Cassell's Corner

Host Tommy Cassell brings two wrestlers from Franklin High into the studio to talk about their season. Both are seniors, Ian Bakalars and TJ Remillard. Ian wrestles at 120 pounds while Remillard wrestles at 132 pounds. At the All-State meet, Ian finished fifth while TJ placed fourth. Franklin High finished its regular season with a 24-0 record and the team was Division 1 Dual Meet State Champs. The Panthers also won their second straight Hockomock League championship. The group talks about cauliflower ear, ringworm, and singlets versus shorts.

Host Tommy Cassell sat down with two seniors from Nipmuc High and they are twin brothers, Kyle (left) and Sean Downing.   Both of played on the sectional winning golf team this past fall and are on the boys basketball team this winter. They both will also play baseball in the fall.   Kyle Downing surpassed the 1,000-point milestone in basketball earlier this season as the Warriors get ready for the Division 3 Central playoffs.   The group talks about sports, the perks (and drawbacks) of being a twin, and more.   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 tcassell@wickedlocal.com 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

Host Tommy Cassell brought in four Medway High seniors who were named Daily News All-Stars for the fall sports season. They are Anna Brewer, Riley Childs, Abby Murphy and Rob Dunne.   Brewer, Murphy and Dunne were all soccer All-Stars while Childs was a volleyball All-Star. Childs also recently hit the 1,000-point milestone for girls basketball.    The four all-stars and Cassell chatted about sports, the awards ceremony with former New England Patriots Sebastian Vollmer, how Brewer and Dunne had both broken their backs like Vollmer but still moved forward with their respective sports. In the last segment, the group goes a little off the rails discussing Childs' childhood crush and more. 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 tcassell@wickedlocal.com You

Podcast host Tommy Cassell is joined by three members of the Natick boys swim team as well as its coach, Caitlyn Shaddock.   The three boys are senior Jordan Arnold (left), sophomore Ian Arnold (middle left), and junior Kyle Burati (middle, right). Arnold specializes in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke while his younger brother Ian swims in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle. Burati is a diver.   The Redhawks went a perfect 12-0 this regular season and also won the Bay State Conference Championship meet for the first time in over three decades. 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 tcassell@wickedlocal.com You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren&rs

Three of the four captains of the Algonquin High (towns of Southborough and Northborough) boys basketball team joined Cassell's Corner podcast to discuss the Tomahawks most' recent game at the TD Garden, which was a win over Westford Academy, as the victory clinched a playoff berth for the team.   Host Tommy Cassell sits down with junior Nick Redden, senior Kyle Henderson, and junior Brian Duffy.   They also discussed what it is like to have three separate players nearly average 20 points per game, who's the ball hog, who can dunk, and what it was like to play on the same AAU basketball team.   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 tcassell@wickedlocal.com You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget t

Host Tommy Cassell talks with the coaches of Wellesley boys and girls hockey, Paul Donato and PT Donato, as well as their sophomore goaltenders in Liddy Schulz and Drew Hubbard. The father and son coaches talk about what it is like to work together and how much conversations focus around hockey.   The sophomore goaltenders talk about teamwork, how they each got the number 30 and more. Both teams are off to great starts and the goaltenders have a combined 12 shutouts so far (no goals allowed in a game).   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 tcassell@wickedlocal.com 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 C

Wayland swimming's Sean Devlin and coach Mike Foley and former Weston AD Pete Foley join host Tommy Cassell to talk about high school swimming. The group discusses the current season as well as Pete Foley's advice when he was coaching. Both Foley's also look back at players they have coached over the years. 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 tcassell@wickedlocal.com 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.

