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| Girls Basketball CHESHIRE 59, NORTH HAVEN 32 (at North Haven) Cheshire 18 10 18 13 - 59 North Haven 6 10 6 10 - 32 CHESHIRE (59) Maria Blois 6 2-2 14, Missy Bailey 6 3-4 16, Lauren Como 1 2-4 5, Lauren Debisschop 2 0-0 4, Molly Jalbert 2 2-2 6, Christy Myjak 0 0-1 0, Emma Gorham 4 0-0 8, Riley Hasson 0 0-0 0, McIntosh 2 0-1 4, Cunningham 1 0-0 2, Edwards 0 0-0 0. Totals: 24 9-14 59 NORTH HAVEN (32) Onalee Collins 1 6-7 8, Sarah Black 1 0-0 2, Theresa DeFalco 0 3-6 3, Brianne Melillo 1 2-2 4, Jill Johnson 2 2-3 6, Gina Carbone 1 0-0 2, Kristen Amarone 0 0-0 0, Haley Arnautis 3 1-4 7. Totals: 9 14-22 32 3-point goals: Cheshire 2 (Bailey 1, Como 1); Records: North Haven 0-3. |
| Pats Survive Redskins Strong Effort…. Posted on December 11, 2011 by Scott For the second straight week, the Pats won, but in unimpressive fashion. The encouraging thing this week is that the defense scored and came up with a game ending turnover while the skins were going in for a tying score. Gronkowski is amazing. Nice job by Claude Julien last night putting Tuukka in the game to play the third period. He was quite sharp and the B’s found their scoring touch after a few periods off. Joe Corvo was great and Dennis Seidenberg was the best player on the ice last night. He will have to be with Chara going down with an injury. It will be interesting to see who steps up on the blue line with the Captain out of the lineup. Very quiet Winter Meeting for the Sox. Looks like they are leaning towards Bard and Aceves as the four and five starters. We best go find some bullpen help then…. Watching Giants-Cowboys….20-15 Boys in the third. Somehow I think if the Giants are within 7 late in the fourth, they will find a way to win. We will see…… Big Baby and Some Quarterback Stuff…. Posted on December 10, 2011 by Scott Although I kinda liked the way Big Baby Davis played on the offensive end, I think the trade for Brandon Bass was a great deal for the Green. Baby never really improved enough on the defensive end and was never able to adopt that “team first” attitude of the Celtics. Bass is a tough guy…plays defense, can hit the mid range jumper, and is good on the offensive boards. If the aging Celtics are going to compete for a championship this year, they will need some solid contributions from the bench. Bass is a great addition. Speaking of tough guys, the Green also picked up former Maryland big man Chris Wilcox as well. Wilcox is another solid defender who can score inside averaging 7.4 points for the Pistons last year. He should provide some well needed depth in the middle. Chili’s in Sixteen Acres is a great place to watch a game, grab a drink or some food, and to get involved in an animated discussion about NFL quarterbacks. Mike, the bartender is a HUGE Giants fan and a Eli Manning advocate. Jim is a Pats fan, and thinks Tom Brady is the coming. Both guys agree that Brady is the best QB in the League and possibly in their lifetime. The disagreement came with where Eli Manning stands in today’s NFL. Jim claims that Eli throws too many interceptions to be considered an “elite” quarterback. Mike believes that Eli is tinkering on the brink of “eliteness. Of course I had to chime in….. I have not been an Eli fan for the past few years. I thought his accuracy was lacking and that he threw a lot of balls behind the receivers. However, I think Eli has been great this year. The Giants have not been