Joe Pohoryles

Joe Pohoryles

Joe Pohoryles is a Contributor to the Belmont Voice.

Two teenaged boys running track.

Belmont Indoor Track Hoping To Be More Competitive in 2024-25

January 9, 2025
There’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is one in ‘indoor track,’ and for Belmont High School’s boys’ and girls’ teams, the ‘I’ is where the focus has been. “I don’t think we’re a super competitive team,” Marauders girls’ senior captain Mira…

Garage Band: The Story of Belmont’s Unofficial Wrestling Club

January 4, 2025
For the wrestlers at Belmont High School, there are essentially two options when it comes to off-season training with their peers. There’s the MetroWest United Wrestling Club in Natick, which trains middle school, high school and collegiate wrestlers. And then there’s Will…
Boys gathered around a basketball court.

Major Changes Expected For Belmont Boys’ Basketball

December 16, 2024
In high school basketball, change is inevitable. The year-to-year roster churn, replacing graduated seniors with incoming lower-classmen, is nothing new. Still, it has hit Belmont High School Boys’ Basketball in a significant way entering the 2024-25 season. After finishing the ‘23-’24 season…

A New Coach, Era for Belmont Football

September 17, 2024
It’s a new era for Belmont Football under Francois Joseph, built off blood, sweat, and Buffalo wings. For most high school football coaches, team-building starts on the practice field during the dog days of summer. It starts in the weight room. It…

Rebuilding Football Team Faces Tough Road to Repeat

September 11, 2024
Brad Mayer had a simple directive for his players as the Marauders football team warmed up for their joint practice against Quabbin at Belmont High School on Aug. 24. “Be loud enough so they can hear us in Watertown,” said Mayer, Belmont’s…

Cheer Team Rebuilds, Focuses On Return to Regionals

September 8, 2024
Redemption. That’s what’s on the minds of Eliza Murtaugh and Kathryn Donovan, the cheerleading coaches at Belmont High School. The “package deal” pair is entering its second year leading the program they once competed for as students. By the time Regionals rolled…
Rugby player struggles to catch the ball.

Sixpeat: Girls Rugby Rolls to Latest State Title

June 17, 2024
It took nearly nine minutes for the Belmont High School Girls’ Rugby team to get on the scoreboard against Weymouth in the MIAA Division 1 State Championship on Saturday, but when senior Mia Taylor surged through to score the first try with…