Monday, June 6, 2011
Three town residents help Warriors to successful season this spring.
Three town residents concluded their seasons with the Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ outdoor track team over the past couple of weeks. Following a terrific day during the Eastern Mass. Division 4 Meet in North Reading, senior captain Brenna Gonsalves culminated an outstanding career with the Warriors by competing at the All-State Meet on Saturday at Bridgewater State University. During the divisional meet, Gonsalves entered the 110 hurdles as the seventh seed, but captured the event. She finished first during the preliminaries with a season-best time of 15.64 seconds and placed first during the finals in a time of 15.65 seconds. Her best time in the event prior to the division meet was a 16.10-second hand-held time. Gonsalves finished fourth in…
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Town resident helps guide her team to one of the best seasons in Coyle girls’ history.
Though she has moved on to spring track, which will be followed by graduation and then college, the 2010-11 season of the Coyle-Cassidy girls’ basketball team will be one that town resident Brenna Gonsalves won’t soon forget. As a senior captain and three-guard, Gonsalves helped lead the Warriors to one of the best seasons in the program’s history as they reached the Division 3 state semifinals. The list of accomplishments by Gonsalves and Coyle-Cassidy from this past season is quite impressive. The Warriors set a school record for victories during the regular season and also tied the school record for wins in a full season. Gonsalves and Coyle advanced deeper in the postseason than any team since the state championship squad of 1987, …
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Town residents help Warriors win 69 games and sectional title during stay in Taunton.
Town residents Brenna Gonsalves and Kelsey Dermody will leave a legacy with the Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ basketball team that will be hard to replicate. Gonsalves, a senior captain and three-guard, completed her outstanding career in a Warrior uniform as the all-time leading scorer at the school with 1,615 career points. As you would expect, she played her best basketball of the season during the Division 3 Tournament, totaling 115 points in five contests for an average of 23 per game. Gonsalves, a starter from her very first day in the program, finished the season with 490 points, breaking her own single-season scoring record of 486 that she set last winter. Gonsalves averaged 19.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game this season. When asked…
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Fourth-quarter comeback not enough in loss to St. Mary’s in Division 3 state semifinals.
Close games. It what makes the MIAA Tournament fun and exciting, but it can also be frustrating and heartbreaking. In its five-game trek through the Division 3 tournament, the last three were tough, hard-fought affairs for the Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ basketball team. The Warriors were able to stave off a talented Norwell team, 32-31, in the Division 3 South Sectional Semifinals at Massasoit Community College, eight days ago. On Saturday afternoon at UMass-Boston, Coyle-Cassidy found itself trailing by nine points entering the fourth quarter against Archbishop Williams, 49-40, before scoring an incredible total of 30 points in the fourth quarter to come away with a 70-63 victory and its first sectional championship since 1987. The …
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Warriors rally from nine-point deficit with 30-point fourth-quarter explosion.
In a season filled with accolades, record-setting performances and heart-stopping moments, town resident Brenna Gonsalves was not quite ready yet for her career with the Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ basketball team to come to an end. With her team facing elimination from the postseason, the senior captain and three-guard scored 14 of her team’s impressive total of 30 points as Coyle turned a nine-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter into a seven-point victory and the Division 3 South Sectional championship against rival Archbishop Williams on Saturday afternoon at the Clark Athletic Center on the campus of UMass-Boston. The victory was the 12th straight for the third-seeded Warriors and improved their record to 22-2. The win over …
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Win over Bishops on Saturday afternoon would give Warriors sectional crown.
In pursuit of a magical season, it is only fitting that the Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ basketball would have to face Archbishop Williams once again this year. The Bishops have eliminated the Warriors from the postseason in three of the last four years. In its quest to win the Division 3 South crown, Coyle-Cassidy will have to knock off the four-time defending sectional champions Saturday at 2 p.m. at UMass-Boston. Riding an 11-game winning streak, third-seeded Coyle-Cassidy will enter the contest with a 21-2 overall record, coming off a heart-stopping 32-31 win over Norwell in the semifinals of the Division 3 South Sectional Tournament on Monday in Brockton. The Warriors got more good news this week when four team members were selected to …
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Warriors hold off late charge to defeat Norwell in semifinals on Monday.
A trademark of the Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ basketball team the entire season has been its defense. And when the Warriors needed their defense the most, it came through for them. After falling behind for the first time since early in the second quarter, Coyle-Cassidy held Norwell scoreless over the final 2:26 of the fourth quarter and held on for a heart-stopping 32-31 victory over the Clippers in the semifinals of the Division 3 South Sectional Tournament on Monday night at Massasoit Community College in Brockton. “It was a great defensive effort by the kids,” said Coyle-Cassidy coach Mike O’Brien. “But they also did a great job defensively against us. They took us out of what we wanted to do. We were tentative on offense, but giving up …
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Clippers stand in way of Warriors as they strive for spot in sectional final.
The Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ basketball team will be looking for its first appearance in a sectional final since its state championship season of 1987 when the Warriors travel to Massasoit Community College in Brockton to face Norwell in the semifinals of the MIAA Division 3 South Sectional Tournament on Monday night at 7:45 p.m. The contest between the third-seeded Warriors (20-2) and the second-seeded Clippers (21-1) will be the second game of a sectional doubleheader on Monday at Massasoit. In the first game, eighth-seeded Archbishop Williams (17-5) will battle fifth-seeded Cardinal Spellman (18-4) at 6 p.m. The winners of those two contests will meet in the Division 3 South Sectional Final on Saturday at UMass-Boston. After defeating …
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Five town residents hope to contribute to deep tournament run for Warriors.
This is what the Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ basketball team has been working and building towards the entire season, the MIAA Division 3 South Sectional Tournament. The Warriors, with five town residents on their playoff roster, will enter the Division 3 South Sectional as the third seed with an 18-2 overall record. The 18-2 mark is the best regular-season record in the program’s history. The 1987 Warrior state championship team completed that campaign with a full-season school-record total of 22 wins. Wareham is the top seed in the sectional with a 19-1 overall record. Norwell is also 19-1, but lost the coin flip to the Vikings for the first seed and had to settle for the second spot. The Warriors are third with Fairhaven the fourth seed …
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Town resident one of 14 Eastern Mass. girls nominated for contest.
Town resident Brenna Gonsalves, a senior captain and standout with the Coyle-Cassidy High girls’ basketball team, has been nominated for the 2011 McDonald’s High School Girls’ Basketball All-American Game. Earlier this week, McDonald’s announced its nationwide list of prep seniors who have been nominated for this year’s game. There were close to 1,000 female student-athletes from around the country nominated for the contest, including 14 standout girls from Eastern Massachusetts. Nominees were submitted by members of the McDonald’s All-American Selection Committee as well as state representatives who closely follow prep basketball in each player’s respective area. The large list of prospective selections will be cut down to the 24 girls …
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