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Saturday’s Schedule & Scoreboard – 12/17/22

Today’s games are listed below.

Boys Hockey
Attleboro, 0 @ Taunton, 4 – Final – Click here for a photo gallery of this game. – Taunton’s Connor McGrath and Tre Nadeau each scored a pair of goals as the Tigers skated to a non-league win over Attleboro. Attleboro goalie Julien Horton (22 saves) made some big saves early to keep the Bombardiers in it but Taunton cashed in with under a minute to go when McGrath finished off a rebound on the power play after Horton made three saves. In the second, Nadeau tipped in a shot at 9:16 during a 4-on-4 to make it 2-0 and before the end of the period, McGrath tucked in another rebound to extend the lead to 3-0. In the third, Nadeau scored midway through on an assist from Dylan McCaughey (two assists). Colton Scheralis recorded three assists in the win. Cam Tomaszycki made 21 saves for the shutout.

Canton, 3 @ Barnstable, 1 – Final – Canton cashed in just a minute into the game and went on to secure a 3-1 win on the road at Barnstable. Brendan Tourgee lit the lamp to give the Bulldogs the lead just moments after the opening faceoff and sophomore Travis Thomas doubled Canton’s lead with his first career tally; freshman Teddy Shuman assisted on both goals. Barnstable cut the deficit in half with a goal late in the second period but AJ Thomas scored a key insurance goal with four minutes left to ice the win. Colin Davis had a strong game in goal for Canton.

Franklin, 5 @ Gloucester, 2 – Final – Franklin senior Ryan Sicchio scored 13 seconds into the game to set the tone and the Panthers reeled in a 5-2 road win over the Fisherman. The Panthers established a 2-0 lead by the end of the first period as Ben Paterson set up Dan Daley for a one-timer right in front with just under two minutes to go. Sicchio netted his second goal of the game on the power play midway through the second period, taking a pass from Liam O’Rielly and blasting a shot in. Franklin had another goal, this time in the third period on a quick break out. Daley beat a defenseman at his own blue line, Anthony Lampasona won a battle on the boards and gave it back to Daley, who went in a 2-on-0 breakaway, sliding a pass across to Paterson for the one-timer to make it 4-1. Sophomore Carter Balducci used his speed to get past a pair of defenseman and scored on a breakaway to make it 5-2.

King Philip, 4 vs. Bishop Fenwick, 0 – Final – King Philip scored once in each of the first two periods and twice in the third to pick up a win over visiting Bishop Fenwick. LP had four different goal scorers and eight players register points. Grady Bianculli (from Cam Lehan-Allen), Nate Garska (from Charlie Pelkey), Rowan Boulger (from James Boldy) and Cole Kotkowski (from Sonny Bianculli) scored for KP while Kyle Abbott had the shutout in net.

North Attleboro, 1 @ Dartmouth, 4 – Final

Girls Hockey
Canton, 8 @ Hockomock Stars, 0 – Final

Franklin, 0 @ King Philip, 1 – Final – King Philip opened league play with a key 1-0 win over Franklin on Saturday night. Kelly Holmes scored the lone goal of the game, finishing off an assist from Mara Boldy in the second period. Mallory Johnston had a terrific game in net, making 34 saves for the shutout.

Wrestling
Canton @ Sons of Italy Tournament – Canton had a trio of wrestlers place inside the top six at the Sons of Italy Tournament at the Shriners Auditorium. Declan Monahan (132) took fourth place overall while John Mooney (145) and Reychard Accidat (160) both placed sixth.

Melish Duals (Foxboro, Sharon) – Sharon had an impressive showing at Melish Duals at Foxboro, going 3-1 on the day. The Eagles beat Plymouth North (54-24), Boston Latin (42-39), and Duxbury (42-39) and junior Anthony Hosu picked up his first career win.

Milford Tournament (King Philip, Milford) – Milford took first place and King Philip was third in the eight-team Milford Invitational. Aidan Baum (120), Derek Marcolini (106), Hampton Kaye-Kuter (285), Matthew Donis (195), Michael Boulanger (126), and Sean Donovan (170) each won individual titles for the Scarlet Hawks while Colby Cloutier (160) won his bracket for the Warriors. Milford got second place finishes from Kevin Coelho (195), Michael Mastroianni (220), Owen Matthews (182), and Ryan Donovan (160).

Brockton Quad (Mansfield), 10:00AM

North Attleboro Quad, 10:00AM

Marshfield Super Quad (Oliver Ames) – It was a good day for the Tigers, who posted a 4-1 record at the Marshfield Super Quad. Oliver Ames picked up wins over Pembroke (48-26), Scituate (54-18), Marshfield (57-18), and Toll Gate (39-38), dropping one match to powerhouse Tri-County. In the match against Toll Gate, sophomore Shannon Tran stepped into the lineup at 113 and had a comeback 10-9 win to clinch the win for OA. Senior Nathan Lipski went 5-0 on the day, getting four first period pins and one major decision. Seniors Ryan Widdop (152) and Jack Butler (160) both went 4-1 for OA.