Two local student-athletes who are air riflers joined host Tommy Cassell this week. Teammates Brendan Seitz, a junior at Marian High and a Milford native, and Aliya Butt, from Franklin, compete locally and nationally.   Seitz and Butt talk about the sports psychology of air rifling as well as the skill involved in the sport. Seitz wrote the most recent 'The Player's Perspective' article, where he shared his views on the sport and the practice it requires.     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 tcassell@wickedlocal.com 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 w

Host Tommy Cassell talks with podcast producer Caitlyn Kelleher about the year that was in high school sports. He talks about the team highs as well as the personal moments that stood out to him during 2017 as he covered the teams around the MetroWest region of Massachusetts. 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 tcassell@wickedlocal.com 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 Millis High girls basketball team's head coach Dave Fallon and senior captains Lydia Flaherty and Meaghan Hourigan. They talked about sustaining success, working together at a Muffin house and dating football players who also won a state title. Millis lost to Quaboag Regional High last year in Division 4 state semifinals and fell to Cathedral High in the Division 4 state title game to two seasons ago when Lydia and Meaghan were sophomores. The Mohawks won a Division 4 state title with a 50-42 win over Fenway High when the two were freshmen and while both were eighth graders playing on the freshman team in the 2013-14 season, Millis won 57-36 over New Mission High in the Division 4 state title game. Hourigan also won a state title with the Millis girls soccer team this past fall.   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 relea

Framingham High Ice Hockey senior captain and goaltender Alex Moore and second-year coach Will Ortiz joined host Tommy Cassell’s for this episode. Moore and Ortiz saw the Flyers reach the Division 1 state title game for the first time in 13 years last season as Framingham lost 4-2 to St. Mary's of Lynn in the state championship. Ortiz, an alumnus of Framingham High, was a star player for the Flyers the last time Framingham had made an appearance in a state title game. It was 2004. The group talks about this ice hockey season, the new rules for a penalty, the Framingham-Natick rivalry, and how to shake off the end of the previous season. “There are very few teams who win their very last game,” Ortiz told Cassell. Moore also talks about working with NHL backup goaltender Mike Condon, who plays for the Ottawa Senators, earlier this year. Condon grew-up in Holliston and graduated from Belmont Hill. (Condon appeared on Cassell’s Corner in August.) Cassell’s Corner: Each week

Franklin boys basketball team senior captain Paul Mahon, coach CJ Neely and sophomore Chris Edgehill join host Tommy Cassell in this week’s episode. The group gathered in advance of the Panthers' first game of the season on Friday, Dec. 15, against Milford. “Franklin is hoping to win one more game than last year to finish what they started,” said Cassell. Franklin finished with a 22-3 record last season and a Division 1 Central sectional title. The Panthers beat St. John’s of Shrewsbury in the D1 Central final after losing to St. John’s in the playoffs in each of the past three years. The Panthers then had a remarkable comeback after being down eight points with 15.8 seconds left in its Division 1 state semifinal matchup with Springfield Central on March 14. Franklin managed to tie it and force overtime before winning 60-54 to earn a berth in the Div. 1 state championship. Mahon talks with the group about having to sit out all of the practices so far this season, due to the third

Host Tommy Cassell is joined by Natick High School seniors Brendan Fair, Peter Ryan, and Brett Davidson, who host their own show called “The Players Pod.” Cassell talks with the boys, who are all athletes at Natick High, about the show that focuses mostly Natick sports, sports, and life Natick High School. “It’s a voice for all of the athletes and the non-athletes at the school,” Ryan told Cassell. Ryan was a senior captain on the football team and is now a captain for the boys basketball team. He also wrote an article for me/MetroWest in the first edition of "The Player's Perspective.” Davidson was a member of the boys soccer team and is a captain of the indoor track team. Fair was a captain for the golf team in the fall. Cassell loosens the reins as well Fair, Ryan and Davidson take the last part of the podcast as their own. Listeners may or may not learn how to meet new people. Cassell’s Corner: Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily

Lincoln-Sudbury football coach Tom Lopez and junior quarterback Braden O'Connell join host Tommy Cassell for this episode. The team is preparing to make their first Super Bowl appearance since 2011. “It’s a game the players are never going to forget,” Lopez told Cassell. L-S is 11-0 after a win over Newton South on Thanksgiving Day. They will be playing 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, in the Division 2 Super Bowl against King Philip at Gillette Stadium. Behind O'Connell, a first-year starter at QB, and Lopez, the 40-year coach for the Warriors, the L-S offense has scored a total of 468 points this season – with a whooping 77 points coming against a regular season win over Cambridge Rindge & Latin. Lopez was a longtime assistant principal at a middle school in Sudbury and O'Connell also plays lacrosse for the three-time defending L-S boys lacrosse team. Cassell’s Corner: Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure

