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BHS wrestling heatingup as tourney time nears
Grapp lers first to
clinch post-season
berth
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
DAVID CURRAN PHOTO
ESCAPE ARTIST - BHS' RyanCaUanan (on hisknees) turns thetables on his opponent duringthe Raiders'
meet against Durfee last week. CaUanan registered a hard-fought 6-2 win in his match to help Barnstable
win the meet 45-24.
DAVID CURRAN PHOTO
TO THE VICTOR... - Barnstable's
KyleCocozzahashishandraisedin
victory after pinning his opponent
during the Raiders' 45-24 win
over Durfee last week. Cocozza's
pin was the turning point in
Barnstable's come-from-behind
triumph.
BHS wrestling became the
school's first team to clinch
a spot in the state tourna-
ment with winsSaturday over
Sandwich,Nauset and Maiden
Catholic.
The quad-meet sweep gave
the Raiders an 11-6 record
with five meets remaining. A
.500 record earns a tourna-
ment berth.
"That shows we are now a
formidable, established wres-
tling program ," said coach
Mike Magner. "We've worked
very hard to earn that. (The
wrestlers) are allveryproud of
what we've done this year."
The sweep gave the team
a four-match winning streak.
The Raiders beat Durfee 45-
24 Jan. 17to snap a five-meet
losing streak that didn't really
tell the true story of the team's
season. The skid came after a
7-1 start and wasinterspersed
with four strong tournament
outings.
"We've been improving fast-
er than I expected myself,"
Magner said.
The renewed head-to-head
success was launched with
come-from-behind wins in
Barnstable'sfirst home meets
in more than a month.
The Raiders spotted Sand-
wich a 27-0 lead, but were
never really out of the meet,
which started at the 145-
pound weight category and
moved up through heavy-
weight before cycling back to
the light- and middleweight
divisions.
"Our powerhouses, they're
betweenthe 119-pound weight
class and the 140,"senior cap-
tain Gonzalo Sanz had said
after the Durfee match, "and
we have Alex Glenn. He's
unbelievable."
Sandwich won the first five
matches, four by pin, but had
no answer for Glenn. The
215-pound junior captain
began to turn the tide with a
44-second pin.
After forfeiting the heavy-
weight category, the Raiders
didn't lose again. Freshman
Aaron Nunes picked up four
points with a 14-4 decision
in the 103-pound class, and
freshman Bobby Blache (a
5-2 win in the 112-pounds
category) and sophomore
Richie Joyal (9-3, 119pounds)
added three points apiece.
When sophomores Nick Bar-
reto (125pounds) andThiago
Hoffmann (130 pounds) fol-
lowed with pins, the margin
was down to 33-28.
Freshman Alejandro Sanz
earned three points with a
6-0 decision at 135 pounds,
turning the Raiders'fate over
to his brother, and Gonzalo
responded witha13-0decision
worth four points that gave
Barnstable a 35-33 triumph.
Magner said points from
Nunes and Blache were
keys.
"I'mjust so proud of them,"
he added. "They seized their
opportunity."
The Durfee match started
at 130 pounds, and though
Barnstable fell behind 13-6
when Gonzalo Sanz' pin was
the only Barnstable win in
the first four matches, the
Raiders soon had things well
in hand.
Junior Ryan Callanan won
hiscoach'skudos with ahard-
fought 6-2 decisionthat closed
the gap to 13-9.
"Even thoughit was aclose
match , he never gave the
other kid a chance to score,"
Magner said. "That'sfrom his
improved conditioning.That's
abigreason whyhewasable to
pull out that close match."
Then Kyle Cocozza,another
freshman , put the Raiders
ahead to stay. After thor-
oughly dominating the first
round , twice nearly pinning
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Raiders swimmers wiq
to wrap regular season
Girls look to surprise at
league championships
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
The BHS girls swim team
won allbut one race en route
to defeating Oliver Ames 91-
64 at Massasoit Community
CollegeinBrockton Tuesday,
wrapping up the regular sea-
son with a 5-3 record.
TheRaiderboysalsotamed
the Tigers, winning 86-52 to
finish the season at 3-5-1.
"They all knew what they
wanted to do tonight and
they just did it," said coach
Sarah Newcomb. "It's more
than I can ask for."
