So it's been a busy and eventful December for all of our winter Bulldogs and this blog has not done a good job at documenting those many feats thus far. Let's get caught up with the action!
Girls Hockey starts season with 4 wins and only 1 loss- The Girls Hockey team is making some noise in Girls Hockey circles in Southeastern Mass as they have earned 4 big wins against only 1 loss (that to a top-notch Duxbury squad.) Goaltending has been a strong point thus far with Lindsey Nolte and Colleen Kelleher sharing the net minding duties. Offense has been led by Mary McNeil and Jackie Martin along with contributions from many underclassmen.
Girls Basketball earns big road win- A young and inexperienced Girls Basketball team has struggled early this season to generate much scoring but that certainly came to an end on Monday night at Blackstone-Millville Regional where the Bulldog offense exploded in a 68-26 win. Gabby Kenefeck led the scoring with 14 points. The win is the first under head coach Jimmy Choquette. Congrats coach and girls!
Boys Basketball wins BMR Holiday Tourney- After a rough start in the Hockomock League, going 0-3 to start the season, the Boys Basketball team bounced back, winning the Blackstone-Millville Regional High School Holiday tournament defeating Avon (79-43) in the Semi-Final and Burrilleville (66-35) in the Championship game. Griffin Jerrier was honored as the Tournament MVP while Rishi Jambunathan was named to the all-tournament team. Jambunathan buried an amazing 6 threes in the tourney final! The team heads back into League action on Friday vs. Milford at home at 6:30.
Wrestlers off to a good start- The Bulldog grapplers are off to a 3-3 start in dual meet action but it's their individual performances that have created the early season highlights. This past week, the squad sent several members to compete at the Lowell Tournament- one of the best tournaments in the state. Rob Decalogero took his undefeated record into the tournament and finished in 6th place, falling in the quarterfinals. Wavol Prentice, Brendan Lewis and Reda Chakir all performed well too. The team will travel to Foxboro midweek before hosting their annual Peckham tournament on Saturday.
Boys Hockey sitting even after 4 games- The Boys Hockey team earned two wins and surrendered two losses in a brutal first four games of the season which featured four of the toughest opponents on the schedule. Wins against defending State Champion Beverly (7-3) and Quincy (3-1) featured some great play. Sophomore Shaun Kirby factored in on all 7 goals in the Beverly game earning a hat-trick and 4 assists, while line mates John Femia and Matt Lazaro each netted 2 goals of their own.
Swim teams start seasons off with some great performances and a huge win- The Boys Swim team were the first PoolDogs to earn a win this season with an impressive 92-74 victory over Franklin. A loss to Taunton (99-64) could not dampen the spirits of this team. The Franklin match featured incredible performances by many swimmers but leading the way were- the 200 IM relay team of Diego Ferstler, Sean Mitchell, Sebastian Melendez and Dan Nadeau, qualified for the sectionals and states. Melendez also qualified for both the sectionals and states in the 200 Free.
The Girls team had several great performances in what ended up being tough losses to Franklin and Taunton- the Taunton meet coming down to only 5 points. The 200 IM relay of Tiffany Ha, Amanda Walsh, Julia Guerini, and Kim Frazier, placed 1st in the Franklin meet and qualified for the sectionals and states. Ha Qualified in both the 200 IM and the 100 Breaststroke for both sectionals and states. Amanda Walsh qualified for the sectionals in the 500 Free. The Taunton meet saw great performances put in by Emilee Mercuri and Brianna Mitchell.
Indoor Track off and running- Despite the Boys and Girls teams both dropping meets to Sharon and OA, great individual performances have highlighted the start of the Indoor Track season. On the boys side, Liam Collins has one the mile in both meets posting the 2nd fastest time in the league thusfar (4:45.21). Mark Clancy won the 2 mile in the OA meet, qualifying for the states (10:33.79). Kenny Ofanogoro won the long jump against Sharon and qualified for the states. It was a 2nd-3rd finish in the 1000m against OA as Timmy Gutowski placed 2nd and Andrew Moy 3rd. Phil Pennachio won the shot put with a personal best throw of 36'5".
On the girls side, the Sharon meet saw Cat Song ran the fastest 2-mile in the league, qualifying for states and Selena Cho win the long jump while Tamarra Auguste won the high jump. Cho performed will in the OA meet as well, winning the 55m while qualifying for states and also winning the long jump. Sam Koplik won the 55m hurdles and Song once again won the 2-mile. The 4x400 relay of Koplik, Jen Dever, Song and Cho also qualified for the states.
Gymnastics team continues growth- Despite falling in its first 3 meets of the season, the Gymnastics team has shown some great promise early in the season. Some great performances have been put in by Cassie Loftus (beam, floor, and vault), Julia Burkowsky (beam, floor and vault),and Erika Lum (vault).
