TGBL MARCH MADNESS ROUND ONE
RESULTS (2/27)
JUNIOR LEAGUE
Lynx 16 Liberty 9
The Lynx started the game with an 8-0 run and played strong
team defense the rest of the way for the 16-9 victory over the Liberty. Playing
their best defense all season from the rebounding of Miranda Hulme, Amanda
Ford, Amanda Mckinnis and Carolyn Verseckas to the pressure of the guards Katie
Garcia, Sarah Larsen, Emily Woods and Lauren Crupi. Lynx Scorers were Carolyn Verseckas( 6 pts), Amanda Mckinnis ( 4 pts.) , Rebecca Lewis
(4 pts.) and Katie Garcia (2 pts.) It took a total team effort on both sides to
beat an outstanding Liberty team.
The Liberty played a determined Lynx and lost in the first round of March Madness. Scoring for Liberty was Sara Catanzano 6 pts, Victoria Mirabito 2 pts and Jocelyn Stavros 1 pt. Liberty came out slow in the first quarter. Gina Puccia, Lily Wyatt, Mirabito, Stavros, Gig Frisella played their game, but fell short offensively. Many shots went up, but they didn't fall for us. The second half of the game Liberty fought back, but wasn't able to pull it off. Catanzano, Shannon Vasas, Lisa Devito, Cassia Burns, Paige McGaffigan and Niamh Cote played a good defense, but offenisvely we struggled. The Liberty girls had an amazing year coming in first place and we congratulate the Lynx for a well played game and cheer on all our fellow Junior League team mates during this March Madness tournament. Good luck and we can't wait to see you at the end of the year banquet!
Mystics 10 Mercury 8
This was a very exciting win for the Mystics, and something
we really worked hard for. The first 3 quarters of the game were
very quiet Offensively and the Mystics and we
went into the 4th quarter trailing the Mercury 2-7. Finally in the 4th quarter
the Veterans on this team came out flying and roared back with Natalie Veloz scoring 4 pts in this game and Marissa
Doherty with 2. Sam Alman really wanted this one
and played her best game of the season with all 4 of her points in the
fourth quarter. The Mystics finished the job and pulled out the come back victory by scoring 7 points in the 4th
quarter. Very exciting win and it made it all worth it to see these kids
celebrate.
Scoring for the Mercury were Alexis
Brincklow (3 pts.), Emily Walker (2 pts.) Teagan Trant (2 pts) and Lauren Riccard
(1 pt).
Starzz
20 Mystics 5
This was a tough loss for the Mystics because it finished
out our season. We all tried our hardest all season to be the last one standing
in the end but we came up short of this goal. The Starzz
came out ready and rested and we managed to keep the game close in the 1st
quarter with the score 2-4. The 2nd quarter it was all Starzz
and they never looked back. Scoring for the Mystics were Natalie Veloz with 2, Miah Cummings with
1 and Sam Alman with 2. We will all work hard to
improve this summer and look forward to getting better for training camp
this fall. Have a great summer.
Scoring for the Starzz were
Samantha Mercurio (10 pts.), Rachel Sessa (4 pts.), Samantha Surowiec
(2 pts.), Emily Sessa (2 pts.), and Kate McGlaughlin
(2 pts.).
MONARCHS 13 COMETS 6
Scoring for the Monarchs were Kayla VonKahle
(4 pts.), Emily Amaral (2 pts.), Shaylee
Puleo (2 pts.), Alicia Moore (2 pts.), and Sarah Ciampa (2 pts.).
Scoring for the Comets were Olivia Powers (3 pts.), Carla Tenaglia (2 pts.), and Emily Langone
(1 pt.)
MONARCHS 10 STORM 8
The Storm lost a heartbreaker to a tough Monarchs team. The players had a fantastic season and the
coaches are proud of their effort all season.
Nicole Lucia, Stefani Cunningham and Bailey Carter all grabbed key
rebounds. Terrific passing was
demonstrated by Jessica Cacciola, Shaele
Esteveo, Stephanie Graffeo
and Kendyl Spinelli.
Scoring for the Storm were Madison Wescott (4 pts.), Irene Houde
(2 pts.) and Sydney Burlamchi (2 pts.)
Scoring for the Monarchs were Kayla VonKahle
(6 pts.), Sarah Murray (2 pts.) and Sydney Quinn ( 2pts.).