Hingham Quad (Stoughton), 10:00AM

Knighthawk Wrestling Classic (Taunton) – Taunton had an outstanding showing in Holyoke, taking five individual champions as well as first place overall as a team. The Tigers had 239 points as a team, over 100 points over second place West Springfield. Michael Leskoski (113), Xavier Sandoval (132), Ben Mandeville (145), Ethan Harris (182), and Logan Frank (220) won their weight classes. Brian Haen (126) took second while Avery Justa (195) and Johnnie Mainer-Smith (106) each earned third.

Sandwich Early Bird (Taunton) – The Tigers sent a second team to the Sandwich Early Bird and had a solid showing. Tanisha White and Elijah Prophete each won as individual champions, Mel Jesus and Landen Rodriguez placed second in their bracket, and Mikayla Sheehan and Pierre Louis earned third.

Milford Tosses Shutout, Dominates B-R In Opener

Milford Football
Milford senior Ryan O’Connor (55) celebrates one of the six rushing touchdowns that the Hawks scored in a blowout of Bridgewater-Raynham. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

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MILFORD, Mass. – Milford likes its high-powered, high-tempo offense, with quick hitting passes and the ability to stretch the field vertically, but sometimes, like Friday night’s season opener against Bridgewater-Raynham, things just don’t seem to click through the air.

So, sometimes you just have to let the big guys up front do what they do best and go right at your opponent.

The Hawks went right at the Trojans on Friday, piling up nearly 300 yards on the ground, dominating the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, allowing only five B-R first downs, and rolling to an impressive 42-0 victory.

Click here for a photo gallery from this game.

“We’re pretty good up front on both sides of the ball,” said Milford coach Dale Olson. “We’ve been building up to this point for the past two years, the past two teams, and we’ve got four really good backs when you include Evan (Cornelius) in there. We’re going to lean on people a little bit this year.”

Milford’s offensive line of (from right to left) Oliver McKee, Anthony Dew, Ryan O’Connor, Keith Lee, and Tyler Potter manhandled B-R right from the first possession. The Hawks went 65 yards on 11 plays, 10 of them runs, to open the scoring. Romeo Holland (10 carries for 83 yards), Nicholas Araujo (five carries for 60 yards), Ronan Swineford (15 carries for 74 yards) and quarterback Evan Cornelius (eight carries for 50 yards) all took turns racing through big holes in the B-R line.

The one pass play was a nine-yard completion from Cornelius (4-of-15, 82 yards) to freshman CJ Farrell to convert the lone third down. Nate Scudo would eventually punch it in with a five-yard sweep and Araujo’s extra point made it 7-0.

Two possessions later, after a short punt and a good return from Farrell, Milford would double its lead. Holland got things started with a 16-yard run to the B-R 22. Swineford went up the middle for 11 more and, after a two-yard loss, Cornelius would make the field position count with a 13-yard keeper to make it 14-0 after one quarter.

Milford’s defense can sometimes be overlooked relative to its strength on offense, but the Hawks were hounding B-R quarterback Declan Byrne (7-of-18, 56 yards) and held running back Dawson DuBose to just 36 yards on 14 carries. Holland, Araujo, and Mason Baldic were all making plays at the line and Jayden Archeval had a nice tip in coverage on the outside. B-R never went further than the Milford 49.

“We’ve got a pretty good defense,” Olson said. “We’re young in the secondary, we’ve got a freshman starting at corner who’s going to be really good for the next four years. I think that defense is going to keep getting better and better and better.”

An 11-play drive ended with an Araujo 38-yarder that hit the crossbar, but the Hawks ended B-R’s longest drive (10 plays) at the Trojans 49. Milford got the ball back with 3:03 left in the half and was determined to add another score. Araujo had the big play, a 33-yard burst up the middle that got the Hawks down to the B-R 32. Two plays later, Holland went around the left side for 14 yards to the goal line. It took three plays, but Cornelius eventually got into the end zone for a 21-0 lead.

On its second drive of the second half, Milford finally got a big play out of the passing game. Cornelius, who seemed a little off all night and was missing his top target in senior wideout Isaiah Pantalone, threw a strike to Jacob Ligor for 41 yards down to the B-R 12. Araujo would get the ball on the next snap and find pay dirt for a commanding four-score lead.

“Since I’ve been here we’ve been slow at the start in the passing game, but we get Isaiah back next week, we’ve got a bunch of other dynamic kids on the perimeter,” Olson explained. “Our pass game will come.”

Early in the fourth quarter, Milford tacked on another. Facing fourth and one from the B-R nine, Cornelius showed great patience to wait for a hole and then raced through it for his third touchdown of the evening. Following an Owen Matthews fumble recovery, and with a running clock, backup QB Owen Callahan added more gloss to the score line when he got around the end on a 17-yard keeper for the game’s final touchdown.

“I’m just proud of the guys, the effort in the off-season,” Olson said about such a complete performance in the opening week.

Milford (1-0) will be back home next Friday night to face Wellesley.

Click here for a photo gallery from this game.