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Wednesday’s Schedule & Scoreboard – 02/13/19

Today’s games are listed below.

Boys Basketball
Taunton, 54 @ Attleboro, 61 – Final – After a close first half, Attleboro used a 22-point third quarter to create the separation it needed to fend off visiting Taunton. The Bombardiers led 14-13 at one, and 30-26 going into the halftime break. Junior Bryant Ciccio scored eight of his team-high 18 points in the third quarter in his return from injury to help spark the Bombardiers, who connected on 10 three-pointers in the game. Qualeem Charles (10 points, 13 rebounds) and Mason Houle (12 points, six rebounds) each added four points apiece in the third to help Attleboro pull away. Taunton junior Naz Kenion scored a career-high 19 points, with eight coming in the final quarter as the Tigers made a push to get back into the game. Dante Law added 12 points, with 10 coming in the second half.

Canton, 43 @ North Attleboro, 38 – Final – Click here for a recap and photo gallery from this game.

Foxboro, 78 @ Sharon, 48 – Final – Foxboro sophomore Kevin Gallagher poured in a career-high 28 points as the Warriors ran away with a win on the road. Gallagher dropped 12 points in the opening quarter and junior Brandon Borde scored nine of his 16 points in the first as well as Foxboro built a 21-12 lead to start. Gallagher added five threes between the second and third quarters to help Foxboro take a 60-32 advantage into the final quarter. Sharon senior Keenan Delouis had a team-high 12 points, include three three-pointers in the second quarter.

Oliver Ames, 50 @ Franklin, 58 – Final – Franklin scored 20 points in the final quarter to pull away from Oliver Ames to earn the win. The Tigers kept pace with the Panthers through the first three quarters, knotted at 14-14 after eight minutes and trailing by just three at half (25-22) and after three quarters (38-35). Franklin junior Chris Edgehill scored nine of his game-high 19 points in the fourth quarter, Jalen Samuels netted a third of his 15 points in the fourth, and Jack Rudolph (10 points) went 4-for-4 from the line to help the Panther secure the win. OA sophomore Amari Brown had a team-high 12 points while senior Jake Erlich added 11 points and senior Ethan Eckstrom finished with 10 points.

Mansfield, 74 @ King Philip, 58 – Final – King Philip scored 20 points in the third quarter to make it a three-point game entering the fourth as the Warriors aimed for a season sweep of the visiting Hornets. But Mansfield’s offense exploded in the fourth quarter, connecting on six three-pointers and scoring a total of 27 points in the final frame to run away with a victory to split the season series. Junior Sam Stevens (eight rebounds) had two threes in the fourth, scoring 11 of his team-high 28 points in the quarter while senior Tommy Dooling (seven assists) splashed in three triples for nine of his 19 points. KP junior Alex Fritz (six rebounds) scored a career-high 28 points, including 13 points in the third quarter to get the Warriors back into the game. Andrew McKinney added 10 points and seven rebonds while Bruce Saintilus finished with six points, eight rebounds, and four assists for KP.

Stoughton, 55 @ Milford, 65 – Final – Milford poured in 27 points in the final quarter and limited Stoughton to eight points in the fourth to erase a double-digit halftime deficit to earn the win. The Black Knights led 16-9 after one an took a 36-24 advantage into halftime, but the Scarlet Hawks got within eight (47-39) to start the final quarter and senior Brendan White took over the in the fourth to lead Milford to a comeback win. White sank four three-pointers in the fourth, scoring 15 of his game-high 26 points in the quarter to spark the comeback. After being held without a field goal in the first, White scored six points in the third to help Milford inch closer. Danny Corsini added 14 points for Milford. Myles Grigalunas-Powell paced Stoughton with 18 points and Obinna Ugwuakazi added 14 points for the Black Knights.