SPARKS 20 ROCKERS 6
The Rockers came out full force defensively. They all had a lot of hustle. Erica Whynot scored
4 points, Nicole Cobuccio, Amy Glover, Julia Kelly, Tatem Pecci, and Sara Constantino did a great job up top. Nicole put some great passes out. Underneath, Sara Letourneau, Jackie Marchant, Sara Bishop, and Hannah Maffeo
played an excellent zone and kept the ball out most of the time but the Sparks
were hot from the outside. Lizzie
Markwarth played an all-around great game.
Scoring for the Sparks were Francesca Cocca (6 pts.), Sarah
Sullivan (4 pts.), Adrianna Favreau (4 pts.), Rebekah
Politis (4 pts.)and
Emily Zuraski (2 pts.)
INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE
WILDCATS 33 HUSKIES 27
What
a fantastic game played by both the Wildcats and the Huskies. The game
was head to head for 4 straight quarters but in the end the Wildcats offense
and defense was a fire that couldn't be extinguished. The scoring started
out slow for both teams because defense was high. Lindsey Cossar was the only one to score in the first w/ 3 points
but later coming back in the 3rd with a whopping 10! Also scoring for the
Wildcats were Ally Kelly, Katie Dunlevy, Colleen Kelly,
Janina Kennedy and Erin Davis. While Lindsey Cossar was scoring left and right, Colleen, Corinne Doyle,
Heather Doyle were playing up front defense with several phenomenal
steals. Erin, Janina, and Erica Dirk were on
the board with countless, seemless blocks.
Audrey Casey ran the floor like crazy and kept any scoring from happening in
the corner. Ally spent the fourth quarter with some stellar passing and
press breaking - nice job Ally! The Wildcats did a superior job on both
offense and defense and now move on to the semi-finals.
The
Huskies drew the hungry Wildcats squad in the first round of the tournament.
Coach Kelly had revenge on her mind from two years ago and had the Wildcats
there at 545am for pre game warm-ups.The game started
with the undefeated Huskies doing what they have done all year. Alysa Defruscia started the game
strong controlling the rebounds and scoring seven points. Kenzi
Wyatt and Samantha Parker both played great defense to keep the Wildcats
flustered. In the second the Huskies came out scoring led by Karalyn Gallela
who had 8 points in the game and Marina Russo who hit back to back shots. Chloe
Politis had 8 rebounds and Jaime Fowler had 11 rebounds and played hard in the
quarter also. The third quarter the Wildcats hit long shot after long shot and
took the lead into the fourth. In the 4th Dimple Gandhi put in a big
basket and Stephanie Mchatton hustled on the full
court press to make some steals. It was too little too late and the
Huskies went down , finally. The sold out crowd of
98,981 was the most ever to see a intermediate
basketball game. One fan who will rename nameless ( Richie
Colarusso) was seen smiling as the final buzzer
sounded. The Huskies came across a hot Wildcats team who hit some great shots.
The girls had a great year and improved week to week. I am very
proud of both the 7th and 6th graders on this team.
Some have not seen a lost for two years and were devastated….for about 5
minutes. Congrats to the Wildcats.
TERRIERS 16 WAVES 14
The Terriers - Waves tournament game had both teams leaving
it all on the floor. The Waves took the lead from the gate and held on to
it until the final minutes when Shannon Smith tied the game from the foul
line. The Terriers had not seen such a relentless defense all
season. The Terriers had to step up their defensive game to keep in
it. It took every Terrier playing their best defense to pull this
win out of their hat. Ashley Colarusso and Erin
Walsh led the way defensively sticking hard on the Waves point guards.
Michelle Creedon was masterful under the
boards. Melanie Fleury, Meagan Timmins, and
Emily Duquette were amazing and played the zone to
perfection. Offensively the Terriers had their lowest scoring game of the
season and that is with the extra two minutes of an overtime period.
Finding a way to penetrate seemed near impossible at times. Shannon
Smith was good for 4 points from underneath, but her four points from the foul
line were crucial. Meredith Cahill found herself
open and popped one in from the side for two points. Marissa Conlin was able to pick up a basket early in the
game. Amanda Brown sunk two from the foul line, but it was her basket in
overtime that would make the difference for the win. The Waves gave
the Terriers a great game and it was too bad someone had to lose in the
end. Way to go Terriers and Waves!