Host Tommy Cassell relinquishes the host's chair (much to his dismay) to talks about the tradition of high school football games on Thanksgiving. Caitlyn Kelleher, the producer of Cassell’s Corner and the Innovation Specialist for Wicked Local, takes over as host for this episode. She asks Cassell to explain why the Thanksgiving Day game means so much to players, fans and alums. The pair also discusses how the new playoff system in the MIAA is affecting the game. The super bowls are scheduled for Dec. 2 and 3, the weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday. With three MetroWest teams headed to the championship football games, Tommy updates listeners whether those coaches plan on sitting senior and top players on Thanksgiving. Cassell also takes a minute to give his picks in 18 of the 19 games in the MetroWest and Milford Daily News coverage area. Cassell’s Corner: Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the

Blackstone Valley Tech football coach Jim Archibald joins host Tommy Cassell to talk about the upcoming playoff games, what it’s like to have a player break his collarbone in the middle of a game, and the status of the Thanksgiving game. “Any time you play a sport you want to be the last time standing,” Archibald told Cassell as he was talking about the end of the season. Valley Tech is 10-0 and won the Division 7 Central sectional title and will play Division 7 West champion Wahconah on Saturday in a Division 7 state semifinal game. The winner will go on to play in the Division 7 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium. Archibald has been the head coach since 2011 and his team last won a Super Bowl title in 2012 with a win over Bay Path in the Division 6 Central Super Bowl.   Cassell’s Corner: Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wed

Algonquin boys soccer senior captain Zach Osetek and coach Ken Morin, and Westborough boys soccer senior captain Greg Amador and coach John Hillier came into the studio to talk with host Tommy Cassell. The group talked about traditions -- from the players dyeing their hair blond after making it to the playoffs to leapfrogging over each other after a goal. Both No. 5 Algonquin (11-6-3) and No. 3 Westborough (15-1-3) are playing in Division 1 Central semifinal games on Wednesday and if both win, they will face each other in the Div. 1 Central sectional final. Westborough won a sectional title last year while Algonquin won in 2014. Amador got a red card and missed Westborough's final two playoffs games last season, including its loss in the Division 1 state championship. Cassell’s Corner Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell o

Host Tommy Cassell talks with three seniors from the undefeated Natick girls soccer team and their coach in this episode. Senior captains Hannah Lederman and Taylor Brown, as well as fellow senior Rachel Jasinski, discuss their experience playing together and the bound that they share. Natick is 16-0 and will hold the No. 1 seed in the Division 1 South sectional playoffs. Third-year coach James Blackwell talked with Tommy and his players about what each contributes to the team as well as what makes this group of seniors unique. Taylor has missed the entire season with a torn meniscus and ACL, which she injured in the playoffs last year. She talked to Tommy about how she has worked to stay close to the team and to contribute her senior year despite being unable to take the field. Hannah and Rachel are both Bay State Conference All-Stars this season. Cassell’s Corner Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the M

Host Tommy Cassell brought in Hopkinton sophomore golfer Matt Epstein and longtime coach Dick Bliss into the studio to talk about golf. The group talked about the upcoming Division 2 state championship tournament as well as the past season. This fall, Matt shot a 2-over par 73 at the Division 2 South sectional tournament, which was a tie for fourth-place overall, and has led the Hillers to a Tri-Valley League Large title this season. Hopkinton placed second as a team at sectionals. The last time the Hillers won a state title was in 2004. Dick has coached the golf team for 38 years and has also spent time coaching girls and boys basketball, football and girls tennis teams as well as serving as the athletic director 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 throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44. Y

Hannah Finley, a graduate of the Millis High, joins host Tommy Cassell on this week’s episode. The Medway resident is taking a gap year between high school and college as she finishes undergoing chemotherapy of Stage 3 Classic Hodgkins Lymphoma. Hannah and Tommy talk about her cancer treatment including the fact she is now in remission. She talks about the Jimmy Fund and how it helped connect her with others in similar circumstances. They talk about her work right now, including serving as one of the  coaches for a middle school volleyball team and doing casting calls for acting She was accepted at UMass-Amherst during her senior year but deferred while she focused on her health this summer and fall. Cassell’s CornerEach week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44. You can subscribe via iT