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Author: Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager

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Is Little League in decline?
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Is Little League in decline?

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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As a kid growing up in Wellesley, there was nothing I looked forward to more than getting to play Little League Baseball. The smell of […]

Native American imagery in today’s sports culture
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Native American imagery in today’s sports culture

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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As February break began, my family and I decided to take a trip down to sunny Vero Beach, Florida. We left early in the morning […]

Boys’ hockey season recap
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Boys’ hockey season recap

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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As the final horn sounded on March 5, 2022 to mark the end of the third period, Wellesley skated off the ice to the tune […]

Light It Up! The Wellesley Field Fund’s final push for lights
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Light It Up! The Wellesley Field Fund’s final push for lights

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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This past summer, the Natural Resource Commission (NRC) voted 3-2 in favor of adding locker rooms, a new sound system, and new lights up over […]

Wellesley’s Consumer Issue
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Wellesley’s Consumer Issue

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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Since March of 2020 businesses across the country and world have taken a hit.  Many are still recovering financially from the Covid lockdown and are […]

Ryan Keyes – Golf Athlete of the Week
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Ryan Keyes – Golf Athlete of the Week

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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Sophomore Ryan Keyes is a star on the high school golf team, but he only began taking the sport seriously a little over two years […]

The high school, middle school, and elementary school rankings only continue to decline
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The high school, middle school, and elementary school rankings only continue to decline

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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This year, U.S. News and World Report released its annual rankings of high schools across the nation. Along with it, the magazine released a new […]

Is Rock Really “Dead”?
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Is Rock Really “Dead”?

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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Rock is dead. This is a claim many have made over the past 20 years, and although the genre isn’t dead, it isn’t topping the […]

Dr. Jamie Chisum addresses the high school’s most pressing issues in a press conference on October 25
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Dr. Jamie Chisum addresses the high school’s most pressing issues in a press conference on October 25

  • Suzie Kim '23, Executive Editor-in-Chief
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On Monday, October 25, principal Dr. Jamie Chisum sat down for a press conference with The Bradford and discussed the high schools’ approach to bullying […]

(VIDEO) Dr. Jaimie Chisum Press Conference with The Bradford on 10.25.21 (transcript included)
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(VIDEO) Dr. Jaimie Chisum Press Conference with The Bradford on 10.25.21 (transcript included)

  • Suzie Kim '23, Executive Editor-in-Chief
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Transcript by Kaelyn King: F: So our first topic today is going to be the recent bullying incident at the high school, well I guess […]

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