Stars of the Day: St. Pierre helps snap Taunton girls basketball's losing skid

TAUNTON — The Taunton girls basketball team's losing skid is no more.

The Tigers snapped their nine-game losing streak with a big 53-30 home win over North Attleboro in Hockomock League action to improve to 2-9 on the season.

Taunton's Kameron St. Pierre (file photo)
Taunton's Kameron St. Pierre (file photo)

Junior Kameron St. Pierre led the way for Taunton with 28 points while senior Abby Souza had six.

Dighton-Rehoboth 57, Somerset Berkley 47

The Falcons beat the Raiders on the road in South Coast Conference action to improve to 6-5 on the season.

Junior Ella Damon led the way for D-R with 22 points while sophomore Lucy Latour scored 15.

All Stars: The Taunton Gazette's 2021 Boys Cross Country All-Scholastics team

BOYS BASKETBALL

Taunton 60, North Attleboro 33

The Tigers continued their undefeated run through the Hockomock League with a road win over the Red Rocketeers to improve to 9-1 overall.

Senior Trent Santos led the way for Taunton with 17 points, while fellow seniors Tristan Herry and Faisal Mass scored 15 and 14 points respectively.

Southeastern 69, Bristol-Plymouth 27

The Craftsmen fell to the Hawks at home in Mayflower League action and are now 6-6 on the season.

Junior Tucker Bumila led B-P with 12 points.

Somerset-Berkley 49, Dighton-Rehoboth 47

The Falcons came out on the wrong end of a close SCC contest with the Raiders at home and are now 7-3 on the season.

Ryan Ouellette led the way for D-R with 18 points, while Rian Pontes had eight and Kyle Mello and Ben Murray each had seven apiece.

All Stars: The Taunton Gazette's Girls Cross Country All-Scholastics team

BOYS SWIMMING

Bridgewater-Raynham 94, New Bedford 82

The Trojans overcame a close challenge from the Whalers in Southeastern Conference action to stay undefeated as they improved to 5-0 overall.

Jack Werb continued his undefeated streak with first place finishes in the 200 meter individual medley and 100 meter butterfly, while Cole Bridges won the 500 meter freestyle, John Coyle won the 50 yard freestyle and Brian Reiber took top spot in the 100 meter breaststroke.

The relay team of Bridges, Werb, Cooper Hammond and Cam Hogg won the 200 meter medley relay while the relay team of Ethan Ourique, Trevor Convent and Reiber won the 200 meter freestyle and the relay team of Ourique, Bridges, Hammond and Werb won the 400 meter freestyle.

GIRLS SWIMMING

New Bedford 101, Bridgewater-Raynham 85

The Trojans suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the Whalers in SEC action and are now 4-1 overall.

Jessie McNeil stayed undefeated on the season as she finished first in both the 200 meter individual medley and 500 meter freestyle, recording DI States qualifying times in both. Lily Martin won both the 50 yard freestyle and 100 meter butterfly while Eva Chaves won the 100 meter backstroke.

The relay team of Kiley George, McNeil, Martin and Chaves finished first in both the 200 meter medley and 200 meter freestyle.

GYMNASTICS

Bridgewater-Raynham/West Bridgewater 143.95, Somerset Berkley/Case 106.9

The Trojans recorded their highest point total of the season in a non-league home meet at Spectrum Gymnastics Academy to improve to 4-0 on the season.

Junior Katie Russo recorded a career high score of 9.6 on the vault, the highest of any gymnast at the meet, and also had first place finishes on the beam (9.4) and floor exercise (9.4) while senior Katie Rees scored a season-high 9.1 to win bars

Freshman Cecilia Meoli finished second on both beam (9.3) and vault (9.1), while sophomore Brianna Buckley finished second on the bars with a career-high 9.0 and senior Kerryn Olson finished second on bars with a career-high 8.85.

High school scores for Tuesday Jan. 25

BOYS BASKETBALL

Taunton 60, North Attleboro 33

Southeastern 69, Bristol-Plymouth 27

Somerset Berkley 49, Dighton-Rehoboth 47

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Taunton 53, North Attleboro 30

Dighton-Rehoboth 57, Somerset Berkley 24

BOYS SWIMMING

Taunton at Brockton

Bridgewater-Raynham 94, New Bedford 82

GIRLS SWIMMING

Taunton at Brockton

New Bedford 101, Bridgewater-Raynham 85

GYMNASTICS

Bridgewater-Raynham/West Bridgewater 143.95, Somerset Berkley/Case 106.9

Taunton Daily Gazette sports reporter Cameron Merritt can be reached at cmerritt@tauntongazette.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @CamMerritt_News. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to the Taunton Daily Gazette today.

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