great. My claim is that Eli is top 5 QB this season. Jim thought I was crazy so I asked him to name 5 better. He came up with 3. Tom Brady Aaron Rodgers Drew Brees I could even see four if you want to include Big Ben. That still makes Eli top 5. Jim tried to fill the fifth spot with Tony Romo and/or Phillip Rivers. I’m not so sure about that. I think it will be awfully tough to put Romo or Matt Ryan ahead of Eli. In my mind Eli is right there , a few steps below the rest of the guys Red Sox thoughts and the Winter Meetings…. Posted on December 9, 2011 by Scott Well, it looks more and more like the Sox are going to stay relatively pat this off season. Pujols and Wilson are off to the Angels, not that the Sox should have gone after either. I think we should definately get used to the idea of Reddick or Kalish in right, Sa;ty and Lavarnway behind the plate, and a rotation of Beckett, Lester, Buchholz, Aceves, and Daniel Bard. The bullpen will need help in that case. Bobby Jenks, Franklin Morales and a comittee at this point. Yikes!! |
| Busy Wednesday in New England Sports Posted on December 14, 2011 by Scott Much to touch upon today so let’s get started…….. Red Sox with a couple of solid moves today. First, trading Jed Lowrie and Kyle Weiland to the Astros for closer Mark Melancon. They then acquired Nick Punto to fill the utility role vacated by shipping out Lowrie. Melancon is a great pickup. He had 20 saves with the Astros and an era under 3.00. He also has a bit of an nasty streak that closers must have. When facing Dustin Pedroia for the first time, it seems that Melancon, a University of Arizona alum, plunked the Sox second baseman simply because he was an Arizona State guy. I’m probably stretching the truth a little but let’s go with that. Call it editorial license?? Although I really like Lowrie as a hitter and always wondered why the Sox never put him in right field, he has proven to be injury prone so I can deal with the loss. In my mind Weiland is at least two years away from being a big league pitcher so I consider it no loss. I have always liked Punto. He is a scrapper and that is the type of player that Red Sox Nation is attracted to. Today’s moves will help turn the page on 2011 and begin focusing on 2012. Good job, Ben! Tuukka Rask! Last night he played like an All-Star, never mind just a starter. There is no doubt that the Bruins have the best goaltender tandem in the NHL. So here is the question….Can the Bruins hold on to this guy until Tim Thomas’ contract expires at the end of the 2013 season. Rask is 24 and has a long career ahead of him. He is going to play 30 games this year and probably 30-40 next year. Make no mistake about it, Tim Thomas is the goalie here as long as he continues his outstanding play. The Bruins are playing like they can win another Cup this year, and who knows, maybe next year as well. I hope Tuukka will stay on for these runs and then take over for Thomas in a couple of years. The Bruins will have to spend some money to keep him here through that period, maybe close to starting goaltender money??? What would you do if you were Rask? What would you do if you were the Bruins? Tebow, Shmeebow. Pats win 42-10. By the way, Rob Gronkowski reminds me a bit of Ben Coates with one exception. Gronkowski doesn’t need to push off to get open. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t even have to get open to be open!! Quietly, Danny Ainge is putting together a respectable basketball team to support the “Big 4″. Brandon Bass, Keyon Dooling and Chris Wilcox are going to make the Celts a very tough team to play against. They are all very physical players. They play defense, they rebound and they are “Doc Rivers” type of team guys. I told myself that I didn’t care about the NBA but Danny has given me a reason to at least check the C’s out when they get back to playing. About the Garnett/Allen complaining about David Stern rushing the season……the players agreed to the deal. Everyone has to deal with the same time frame. Let’s keep this whole thing positive and be above the fray, shall we?? Bruins-Senators tonight? Can’t wait!! |
| Boys Basketball WILBUR CROSS 56, CHESHIRE 54 (at Cheshire) Wilbur Cross 11 15 10 20 - 56 Cheshire 14 9 18 13 - 54 WILBUR CROSS (56) Troy Stokes 4 1-1 11, Kyle Holmes 5 1-2 15, Chan Williams-Bey 5 0-1 10, Donald Williams 1 0-0 2, Josh Fleming 3 6-6 15, Keishon Sullivan 0 1-2 1, Shane Christie 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 9-12 56 CHESHIRE (54) Kevin Adams 3 4-6 10, Tyler Barnes 6 0-0 16, Nate Howard 6 3-7 15, Sebastian Little 0 2-2 2, Eric Dietrich 0 2-2 2, Colin Jordan 4 1-6 9. Totals: 19 12-23 54 3-point goals: Wilbur Cross 9 (Stokes 2, Holmes 4, Fleming 3); Cheshire 4 (Barnes 4); Records: Wilbur Cross 2-0; Cheshire 0-2. |
| Boys Basketball FAIRFIELD PREP 78, CHESHIRE 62 (at Fairfield Prep) Cheshire 5 19 19 19 — 62 Fairfield Prep 23 19 18 18 — 78 CHESHIRE (62) Kevin Adams 2 1-6 6, Tyler Barnes 4 0-0 9, Kevin Dietrich 5 2-4 14, Jordan Kubilus 0 1-2 1, Nate Howard 5 7-11 17, Eric Dietrich 2 0-0 6, Erik Pettit 3 2-2 9, Sebastian Little 0 0-0 0, Tim Covel 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 13-25 62 FAIRFIELD PREP (78) Terry Tarpey 10 3-9 23, Tim Butala 1 3-7 5, Mike Matera 6 0-0 13, Tom Nolan 6 2-3 15, Ben Sullivan 1 0-0 2, Dave Ryan 2 1-2 5, Brian Blake 2 0-0 5, Keith Pettway 1 0-0 2, Dave Zielinski 3 1- 2 8, Xavier Frey 0 0-0 0, Rich Sekerak 0 0-0 0. Totals: 32 10-23 78 3-point goals: Cheshire 7 (Adams 1, Barnes 1, Dietrich 2, Dietrich 2, Pettit 1); Fairfield Prep 4 (Matera 1, Nolan 1, Blake 1, Zielinski 1); Records: Cheshire 0-1; Fairfield Prep 1-0 Notes: Tarpey had seven rebounds and four assists |
| Boys basketball HAMDEN 57, CHESHIRE 51 (OT) (at Hamden) Cheshire 14 10 11 11 5 - 51 Hamden 10 13 17 6 11 - 57 CHESHIRE (51) Kevin Adams 0 3-4 3, Tyler Barnes 6 5-7 21, Jordan Kubilus 0 0-2 0, Nate Howard 4 1-2 9, Sebastian Little 2 0-0 4, Erik Pettit 2 0-0 6, Colin Jordan 2 2-3 6, Rahtni Roundtree 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 11-18 51 HAMDEN (57) Kendall Walker 3 3-4 9, Wesley Johnson 6 3-6 15, Michael Boateng 4 1-3 10, Rob Grissette 0 2-4 2, Richard Kennedy 5 6-7 17, Christian Coassin 1 2-2 4. Totals: 19 17-26 57 3-point goals: Cheshire 6 (Barnes 4, Pettit 2); Hamden 2 (Boateng 1, Kennedy 1); Records: Cheshire 0-3; Hamden 3-0 |
| So, I’m watching the Celtics……. Posted on December 21, 2011 by Scott I kinda like what I see. The young guys and the new guys are showing great confidence. Dooling can really play defense and Bass is a monster. E’twaun Moore is very impressive and does not look intimidated at all. I think Avery Bradley has a great chance to play significant minutes this year. I think this team will play defense and rebound. Jermaine looks very healthy (for now) and is a dominant defensive player. The jury is still out. We have only seen two exhibition games against the Raptors, but