Girls Basketball
Attleboro, 61 @ Taunton, 52 – Final – Attleboro led by just two points heading into the fourth quarter but outscored the Tigers by seven in the final eight minutes to pull out the road win. Jordyn Lako scored a season-high 23 points and snagged 12 rebounds for the Bombardiers. Jaelyn Fernandez scored 17 and Alexa White had 13 for Taunton.

North Attleboro, 39 @ Canton, 52 – Final – After allowing the Rocketeers to make 10 three-pointers in the first meeting, Canton did a much better job defending the perimeter, limiting North to just two made threes and only 13 points in the first half to pick up the win. It is the 12th win of the season for the Bulldogs, one away from tying their most wins in a season since 1993. Tayla DeGraw had a great game in her varsity debut, according to head coach Jim Choquette.

Sharon, 34 @ Foxboro, 64 – Final – Katelyn Mollica scored 23 points and Abby Hassman added 10 to lead the Warriors to a big league win.

Franklin, 53 @ Oliver Ames, 51 – Final – Click here for a Recap and Photo Gallery from this game.

King Philip, 66 @ Mansfield, 51 – Final – KP jumped out to a 13-point lead in the first quarter and extended it to 19 by halftime, holding the Hornets to just 14 points at the break. But Mansfield closed the gap in the second half, getting the lead down to as little as seven points to start the fourth quarter. The Warriors closed out the win by shooting 8-of-10 at the line in the fourth. Faye Veilleux scored 21 points and Faith Roy continued her strong play in the last week with 16 for KP. Julia Leroux and Emma Glaser each scored seven points in the win. Sydney Mulkern, Maggie Danehy and Mady Bendanillo each scored eight points for the Hornets, while Emily Vigeant added seven.

Boys Hockey
King Philip, 8 @ Attleboro, 2 – Final – King Philip senior Brendan Shandley recorded six points as the Warriors skated to a big league win on the road at Attleboro. Shandley netted a hat trick and added three more assists, Conor Cooke had a pair of goals and a pair of assists, and Chris Daniels finished with a goal and three helpers for KP.

Canton, 4 vs. Hanover, 3 – Final – Canton scored three goals in the third period to hand Hanover just its second loss of the season and the Bulldogs improved to 18-0-0 on the season. The Bulldogs opened the scoring less than a minute into the game off the stick of Timmy Kelleher but Hanover tied the game just a minute later. Ryan Nolte put Canton back ahead with a shorthanded goal early in the second but the Indians tied the game just two minutes later on the power play. Johnny Hagan put Canton back on top with just under five minutes to go in the second and Chris Lavoie made it 4-2 just 39 seconds later. Hanover scored four minutes into the third and had a power play in the middle of the period but Canton killed it off and secured the win.

Franklin, 1 vs. St. John’s (Shrewsbury), 6 – Final

North Attleboro, 2 vs. Wayland, 3 – Final

Oliver Ames, 1 @ Newton South, 4 – Final – Oliver Ames peppered the Newton South net with 49 shots and outplayed the hosts but could only find the back of the net once in a loss on the road. Newton South converted on a pair of deflections on shots from the point and a breakaway while senior Matt Mullaley made 20 saves in goal. Jake Gottwald had the lone tally for Oliver Ames.

Taunton, 11 vs. Durfee, 1 – Final – Taunton’s Mike Albert recorded five points and Cam Sneyd added four as the Tigers ran away with a win over visiting Durfee. Albert scored once and had four assists while Sneyd found the back of the net four times. Jordan Couto added a pair of goals while Colton Scheralis netted his first career goal in the win.

Girls Hockey
Canton, 8 @ Stoughton, 0 – Final – Maggie Malloy scored her 100th career point and the Bulldogs recorded a fifth straight shutout.

Franklin, 2 @ King Philip, 1 – Final – Cassi Ronan and Regan Paterson each scored for the Panthers to earn the road win. Paterson and Amanda Lewandowski each had an assist for the Panthers.

Wednesday’s Schedule & Scoreboard – 02/08/17

Today’s games are listed below.