T he Waves nearly pulled off what would have been an incredible
tournament battle against a talented Terriers team. The Waves played with a lot of heart and
guts. Defensive players of the game were
Tayla Legrande, Mariah Wentzell and Shalimar Hulme. All of the girls-Catherine Ozek, Carlye Slavin, Jackie
Noftle (2pts.), Kirsten Dick ( 2 pts.), Mariah Wentzell( 6 pts.), Shalimar
Hulme(2 pts), Alexis Chaet, Christina Noyes, Melissa Markwarth, and Tayla Legrand (2 pts.) had a great season. They really came together as a team and the
coaching staff is really proud of each of them.
Go Waves!!
JAYHAWKS 20 FALCONS 10
The Jayhawks kicked off
March Madness against the Falcons. Both teams played excellent defense holding
off one another from scoring in the first few quarters. Center June Garcia was
seen crashing the boards ripping down the rebounds, while forwards Ashley
Colbert, Kacie Ellegood,
and
Scoring for the Falcons were Marissa Maciel (4 pts.),
Jamie Burger (2 pts.) Hillary Fletcher (2 pts.), Amanda Aylward (1 pt.) and Elizabeth You (1 pt.).
Cardinals 35 Cougars 20
The Cardinals and the Cougars met for the 3rd time this
season in the opening round of the tournament. Tournament basketball is
definitely a new season as exhibited by all of the results in the first round.
The first two times these teams played the Cardinals were able to jump out to
an early lead and never look back. This time however was different. The Cougars
came out with a punishing man-to-man defense and employed the press to success to
surprise the Cardinals in the first half. After the 1st quarter the
Cougars had the lead backed by 10 points by Jamie Ray. At the half the score
was close as only 4 points total were scored in the entire quarter. Tough
defense by Calleigh Finneral
on Toni Joy kept the Cardinals leading scorer in check. In the 2nd
half the offense started to click for the Cardinals behind good shot selection
and running the fast break effectively. The final score was not indicative of
what a hard fought game this was and the Cardinals were happy to survive this
one and look forward to their next game against the Wildcats. Last time the
Cardinals faced the Wildcats it was an overtime thriller won by the Cardinals
on a shot as time expired.Defensive player of the
game was Kayla Berube with 12 rebounds. Scoring for
the Cardinals was Toni Joy with 7, Nikki Doucette, Ariana
Calouro, Kayla, and Eva Barinelli
with 6 and Emily Velozo and Samantha Lopolito with 2.
The Cougars lost a tough game in the tournament to end their season. Jamie Ray led the Cougars in scoring with 14 points. Molly Harrington (4 pts) and Chelsea Grant played awesome hustling all over the court. Caleigh Finneral (2 pts) and Sarah Baptista did a great job defending the basket and playing very tough in the paint. Samantha Teague, Amanda Lane and Jessica Lehmann each played well hustling on both ends of the court. Delaney Chisholm was the Cougar's defensive player of the game. The Cougars showed no quit all season and that was how they played this game right to the end.
SENIOR LEAGUE
Wizards 28 Jazz 21
The Wizards held off a very tough Jazz team 28-21 to advance
to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, the Jazz were forced to play without
two top players due to injury but the team fought hard and gave the Wizards all
they could handle. Missy Cordwell played with
all out hustle and left everything on the floor.
She led the team in scoring with 10 points while Jen Iannacci
added 7. Julia Bodoni continues to improve and
added another 4 points. Sam Laferriere (3 pts),
Jen Cobuccio (2 pts) and Abby Donoghue
(2 pts) were tenacious on defense. Defense was the theme today and Hannah
Culwell, Mariah Culwell and
Sarah Barnes also stepped up in a big way. Jen Maddaleni
added a couple of big steals and Jen Joyce showed some great hustle up and down
the court. Congratulations to both teams for a well played game.
The
Jazz got knocked out of the tournament by the Wizards, 28 to 21. All the
players on the Jazz showed a lot of heart, battling back from a early big deficit to cut the lead to 5 points late in the
game. Although they lost, the girls never gave up. Representing the Jazz this
year were: Rachel Ragucci,
Jen Salvucci, Kim Brekalis,
Haley Callahan, Hayley Feingold, Sam Campbell, Ari Medeiros, Abby Meuse, Aly Spenser, Sara Semenza and
Shannon Semenza. You were all a great bunch of girls,
and it was my pleasure to be your coach.
