Greg Levinsky, Author at The Belmont Voice

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With New Coach, Belmont Boys Basketball Eyes Upswing

December 18, 2025

On the first Friday evening this December, Belmont High School’s varsity boys basketball team gathered underneath a basket on the far side of a buzzing Wenner Field House. After installing a few out-of-bounds plays, the program’s first-year coach, Danny Burns, recounted his…

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New-Look Belmont Boys Hockey Hopes to Surprise

December 15, 2025

Belmont High School boys hockey couldn’t start the 2025-26 season with a blanker slate. Call it the ultimate “prove it” year. With a combined 70 goals scored and presumptive starters gone due to graduation and transfers to prep schools, almost every role…

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Belmont Girls Ice Hockey Team Looks to Continue Success

December 11, 2025

The last two seasons of Belmont High School girls hockey came with major changes, and the 2025-26 campaign appears no different. Two years ago, the school fielded a co-op team with Watertown. Last year, the Marauders became their own program again, albeit…

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Entrepreneurial Belmont Youth Building and Selling Bears

December 10, 2025

Move over, Build-A-Bear Workshop, because Belmont resident Hillary Hoffman created a new plush bear with hometown roots. Just in time for the holidays, the 13-year-old Belmont Middle School student released Toby, the first bear in what the young entrepreneur envisions as a…

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Belmont Middle School Bests Belmont Hill in Friendly Soccer Tournament

December 8, 2025

Belmont Public School athletic teams never play Belmont Hill in games that count, despite their proximity. While the former competes in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and the latter in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NESPAC), their respective town…

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Two Belmont Players Drafted By Women’s Pro Baseball League

December 2, 2025

Katie Reynolds and Katherine Murphy recently made history as members of the first-ever Women’s Pro Baseball League draft class, but their collective journey to this point began years ago on a baseball diamond in Belmont. Murphy, then in elementary school, and Reynolds,…

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Led by Lily Fallon’s First-Place Finish, Belmont Middle School Cross-Country Posts Strong Results

November 18, 2025

Lily Fallon knew the first Saturday in November would be a doozy. Soccer in the morning in Lexington, back home to Belmont for some recovery stretching, and a 45-minute ride to Devens for the 16th annual Massachusetts Middle School Cross-Country Invitational. “It…

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Marauders Beat Central Catholic in the Rain, Advance to Round of 8

November 11, 2025

The Central Catholic High School girls soccer team allowed less than half a goal per game this fall and entered the MIAA Division 1 Tournament’s round of 16 on a 17-game unbeaten streak. Not that any of it mattered to Danica Zicha.…

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Belmont Field Hockey Falls in Elite Eight for Second Straight Season

November 8, 2025

This fall’s Belmont High School field hockey team had all the ingredients for a long Division 1 tournament run. A strong returning crew with playoff bona fides, developing complementary pieces, and promising newcomers led to members of the program believing in the…

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Belmont High School Ski Team Celebrates 30th Year

November 8, 2025

Belmont High School Ski Team Celebrates 30th Year By Greg Levinsky, Belmont Voice correspondent Joining a high school sports team is usually as simple as signing up, but what happens when the program doesn’t exist? One of Julianne Gauron’s most “formative” moments…