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4th Grade:
1st Place- Naysa Christie : Nathan Hale School, Roxbury, MA
2nd Place- Quincy Costa : Marion Cross School, Norwich, VT
Honorable Mentions-
Benjamin Bumpus: Elizabeth S. Brown Elementary School, Swansea, MA
Eli Gathii: Nathan Hale School, Roxbury, MA
Faraday Wright: Nathan Hale School, Roxbury, MA
Lonnic Daniels: Nathan Hale School, Roxbury, MA
Kate Nguyen: Nathan Hale School, Roxbury, MA
5th Grade:
1st Place- McKenzie Leonard: Marshall Middle School, Billerica, MA
2nd Place- Alison Martin: Tenacre Country Day School, Wellesley, MA
Honorable Mentions-
Bentley Tan: Wollaston Elementary School, Quincy, MA
Kasey C. Tarr: Dover Middle School, Dover, NH
Mia Tesone: Marion Cross School, Norwich, VT
Kellan MacDonald: South Elementary School, Stoughton, MA
Jacob Rynek: South Elementary School, Stoughton, MA
Teddy Berberian: Tenacre Country Day School, Wellesley, MA
6th Grade:
1st Place- Emma Joyce: Hingham Middle School, Hingham, MA
2nd Place- Emilie Van Dongen: Joseph Case Junior High, Swansea, MA
Honorable Mentions-
Zoe Durgavich: Walter S. Parker Middle School, Reading, MA
Benjamin Winters: Royalston Community School, Royalston, MA
Ashlyn Hughes: Kennedy Middle School, Woburn, MA
Landon Lee: William Diamond Middle School, Lexington, MA
Benjamin Weinstein: Pierce School, Brookline MA
7th Grade:
1st Place- Chase McFadden: Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood, MA
2nd Place- Ryan Kaleba: Catholic Memorial, West Roxbury, MA
Honorable Mentions-
Luke Addesa: Catholic Memorial, West Roxbury, MA
Patrick Fennell: St. Sebastians, Needham, MA
Camille Conaway: Marshall Simonds Middle School, Burlington, MA
Eibhlin Mahoney: Marshall Middle School, Billerica, MA
Linus Henke: Atrium School, Cambridge, MA
8th Grade:
1st Place- Gerard Stock: Catholic Memorial, West Roxbury, MA
2nd Place- Ishana Khurana: Hopkinton Middle School, Hopkinton, MA
Honorable Mentions-
Noah Berendsohn: Sarah Gibbons Middle School, Westborough, MA
Max Caponigro: Catholic Memorial, West Roxbury, MA
Antony Ankstitus: Catholic Memorial, West Roxbury, MA
Jose Estrella: Catholic Memorial, West Roxbury, MA
9th Grade:
1st Place- Catherine Liang: North Quincy High School, Quincy, MA
2nd Place- Cheyanne Hicks: Manchester High School, Manchester, CT
Honorable Mentions-
Jake Leone: Ayer Shirley Regional High School, Ayer, MA
Liana Rivera: St. Mary’s Lynn, Lynn, MA
Alyssa Norden: St. Mary’s Lynn, Lynn-, MA
Ross Benegyani: Manchester High School, Manchester, CT
Virginia Choe: The Winsor School, Boston, MA
Dua Rafaqat: North Quincy High School, Quincy, MA
10th Grade:
1st Place- Grace Fox: St. Mary’s Lynn, Lynn, MA
2nd Place- Livia Ng: North Quincy High School, Quincy, MA
Honorable Mentions-
Gabe Cohen: Brimmer and May, Chestnut Hill, MA
Omarys Castro: St. Mary’s Lynn, Lynn, MA
Marko Mano: North Quincy High School, Quincy, MA
Oliver Henke: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, MA
Colin Zraunig: South Hadley High School, South Hadley, MA
11th Grade:
1st Place- Amy Tan: North Quincy High School, Quincy MA
2nd Place- Oscar Bautista: Norwood High School, Norwood, MA
Honorable Mentions-
Ashley Lin: Somerset Berkley High School, Somerset, MA
Nicolas Scanlon: Somerset Berkley High School, Somerset, MA
Isabella Trull: Franklin High School, Franklin, MA
Anna Ryan: Scituate High School, Scituate, MA
Julia Scipione: Hingham High School, Hingham, MA
12th Grade:
1st Place-Calvin Perrotty: Somerset Berkley High School, Somerset, MA
2nd Place- Benjamin Forbes: Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham, MA
Honorable Mentions-
Gage Ahearn: Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham, MA
Austin Thurber: Somerset Berkley High School, Somerset, MA
Luke Gauvin: Somerset Berkley High School, Somerset, MA
Carys Carey: Somerset Berkley High School, Somerset, MA
Naomi Berman: Somerset Berkley High School, Somerset, MA
For questions or for more information, please contact Caroline Flynn at [email protected]
The Will McDonough Writing Contest, named in honor of the legendary Boston Globe sportswriter, takes place every year.
In 2023, over 1,000 students from across New England participated in the contest. The winners are chosen by Globe sports writers and editors. The contest is open to all students in grades 4 through 12.
To see all the photos from the 2023 Will McDonough Writing Contest Award Ceremony, visit The Sports Museum’s Facebook page. Photo Credits: Steve Babineau
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Celebrate the history and character of Boston sports and uses help youth in our community.
The Sports Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution housed in the TD Garden that has served Boston and New England for more than 40 years.
At The Sports Museum, we celebrate the character of Boston sports — the unique brand of teamwork, determination, responsibility, courage, fairness, and other qualities of character possessed by our teams and athletes that make Boston “The Greatest Sports City in America.” Equally important, we use this distinctly rich heritage to help build character in kids so that they can stand strong in the face of drugs, violence, and other dangers.