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Below are the official Hockomock League Basebll All Stars for 2014 as voted on by the 12 coaches in the league. By Ryan Lanigan, Editor-in-Chief
CONCORD, Mass. - If you blinked, you might have missed it. In the final minute of play, Franklin saw their one goal lead turn into a one goal deficit and then with just two seconds left, tied the game to send it to overtime, where they scored the lone goal to best top-seeded Concord-Carlisle, 12-11, to claim their first ever D1 East Sectional Championship. "The girls never gave up," Franklin head coach Kristin Igoe said. "Our defense is resilient, they got the ball back and pushed it down. I just don't think they ever doubted themselves." Leading 10-9 with about four minutes to play, the Panthers gained possession and played over three minutes of keep away from the Patriots. Even with constant double teams and even triple teams, Franklin kept possession until just under one minute left in the game. The turnover proved costly as CC scampered up the field and captain Emma Brandhorst scored the tying goal with 43 seconds left. On the ensuing face-off, the Patriots took control, sprinted down again and netted the go-ahead goal with 31 seconds left to make it 11-10. But the Panthers never quit, and gained possession. As time ticked away, Emily Jeffries became surrounded by a triple team, but she was able to complete a pass to sophomore Sheelagh Walsh, who charged at the goal and scored with just two seconds left in the game to tie the game, 11-11 and send it into overtime. "Sheelagh Walsh, to step in and take that shot is really courageous, she's only a sophomore so it was really big for us," Igoe added. In overtime - which is two three-minute periods that is not golden-goal - the Panthers were able to force a turnover before keeping possession in the offensive zone for over a minute. After the original targets across the middle were covered, the ball ended up with Maegan Schmauder up top. Schamuder took it right up the middle past her defender and slotted it home with one minute left in the first overtime and it turned out to be the lone goal of the overtime period. "I was the last resort for that play," Schmauder said her overtime goal. "We were trying to hit a girl in the middle and it didn't work out, they had really good defense on both our cutters and feeders. We got it up high to me and I just knew I had to make it count. Last game we went into overtime too and the same thing happened so I had been there once before. I had missed the net all day today and hit the post, so I needed one for the team." In the second overtime, CC had possession in the offensive zone but senior Julia Bireley forced a turnover and Franklin gobbled up the ground ball and sprinted to the offensive zone, where they completed their game of keep away and held on for their first ever D1 East Sectional Championship. "It just speaks to hard they work and how bad they want it," Igoe said. "We had an overtime win over Lincoln-Sudbury so I said to them 'We've been in this situation before so use it your advantage.' They have been like this all season, I have all the confidence in the world in them." The Patriots jumped out to a quick lead, scoring three goals in the first 3:09 of play. CC's Becca Olsen opened the scoring 1:33 into the game on an assist from Hannah Dudley and then just 20 seconds left, Olsen doubled the Patriots lead. After Franklin came up empty on the offensive end, Lexi Goodhue made it 3-0 for CC. But Franklin's offense came to life about four minutes after going down three as Emily Jeffries put the Panthers on the board. Just 40 seconds later, McKenzie Pleshaw netted Franklin's second goal, this time from a free position, to cut CC's lead to one at 3-2. Concord-Carlisle extended their lead back to two with 11:16 left in the first half when Olsen netted her third goal of the game, this time from a free position. But that would all that the Patriots would manage offensively for the rest of the half as the Panthers turned up the pressure both defensively and offensively. It didn't take long for the Panthers to close the deficit as Tara Doherty was able to just get her shot to trickle over the line with 9:08 left and just over a minute later, Marta Versprille cut across the middle, took a feed from Julianne Pisani and potted home her first goal of the game to tie it 4-4. The Panthers kept control for the remainder of the half and took their first lead of the game with 3:03 left in the half. Jeffries went right at her defender on one