February 21, 2012

City basketball championships kicks off with girls’ semis

By William Frothingham, BPSsports Correspondent

The postseason has arrived for the four Boston girls’ basketball teams that will play in semifinal matchups on Wednesday evening at Madison Park, in the hopes of securing a spot in Friday night’s City League championship game.

From the North division, the top-ranked Fenway Panthers will face the South division runner-up, New Mission Titans, at 4 p.m.. The O’Bryant Tigers, first in the South division, will play the North division runner-up, Madison Park Cardinals at 5:30 p.m.

The first game on Wednesday will be a rematch between two teams that met in last year’s tournament.

“We’re playing Fenway first,” New Mission senior guard Tianna Johnson said. “Last year they beat us in cities and then we beat them at states.”

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February 17, 2012

Senior night for WR Raiders

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The West Roxbury Raiders ended their regular season schedule with a 78-51 loss to their neighbor, Catholic Memorial on Friday evening, Feb. 17.  Prior to the game 5 seniors were recognized for their commitment to the team over their high school careers and presented their moms with flowers.  The Raiders trailed throughout the game and could not catch up to keep pace with the Knights.  The Raiders end at 9-10 and await the state tournament pairings to be announced before the end of the month.  The Knights, 16-3 have a match with Franklin next week.

The breakdown of the game:

1) CM; 24; WR 13

2)CM: 27; WR 13

3)CM: 16; WR 17

4) CM: 11; WR 8

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February 15, 2012

Senior night for New Mission Boys

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The New Mission boys basketball team ended the regular season on Wednesday, Feb 15 with a 76-49 pummeling of Engish High at their home court at the Tobin Gym on Tremont Street.   Prior to the game, four seniors were recognized and presented gift bags from headcoach Cory McCarthy.  The Titans are 14-4 and off to the city league play-offs next week, facing East Boston on Feb. 23.  State tournament pairings will be announced soon and New Mission hopes to capture a third-in-a-row state title championship.

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February 15, 2012

City Hockey Championships set for next week

East Boston and Latin Academy will play in the City League Hockey championship game at 11 a.m. next Thursday at Matthew’s Arena.

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February 15, 2012

City Championships pairings released

Below are the match ups for the boys and girls basketball 2012 City Championships being held next Wednesday through Friday at Madison Park High School.

GIRLS SEMI-FINALS, Wednesday, 2/22/12

4:00PM – 1st Place  North  (Fenway) vs 2nd Place  South (New Mission)

5:30 PM- 1st Place  South  (O’Bryant) vs 2nd Place  North (Madison Park)

BOYS SEMI-FINALS, Thursday, 2/23/12

4:00PM – 1st Place  South  (Brighton) vs     2nd Place  North (Madison Park)

5:30 PM- 1st Place  North  (East Boston)  vs  2nd Place  South (New Mission)

FINALS

Friday, 2/24/12

GIRLS FINAL -  5:00PM

BOYS’ FINAL   -  6:30PM

 

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February 14, 2012

MP Cards off to the city league championships

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By Patrick O’Connor, BPSsports Correspondent

CHARLESTOWN — The winner of the Charlestown and Madison Park boys basketball game on Tuesday evening, Feb. 14 at Charlestown High would be off to the city league championships next week and guess what?

The MP Cardinals triumphed with a 61-57 win over the Townies.

As evidence that both teams played their hearts out, the score was tied at 17 at the end of the first quarter and again at 30 at half time.  In the third, Madison Park took the lead, scoring 16 points and ending with a 3 point lead (46-43).  In the fourth, Madison took a commanding lead, up by 10, and the Townies almost caught up but time ran out.

The breakdown of the game:

1) MP: 17; CH: 17

2) MP: 13; CH:13

3) MP: 16; CH 13

4) MP: 15; CH 14

Next week in city league playoff action at Madison Park’s gym on Thursday, its Madison Park (15-2) against Brighton and East Boston against New Mission.  The winner of each will face off on Friday night for the city league championship.

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February 10, 2012

Scenes from English High Senior Night

In an exciting game with a week left to the regular season and every game counting, English and West Roxbury boys took to the court at English on Friday night.  English had a 37-23 lead at halftime but got outscored 19-7 in the third quarter. West Roxbury tied the score three times in the final quarter and won the battle, 61-57.

Prior to the game, English High seniors presented their moms flowers as it is their last game at home.

-Photos and words by Patrick O’Connor

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February 7, 2012

Track championship slide show: Day 2

Here is Patrick O’Connor’s slide show from the second day of the city league track championship at the Reggie Lewis Center:

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February 6, 2012

Track Championship slideshow

Here’s a slideshow of Patrick O’Connor’s photo’s from today’s first day of the track championships at the Reggie Lewis Center. Stay tuned for more photos tomorrow. Enjoy:

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February 6, 2012

Crunkdub releases All-Star fantasy team

William Johnson, who writes the blog Crunkdub’s Hoopers, just released his fantasy All-Star teams for this spring’s Boston City League All-Star Basketball Classic.

Check out who made his cut here.

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