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XC toughness

Nov 13th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

Just making the point that most football games are off for Saturday due to the forecasts of rough weather. Meanwhile, the state sectional cross country meets are still on!! So much for football being the toughest sports and one that plays in all elements.

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Stewart has strong opener against Kentucky

Nov 13th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

Sophomore forward Caroline Stewart scored 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting in 19 minutes as the Boston University women’s basketball team dropped its season opener to the University of Kentucky Friday afternoon, 92-58.

Stewart, a former Masconomet standout, came off the bench  and converted 6-of-9 free throws and grabbed two rebounds. She missed her only three-point attempt.

The 6-footer from Topsfield scored over 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds during her career at Masco. She was a two-time Salem News Player of the Year, and the Cape Ann League Most Valuable Player as a senior.

As a freshman at BU, Stewart played in 28 games and averaged two points per contest.

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Last Warriors Picks before Thanksgiving

Nov 13th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

Phil Stacey won again last week to keep Mike Grenier at bay thanks to a monster day from George Sessoms (5 TDs!!). So that’s two in a row for Phil while the rest of us are still playing catch up. Here’s the final picks before the holiday.

Phil Stacey: Matt Barbuzzi, Swampscott QB — Big tuneup before the anticipated showdown on Thanksgiving.

Mike Grenier: Hayes Richardson, Winthrop QB — Miller Field is never an easy place to win for the Magicians, so they’ll need a big day out of Richardson despite being heavy favorites.

Matt Jenkins: David St. Pierre, NS Tech — The Bulldog QB is due for a big day and shoud be back for a vengeance after a rough weekend for the team last week.

Matt Williams: Tyler Coppola, St. John’s Prep — The entire BC High defense should be shadowing George Sessoms all afternoon, and that’ll open things up for the speedy Coppola.

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Another football game moved to Sunday

Nov 13th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

The Cape Ann League Small battle between Hamilton-Wenham and host Lynnfield has been changed to Sunday. The contest will take place at the Lynnfield Middle School field beginning at 11 a.m.

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Beverly/Swampscott football also moved to Sunday

Nov 13th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

Projected heavy rainfall has also caused the Beverly at Swampscott Northeastern Conference Small football game to be moved from Saturday to Sunday.

The game will be held at Blocksidge Field in Swampscott Sunday at 1 p.m. (note: that’s an hour later than Saturday’s game would have been).

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Prep/B.C. High football moved to Sunday

Nov 13th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

The big Catholic Conference football clash between B.C. High and host St. John’s Prep at Cronin Field has been moved to Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

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Football podcast 11/13-11/14

Nov 13th, 2009 by admin

It’s the final weekend of the regular football season. With a visitor from Gloucester in the house, the Salem News sports staff discuss which teams have a shot at post-season play.
Total time: 16:35
Subscribe on iTunes

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State soccer games have been moved

Nov 13th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

North final soccer games involving the Peabody and Danvers girls teams, respectively, have been moved due to the threat of heavy rains and winds Saturday.

Danvers will now play Wayland for the Division 2 North title Sunday at Manning Field in Lynn at 5 p.m.

Peabody has an extra day to prepare for top-ranked Acton-Boxboro. Those teams will meet Monday at Manning Field at 7 p.m.

Also, should the Danvers boys win their Division 2 North semifinal tonight against Concord-Carlisle, they would play for the North title Monday night in Lynn at 5 p.m. against the winner of tonight’s other semifinal involving Wilmington and North Andover.

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SI’s King names St. Pierre as a 2010 coveted free agent

Nov 12th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

When you’re a pro football player and Peter King writes about you, people take notice.

The veteran Sports Illustrated scribe included his list of the NFL’s 15 top unrestricted free agents (UFAs) for 2010 in his most recent Monday Morning QB feature.

What name was listed at No. 12?

Arizona Cardinals third string quarterback Brian St. Pierre, the Danvers native and St. John’s Prep graduate.

King had this to say about the 6-foot-4 signal-caller: “Someone might see him as 2010’s Matt Cassel and go buy him for a fifth of the cost.”

Others joining St. Pierre on King’s list include Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork, Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers, Saints free safety Darren Sharper, Dolphins QB Chad Pennington and Patriots tight end Ben Watson.

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It shall come to pass — and they do

Nov 12th, 2009 by North Shore Sports

The general notion about high school football on the North Shore is that you can’t bank on a passing attack for the entire season because the weather is too brutal for the final few games. And with so many teams playing at night, that would seem like a sound policy. For decades, head coaches had that run-first mentality.
However, the tide has shifted in the last two years and it has nothing to do with global warming. More coaches have adopted the spread offense, or at least a variation of it, and the passing numbers have gone way up. Here’s a look at the teams that have thrown for or project to pass for more 900 or more yards the last two seasons, and keep in mind that two games remain this season:
2008 season:
Player, School PC PA Yards
Chris Cameron, Swamp. 148 259 2,294
Matt Barbuzzi, Swamp. 10 16 132
(Swampscott combined passing: 2,426)
Pat Orlando, Manch 67 122 1,600
Alex Carr, Manch. 7 8 109
(Manchester-Essex combined passing: 1,709)
Hayes Richardson, Marb. 52 115 890
Ian McKinley, Marb. 12 30 224
Matt Perlow, Marb. 10 18 130
Nick Haller, Marb. 13 27 135
(Marblehead combined passing: 1,379)
David St. Pierre, No. Shore Tech 88 146 1,250
Mark Hannable, Beverly 93 141 1,189
Chris Splinter, Masco 67 143 937 6 7
Andy Duval, H-W 64 107 896 6 2
Dylan Keith, H-W 1 3 7
(H-W combined passing: 903)

2009:
David St. Pierre, No. Shore Tech 143 253 2,430
Matt Barbuzzi, Swamp. 136 208 1,951
J. Baker, Swamp. 1 1 6
Brian Sullivan, Swamp. 2 6 28
(Swampscott combined passing: 1,985)
Brendan Oliver, Pingree 73 122 1,042
Colin Rossano, Pingree 26 53 355
Jerome Cappadonna, Pingree 1 2 29
(Pingree combined passing: 1,426)
Mark Hannable, Beverly 56 92 864
Joe Wioncek, Beverly 42 76 463
(Beverly combined passing: 1,327)
Alex Carr, Manch. 65 122 1,256 11 6
Ben Kekeisen, Manch. 1 1 27
(Manchester-Essex combined passing: 1,283)
Hayes Richardson, Marb. 71 155 1,147
Chris Splinter, Masco 77 115 952
Evan Bunker, Masco 6 11 153
(Masco combined passing: 1,105)
Brad Skeffington, Salem 54 150 721
Greg Ladd, Danvers 57 130 653
Greg Little, Danvers 1 1 53 (Danvers combined passing: 706)

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