on one and then right by her and shot high and scored. Franklin tacked on two more huge goals in the final seconds of the first half. First, Versprille overlapped with Schmauder and handed it off to her, who then quickly fired a pass to a wide open Jeffires out front who calmly scored to make it 6-4 with 22 seconds left in the half. That wasn't it for Franklin though as Pleshaw had control on an out of bounds behind the net with just five seconds left in the half. As soon as the whistle blew, Pleshaw sprinted right towards the net and fired one into the net just before the halftime horn. In the second half, Franklin didn't take long to extend their lead as Versprille's high shot from a free position put the Panthers up 8-4 just 1:54 into the second half. The teams then traded goals as CC responded just 25 seconds after Versprille's goal with a goal of their own. But Franklin answered via Pleshaw, who dodged and weaved through three defenders before scoring to make it 9-5. But just 20 seconds later, CC had an answer as Olsen scored once again to make it 9-6 and keep the Patriots within striking distance. After the teams went back and forth for two minutes, Franklin was able to break through. After a whistle, Pleshaw used a quick pass on the restart to find Walsh and she put it past CC goalie Conley Ernst for Franklin's 10th goal. The goal seemed to ignite the Patriots though, and Emma Brandhorst scored two quick goals - just 1:13 apart - to cut Franklin's lead to 10-8. Then four minutes after that, CC got the game within one when Allie Barrett scored an unassisted goal with 8 minutes left, setting up the furious finish. "The whole game was up and down," Igoe added. "We were down 3-0 and then we were winning, it was just a whole up and down and they weathered the storm the whole way." Franklin advances to play in the D1 State Semifinals to play the Central-West Champions, Longmeadow. Longmeadow was the top seed in the Central-West bracket and won three games to advance to state semis with their record standing at 19-1. The game is schedule to start at 5:30 on Tuesday, June 10th at West Springfield. Ryan Lanigan can be contacted at [email protected] and followed on Twitter at @R_Lanigan. Here is today's Hockomock playoff game.
Girls Lacrosse D1 East Finals #3 Franklin, 12 @ #1 Concord-Carlisle, 11 - Final (OT) - Franklin wins the program's first ever D1 East Sectional Championship. The Panthers advance to the D1 State Semifinals to play Central-West Champions, Longmeadow. The game will start at 5:30 on Tuesday, 6/10 at West Springfield. The MIAA All State Outdoor Track & Field Meet was held on Saturday at Bridgewater State University. Here is how athletes from Hockomock schools finished.
Below are the official Hockomock League Softball All Stars as voted on by the 12 coaches in the league.
Below are the official Hockomock League Boys Lacrosse All Stars as voted on by the 10 coaches in the league.
By Ryan Lanigan, Editor-in-Chief TAUNTON, Mass. - The North Attleboro softball team has developed a new habit since the playoffs started at the end of May and it's a good one. The Rocketeers scored runs in the first inning for the third straight game, this time three runs against Franklin at Jack Tripp Field in Taunton, and used that lead to their advantage, besting the Panthers, 5-1, in the D1 South Sectional Semifinal. North Attleboro scored a run in the first inning in the Rocketeers' 5-1 win over #11 Dartmouth and then scored two runs in their 3-0 win over #3 Marshfield. They continued that trend on Saturday against Franklin. North pitcher Meg Colleran allowed one hit in the top of the first but got out of the inning with three ground outs, setting up the Rocketeers in the bottom half. Marissa Gifford led off with a walk for North and Mycala Moody followed that up with an infield single. Colleran, the Rocketeers' best offensive threat at the plate all regular season, came through again, singling down the right field line to score Gifford and Colleran advanced to second on the throw. A ground out from McKenzie Sherman plated Moody and advanced Colleran to third, who then scored on a ground out from Danielle Gorman to make it 3-0. Colleran retired the Panthers in order in the second inning and Franklin starter Lilly Criscione settled in herself, picking up three strikeouts in the bottom half of the second inning. It was another 1-2-3 inning for Colleran in the third inning, where she picked up one of her two strikeouts of the day - a season low for the 2014 Gatorade Player of the Year. "Franklin puts their bat on the