Sports scores, stats from the weekend: B-R wrestling's Leach, von Magnus win D2 titles
TAUNTON— The first weekend of February vacation proved to be an action-packed one for Greater Taunton area high school sports.
Here's a look at all of the scores, stats and highlights from Saturday and Sunday.
Girls Hockey: Hockomock Stars at Bishop Feehan
SCORE: Bishop Feehan 10, Hockomock Stars 2
LOCATION: New England Sports Village
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 1-17 (0-6 Hockomock League)
NEXT GAME: Wednesday at Walpole
Boys Swimming: Taunton at MIAA Division I Championship
RESULT: 37th Place (2)
LOCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DATE: Feb. 19
FINAL RECORD: 2-3 (2-3 Hockomock)
HIGHLIGHTS: Gerald Grealish finished 15th in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.8 and 21st in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:05.15.
END OF SEASON
Girls Swimming: Taunton at MIAA Division I Championship
RESULT: Did Not Place
LOCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DATE: Feb. 18
FINAL RECORD: 3-2 (3-2 Hockomock)
HIGHLIGHTS: Tiffany Ye finished 19th in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:04.82 and 20th in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:07.56.
END OF SEASON
Wrestling: Taunton at MIAA Division I Championship (Second Day)
RESULT: Sixth Place (96.5)
LOCATION: Methuen High School
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 21-2 (3-1 Hockomock)
HIGHLIGHTS: The Tigers put up their best ever performance at Divisionals as Ethan Harris (182) finished runner up, Logan Frank (220) came in third, Xavier Sandoval (132) and Elijah Prophete (195) came in fifth, Michael Leskoski (113) came in seventh and Johnnie Mainer-Smith (106) finished eighth. During the tournament, Harris became the first Taunton wrestler to reach 100 career wins before their senior year.
NEXT MEET: Friday at MIAA All-States
Boys Hockey: Bridgewater-Raynham at Silver Lake
SCORE: Silver Lake 7, Bridgewater-Raynham 2
LOCATION: Hobomock Ice Arena
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 1-16-2
NEXT GAME: Monday vs. Newton South (MLK Tournament Championship)
Girls Hockey: West Bridgewater/East Bridgewater/Bridgewater-Raynham at Nantucket
SCORE: West Bridgewater/East Bridgewater/Bridgewater-Raynham 2, Nantucket 1
LOCATION: Nantucket Ice Skating Rink
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 5-9-2
HIGHLIGHTS: Abi Gropman led the way for the Wild Vikings with a goal and an assist while Kiera Sweeney also found the back of the net and Grace Ogilvie recorded a pair of assists.
NEXT GAME: Sunday vs. Nantucket
Girls Hockey: West Bridgewater/East Bridgewater/Bridgewater-Raynham vs. Nantucket
SCORE: Nantucket 3, West Bridgewater/East Bridgewater/Bridgewater-Raynham 2
LOCATION: Bridgewater Ice Arena
DATE: Feb. 19
RECORD: 5-10-2
HIGHLIGHTS: Abi Gropman scored both goals for the Wild Vikings while Keira Sweeney recorded an assist. Nantucket’s Emerson Perkarcik scored the winning goal for the Whalers with under five seconds left.
NEXT GAME: Monday vs. St. Joseph's Prep/Mount Alevernia
Boys Indoor Track: Bridgewater-Raynham at MIAA Division II Championship
RESULT: 14th Place (16)
LOCATION: Reggie Lewis Center
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 2-2 (2-2 Southeast Conference)
HIGHLIGHTS: Kauan Bento was the top Trojan finisher in track events, coming in fourth in the 55 yard dash with a personal best time of 0:06.68 while Connor Johnson came in fifth in the 300 meter with a personal best time of 0:39.09, Daniel Leet came in 21st in the 600 meter with a time of 1:29.4 and James Murray came in 25th in the mile with a time of 4:52.57. The 4x200 meter relay team of Bento, Johnson, Joseph Manning and Evan Bray came in seventh with a time of 1:35.22 while the 4x400 meter relay team of Murray, Leet, Johnson and Bray came in 14th with a time of 3:40.2 and the 4x800 meter team of Murray, Connor Donahue, Leet and Ryan Hall came in 14th with a time of 9:12.72. In field events, Declan Hetrick finished fourth in shot put with a top distance of 47' 2".
