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No hoops in the North sectionals in mass. tonight

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2012 View Comments

miaa.net reports everything is ppd because of the storm.

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Lawrence-SJP: The game within the game …

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2012 View Comments

Good high school games, like prize fights, are often about styles. And the Central Catholic/Lawrence/Valley style certainly meshes well with St. John’s. It always makes, seemingly, for excitement. Last year’s first half at the Garden might have been the most entertaining 16 minutes of high school hoop I’ve ever seen, 47-46, or something like that? [...]

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The tourney has begun. Where are you people?

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 28th, 2012 View Comments

I don’t get you guys. The tourney has begun, and this blog is silent. Where are the Methuen folks, chest-thumping after the win against Malden? Where are the Lancer faithful? You guys fearing the the Prep? I don’t get it. I love Lawrence tonight against SJP. I think the matchup favor LHS’ quickness. Paul will [...]

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Sorry, missed a button earlier, here are the girls

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2012 View Comments

Defending champ Andover, at 22-0, clearly earned the top seed in Division 1 North on the girls side of the MIAA sectional basketball tournament. With only 15 teams in the draw, the Warriors will await the winner of Haverhill and Acton-Boxboro. Central Catholic draws a tough opener with 17-3 Billerica, which already beat the Raiders [...]

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Youch, Lawrence and Prep to meet in tourney opener

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2012 View Comments

DIVISION 1 NORTH SEEDS: 1. Central Catholic (20-1); 2. Acton-Boxboro (19-1); 3. Westford Academy (17-4); 4. East Boston (17-4); 5. Charlestown (16-4); 6. Boston Latin (17-5); 7. Lawrence (14-5); 8. Lowell (13-5); 9. Somerville (13-7); 10. St. John’s Prep (13-7); 11. Lexington (13-7); 12. Andover (12-8); 13. Lynn English (12-8); 14. Cambridge (12-8); 15. Methuen [...]

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Franklin Martinez is MVC Division 1 MVP

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2012 View Comments

According to sources, Franklin Martinez took the MVP in the MVC Division 1, and Paul Neal got Coach of the Year. Pretty sure it was a Ranger sweep in D2 with Kyle Mansour and Matt Curran. Not sure on the all-conference choices. As for the talk on the proposed hoop split, I am told that [...]

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Hey, by the way, is it me or are the MVC coaches meeting today …

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2012 View Comments

I’m pretty sure the MVC hoop coaches meet today for the All-Conference vote and for what I believe will be the vote on next year’s split. I will stand by my 4-7 split idea with only Lawrence, CC, Andover and Lowell in the large. These four programs stand by themselves. They went without a small [...]

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See what happens when we let the kids play…

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 20th, 2012 View Comments

CC and St. John’s turned into an excellent, entertaining thriller tonight with the Raiders pulling out the 59-58 win. The MVPs of the night, officials Rich Napolitano, Paul Halloran and I’m sorry, I didn’t know the third guy. Why? Because they swallowed the whistles and let the kids play. That’s officiating fellas. Of course, the [...]

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It’s Central vs. St. John’s Prep on Monday night

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 20th, 2012 View Comments

A couple of interesting semifinals at the IAABO Board 130 Classic on Sunday night. Central Catholic looked like it was turning it off and on all night, keeping Lynn English at arm’s length, 68-57. St. John’s let its second haf lead slip away, only to be saved late by unheralded North Andover junior Tyler Dooley [...]

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Last chance, last dance … maybe for NA and Masco tonight

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2012 View Comments

Potentially and hopefully, they could meet again in the upcoming Division 2 North tournament, but tonight’s 6:30 p.m. collision at Masconomet between the Chieftains and the Knights of North Andover rates among the biggest games you’ll see all year. First, you have to wonder if this is at least the beginning of the end of [...]

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