ball and I had said that if we played good defense, we're going to be fine," North Attleboro head coach Bill Wallace said. "I mean [Colleran] only had two strikeouts so we made 19 outs in the field. That [early] lead is huge because now late in the game if [Franklin] wants to bunt, we're getting outs versus trying to cut down lead runners." Both Criscione and Colleran rolled through the fourth inning with 1-2-3 innings without any ball being hit outside the infield. Though Colleran wasn't getting her normal amounts of strikeouts, her and the Rocketeer defense were solid. "We were just trying to get outs anyway we can," Colleran said. "They were swinging a lot at the first pitch so me and [catcher Mycala Moody's] strategy was just put it somewhere we're going to get easy ground ball outs, easy pop fly outs just so we could get back in and hit." Both teams got runners on in the fifth inning, but were unable to get them past second. The Panthers will able to break through in the bottom of the sixth inning. Lead off hitter Erin Hanley reached after being hit by a pitch and took second on a stolen base. A fly out from Maddie Connolly allowed Hanley to tag up and advance to third and she came home on a wild pitch to cut the deficit to 3-1. But just as quickly as Franklin cut into the deficit, North Attleboro extended it, this time to a four-run lead. Danielle Gorman led off the inning with a single and then Rachel Murphy moved her to second after a bunt single. After Criscione got the first out via strikeout, Emily Knobel's bunt was unable to be fielded cleanly to load the bases. Marissa Gifford hit a grounder, but an error allowed her to reach and both Gorman and Murphy came across to make it 5-1. Criscione then escaped further damage by getting a strikeout with the bases loaded. Franklin looked to try and rally in the top of the seventh inning and Criscione was close to starting it. With one out, Criscione launched a shot to deep center that went over the fielder's head for a double. But in the next at bat, Colleran induced a line out to second and North was able to induce a double play to end the game. "The game plan was to be aggressive," said Franklin head coach Kate Fallon, who admitted it was a tough start. "We're the 18th seed and we 'don't belong here' and just get in there and swing and get your hacks in. We put the ball in play, it just stunk we spotted them three in the first inning." The Panthers made their second straight appearance in the D1 South Sectional Semifinals despite graduating four starters from last year and finish the season 14-10. "There was no quit," Fallon said of her team. 'Even Lilly ending her senior year with a double over the center fielder's head. I couldn't ask for anything more than that from them. I'm very proud of them." The Rocketeers, who came up short of winning a league title, advance to the program's first ever D1 South Sectional Final to face #1 Bridgewater-Raynham on Monday at 5:00 at Jack Tripp Field and are the last Hockomock team standing. "It's a great feeling," Wallace said. "I tip my cap to Kate [Fallon], she did a great job with those kids. They lost a lot of seniors too and look at them, they're back again in the semifinals. When you draw the 18-seed and go 'Ah man, this is going to be tough.'" "I wish [North Attleboro] nothing but the best of luck going forward, I'd love to see a Hock team get the title," Fallon added. Ryan Lanigan can be contacted at [email protected] and followed on Twitter at @R_Lanigan. Here is today's Hockomock playoff game.
Softball D1 South Sectional Semifinals #6 North Attleboro, 5 vs. #18 Franklin, 1 - Final - North Attleboro advances to the D1 South Sectional Finals to play #1 Bridgewater-Raynham on Monday, 6/9 at Taunton High School at 5:00. Below are the official Hockomock League Girls Lacrosse All Stars as voted on by the 10 coaches in the league.
Below are the official Hockomock League Boys Tennis All Stars as voted on by the 12 coaches in the league.
The following Hockomock football players were selected to participate in the annual Shriners All Star Football Game. The game is Saturday, June 21st at 4:00 at Bentley University. Hockomock players were a big factor in the South team's win last year and Franklin's Craig Anderson raised the most money for his team.
South Roster Nick Cidado, Oliver Ames Lennox Green, Stoughton Michael Hershman, Mansfield Colin Lozzi, Oliver Ames Brett McEvoy, King Philip Luke Morrison, Attleboro Tim Walsh, Attleboro Kyle Wisnieski, Mansfield Steve Zieselman, Mansfield Here are today's Hockomock games.
