a good accounting of themselves in the tournament. Mike Patterson took fourth place in …

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7 Wrestlers To Compete at States

Flyer Sarah Bowhill won the mile in 5:16.48 to become Bay State Conference championm while Ben Groleau became the Bay State League champion in the 1,000, with his winning performance of 2 minutes, 38.45 seconds.

WRESTLING: Flyers send 7 to states Framingham will have seven wrestlers in the Division I state tournament this Saturday, Feb. 19 at Methuen High. The seven qualified for the tournament after their performances at the Division 1 Central Sectional tournament in Lexington. Three Framingham wrestlers -- Gil Sa (130 pounds), Robert Coukos (145) and Mike Patterson (189) -- became individual champions in the sectionals and will lead the Framingham wrestlers in the Division I tournament. Framingham will have 7 wrestlers in the state tournament, the most for any team. Framingham dropped its final dual meet of the season to Weymouth, 46-15, on Wednesday. It is the second consecutive year the Flyers lost to Bay State Conference Carey Division …

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Flyers Pick up Wins Despite the Snow

Last week's snow shrunk the number of games Framingham varsity teams played last week. Some of the games have been rescheduled for this week.

The relentless snow of last week couldn’t completely thwart Framingham High’s varsity sports teams and a number of games were played. Highlighting Framingham’s efforts last week were the boys and girls hockey teams, which collectively had two wins and a tie. The gymnastics team ended the season with a victory. Framingham’s wrestlers finished second in the state sectionals. Flyers’ swim team finished third in its conference championship meet. HOCKEY: Boys pick up tie, win Framingham’s hockey team skated to 3-3 tie with Needham Saturday. The Flyers were down 3-1 at the mid-point of the first period but came out in the second period fired up and, according to Framingham coach Paul Spear, played the rest of the game, “with pride, passion and …

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