The girls meet went to ex-
hibitions withthree races left
and Barnstableleading91-44,
keeping the final score from
being more one-sided.
"Everyoneplaced inthetop
four," Newcomb said. "They
all scored tonight."
First-place finishers in-
cludedjunior CharlotteStone
(200-yard individual med-
ley, 100 butterfly) ; junior
Kelly Ostrander (100-yard
breaststroke ); sophomore
Lindsey Baldini (200 and 500
freestyles) ; and freshman
Casey Ostrander (50 and 100
freestyles).
In the relays, the Ostrand-
ers and Stone teamed with
sophomore Lizzy Wareham
to win the 4x200 medley and
Baldini and Warehamjoined
with senior Courtney Greer
and junior Nicole Boudreau
to win the 4x200 freestyle.
The girls posted 11 per-
sonal bests in the meet, in-
cludingtwo each from Baldini
(200 freestyle , 2:15.38; 500
freestyle, 6:07.76) and junior
Sam Miskiv (200 individual
medley,2:43.13; 500 freestyle,
6:30.22). Others came from
Casey Ostrander (50 free-
style, 25.76); Wareham (50
freestyle , 28.18); Boudreau
(100freestyle, 1:06.52); senior
Courtney Greer (1:15.44);
junior Ginny Serrano (50
freestyle, 30.85) ;junior Arisa
Emanuelson (100 butterfly,
1:32.22) ;and freshman Caro-
lineMeyer (100 breaststroke,
1:32.63).
"We won f our more meets
than we did last year," New-
comb said. "The morale of
the kids,Ithinkthey're really
happy.
"I think we're going to
surprise a lot of people at
(the Bay Colony League)
championships, because of
the way everybody's swimf
ming," she added.
TheBCLmeetisset for Feb.
11in New Bedford.
At the start of the season;
the Raider boys were think'
ing more about points than
winsbutbyseason'send,with
only 13 swimmers, they had
exceeded all expectations;
Newcomb said.
"The way this team has
come together as a team,
they're all helping each oth-
er," she said. "They 're all
creating their own key spots
in the lineup."
They're alsohappy to swim
outsidetheir specialties when
needed.
"They 'll do it in a heart*
beat," said the coach.
The boyswon seven events
andposted five personalbests
in topping Oliver Ames.
"They just did really well
tonight," said Newcomb.
Senior Wes Duchesney,
junior JoelBoninaand sopho-
mores Tim McGrath and
Charlie Spilsbury put the
Raiders ahead to stay, win-
ningthe meet-opening4x200
medley relay.
In individual events, Bo-
ninawonthe 100breaststroke
with a personal-best 1:14.61;
Spilsbury won the 500 free-
style with a personal-best
6:41.95; McGrath won the 50
and 100freestyles; Duchesney
won the 100 butterfly ; and
junior Povilas Mitchell woii
the 200 individual medley. I
Spilsbury also had a per-
sonal-best 2:48.91 in the 200
individual medley. Other
personal bests came in the
200 freestyle from Duchesney
(2:25.63) and junior Matt
Sabatt (2:46.81).
BHS volleyball j
goes to Statehouse
Recognized for
nine titles in 12
years
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
Gentlemen'sbets between
politicians over sports cham-
pionships are common, but
rarely do the winningathletes
get to collect.
When Barnstable High
School'sstate champion vol-
leyballteamvisitedthe state-
house yesterday, though, the
pizza wasonRep.BruceAyers
of Quincy.
The team wasn't party to
any wager, of course. But
when the Raiders played
North Quincy, Ayers' alma
mater, in the state Division
1 semi-finals in November,
Ayers and Rep. Demetrius
Atsalis of Hyannis wagered
dinner on the contest, with
the winning team's captains
to be invited, Atsalis said.
Atsalis arranged for yester-
day'svisit, somethinghe said
he'sbeen tryingto do for four
years. He's watched other
champions saluted by the
Legislature, but scheduling
conflictsrepeatedly foiled his
efforts to bring the Raiders
the same recognition.
Once plans for yesterday
were set , Ayers not only
made good his settlement,
he made it better by picking
up lunch for the whole teami
Atsalis said.