Boys Basketball
Taunton, 80 @ Stoughton, 61 – Final – Click here for a recap of this game.

Girls Basketball
Canton, 38 @ Cohasset, 44 – Final – Junior forward Hannah Jerrier set a new career-high with 28 of the Bulldogs’ 38 points in the non-league defeat.

King Philip, 38 vs. Fontbonne, 59 – Final – Click here for a recap from this game.

Stoughton, 57 @ Taunton, 44 – Final – Stoughton junior Jordan Motley led the Knights with 18 points and 12 rebounds while freshman Shyanne Trinh added 16 points and junior Val Whalen finished the night with 13 points. Taunton was led by sophomore Lily Patnaude’s 14 points.

Hockey
Attleboro, 0 @ Oliver Ames, 1 – Final – Oliver Ames senior Jared Costello scored the lone goal in the first period and sophomore goalie Matt Mullaley made his first career start in net, turning aside 10 shots to earn the win for the Tigers.

Canton, 3 @ Franklin, 2 – Final – Canton senior Tommy Kilduff scored early in the first period to give the Bulldogs the lead and then broke a 2-2 late in the third period to hand the Bulldogs two points. Bubba McNeice also scored a goal in the first period to give Canton a 2-0 lead after one. Franklin cut the deficit in half in the second period and tied the game in the third period.

King Philip, 6 @ Foxboro, 1 – Final – King Philip had 11 different players register a point in the win, with five different players finding the back of the net. Junior Collin Cooke scored a pair of goals while Jacob Kelly had two assists and Gavin Maxwell had a goal and an assist. After a 1-1 first period, KP tacked on three goals in the second period and then two more in the fourth. Jack Coulter, Richie Lucente and Mitch Cormier also scored for KP while Jeremy Smith, Luke Damico, Sam Colella, Tim Hanson and Joe Boselli each had an assist.

Stoughton, 0 @ Taunton, 3 – Final – Taunton’s Mike Volkmann scored twice and Cam Snead added a goal as the Tigers qualified for the state tournament for the second straight season.

Wrestling
Franklin @ Bridgewater-Raynham, 7:00
Mansfield vs. New Bedford, 7:00
Oliver Ames, 12 @ North Attleboro, 51 – Final

Girls Hockey
Canton, 3 vs. Falmouth, 0 – Final – Canton’s Colleen Kelleher made 31 saves in net to earn shut out and help the Bulldogs qualify for the state tournament.

Franklin, 0 vs. Westwood, 6 – Final
King Philip, 2 vs. Medfield, 3 – Final

Warriors Beat OA and Clinch Share of Davenport Title

Brian Kelley
Brian Kelley is lifted in the air after his pin earned the Warriors a 30-28 win at OA and guaranteed them a piece of the Davenport crown. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

By Josh Perry, Managing Editor

NORTH EASTON, Mass. – Foxboro came into Wednesday night’s dual meet with Oliver Ames in the Nixon Gym knowing that the strength of its team is in the middleweights. Head coach Bill Ivatts won the pre-meet coin flip and chose to start at 152, leaving 145 for last knowing that he would be able to turn to junior captain Brian Kelley.

That turned out to be a title-winning decision, as Kelley pinned Shea O’Connor with 47 second remaining in the third period to earn the Warriors six points and clinch a 30-28 victory over the Tigers.

“He’s wrestled in big situations before whether it’s states or all-states, so he was the guy to put on the mat at that time,” said Ivatts about putting the pressure on Kelley in the final match. “We figured he could handle that situation at the end.”

Kelley, who weighed in at 138 and was wrestling up a weight class, admitted that it is tough to go into a match knowing that just winning is not enough and that bonus points are required, but he tried to put it out of his mind.

“I was just thinking about how I wrestled the kid before and how I beat him before,” he explained. “I’m not really worried about bumping up a weight class but just doing what I needed to do for the team.”