there is enough here to be optimistic about the Green. About the Red Sox…. I like the move of Tim Bogar to bench coach. Pretty tough to get a guy thrown out from there. Baseball America list of Sox top prospects surprisingly omits Jose Iglesias. Not surprising is Will Middlebrooks as top prospect. Look for him to make his move to the Majors at some point this year. Anthony Renaudo is another one to watch. Right-handed pitcher could find himself helping out at some point this year. He has continued to impress everyone in the organization. Pats-Dolphins and Jets-Giants both on at 1:00. I just changed the batteries in my clicker. Cowboys-Eagles at 4:00. I love Christmas Eve!! |
| Games Played Saturday 2/11/2012 East Division Team #4 - U. of Buffalo Team #5 - Cincinnati Team #1 - South Carolina Team #7 - U. of Michigan Team #2 - Oregon Ducks Team #9 - Yale University Team #3 - Texas A&M Team #6 - Villanova Team #8 - Gateway Team #10 - Kentucky West Division Team #14 - Michigan State Team #15 - Naugatuck Team #18 - Seton Hall Team #20 - Princeton Team #12 - U. of Miami Team #19 - East Carolina Team #11 - North Carolina Team #17 - Georgia Tech Team #13 - Virginia Tech Team #16 - San Diego State Games Played Tuesday 2/4/2012 West Division Team #12 - U. of Miami Team #20 - Princeton Team #13 - Virginia Tech Team #15 - Naugatuck Community East Division Team #4 - U. of Buffalo Team #6 - Villanova |
Score 41 38 74 50 50 54 50 56 43 40 57 42 50 61 51 63 43 58 52 51 42 55 51 36 48 58 |
| East Division: Team #9 - Yale University Team #3 - Texas A&M Team #1 - South Carolina Team #6 - Villanova Team #4 - U. of Buffalo Team #2 - Oregon Ducks Team #8 - Gateway Team #10 - Kentucky Team #5 - Cincinnati Team #7 - U. of Michigan West Division: Team #13 - Virginia Tech Team #19 - East Carolina Team #16 - San Diego State Team #20 - Princeton Team #18 - Seton Hall Team #14 - Michigan State Team #17 - Georgia Tech Team #12 - U. of Miami Team #15 - Naugatuck Team #11 - North Carolina |
| W-L 7-0 6-1 5-2 5-2 3-4 3-4 2-5 2-5 2-5 0-7 W-L 7-0 5-2 5-2 4-3 4-3 3-4 3-4 3-4 1-6 0-7 |
| Streak 7 W 1 L 2 W 2 W 1 W 1 L 1 W 2 L 3 L 7 L Streak 7 W 1 W 1 L 4 W 3 L 2 W 1 W 3 L 2 L 7 L |
| Boys Basketball CHESHIRE 72, SOUTHINGTON 51 (at Cheshire) Southington 9 13 12 17 - 51 Cheshire 16 20 19 17 - 72 SOUTHINGTON (51) Corbin Garry 1 0-0 2, Ted Shaw 0 2-2 2, Shane Cooper 3 0-0 9, Alex Borosky 6 6-9 20, Sean Hammell 2 4-4 9, Chris Sherwill 1 2-2 4, Steve Mierzejewski 0 1-2 1, Billy Queen 2 0-0 4. Totals: 15 15-19 51 CHESHIRE (72) Kevin Adams 1 4-6 6, Tyler Barnes 5 0-0 13, Kevin Dietrich 2 2-2 7, Colin Jordan 3 0-0 6, Jordan Kubilus 1 1-2 3, Nate Howard 8 2-4 18, Eric Dietrich 3 0-0 8, Erik Pettit 0 2-2 2, Rahtni Roundtree 4 0-0 9. Totals: 27 11-16 72 3-point goals: Southington 6 (Cooper 3, Borosky 2, Hammell 1); Cheshire 7 (Barnes 3, Dietrich 1, Dietrich 2, Roundtree 1); Records: Southington 1-4; Cheshire 2-3 Notes: Jordan had six assists for Cheshire. |
Game High Scorer Mike Parisi 16 Brad Mahar 21 Jake Scinto 17 Ryan Bradley 12, Jake Cunningham 12 Jesse Feldshon 26 Chris Trasacco 14 Nick Palladino 25 Vic Lyall 20, Will Martino 20 Owen Peters 10 Drew Henderson 18 Tochukuv Njoku 12 Hamed Mian 14 Adam Rider 16 Vin Sansone 29 A Karbassioon 16 Billy Weyrauch 26 Ben Borecki 11 Nate Thomas 26 Evan Colechia 15 Owen Peters 13 Game High Scorer A Karbassioon 13 Michael Purcell 14 Alex Augusto 15 Matt Mueller 12 Adam Difederico 16 Vic Lyall 15, Will Martino 15 |