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BHS girls cagers fall to 4-3
Raiders talented but
young
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
DAVID CURRAN PHOTO
LAY-UP-Morgan Kendrew putsup ashot fortheBarnstablegirls
basketball team durin g its loss to Marshtield last Friday.
DAVID CURRAN PHOTO
BACKHANDER-Margaret Cobblaunchesahookreverse
shot after driving the baseline past the basket during
the BHS girls basketball team's loss to Marshfield in
Hyannis last Saturday.
Inconsistency took its toll as the BHS
girls basketball team fell to 4-3 with a
57-45 loss to Marshfield in Hyannis last
Friday.
"We have our moments that we shine,"
coach Nancy Freeman said, "and then we
break down, mentally,I think it is."
The Raiders start two seniors, ajunior,
and two sophomores, but rely heavily on
underclassmen in both the starting line-
up and off the bench.
"I think a lot of the youth is showing at
times," said the coach.
The visitors ran out to an early double-
digit lead that peaked at 24-12 before the
Raiders chipped away,
narrowing the deficit to
30-24 at the end of the
first half on senior Liz
Auger's buzzer-beating
three-pointer.
Immediately after the
break, Auger drained
another three-pointer
and sophomore Morgan
Kendrew followed with
one of her own to knot
the score.
But Marshfield called
a time-out, came out
and hit a trey of its
own en route to scoring
the next seven points
before Auger stemmed
the tide with another
three for Barnstable.
That was the last time
Barnstable was within
four, though, as Marsh-
field went on a 9-2 run
to open up a 46-35 lead
on its way to the win.
Marshfield's Terri
Duffy and Shelby
Burghardt dominated
inside all night.
Duffy hauled
down 14rebounds
-it seemed like
even more -while
Burghardt had 10.
"We need to
get boards. We've
worked very hard
on that," Freeman
said, later adding,
"The games we're
not winning,we're
not getting the boards."
Junior center Tashauna Ashmeade,
strong but not as tall as the Marsh-
field duo, was able to muster only a
single point in a frustrating night.
"We need to get Tashaunamore
worked into the game," Freeman
said.
Kendrew led the Raiders with 17
points, and Auger had eight. Senior
Kourtney McNamara and sophomore
Jill Lyon had six points apiece, while
sophomore Margaret Cobb added
five off the bench. Senior Delcia Ma-
teo chipped in with two points.
The Raiders coach said the game
plan had been to work the ball inside
from the start to try to get Duffy and
Burghardt into foul trouble, but the
calls didn't come in the early going,
and her charges strayed from the
plan.
"We never penetrated until the last two
minutes of the game," she said.
When the Raiders tried to bottle up
Marshfield's inside offense, the visitors
took advantage from the perimeter.
"Three-point shooters hurt us," Free-
man said. "We couldn't get out there fast
enough."
In the end, though, she tabbed incon-
sistency as the key culprit in the loss.
"If we played withintensity the whole
game the way we did the last two min-
utes, it would have been a different story,'
she said.
Still, Freeman likes this team.
"They work hard. It's a great team to
coach," she said.
The lack of intensity she saw against
Marshfield doesn't come from a lack of
commitment, she said.
"They're really disappointed in them-
selves,"said the coach. "They take these
losses hard, which is good."
And so they keep working, seeking a
steadier course.
"We'lljust keep forging ahead," Free-
man said.
D-Y returns to
BHS football
schedule
Raiders, Dolphins to meet in
Hyannis Sept. 15
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
After an extended absence, Dennis-Yarmouth
willreturn to the BarnstableHigh Schoolfootball
schedule this fall.
TheDolphinswillvisitLeo ShieldsField at BHS
for a 7 p.m. contest Friday, Sept. 15. The Raid-
ers will travel to D-Y in 2007 to play the second
game in a two-year commitment made Tuesday
by BHS Athletic Director Steve Francis and his
counterpart at D-Y, Bob Haff.
"I'm really looking forward to this D-Y game,"
Francis said. "I think it'll be good and my hope
is it'll be competitive."
"It's certainly going to add some local flavor
and that's certainly something that's good for
local football," said Raiders head football coach
Paul "Spanky" DeManche.
The game will be the first between the two
schools' football teams since 1997, according to
Barnstable Quarterback Club records, which
show that BHS and D-Ywere annual football op-
ponents from 1959through 1987.Francissaidthe
series was discontinued for competitive reasons
-Barnstable won too many one-sided games.
The teams played twice in the 1990s, with
Barnstable winning29-18 in Hyannisin 1991and
41-12 in South Yarmouthin 1997. The Dolphins
last beat the Raiders in 1975, when Barnstable
went 0-9. Overall, BHS holds a 26-5 advantage
in the series.
Even thought the Dolphins rarely won, D-Y
partisans - players, the student body, alumni
and other fans -often considered the Barnstable
game the biggest of the year,in part because the
schoolhad no localrivalto play on Thanksgiving.
(The football program at Nauset, D-Y's current
Thanksgiving opponent, was launched in 1995.)
OnlyHomecomingcould rivalthe Barnstable tilt
in terms of excited anticipation.
For Raiders rooters, of course, the Thanksgiv-
ing game against Falmouthhas alwaysbeen The
Big Game.
