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Crowley, Harris lead BHS boys hockey
Raiders top Marshfield, take aim at league crown
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
PASSED - BHS' Mike Donahue passes the puckall but 45 seconds of
out of his own zone during the Raiders' 2-1 wintne final 3:33> effec"
over Marshfield Saturday.
tively playing down
DAVIO CURRAN PHOTO
STICK-UP - Kyle Kelly (4) celebrates with George DeMello (8) alter
DeMello converted Kelly's pass into what turned out to be the game-
winning goal in the BHS boys hockey team's 2-1 win over Marshfield
at Kennedy Rink Saturday.
DAVID CURRAN PHOTO
FOGGY HOCKEY - The BHS
boys hockey team celebrates
Saturday's2-1winover Marshfield
at fog-shrouded Kennedy Rink in
Hyannis.
Thanksinno small measure
to Michael Crowley and Luke
Harris, the BHS boys hockey
team plays tomorrow for the
Old Colony League champi-
onship.
Barnstable beat Marshfield
2-1at Kennedy MemorialRink
inHyannisSaturday to boost
their OCLmarkto 3-1-1.Awin
tomorrow against Taunton
at Kennedy coupled with a
Marshfield win over Bridge-
water-Raynham would give
Barnstable the league title.
The Marshfield-B-R game is
set for 4:30 p.rn., so the Raid-
ers should know before their
7:45 faceoff whether they're
playing for sole possession
of the crown or to share it
with B-R.
It wasn't just the Crowley
and Harris show Saturday.
Coach George DeMello cred-
ited the whole team.
"The key still is the hustle
these kids are playing with,"
he said."Theyjust didn't want
to be denied."
But Crowley, a senior,had a
specialjob: shadowingMarsh-
field starRyanWarsofsM.BHS
assistant coach Dan Sweeney
came up with the idea after
scouting the Rams.
"The whole team tries to
get this kid the puck," De-
Mello said. "Michael took a
realworkmanlikeapproach to
that task. He does it without
emotion. He's got to keep
himself between number 15
and the goal."
Crowley became a target
himself - DeMello said he
was speared and took several
hits to the head - but "The
kid just gets up and smiles,"
saidthe coach. "Heart, desire,
strength. Great job."
Warsofskidid score Marsh-
field'slone goal, on the power
play at 5:45of the first period,
and the visitors held onto
the 1-0 lead through the first
intermission.
But theRaiders,after seeming
a bit tentative at times early,
played with obvious conviction
and desire the rest of the way,
and it paid off with two second-
period goals,the first at the 1:39
mark. Senior Mike Garbacik
carried the puck up the right
wing, a defender draped all
over him, and dished a perfect
centeringpasstojunior Andrew
Yingling, who went upstairs to
beat Marshfield's goalie.
Barnstable took the lead at
13:19 when Sophomore Corbin
Fries fed the puck behind the
Marshfield goal, junior Kyle
Kelly found sophomore George
DeMello (the coach's son) in
front , and DeMello found day-
light between the
goalie'slegs.
"That line's just
been playing really
well for us all year,"
said the coach.
Senior goalie Har-
ris was scintillating
throughout„stopping
a breakaway in the
second period and
making two saves
in a row on point-
blank opportunities
midway through the
third. He was at his
best withBarnstable
killing penalties for
two men when Marshfield, on
the power play,pulled its goalie
with 1:24 to go.
"(Harris) has really, really
stepped up to the plate, defi-
nitely the last two games and
probably the last five,"said the
elder DeMello. "He's talkingto
the guysinfront ofhimoutthere,
leadinginthe locker room. He's
really taken control."
The coach acknowledged the
Raiders took a couple of bad
penalties -they also withstood
a couple of questionable ones
- but said, "We survived 'em.
We worked real hard on our
man down."