MAGIC 35 SPURS 12
The Magic continued their winning ways this past Saturday
against the Spurs, starting the March Madness Tournament with a decisive win 35
to 13. All Magic players made it into the scoring column,
lead by Kelly Quigley with 12 and Meghan Blasdell with 6. Great team defense
has been the key to the Magic’s late season surge, limiting opponents inside
scoring chances and limiting second chances with strong rebounding. The whole
team deserves recognition, because they have been playing like a team.
The Spurs team showed a lot of team play in their final game of the season. Although they had very good passing and ball movement, the shots were just not dropping for them this day. Devin Kelly and Haley Golini (4 each) led the scoring with Rachel Pendleton (3) and Kelsie Bradley (2). Other teammates Shannon McLaughlin, Erin Eliott, Leanne Lozowski, Jamie Cohen and Danielle Moulton got good position for many potential outside opportunities. The SPURS pushed a few of the top teams into overtime this season so they should be very proud of the spirit they brought to each and every game. Great effort SPURS !!
Blazers 26 Raptors 17
The Blazers came up big against
the Number 1 seeded Raptors. Defensively all the girls were terrific,
Ally Braciska; Ashley Kelly, Bridget Casey, and
Brooke Patterson shut down the high scoring Raptors attack. Aleska Pena had some stellar rebounding, as did Sarah Minichello. Taylor Simas
was a force in the middle defensively. Mikayla Hodgdon was also a defensive star. Scoring for the
Blazers were Bridget Casey (7 points), Ashley Kelly (6 points), Taylor Simas (6 points), Brooke Patterson (3 points), Ally Braciska (2 points), and Mikayla Hodgdon (2 points). Great all
around play from the surging Blazers.
Scoring for the Raptors were
Stephanie Champoux (8 pts.), Emily Knoops (6 pts.) and Meredith Bonugli
(3 pts).
PACERS 22
SONICS 14
Scoring for the Pacers were Caitlin Morris ( 7
pts,), Anna Piccolo (4 pts.), Mackenzie Pierce (4 pts.), Adrianna Brown (3
pts.), Haley Acconcia (2 pts.) and Michelle Hopkinson
(2 pts.).
Scoring for the Sonics were
Nicole DePierro (5 pts.), Melissa Peters (3 pts.),
Shana Chartienitz (3 pts.), Christine Kang (2 pts.)
and Tessa Wyatt (1 pt.).
5th GRADE TRAVEL
Wilmington
27 Tewksbury 19
The road to the Final Four went through Wilmington for the 5th
grade girls travel basketball team and they gave all they had to make it a
successful trip. Playing in the 6th grade bracket for the
playoffs changed the rules and allowed both teams to come out with a full court
press which is something they had not seen all year. At the start of the
game Wilmington did a better job breaking the press and jumped out to an early
lead but Tewksbury settled down and brought the game close and at one point had
the game tied. This was a very physical first half of play and both teams
were diving to the floor for every loose ball and bodies were flying. The
referees did a nice job of talking to both teams to get this game under
control. At the end of the half, Tewksbury seemed to find the keys to
breaking the full court press and was rewarded with an easy lay
up.
The Redmen continued their full court
pressure in the second half while the Wildcats dropped back to a half court
press. Sara Catanzano (7 pts) was the high
scorer for Tewksbury while Julia Kelly (1 pt), Adrianna Favreau (3 pts),
Samantha Mercurio (2 pts), Katie Garcia (4 pts), and
Emily Sessa (2 pts) also scored for the Redmen. Although a few players did not get on the
score board they contributed with Tewksbury Tough defense. The hard nosed defense was led by Marissa Doherty, Samantha Surowiec, Victoria Mirabito,
Paige McGaffigan and Francesca Cocca.
Struggling from the line and with their offense never
finding a rhythm made this a tough game to win against a very good Wilmington
team. Tewksbury’s efforts came up short and they did not advance to the
tournament this coming weekend. The team played hard and fought until the
final buzzer.
Thanks for a great season girls!