NEXT MEET: Saturday at MIAA Meet of Champions
Girls Indoor Track: Bridgewater-Raynham at MIAA Division II Championship
RESULT: 13th Place (15)
LOCATION: Reggie Lewis Center
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 2-2 (2-2 SEC)
HIGHLIGHTS: Emily Keefe had the best individual performance on the track for the Trojans, finishing fifth in the 600 meter with a personal best time of 1:39.42 while Sydney O'Donnell finished sixth in the 1000 meter with a school record time of 3:04.67, Brianna Reid finished 16th in the 600 meter with a time of 1:43.79 and Lily Giurleo finished 17th in the 300 meter with a time of 0:44.14. The 4x400 meter relay team of O'Donnell, Reid, Keefe and Nethica Auguste finished fifth with a time of 4:14.05 while the 4x200 meter relay team of Giurleo, Omoye Odiah, Mahalia Forbes-Smith and Makena Columbus finished 15th with a time of 1:53.21. Auguste was the top Trojan finisher in field events, coming in fifth in the long jump with a distance of 16' 5".
NEXT MEET: Saturday at MIAA Meet of Champions
Boys Swimming: Bridgewater-Raynham at MIAA Division I Championship
RESULT: Did Not Place
LOCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DATE: Feb. 19
FINAL RECORD: 7-0 (3-0 SEC)
HIGHLIGHTS: Cam Hogg finished 24th in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:05.93 and 26th in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.19, both of which were top three times in program history.
END OF SEASON
Girls Swimming: Bridgewater-Raynham at MIAA Division I Championship
RESULT: 18th Place (36)
LOCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DATE: Feb. 18
FINAL RECORD: 6-1 (2-1 SEC)
HIGHLIGHTS: Jessie McNeil concluded her stellar high school swimming career by finishing second in both the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:08.43 and 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.66 while Eva Chaves finished 17th in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 0:26.11, a top five time in program history, and the 200 yard medley relay team of McNeil, Eily Mitchell, Chaves and Sammy Bean came in 16th with a personal best time of 2:03.55.
END OF SEASON
Wrestling: Bridgewater-Raynham at MIAA Division II Championship (Second Day)
RESULT: Third Place (121.5)
LOCATION: Milton High School
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 23-1-1 (3-0 SEC)
HIGHLIGHTS: Two Trojans were crowned Division II champions as Brent von Magnus defeated Essex Tech/Masconomet's Mile Darling to win the 120 lb. weight class and Nathan Leach defeated North Attleboro's Greg Berthiaume to win the 195 lb. weight class. Chris Hogg (182) finished third while Christian Curley (170) came in fourth, Myles Beckett (220) came in fifth and Jack Alves (126) came in seventh.
NEXT MEET: Friday at MIAA All-States
Boys Hockey: Southeastern/Bristol-Plymouth at Tri-County
SCORE: Southeastern/Bristol-Plymouth 8, Tri-County 1
LOCATION: Blackstone Valley Ice Arena
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 10-6-1 (7-2 Mayflower League)
HIGHLIGHTS: Dalton Ghelfi led the way for the Hawks with a pair of goals while Thomas Leger, Nick Sturdevant, Bobby Manning, Sean Kelly, Luke Martineau and Cole Tammaro all found the back of the net. With the win, Southeastern/Bristol-Plymouth is guaranteed a spot in the tournament for the 10th straight season.
NEXT GAME: Monday vs. Whitman-Hanson
Wrestling: Bristol-Plymouth at MIAA Division III Championship (Second Day)
RESULT: 19th Place (36)
LOCATION: Wakefield Memorial High School
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 12-7 (2-2 MAC)
HIGHLIGHTS: Jacob Bettencourt finished as the runner up in the 132 lb. weight class after beating Dedham's Mathew Garcia in the semi-finals before falling to Duggan's Ariel Escalante in the title bout.
NEXT MEET: Friday at MIAA All-States
Boys Hockey: Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk vs. Watertown (Spartan Cup Championship)
SCORE: Watertown 5, Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk 0
LOCATION: Hetland Memorial Arena
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 12-4-1 (7-2-1 South Coast Conference)
NEXT GAME: Tuesday vs. South Kingstown (R.I.)
Wrestling: Bristol Aggie/Dighton-Rehoboth at MIAA Division III Championship (Second Day)
RESULT: 10th Place (55)
LOCATION: Wakefield Memorial High School
DATE: Feb. 18
RECORD: 6-3 (2-2 MAC)
HIGHLIGHTS: Malakai Risotti (170) finished runner up to Norton's Gabriel Thomasson while Richard McGreevy (195) finished third and David Hunt (126) finished sixth.
NEXT MEET: Friday at MIAA All-States
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