More importantly,he said,his
teamisreapingtherewardsafter
keeping the faith in the face of
bad bounces that could have
bred discouragementearlyinthe
season.ThewingavetheRaiders
a 6-5-4 record, four points away
from a state tournament berth
with five games left.
"We've been outplayingteams
all year," DeMello said. "If we
play the way we played against
Needham (a2-1winthree nights
earlier) and the way we played
tonight, I'll be real, real proud
and pleased with the kids."
Memorable night on the hardwood at BHS
Raiders remember D'Olimpio, win thriller
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
DAVID CURRAN PHOTO
INSIDE SHOT - Brian Klotz puts up a shot during
the BHS boys basketball team's 73-70 win over
The special moment before
the game was somber.At the
end, it was exhilarating.
Both contributed to amem-
orable night in the BHS gym
last Friday asthe boysbasket-
ball team to beat Marshfield
73-70 before an enthusiastic
crowd.
When junior Brian Malo-
ney hit the go-ahead basket
with 12 seconds to play, the
reaction was deafening, and
when sophomore Jared Pane
swished two free throws to ice
the gamewith one second left,
the home fans roared again.
"This is the best atmo-
sphere we've had here in the
three years I've been here,"
said coach Sean Donovan,
addingof hisplayers, "They'll
remember this one."
Before the
game,the Raid-
ers warmed up
in T-shirtswith
the number 12
and the name
"D'Olimpio "
on t h e i r
backs. Sammy
D'Olimpio , a
point guard
on last year 's
freshman team,
ended his own
fife Feb. 2,2005.
A pregame mo-
ment of silence
was observed
in his memory,
and a game
ball signed by
the players and
coaches was
presented tohis
father, Vincent D'Olimpio,
after the game.
Donovan said he thought
D'Olimpio 's memory gave
the Raiders extra motivation
a year and a day after his
death.
"I thought that was part of
it,"saidthe coach. "One ofhis
best friends was Jared Pane,
who made those free throws
at the end, so it was kind of
appropriate."
"I think he was in our
minds," confirmed senior
Kevin Riley.
Barnstable played a fe-
rociously up-tempo game
all night long - well, almost
all of it. In the first minute,
with Marshfield en route to
an early 17-9 advantage, the
Raiders were lackadaisical
moving the ball up the court,
bringing Donovan up off the
bench shouting, "That's not
fast enough."
Stone cold shooting and
almost no offensive rebounds
didn't help Barnstable early,
either.
But when Donovanwent to
his second unit of Maloney,
seniors Greg Couet and Brian
Klotz andjuniorsKevinMoran
andTimNorton,he started to
get the resultshe waslooking
for.The Raiderspressured the
ball constantly,flustering the
visitorswithafrenziedtempo.
DuringonestretchMarshfield
failed to get out of the back-
court on half a dozen con-
secutive possessions thanks
to wild inbounds passes and
Barnstable steals.
The Raiders were still hav-
ingtrouble hittingtheir shots,
so it took some time for the
results to show on the score-
board,but Marshfield'seight-
point lead at 23-15 seemed far
more precarious than it had
at 17-9.
The tide eventually turned
as Barnstable put together a
20-4 run, finally going ahead
29-27 when Maloneyrebound-
ed a missed free throw, made
the putback and hit his own
foul shot. The Raiders built
theleadto 35-27before Marsh-
field scored again, and led
by as many as 12 before the
visitorsfought theirwayback,
trailing 47-44 at halftime.
The Raiders stayed ahead
for much of the second half.
Marshfield got to with-
in a point at 53-52 before
Barnstable built it back up
to 64-56, but Marshfield' s
ensuing 8-0 run tied it. After
that,neither teamled bymore
than three.
The visitors took their first
lead sincemidwaythroughthe
first half at 68-67withlessthan
five minutes to play. By then
both teams had ratcheted up
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BHS gymnastics
wraps up season
unbeaten
Individual
championships
fill hiatus before
state team title
chase begins
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
Allison Szatek set a school
record withan all-roundscore
of 37.6 to lead the BHS gym-
nastics team to a 142.2-134.8
win over Somerset Saturday
at Gymport in West Yar-
mouth.