The players and coaches
were to get a tour of the
statehouse in the morning,
and after lunch be presented
to the full Legislature to be
honored for having won nine
state crowns in the past 12
years -though of course only
coach TomTurco had ahand
in all nine.
"I think Barnstable vol-
leyballis going to blow these
people away, my colleagues,
because of the number of
championships,"Atsalissaid,
and because the team fea-
tures the state's first high
school volleyball Ail-Ameri-
can, senior Carly Newton
and a Hall of Fame coach
who'sstillcoaching the team
in Turco.
Turco said Tuesday the
team was very excited about
being honored at the state-
house.
"I haven't seen these kids
smile so much since we won
the state championship, " he
said. "We're grateful for the
honor." ,
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BHS boys track goes for league crown
Boys, girls repre-
sented at invita-
tionals this week-
end
DAVID CURRAN PHOTC
OUT OF THE BLOCKS - Mike
Burke, a captain on the BHS
winter track team, breaks trom
thestartingblocks whilepracticing
his hurdlingtechnique at practice
last week.
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatnot.com
The BHS boys track team
has a plan for Monday's Old
Colony League championship
meet.
"If we alldo what we're sup-
posed to do, we'D win,"senior
Jason Lyon said this week.
"We've each agreed we have
an assigned race."
Lyon has the two-mile. He
posted the OCL's best time
of the season in the event in
December.
"It'sjust kinda,'How can we
win?'"he said."Youwon'tbeat
us if we win six races, which
we've got a chance to do."
The Raiders ended the
regular season in a three-way
tie for the league lead with
Marshfield and Bridgewater-
Raynham.
"I haven 't won an OCL
championship through high
school, so it'd be a big ac-
complishment, " said senior
captain Mike Burke. "The
winter track team hasn't had
awining season for awhile, so
it'd be a big accomplishment
for the sport."
"They seem to be really
fired up," said coach Justin
Messier. "They have a good
chance. Even with the few
number of athletes we have,
we have some very high-plac-
ing athletes."
He said he has about 16
boys listed on the roster for
Monday
"It'd be nice to displace B-R
for once," Messier said.
A number of the Raider
boys and girlswillbe busythis
weekend as well, competing
in the Massachusetts State
Track Coaches Association
Invitational tomorrow or the
Elite Invitational Sunday.
The top 24 qualifiers in each
event compete Sunday, with
allothers who met the MSTCA
qualifyingstandards compet-
ing tomorrow.
Burke , Lyon and senior
Chantal Joseph made the cut
for Sunday's meet. Joseph's
7.48 seconds was the fourth
best time in the girls' 55-
meter dash , Burke 's 8.23
seconds was 12th best in the
boys 55-meter hurdles, and
Lyon's 4:37.50 was 18th in the
boys mile.
Seniors Melissa and
Meaghan Doherty and ju-
nior Chelsea Leroux of the
girls team are scheduled to
compete tomorrow. Melissa
Doherty 's 32-foot-4.5-inch
toss in the shot put missed
the cut for Sunday by five
places. Meaghen Doherty
also qualified in the shot put ,
and Leroux is slated to run in
the mile.
BHS boys qualified for to-
morrow 's meet are: junior
Nick Cantellainthe longjump
and the 300 meters; senior
Matt Sturgisin the 1,000 me-
ters; senior Greg Karukas in
the mile;junior Brian Turnbull
in the 55 meters; senior Mar-
tin Zampa in the 300 meters;
junior Michael Rubino in the
600 meters; and the 4x200-
meter relay team of Cantella,
Turnbull, Zampa and junior
James Canon.
The invitationals and Mon-
day 's OCL championships
also are the last opportuni -
ties for athletes to qualify for
the Feb. 18 South Sectional
championships.
The BHS girls team has
fewer than 10 members, so
winning meets hasn't been
a realistic expectation this
season, but being on a small
team has its own rewards, ac-
cording to the Doherty twins
and their senior classmate,
Ali Bentley, all of whom serve
as captains in their areas of
expertise.
"I guess we're more closely
knit because we're so small,
which is nice," said Bentley.
Still, she is looking for-
ward to spring track's bigger
team.
"Then we can focus on win-
ning," she said.
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