Boys Tennis D2 South Playoffs #1 Sharon, 1 vs. #3 Duxbury, 4 - Final Girls Tennis D2 South Playoffs #2 Foxboro, 3 vs. #4 Nauset, 2 - Final - Diana Prinos, Emma Prinos and Lexi Nelson won in singles play for the Warriors. Foxboro wins the D2 South Sectional Championship and advances to the D2 State Championship to face the D2 North champion, #2 Concord-Carlisle (17-1) on Tuesday, 6/10 at St. John's High School at 3:30. Below are the official Hockomock League Girls Tennis All Stars as voted on by the 12 coaches in the league.
Below are the official Hockomock League Boys Outdoor Track All Stars as voted on by the 12 coaches in the league.
Below are the official Hockomock League Girls Outdoor Track All Stars as voted on by the 12 coaches in the league.
By Dan Libon, HockomockSports.com Contributor
QUINCY, Mass. - For all intents and purposes, it took two games for someone to score in the Attleboro Blue Bombardiers’ Division 1 South semi-final matchup against the Norwood Mustangs. A scoreless pitcher’s duel for nearly the entire game, it’s a bit ironic that it would take a deep center field triple to give Norwood the go-ahead run and the win against the Blue Bombardiers. “It was a hell of a game of just two teams going at it. You gotta tip your cap to them, they had some big hits at the end,” Attleboro head coach Matt Bosh said. After 13 innings without a run, the Mustangs found a pair, beating Attleboro 2-0 after a three-plus hour battle at Adams Field in Quincy/ Norwood got the go-ahead run on first with a line drive by John Ryan in the top of the 14th. Only a batter later, Jake O’Rourke’s triple brought Ryan home to give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead. “We didn’t blink. We were waiting to see who would blink first and a leadoff hit by Johnny Ryan and a triple by O’Rourke. When O’Rourke hits, we don’t lose and that’s just a fact,” Norwood coach Ryan Igoe said. A suicide squeeze bunt from John Galvin allowed O’Rourke to come home and extend the lead to two, barely beating out the toss to home plate. The lack of scoring can be credited to stellar pitching performances from both the Mustangs and the Blue Bombardiers. Attleboro sophomore Tyler Stowe pitched 11 shutout innings, throwing 137 pitches and striking out 10. “(Stowe) kept them off balance, his ball was moving all over the place, and for a sophomore's first varsity [playoff] start that’s incredible how he threw tonight,” Bosh said. For Norwood, John Galvin’s 14 strikeouts over 10 innings kept Attleboro off the scoreboard. With two on in the bottom of the seventh, back-to back strikeouts by Galvin kept the Bombardiers off the scoreboard. In relief duty starting in the 11th inning on, Joe Ryozewski struck out four over four innings and pitched two 1-2-3 innings. “It’s pretty much anything we wanted to throw,” Igoe said of his pitchers’ effectiveness. “Our fastball, we were really spotting it well. Curveball was there, changeup was effective. On the mound you couldn’t have asked for a better performance.” Attleboro’s best chance to win the game came in the bottom of the 11th with Pat Dunn on second and one out. A hard hit ball between second and third by Max Lancaster almost made it into the outfield, but a good defensive play by Gavin turned a potential game-winning run into an out at third. A strikeout by Ryan Bowen ended the inning. Defensively, Attleboro did their best to hold off Norwood. With runners on the corners in the top of the sixth, a hard grounder to second base ended the jam for the Blue Bombardiers. Later in the top of the seventh, Stowe was able to force a ground out to Lancaster at shortstop for an easy out at first base. Attleboro ends their season with a record of 15-7 while Norwood will face New Bedford in the Division 1 South finals this weekend at a time and location to be announced. Feedback for contributors can be sent to [email protected]. Dan Libon can be followed on Twitter at @DLibon. Here are today's Hockomock games.