The win clinched the Cran-
berry Conference champion-
ship for the Raiders with a
perfect 10-0 record, and they
closed out the regular season
withanotherwinTuesdayover
Nantucket.
Szatek, a junior, won all
four events against Somer-
set. Senior Meg Kilmurray
scored in all four events to
finish third overall with 34.8
points. Other scorers were
junior Melissa Bowe (27.9 in
tree events), freshmanShelby
Couture (17.4 in two events),
and senior Marissa Jones
(8.2) andfreshmen Stephanie
Saunders (8.2) andKellyanne
Palma (8.1), whoscored inone
event each.
The Raiders must wait
until two weeks from tomor-
row to launch their effort to
reclaim the state champion-
ship. Barnstable won four
state crowns in a row before
finishingthird behindReading
and Danvers last year.
In most high school sports
inMassachusetts,teamswith
records of .500 or better make
the statetournament,but only
ten gymnasticsteams qualify
for each of two sectionals,
based on the average of their
four best scores.The qualifiers
andseedingsarescheduled to
be announced Monday, but
Barnstable, with an average
of 141.79-few teamsscore 140
even once, while Barnstable
cleared the plateau five times
-isexpected to receive ahigh
seed.
The site for the Feb. 25
South Sectional team cham-
pionship meet has yet to be
announced. The top four
finishers advance to the state
championship meet a week
later in Shrewsbury.
While waiting for the team
tournament to begin, the
Raiders will be in Somerset
tomorrow for the Cranberry
Conference Individual Cham-
pionships, and qualifiers will
be in Beverly the following
Saturday for the Mass. Girls
GymnasticsCoachesAssocia-
tion State Individual Cham-
pionships.
Raiders wrestlers
ready for post-season
Individual sec-
tional tomorrow;
pairings for team
tourney due Sun-
day
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
DAVID CURRAN PHOTO
IN MEMORIAM - Members of the BHS boys basketball team bow their
headsduring a moment of silence to remember Sammy D'Olimpio prior
to Friday's game against Marshfield. D'Olimpio,a guard on last year's
freshman team, ended his own life a year and a day earlier.
Alex Glenn and Gonzalo
Sanz lead Barnstable High
School's wrestlers into to-
morrow's Division 1 South
Sectional individual tourna-
ment in Weymouth.
Sanz, who as a junior be-
camethe BHSprogram'sfirst
sectional champion ever last
year, and Glenn,who finished
third as a sophomore in last
year'ssectional,areamongthe
favorites to win their weight
classestomorrow,whilehalf a
dozenteammatescouldfinish
in the top four to advance to
the followingweek'sDivision1
State tournament, according
to coach Mike Magner.
Meanwhile , the Raiders ,
whofinished inathree-way tie
with Marshfield and Bridge-
water-Raynham for the Old
ColonyLeaguechampionship,
expect to find out Sunday the
identity of their first-round
opponent in the state's first-
ever wrestling team tourna-
ment. Regional first-round
meets are slated to take
place Tuesday or Wednesday.
Barnstable, with an overall
record of 13-9 or 12-10, likely
will be on the road.
"We're looking forward to
the state duals,"Magner said.
"It should be fun."
Glenn goes into tomorrow
as masswrestling.com's top-
ranked 215-pounder in the
sectional, and the likely top
seed. He's ranked seventh
statewide in the weight class,
and second in Division 1be-
hind Brookline's A.J. Hunte,
who will be in the North
Sectional.
"He's got a pretty good
chancetobesectionalchamp,"
Magner said. "I believe he's
the best wrestler (at 215
pounds).... He's looking for-
ward to the opportunity."
Sanz probably willbe seed-
ed second in a deep field ex-
pected to include four of the
masswrestling.com's top 10
140-pounders. The respected
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