Six Hock Gridiron Stars Honored As Grinold Scholar-Athletes

Ethan Harris
Taunton senior Ethan Harris carries the ball against North Attleboro. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)

By HockomockSports.com Staff

The Jack Grinold Eastern Massachusetts chapter of the National Football Foundation honored 28 football seniors as scholar-athletes, and nearly a quarter of them hailed from the Hockomock League.

In its 48th year honoring scholar athletes, a half dozen Hock football players received the honors. It ties for the second most athletes from the Hock honored in one season along with 2017. A year ago, eight Hock football players received the honor.

National Football Foundation (Jack Grinold chapter) Scholar Athletes

Wyatt Bolduc, Mansfield
Connor Curtis, Mansfield
Ethan Harris, Taunton
Brandon Jackman, Mansfield
Lincoln Moore, Foxboro
Nathan Urman, Foxboro

Previous Hockomock honorees:

2023
Will Astorino, King Philip
Sam Carpenter, Foxboro
Ryan DeGirolamo, Mansfield
Andrew Finn, Foxboro
Matt Kelley, King Philip
Drew Sacco, Mansfield
Tagh Swierzewski, Stoughton
Connor Zukowski, Mansfield

2022
Dylan Gordon, Foxboro
Jonah Ly, Stoughton
Jared Vacher, North Attleboro

2021
Michael Strachan Jr., Attleboro

2020
Kyle Fitzgerald, Canton
Vinnie Holmes, Mansfield
Luke Rosa, Milford

2019
Aidan Sacco, Mansfield
Hunter Williams, Foxboro

2018
Andrew Dittrich, King Philip
Shane Frommer, King Philip
Chad Peterson, North Attleboro

2017
Joseph Bartucca, Foxboro
Anthony DeGirolamo, Mansfield
John DeLuca, King Philip
Brett Mazur, King Philip
Nick Rajotte, North Attleboro
Ryan Sullivan, Stoughton

2016
James Cooke, King Philip
Connor Downs, Foxboro
Josh Schafer, Mansfield

2015
Matt Carafa, Mansfield

2014
Erik Kushner, Sharon
Kyle Wisnieski, Mansfield
Steve Zieselman, Mansfield

2013
Craig Anderson, Franklin
Harrison Carmichael, North Attleboro
Alex Jette, North Attleboro

2012
Nicholas Leonard, Mansfield

2011
Ryan Flannery, North Attleboro
Daniel Johnson, North Attleboro
Alec May, King Philip
Kyle McGuire, Mansfield
Anthony Tedesco, Mansfield

2010
Shawn Doherty, Mansfield

2007
Mude Ohimor, Stoughton

2006
Michael Swanton, Foxboro

2005
Jake Dellorco, Franklin
Patrick Kelly, Foxboro

2003
Daniel Saltzman, Foxboro
Adam Young, Mansfield

2002
Patrick McGoon, Oliver Ames

2000
John Carr, Taunton*
Dan DeBiasio, North Attleboro
Marc Wayshak, Sharon

1998
Dave Reed, North Attleboro

1997
Chris McKinley, Mansfield
Dennis Walsh, Foxboro

1996
Mark DeBiasio, North Attleboro

1993
James Sullivan, Mansfield

1989
Chris Cady, Foxboro
Eric LaPlaca, Franklin
Tom Nalen, Foxboro

1988
Lamar Newsome, Foxboro

1986
Dick Puccio, North Attleboro

1985
Shawn Carew, Foxboro

1984
Jim Johnson, North Attleboro
John Manning, Foxboro

1983
Steve Onoyan, North Attleboro

1981
Tim Crosta, North Attleboro

1979
William Locke, Milford*
Mike Redding, North Attleboro

1977
James Cobb, Sharon
Thomas Morgan, Milford*

1976
Dan DelVecchio, North Attleboro
David DeVore, Oliver Ames

* – Before joining the Hockomock League

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Today’s games are listed below.

Boys Hockey
Attleboro, 0 @ Canton, 12 – Final

Franklin, 4 @ King Philip, 5 – FinalClick here for a Recap and Photo Gallery from this game.

Oliver Ames, 3 @ Mansfield, 0 – FinalOliver Ames scored twice in the first and once more in the second on its way to a 3-0 decision on the road over Mansfield. Andrew Livingstone, Jack Corey, and Brendan Teehan scored for the Tigers.