Baseball D1 South Playoffs #2 Attleboro, 0 vs. #6 Norwood, 2 - Final (14 innings) Softball D1 South Playoffs #6 North Attleboro vs. #18 Franklin - Postponed to Saturday, 6/7 at 3:00 at Taunton. Boys Tennis D2 South Playoffs #1 Sharon, 3 vs. #4 Medfield, 2 - Final - Sharon's Peter Hu rallied from a set down to win at first singles 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 and help Sharon overcome a 2-0 deficit. After second and third singles lost, Hu came back at first singles and both doubles teams - Max Crooks & Grant Barron and Eric Hefez & Richard Shen - won in straight sets. Crooks and Barron won 7-5, 6-1 at first doubles and Hefez and Shen won 6-2, 6-2 at second doubles. Sharon advances to the D2 South Sectional Finals to play against #3 Duxbury (19-2) on Friday, 6/6 at a time and location to be announced. Girls Tennis D1 South Playoffs #7 Sharon, 1 vs. #6 Needham, 4 - Final D2 South Playoffs #2 Foxboro vs. #3 Hingham - The Warriors swept in singles play for the third straight playoff match. Foxboro advances to its third South Sectional final in four years, this year to face #4 Nauset (20-2) at Gates Middle School in Scituate on Friday, 6/6 at 3:30. Here are today's Hockomock playoff games.
Girls Lacrosse D1 East Playoffs #3 Franklin, 8 @ #2 Lincoln-Sudbury, 7 - Final (OT) - Maegan Schmauder scored with six seconds left in overtime for the game winner as the Panthers rallied from a 5-2 halftime deficit. Schmauder finished with three goals and an assist, Emily Jeffries netted three goals and Julia Jette and Julianne Pisani each scored once. Bailey Knous played well in transition and Julia Bireley, Tracy Pisani, Lauren Altobelli and Nicole Ellin all played well defensively. Alex Mitchell was outstanding in net according to head coach Kristin Igoe and made nine saves. Franklin advances to the D1 East Finals to play at #1 Concord-Carlisle (17-2-1) on Sunday*, 6/8 at 2:00. Girls Tennis D1 South Playoffs #14 Franklin, 2 @ #6 Needham, 3 - Final Here are today's Hockomock playoff games.
Baseball D1 South Playoffs #2 Attleboro, 6 vs. #10 Plymouth South, 5 - Final - Attleboro advances to the D1 South Semifinals to play #6 Norwood Brockton on a date and time to be determined. #8 Franklin, 3 @ #1 Wellesley, 6 - Final - Senior Drew Inglesi went 3-3 with a double, a walk and a stolen base and classmate Pat O'Reilly went 1-3 with a run scored, walk, stolen base and an RBI. #12 Taunton, 5 vs. #13 New Bedford, 11 - Final D2 South Playoffs #4 Oliver Ames, 2 vs. #5 Duxbury, 4 - Final Softball D1 South Playoffs #6 North Attleboro, 3 @ #3 Marshfield, 0 - Final - Senior Julianne Johnson stepped in to play her first ever varsity game at catcher, leading the Rocketeers and pitcher Meg Colleran allowed just two hits and struck out nine. McKenzie Sherman went 4-4 with an RBI and Colleran and Marissa Gifford each had an RBI. North Attleboro advances to the D1 South Semifinals to play #18 Franklin on Wednesday, 6/4 at 5:00. The game will be at Taunton High School. #18 Franklin, 4 @ #10 Weymouth, 3 - Final - Maddie Connelly (1-2, RBI, stolen base) knocked in Sammy Rondeau (1-3, run) in the top of the seventh for the go-ahead run. Erin Hanley went 1-3 with a stolen base and a run scored and Sabrina LoMonaco scored a run and had a sacrifice fly RBI. Lilly Criscione picked up the win, tossing a complete game, striking out four. Franklin advances to the D1 South Semifinals to play #6 North Attleboro on Wednesday, 6/4 at 5:00. The game will be at Taunton High School. Boys Tennis D1 South Playoffs #4 Mansfield, 0 vs. #5 Wellesley, 5 - Final #9 North Attleboro, 0 @ #1 Barnstable, 5 - Final D2 South Playoffs #9 Foxboro, 0 @ #1 Sharon, 5 - Final - Sharon advances to the D2 South Semifinals to play #4 Medfield on Wednesday, 6/4 at Sharon Middle School at 3:30. Girls Tennis D1 South Playoffs #7 Sharon, 3 @ #2 North Attleboro, 2 - Final - Sharon advances to the D1 South Semifinals to play the winner of #6 Needham/#14 Franklin on Wednesday, 6/4 at a location and time to be announced. D2 South Playoffs #2 Foxboro, 3 vs. #7 Falmouth, 2 - Final - Foxboro advances to the D2 South Semifinals to host #3 Hingham on Wednesday, 6/4 at 3:30 By Jarett Leonard, HockomockSports.com Student Reporter