The opportunity to resume the Raiders-Dol-
phins series comes in part because of changes
in the Old Colony League affecting all sports
beginning next fall. Marshfield is leaving for the
Atlantic Coast League-D-Y'sconference -while
Dartmouth and Attleboro are joining the OCL.
Also,Francis said Barnstable'sannual contest
against Brockton is being dropped for competi-
tive reasons.
The changesrequired fullyrevampingBarnsta-
ble's schedule, and when it was done, Plymouth
North, an annualnon-league opponent in recent
years, had to be eliminated because the two
schools didn't have a common open date.
Francis went to the Massachusetts Interscho-
lasticAthletic Association,whichmaintainsalist
ofopendates onitsWebsite,insearch of oneortwo
more opponents to fill out the Raiders'schedule.
Lo and behold, there was D-Ywith an open date
the same weekend as one of Barnstable's.
Afterwinningstate Super Bowlsin 1995and '99
and reachingthe playoffsin2002,the Raiderswent
5-6 in 2003 and 2-8 each of the last two years
Meanwhile, "D-Y has improved a lot," Francis
said.
Francis called Haff, who spoke to D-Yfootball
coach Paul Funk and his staff, and on Tuesday
morning, "(Haff) got back to me with the good
news," Francis said.
DeManche also sees a worthy foe.
"Coach Funk's done a great job there, getting
them very much in the mixin the Atlantic Coast
League,"he said.
He's also glad to have a game that promises
to "get our kids jacked" playing against "kids
they'll see at the mall," especially early in the
schedule.
"Our kids travel somuch,"he said. "Other than
Falmouth, we haven't really played that many
local games."
"I think we'll have a good, competitive game,
and that's what (coaches and administrators on
both sides) want," Francis said.
The match-up will be revisited after the 2007
season, Francis said, with an eye toward extend-
ing the series as long as the rekindled rivalry is
competitive on the field and played in an atmo-
sphere of healthy sportsmanship.
Merullo receives Judge Emil Fuchs Award
Cape Cod Baseball League
Hall of Famer Lennie Merullo
was awarded the Judge Emil
Fuchs Award for long and
meritorious service to baseball
last week at the 67th Boston
Chapter Baseball Writers As-
sociation of America Awards
Dinner.
Merullo, 87,led Barnstable to
the Cape League title in 1935.
He was involved in baseball as
a player and a scout for more
than 65 years.
"This is a bip thrill and per-
haps the highlight of my long
career,"Merullo saidin accept-
ing the award.
Merullo played for the Chi-
cago Cubs from 1941-1947 ,
scouted for them from 1950-
1972, then joined the new Major
League Scouting Bureau. He
wasnamed Major LeagueScout
of the Year in 1990. He retired
at 85 in 2003.
He was inducted into the
Cape League Hall of Fame's
inaugural class in 2000.
"Lennie has left an indelible
mark on everyone he has met,"
said CCBL President Judy
WaldenScarafile."Not onlywas
he ashrewd evaluatoroftalent,
but he has great integrity and
people skills. He's a class act
in every way."
Previous Fuchs Award win-
ners include Ernie Banks, Bob
Gibson, Carl Yastrzemski, Joe
Cronin, Dick O'Connell, Hank
Aaron,WillieMays,FrankRob-
inson, Brooks Robinson, Tom
Seaver, Johnny Pesky, Bill
White,Joe Morgan,Lou Gor-
man,DennisEckersley,Buck
O'Neil, Ernie Harwell, Bud
Selig and Marvin Miller.
Military All-Stars returning to Cape diamonds
The U.S. Military All-Star baseball
team is reprising its Red White & Blue
tour that stopped at McKeon Field in
Hyannis for a game against a team of
Cape Cod Baseball League players afew
days before the start of the Cape League
season last June.
The New Englandleg of thisyear'stour
includestwogamesagainstCapeLeaguers:
Saturday,June 10,at 7:05p.m.atVeteran's
FieldinChatham,and Sunday,June 11,at
5:35 p.m. on ArnieAllen Diamond at Guv
FullerField in Falmouth.
The Cape Leagueregularseasonbegins
Thursday, June 15. The Hyannis Mets
open at home against Yarmouth-Den-
nis, while the Cotuit Kettleers start the
season at Bourne.The Kets and Mets are
i
i-
both at home June 16,when Brewster
will be at Cotuit and Wareham will
visitHyannis.AllKets and Metshome
games prior to Aug. 1start at 5p.m.
For the teams' full schedules, pre-
season rosters and other information,
visitwww.kettleers.organdwww.hyann-
ismets.org.Forthefullleagueschedule,
go to www.capecodbaseball.org.
INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION PHOTO
DOWN TO THE WIRE - Michelle Gorgone attacks the
mountain en route to a fourth-place finish in Sunday's
final pre-Olympic World Cup parallel giant slalom
snowboarding event in Kronplatz, Austria. The finish
made Gorgone one of only two U.S. women to earn the
right to stand on the podium for a World Cup parallel
giant slalom event this season. Gorgone hopes to
compete next month in the Winter Olympics in Torino,
Italy, as a member of the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding
Team.The team is scheduled to be announced tomorrow.
Gorgone, who lives in Dennis and works at The Home
Depot in Hyannis under the company's Olympic Job
Opportunities Program, was introduced to snowboarding
by Loryn Traversi, a recent employee of the Patriot.
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