Head Coach Needham Boys Volleyball 🏆🏆🏆🏆 , PE Teacher, Owner of PHD Volleyball..once lead a grassroots movement against the MIAA…. #212
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Jun 10
STAY IN THE FIGHT. #212
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE
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Boys Volleyball returns to the State Finals for the *checks notes* SIXTH straight season!
They take on Brookline in a rematch of last year’s final. Everyone needs to be there!!
Friday, June 12th 6:00pm
at Newton South HS
Let’s go Rockets!!
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Proud of our guys and how they’ve kept getting better all year. Let’s keep at it. Tonight against Newton North at Newton South in the FINAL 4 at 7:15 PM. STAY IN THE FIGHT. #212
Needham 3. Lowell 0. For the 11th time in the last 13 seasons (since 2013) Needham Boys Volleyball is headed to the Final Four. #212
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Coaches @DavePowellJr and Pat Helmas have not just perfectly synergistic styles, but a close friendship and passion for community-building that drives @NeedhamVB212 @NHSRockets to succeed year after year
@GlobeSchools 🏐📒:
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May 24
Thanks so much to @aj_traub for this feature. The bond and roots run deep with my guy Pat Helmas and Needham Boys Volleyball. We are grateful to get to work together and proud of what everyone has helped build at Needham. #212
Coaches @DavePowellJr and Pat Helmas have not just perfectly synergistic styles, but a close friendship and passion for community-building that drives @NeedhamVB212 @NHSRockets to succeed year after year
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May 13
Better every day! #212
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Mar 29
Well deserved recognition for two great people, Mike Jackson (Newton North AD) and Ryan Madden (Needham AD). Bay State Conference is strong and these guys are a big reason why!
Congratulations to fellow BSC AD’s, Mike Jackson (Newton North) & Ryan Madden (Needham) for receiving awards at the annual MSSADA conference!
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Our team store is open for 4 more days ! Please order some Needham Boys Volleyball Gear and support our program!
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Proud of these 5 guys for leading @NeedhamHoops1 to an 18-2 regular season / BSC title and for a gritty first round tourney win! Looking forward to seeing them in the next round tomorrow night ! Needham Boys 🏐 has been well represented on the hardwood this winter! #212
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John has been a huge advocate for student-athletes and coaches at Wellesley and the Bay State Conference. Truly a staple in interscholastic athletics in MA. The BSC won’t be the same without Brownie!
From your rivals next door, thank you John Brown 👏🏼
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Amazing leader and person. The Bay State Conference and all of Massachusetts will miss John’s leadership. He always put student-athletes first. Thank you Brownie .
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Jan 31
Needham pin hitters Cloonan and Marino combine for 42 of team’s 69 points. #212
Rockets move to 12-1 with 69-55 win @ Milton:
Matthew Cloonan: 22 pts
Ben Marino: 20 pts, 5 asst
Foster Wilinski: 9 pts, 13 reb
@GlobeSchools @BosHeraldSports @MassLiveHS @mass_basketball @nehoopjournal @NHSRockets @TNC_Sports @keith_pearson @ethman43 @TrevorHass @jbelangmedia
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David Powell retweeted
Jan 12
Behind every state championship banner is a group of kids who learned that mediocrity doesn’t cut it, accountability is earned, and success is shared. Winning is just the byproduct.
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Jan 2
This is going to stick with me forever
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25 Dec 2025
Not sure if I’ve ever gotten this emotional watching a commercial before
The conversations, the memories, the music
It all broke me
Thank you for making me cry today, Chevrolet
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11 Jul 2025
Tony Hajjar did so much for not only the Lawrence High School Boys Volleyball community but also for the Massachusetts Boys VB community. A great person, leader and friend. Rest in Peace, brother. You are missed 🙏
Tony Hajjar, longtime Lawrence boys' volleyball coach and volleyball referee, died on Saturday. His athletes did not just play, but learned to love the sport. His influence, particularly in the Merrimack Valley, lives on
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11 Jul 2025
The absolute greatest of all time . Thank you Danny Ventura for all you’ve done for high school sports in Massachusetts. There will never be another Danny V. Enjoy some well earned time off, brother . And thank you again for everything. @BostonHeraldHS
7 Jul 2025
Danny Ventura, the face of high school sports in New England for over the last 30 years, is retiring from the Boston Herald in August.
Ventura started at the Herald in 1991 and has since served as the go-to source for information for coaches, student-athletes, and ADs.
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17 Jun 2025
Great group who fought and scrapped all year to get to this place . Fell just short of our fourth state title in 5 years to a great Brookline team. Couldn’t be more proud of this group. Loved going to war with these dudes. Thank you seniors for what you’ve helped build. #212
14 Jun 2025
MIAA D1 Boys Volleyball
State Finals
Needham 1
Brookline 3
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11 Jun 2025
Needham back in a familiar place bostonherald.com/2025/06/10/…
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