Girls' Basketball
Last March, the team won the program’s first-ever State Championship with an impressive tournament run. Before reaching the Boston Garden to play the Eastern Mass Final against Reading, they beat Sandwich (82-36), Bishop Feehan (71-48), Scituate (58-41), and Duxbury (47-43) in the South Sectional Final. They downed the Reading Rockets 59-51 in a thrilling overtime contest. The game at the Garden was Reading’s first loss in 48 games and the win sent the Warriors to the State Championship game at the DCU Center in Worcester. There, they faced the Central Regional Champion in Nashoba Valley Tech and handled them with ease, winning the State Title game, 54-36.
Girls' basketball celebrates their overtime win over Reading at the Boston Garden. (Photo by Theresa Knapp, Medfield Patch) |
Medfield also won the TVL for a fifth straight year with an in-league record of 14-0-0. Also, head coach Mark Nickerson was named Division II coach of the year.
FINAL 2013 RECORD: 25-1-0
This Winter, the team will play the usual 14 Tri-Valley League games in addition to two tournaments (one at Christmastime at Tufts University and one at Babson College at the end of the year) and two non-conference games against Bishop Feehan.
Key Losses: Jen Narlee (1st Team TVL All-Star)
Key Returning: Lauren Petit (2013 TVL MVP, Boston Globe All-Scholastic, Boston Herald All-Scholastic), Kristin Fechtelkotter (1st team TVL All-Star), Payton Ouimette (1st team TVL All-Star)
The team celebrates after a goal against Medway. (Photo by Shannon Haggerty) |
Out of all the winter sports, boys' hockey had far and away the most All Stars with 11 (there are 24 kids on the team). The next closest was boys' indoor track with five.
FINAL 2013 RECORD: 18-1-1-1
This year, hockey will move up to Division II for the first time in program history. The new division brings a welcome challenge and also opportunity to play some new teams. In nine non-conference games, Medfield will be well traveled as they will play in two in-season tournaments as well as some other not-so-close games. The Christmas tournament this year is south of the border in Burrillville, Rhode Island. The other tournament comes at the end of the schedule and that is in Raynham.
Key Losses: Ben Cox (1st team TVL All-Star), Tyler Etzkorn (1st team TVL All-Star), Tim Haggerty (2nd team TVL All-Star), John Monahan (TVL Goalie of the Year).
Key Returning: Matt Crowell (1st team TVL All-Star), Robert Treiber (1st team TVL All-Star), Matt Dresens (1st team TVL All-Star), Pat Lawler (1st team TVL All-Star), Matt Treiber (2nd team TVL All-Star), Justin Hirshfield (TVL Honorable Mention), Will Murphy (TVL Honorable Mention)
Boys' Basketball
Last season, the Big Blue lost a series of close games that in the end, cost them the TVL title. They finished 11-7-0 in league play. In the State Tournament, the 10th seeded Warriors drew 7th seeded Tech Boston/Dorchester. Tech played a style of ball that the Warriors were not accustomed to and ousted Medfield in the first round of the South Regional by a score of 69-52.
FINAL 2013 Record: 13-8-0
Key Losses: John Zimmerman (2nd Team TVL All Star), Remy Fragola (TVL Honorable Mention), Matt Pembroke
Key Returning: Drew Shea (2nd Team TVL All Star), Brian Hunter.
Girls' Hockey
Last winter, the girls' hockey team scrambled toward the end of
the season to just sneak into the
playoffs, drawing a first round match-up with Walpole. Medfield was actually the
higher seed at 16 and Walpole was 17. Medfield got on the board in the first
period, but a late third period goal for the Rebels sent the game to overtime,
where nothing was decided. The game,
much like the boys' loss ended in a shootout with Walpole scoring the lone goal
and ousting the Warriors 2-1. Walpole lost in the next round to the number one
seed and eventual State Champions, Duxbury.
FINAL 2013 RECORD: 10-8-3
Girls' hockey is one of the only winter sport that does not
compete in the Tri-Valley League. Instead, they are in the South Eastern Mass
Girls Hockey League (SEMGHL). In league play, the will face North Quincy, Dover-Sherborn, Franklin, Mansfield, Westwood and Medway/Ashland.
Key losses: Mimi Borkan (SEMGHL All Star, All Mass Team),
Nicole Reardon (SEMGHL)
Indoor Track
The boys finished last year with a strong 7-1 record and had five TVL All Stars. Greg Lyons, Gordon White, Ian Robertson, Sean Robertson, and Austin Scola all finished with TVL honors. Lyons and White made first team, while the other three were second teamers. Lyons is the only non-returning member.
For the girls, they finished the season 6-2. Both Taylor Worthy and Kristina Gustafson were named first team All Stars. Worthy, who graduated last year, was also the league MVP. Lauren Rimmel and Kate Letai were both named to the second team all TVL.
Both the boys' and girls' schedules are identical. They will face all 9 other TVL schools starting with Norton on the 11th.
Swimming
The boys' team finished 4-5 with a 3-2 record in the TVL. Alec and Connor Haley along with Alex Carpion and Andrew Martin were all TVL All Stars. For the girls, Jenn Alban, Natascha Borgstein, Meridith Bertoni and Haley Dolan were TVL All Stars. The squad finished with a 3-5 overall record and a 3-2 TVL record.
Gymnastics
They finished 5-3 on the year and 9th in the All State Meet. This year, they will have 9 meets, starting with a road trip to Barnstable on the 21st.
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