The Daily News Male and Female Athlete(s) of the Year in Hopkinton's Will Abbott and Natick's Grace Connolly join host Tommy Cassell to talk about their noteworthy honors.   Abbott was a once-in-a-generation type athlete this past school year when it came to football, hockey and lacrosse. He raised the bar athletically at Hopkinton High by setting a boatload of new school records and was named an All-American for lax.    Connolly was in a class of her own this past school year when it came to running, earning All-American status and Mass. Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year, while also setting a bunch of new school records. ​

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

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Ducks fly together. Host Tommy Cassell chats with members of the Division 1 state championship baseball team from Needham High School as well as two of their coaches. The coaches just happened to be Tommy's high school classmates.

After senior captain, Charlie Roberts scooped up three rubber ducky’s during his team’s trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in May the team used them as good luck charms in his team’s dugout ever since, 

Joining me were three of its senior captains in Charlie Sumner, Alex Luscher and Roberts. The two coaches are head coach Matt Howard and assistant coach Alex Marlow, both graduates of Weston High School, where Tommy went to school.

The group talks about winning a state championship for Needham baseball, relived some of the glory days of Weston High, discussed rubber duckies and even played a little trivia.

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

 

With the high school sports season officially over, Milford's Ava and Andrew Vasile came into the studio to talk with Tommy Cassell, the host of the Cassell's Corner podcast, to talk the past three seasons of sports and the 2017-18 sports year in general.   Now although the two siblings, twins if you couldn't tell, live in Milford, they both go to different schools. Ava, 12 minutes older, is a rising senior at Medway High while the younger Andrew is a rising senior at Blackstone Valley Tech in Upton.    Both play three sports, with Ava staring on the soccer field, indoor track, and lacrosse field while Andrew shines on the soccer field, basketball court, and lacrosse field.   Other than sports, the two twins chat with Tommy about choosing schools, signing on the bus and solving Rubik's Cubes. 

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

 

The Super 8 state champion Franklin baseball team join podcast host Tommy Cassell to talk about winning a state title after being the last team selected for the elite eight-team postseason tournament.

Seniors Jake Noviello, Bryan Woelfel, Evan Wendell, Steve Luttazi and Colby Fitzgibbons all came into Cassell's Corner to chat the Panthers' improbable playoff run, when they won all four of their games, the final a 3-2 victory over Central Catholic.   They five Franklin seniors and Cassell also chatted public vs. private school, Wendell's father who is battling cancer and Fitzgibbons' fun with fishing. 

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

 

Host Tommy Cassell' talks with three seniors from Medway High School.    Nick Assad, TJ Nelson and Cam Forbes from the Medway baseball team come in fresh off a 6-2 win over top-seeded Apponuquet in the Division 3 South quarterfinals to talk all things baseball, sports, and of course Fortnite.    The three Medway High seniors discuss their playoff run and other athletic endeavors, while also chatting about frosted tips in the hair and playing hacky sack and more with Tommy.

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

 

The Dover-Sherborn boys tennis team joins host Tommy Cassell in this episode.    Two seniors in Max Schuermann (No. 1 singles) and Lucas Minas (No. 2 singles), along with their coach Jon Kirby,  talk all things tennis.   The Raiders finished the regular season with a 15-0 record and over their four years at D-S, Schuermann and Minas led their team to a 63-0 record in the regular season over that time span.    D-S lost in the Division 3 state championship in 2016, the sophomore season for both Schuermann and Minas, and fell in the Div. 3 state semifinals in 2015 and 2017. Needless to say, the Raiders have some unfinished business that is motivating them.   The three D-S tennis team members and Cassell also discuss golf, swimming, DJing and many other things.  

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

 

Fresh off a win in the Rich Pedroli Memorial Daily News Classic, the Hopkinton baseball team joined host Tommy Cassell. They are (from left to right in picture) Stephen Simoes, Zack Sisitsky, Tom Leone and Anthony Farina.   The Hillers won 5-3 over three-time defending Daily News Classic champs Franklin on May 26 at Natick's Mahan Field. Hopkinton will soon be playing in the Division 2 South playoffs.   The group talks about all things baseball, golf (Leone won a state title this past fall with the Hopkinton golf team), hockey and football -- even a little basketball -- while also talking about the Hopkinton baseball coach, Steve Simeos, who is Stephen's father and the AP Government teacher of a few of the Hillers at Hopkinton High.  

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

Host Tommy Cassell brings iin a couple for the first time. They are seniors from rivaling towns and schools. Milford's Shannon Cormier and Hopedale's Brandon Hall.   Shannon is currently on the undefeated Milford softball team, which is the defending Division 1 state champion. Brandon is currently running outdoor track for Hopedale and just broke the school record in the 1-mile.    The two started dating nearly two years ago when Brandon added Shannon as a friend on Snapchat. It took two dates for him to finally ask for her telephone number. The two are very competitive with each other and have been trying to out-do one another when it comes to proposals to prom: promposals.   They both will play sports at college, with Brandon running three seasons at Fordham University and Shannon playing field hockey at American International College. 

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

Holliston High School graduate Jake Obid and his former teacher Bill Wechsler joined host Tommy Cassell for this week's episode.

Wechsler was diagnosed with ALS in 2016 and was given two to five years to live. Obid credits Wechsler, who was a social worker at Holliston High until 2017, with saving his life as Obid was struggling with school and his life as a sophomore at Holliston.

Obid finished the 2018 Boston Marathon. He ran to pay homage to his former teacher and raised nearly $15K for Team Challenge ALS. He finished the race with a calf injury and possibly a torn meniscus in his knee.

Obid and Wechsler talk about the Boston Marathon, the toughest part of ALS and Obid's plans to follow in Wechsler's footsteps, in an episode that might bring tears to your eyes.

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

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