Taunton, 0 @ North Attleboro, 0 – FinalClick here for a Recap and Photo Gallery from this game.

Stoughton/Brockton, 1 vs. North Quincy, 3 – Final – A pair of first period goals put North Quincy ahead and the visiting Red Raiders didn’t relinquish the lead the rest of the way. Jake McSweeney scored for the Black Knight Boxers with assists going to Garrett Sager and Zacary DeSousa while Dmytro Yakovenko played well in goal.

Girls Hockey
Canton, 4 @ Medway, 0 – Final

Franklin, 2 @ Medfield, 3 – Final (OT)Franklin scored in the third to tie the game up but Medfield pulled out the win in the extra period. Julia Flynn opened the scoring in the first period but the host Warriors potted a pair in the middle period to take a 2-1 lead. Flynn grabbed her second of the game in the third to force overtime. Lindsay Dennett, Nina Ianuzzi, Haley Wernig, and Maddie O’Brien each had an assist for the Panthers.

King Philip, 2 @ Dedham, 3 – FinalKing Philip erased a two-goal deficit to force overtime but the Marauders prevailed in overtime. Dedham staked a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals in the second period but senior Kelly Holmes and sophomore Katie McGann scored third period goals to get the Warriors back in it. Annabelle Curran and Tayla McDuff each had an assist while Kiki Lynch made 34 saves for KP.

Mansfield/Oliver Ames, 1 @ Westwood, 4 – Final Mansfield/Oliver Ames got on the board at the end of the first period to pull within a goal but Westwood scored twice in the final period to pull away. The Wolverines jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Cammy Shanteler (from Annabelle Fanjoy) lit the lamp late in the first to make it 2-1. The second period was scoreless but Westwood finished off the win in the third.

Stoughton/Sharon, 0 vs. Boston Latin Academy, 4 – Final

Wrestling
Needham Quad (Sharon) – Sharon secured a pair of wins at the Needham quad, taking victories over the host Rockets (48-34) and Northbridge (58-18) with a loss to Weymouth (45-33) sandwiched between. Ashmith Yeruva, Nick Varvak, Cyrus Jones, and Matt O’Shea went undefeated on the day for the Eagles.

Saugus Quad (Canton) – Senior Ruairi Ritson went 3-0 on the day, winning all three matches via pinfall to highlight a 1-2 day for the Bulldogs. Canton dropped its first two matches to Northeast/Bishop Fenwick (49-27) and Peabody/Saugus (61-18) but ended the day on a high note with a win over Wilmington (32-27). Max Kupferman won two matches via pinfall while Matt Murin (132), Tiernan Ritson (157), Dan Harn (175), and Owen Sasin (215) each had one pinfall win.

Marshfield Quad (Foxboro), 9:00AM

Tewksbury Quad (Franklin) – The Panthers went up against some of the top teams in the state, falling to Melrose (54-30), Shawsheen (58-15), and host Tewskbury (60-18). Jack Rosenberger had a successful day with three pins while Riley Carlucci had two pins.

North Attleboro Quad (North Attleboro), 10:00AM

Milford Quad (Milford) – Milford swept the competition at its own quad meet while Robby Lyons became the third Scarlet Hawk to earn his 100th career win this season. Lyons (126) went undefeated on his way to the milestone while Dylan Wright (106), Derek Marcolini (113), Josiah Carney (132), Mikey Boulanger (138), Aidan Baum (144), Eder Gomes (150), John Hanlon (165), Luke Donis (190), and Owen Matthews (215) also went unbeaten. Milford picked up wins over Wellesley (62-10), Algonquin (57-10), and Hopkinton (63-10).

Norwood Quad (King Philip, Mansfield), 10:00AM

Sandwich Tournament (Taunton) – With seven champions and three finalists, Taunton dominated the Cape Cod Invitational for the second straight year. The Tigers took first overall with 244 points, comfortably ahead of Boston Latin (220). Michael Leskoski (120), Landen Rodriguez (126), John Mandeville (144), William Buffington (165), Kingston Dacosta (175), Ethan Harris (190), and Elijah Prophete (215) all won their respective brackets. Harris moved to 23-0 on the season and secured his 125th career win to become the all-time wins leader in program history. Gabriel Leskoski (150), Anthony Vieira (157), and Robert Tran (285) each took second.

Gymnastics
Oliver Ames @ Foxboro, 7:00

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