Boys Lacrosse Dominates Weymouth in Home Opener

April 4th, 2025
• The Rockets had eight different goal scorers in the win. 

There wasn’t much competition at Memorial Field on Tuesday, April 1st, as Needham boys lacrosse defeated Weymouth 17-1. 

The Rockets got on the board first with a goal from Charlie Cianciolo about two minutes into the game, before adding four more goals in the final four minutes of the quarter to take a 5-0 lead. Needham’s defense was strong, forcing multiple turnovers and shutting out Weymouth in the first half. They added five more goals in the second quarter to take a 10-0 advantage at halftime.

Weymouth would finally break through in the opening minutes of the third quarter, but that was their lone goal of the game. The Rockets kept going offensively, scoring six goals in the third quarter and another in the fourth.

Needham had eight different goal scorers: Cianciolo (3), Nick Sewall (3), Matt Ledbury (2), Michael Roach (2), Cal Sullivan (2), Tyler Berger (2), Reis Conway and Nick Arbelaez.

You can watch the highlights of this game below:

The highlights above ran as part of the Needham Channel News, a weekly newscast airing on The Needham Channel every Thursday at 7:30pm. The Needham Channel News can be found on the Community Channel: Comcast 9, Astound 15 and Verizon 29. Most Thursdays it also can be viewed on our HD Channel on Verizon 2129, Astound 613 and streaming on this site.