TAUNTON, Mass. – Taunton and New Bedford both snuck into the MIAA Division 1 South Sectional Tournament, but it wasn’t for a lack of talent. Each team managed to get a tournament win and advance to the second round and the Tigers and Whalers met for the third time this season after splitting the regular season series, but it was New Bedford who picked up the most important victory of the series. The road team had won the last two meetings, and the Whalers continued that trend with an 11-5 win on Monday afternoon. New Bedford wasted no time getting on the board, as leadoff hitter Chandler Debrosse singled off of Taunton started Jared Jorge, and two groundouts later was singled in by Nick Bergantim. Taunton came right back in the bottom half of the first as Casey Grady and Jorge recorded a single and a double, respectively. Grady scored on a groundout by Sam Moor, and Jorge was knocked in by Taunton catcher Zach Bowden. New Bedford tied it up in the top of the second as DH Alvin Gonzalez singled and advanced to second on an error, to third on a base hit, and home on a fielder’s choice. Taunton would eventually take the lead back in the bottom of the third inning when Zach MacClean hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Moor. Both teams went quickly in the fourth inning, but the Whalers busted it open in the fifth. Two errors and a hit batter loaded the bases with no outs for Bergantim, and he recorded his second of three RBIs with a sacrifice fly that tied the game at 3-3. Another hit batter loaded the bases with two outs in the inning, and Jorge walked in a run. A two-run single by Ben Clark gave the Whalers a 6-3 lead, and that would be the day for Jorge, who was dealt the loss. Sophomore Max Bowden came in to get the last out of the inning. Taunton chipped away at the lead in the bottom of the inning, as Zach Bowden doubled with two outs and scored on a single by Dylan Poillucci. The fifth inning was the last for Whalers starter Dominic Souza. He gave up four runs on eight hits, striking out five and walking just one batter for the win. In the top of the seventh inning, the Whalers put the game away with five more runs. The first three Whaler batters bunted, and that set up the big inning for New Bedford. “We usually bunt pretty well,” New Bedford coach John Seed said. “I don’t like to bunt, but when the situation calls for it, we usually get it done.” New Taunton pitcher Casey Grady was charged with four of the runs, while Sam Moor gave up an unearned run, one of three for the Whalers in the game. The Tigers got a run when Bowden singled in Grady in the bottom of the seventh, but Taunton was unable to shrink the deficit any closer and New Bedford picked up the 11-5 win. The Tigers started off the year 0-6 before finishing the remainder of the season 10-4, and it was mental mistakes that dug them the early hole, both in the season and in this game. “We preach against every good team, and especially a team like New Bedford, you have to be perfect,” Taunton coach Jeff Sylvia said. “Unfortunately, we weren’t perfect in those couple innings and they swung the bats and took advantage of those mistakes. Good teams do that, and unfortunately it’s do or die, win or go home, and we’re going home.” Although Taunton and New Bedford had met twice previously this season, Sylvia did not think the prior knowledge had any effect on the game. “It had nothing to do with today,” Sylvia said. “Every game is a separate entity, even though we played them twice. We knew how good their offense is, and yesterday we really focused on not making mistakes, and before the game, let’s play fundamentally sound, and we didn’t, and they took advantage of that.” New Bedford still has a lot of work to do in the South Sectional Tournament, but the Whalers are proud of what they have accomplished so far this postseason. “We haven’t won two in a row too many times this year,” Seed said. “One win, one loss, one win, one loss. We’ll see if we can continue what we have going here. I think our confidence is higher right now than it has been all year. I think the kids also realize that if you lose one you go home, and they want to keep playing.” New Bedford advances to the D1 South Semifinal and will face top-seeded Wellesley for a chance to go to the South Sectional Final. Feedback for student reporters can be sent to [email protected]. Jarett Leonard can be followed on Twitter at @JarettLeonard02. |
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