Kelley jumped out to a commanding 7-0 lead at the end of the first period and held a 9-1 lead in the second when O’Connor spun out of a hold and caught Kelley, putting him on his back as time was winding down. The upset seemed possible at that moment, but the buzzer sounded and Kelley went into the third with a 10-3 lead.

He said, “I got caught in the second and I was a little bit worried but went to the third and outlasted him a little bit.” Kelley dominated the third period and, despite O’Connor battling, was able to get the pin and the winning points.

“Shea had him on his back,” said OA coach Kahn Lima. “If we had more time then maybe he wouldn’t have had to rush it and could’ve finished it.”

The opening match of the meet set the tone for a hard fought battle. Ryan Lehane held a 3-2 lead over Max Doorman on second period back points and held that one-point edge until 17 second remaining in the match when Doorman finally escaped to tie it. In overtime, Lehane got the takedown and the 5-3 win.

Foxboro would earn the next 12 points with Dave Dow (160) and Bob Kierce (182) each pulling out one-point wins and Matt Mullaley getting a second period pin against Jake Murphy, who had led 5-2 after the first.

As the meet turned to the heavier weight divisions, a pattern started to emerge. The Warriors, knowing that the Tigers had the advantage in those weight classes, focused on being defensive and avoiding pins or bonus points to keep the score close.

“They’re a very well-coached team,” said Lima, who said that the Tigers had discussed the Foxboro strategy in the build up to the meet. “We said that the weights that they’re not better than us at, they’re going to go out there not to get pinned and that’s what they did.”

Ivatts noted, “They did what they were assigned to do really and they did a good job and stayed off their backs. Oliver Ames is a really good wrestling team and they’re solid the whole way through, so we have to try and not give up those bonus points.”

When the two teams met earlier this season, OA got those points and went on to win by 24. This time around the matches were closer. Luke Cullen pulled out a 5-3 win at 195 pounds, Pat Mills managed a second period pin at 220 that tied the meet at 12-12 and then Sean McKeen won 6-0 at heavyweight to give the Tigers the lea.d

“I made a decision at the heavier weights and…a lot of the kids worked really hard and I put this one on me. I made a poor choice,” said Lima. “They battled really hard and I picked the wrong matchup.”

Sophomore Casey Bellevue won at 106 and Brittany McDonald had an impressive second period pin at 113 that put OA in front 24-12 with five matches remaining. Phil Durray cruised to a 7-1 win at 120 and then last year’s league MVP Matt Kelley took only 1:30 to get a pin and six points at 126.

Tom Gallagher used two takedowns in the second period to pull out a 4-2 win at 132 and just like that the match was tied with only two more matches to go. In the penultimate match, freshman Anthony Berksza earned his 23rd victory of the season, a new OA freshman record, in dominating fashion. His 12-3 gave OA a bonus point and a four-point lead (28-24).

“He’s doing everything and were very proud of Anthony and very proud of what he did tonight,” said Lima. “I thought from 52-82 was going to be very tough and then the heavier weight classes we could get pins but we didn’t get the pins we needed.”

Kelley turned that deficit around with a pin that gave Foxboro its second title in three seasons. He said, “I won the Davenport freshman year and I really wanted to win it again. It will mean a lot to beat Milford again…it will be a tough match but we should be able to get the win.”

Ivatts insisted that the job is not complete with one more dual meet looming this season. He said, “We still have to wrestle Milford but we had this one circled on the calendar. They’re the team to beat; they’re the best that we’ve seen this year in the small Hock.”

Lima and the Tigers will be hoping that the Hawks can pull the upset to give them a chance at sharing the title, but OA also has to take care of its own business against Sharon as well.

“I think we can finish strong; we’ll bounce back,” said Lima. “It was a great atmosphere for the kids [tonight] and it’s the kind of atmosphere that will help take our program to the next level.”

Josh Perry can be contacted at JoshPerry@hockomocksports.com and followed on Twitter at @Josh_Perry10.