Month: January 2020

Milford, Oliver Ames Switching Divisions For Fall 2020

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Oliver Ames’ Owen Friel goes up for a layup against Milford’s Dom Schofield. OA and Milford will switch divisions for next school year. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)
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Two Hockomock League schools will be competing in different divisions starting this upcoming Fall season.

Oliver Ames will return to the Davenport division while Milford will take its place in the Kelley-Rex starting in the Fall 2020 season, Hockomock League president and Franklin athletic director Tom Angelo confirmed.

The shift comes due to a Hockomock League by-law that states the six schools with the largest enrollment will be in the Kelley-Rex, and the six schools with the smallest enrollment will make up the Davenport division.

In the latest Department of Elementary and Secondary Educations (DESE) SIMS enrollment numbers for grades 9 through 11 that were submitted to the state on October 1st of last year, Milford had 976 students, fourth-most in the Hockomock League. Oliver Ames came in with 840 students, which is the seventh most.

Here is the Hockomock League by-law:

League Divisions are based on the total enrollment in grades nine through eleven (9-11) of each Member school.  The Kelly Rex Division will consist of the 6 largest schools by 9-11 enrollment and the Davenport Division consisting of the 6 smallest schools by 9-11 enrollment.  

Divisional realignment will occur every two years. The process used for Divisional realignment will be as follows:
At the December Principal/AD meeting in the year prior to realignment implementation, each school will report their respective Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (“DESE”) SIMS enrollment numbers for grades nine through eleven submitted to the state on October 1st of that year.  Those enrollment numbers will be used solely as the criteria for determining the Divisional realignment.

For historical reference, October 1, 2015 DESE SIMS report numbers were used for the 2016 realignment.  Future realignment will be as follows:

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DESE SIMS report
Oct. 1, 2019
Oct. 1, 2021
Oct. 1, 2023
Oct. 1, 2025
Oct. 1, 2027
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Re-alignment Implementation Year
Fall 2020 
Fall 2022
Fall 2024
Fall 2026
Fall 2028
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This is the second time that the Hockomock League has moved schools between divisions, with the first coming in 2016 when Oliver Ames and North Attleboro switched places. At the time, the by-law stated the league would review enrollment numbers every four years for grades 9-12.

The Hockomock League has since altered the by-law and will now align the divisions by enrollment numbers for grades 9-11 every two years.

“Down the road, it doesn’t make sense to include the senior class since the alignment won’t affect that group,” Angelo said of the change. “It’s part of a continuous effort to improve our league.”

Oliver Ames was originally part of the Davenport division for six years before the league realigned due enrollment numbers for the 2016-2017 season. At the time, OA had 19 more students than North Attleboro and made the switch to the Kelley-Rex.

Now the Tigers will rejoin the Davenport division while the Scarlet Hawks, who joined the Hockomock League in 2012 and has been apart of the Davenport since, will head to the Kelley-Rex this upcoming Fall.

Hockomock League Enrollment – November 2019 – Grades 9-11
Taunton – 1536
Attleboro – 1363
Franklin – 1317
Milford – 976
Mansfield – 917
King Philip – 916
Sharon – 882
Oliver Ames – 840
North Attleboro – 802
Stoughton -764
Canton – 731
Foxboro – 580

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Thursday’s Schedule & Scoreboard – 01/23/20

Today’s games are listed below.

Boys Hockey
Mansfield, 5 @ Franklin, 5 – Final – Click here for a Recap and Photo Gallery from this game.

Swimming
Mansfield, 72 @ Milford, 98 – Final
Taunton, 81 @ Oliver Ames, 77 – Final

Girls Swimming
Mansfield, 65 @ Milford, 98 – Final
Taunton, 65 @ Oliver Ames, 95 – Final

Girls Gymnastics
Mansfield @ Canton, 7:30
Mansfield @ Sharon, 7:30
Sharon, 113.75 @ Canton, 110.1 – Final

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Wednesday’s Schedule & Scoreboard – 01/22/20

Today’s games are listed below.

Girls Basketball
Sharon, 40 vs. Cardinal Spellman, 45 – Final – Kaitlyn Wallace led the Eagles in scoring for the second straight night, finishing with 13, but Sharon was unable to pick up a non-league win. Leah Fandel added 11 and Ally Brown scored nine in the loss. Sharon trailed by eight at halftime (32-24) and clamped down defensively in the second half to try and make a comeback. The Eagles allowed only 13 points after the break, but Spellman was tough on the defensive end of the floor as well to hold on for the win.

Boys Hockey
Attleboro, 2 @ King Philip, 4 – Final – King Philip scored three goals in the opening period in a win over visiting Attleboro. Sophomore Nolan Feyler opened the scoring just over three minutes into the game with assists from Rocco Bianculli and Kyle Gray, and Bianculli doubled the last two minutes later (from Feyler and Joe Boselli) for an early 2-0 lead. Attleboro’s Liam McDonough scored (from Owen Dryjowicz) to cut the deficit in half just past the midway point of the first but KP’s Conor Cooke (from Bianculli and Gray) scored just over a minute later to regain KP’s two-goal advantage. The Bombardiers once again got within a goal when Nate Parker scored with 3:15 to go in the second but KP had an answer as Boselli (from Feyler) scored 31 seconds later to make it 4-2.

Foxboro, 3 @ North Attleboro, 3 – Final – Click here for a recap and photo gallery of this game.

Stoughton, 8 @ Durfee, 2 – Final – Dante Massaro led the way for Stoughton with a hat trick, leading to a big road win. Ryan Flannery and Cade O’Connell each scored twice and Joe McNulty wrapped up the scoring for Stoughton. Nathan Petti earned the win between the pipes.

Taunton, 3 @ Oliver Ames, 6 – Final

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Girls Hockey
Canton, 3 @ Medway/Ashland, 3 – Final – Canton rallied for a pair of goals in the final four minutes to earn a draw with Medway/Ashland.

Franklin, 2 vs. Medfield, 2 – Final

Stoughton, 2 vs. Wayland, 6 – Final – Jill Parker scored and had an assist in a loss at home to Wayland. Parker and Morgan Lessa assisted on a goal from Haley Nelson while Parker scored the Knights’ second goal with Ava Buckley and Samantha Sherman recording assists.

King Philip, 2 vs. Dedham, 4 – Final – King Philip’s Makenzie Shandley and Morgan Cunningham scored and Avari Maxwell had an assist but the Warriors fell at home to Dedham. Cristina Coleman made 12 saves in net for KP.

Wrestling
Canton, 18 @ North Attleboro, 48 – Final – North Attleboro earned seven of its nine wins by pinfall to secure a key division win over visiting Canton. Keysun Wise needed just nine seconds to get a pin at 220 while Ethan Smith (126, 1:23), Chris Galligan (132, 0:32), Jon Lozinski (145, 5:50), Michael Edmonds (170, 2:18), Alex Warsofsky (195, 2:34), and John Kummer (285, 0:57) also recorded pins. Andrew Faris (138) earned a 4-2 decision in overtime while Joe Shepard (182) won 11-6. For Canton, Yurii Leskiv (106, 2:31) and Eddie Marinilli (152, 0:27) won by pin while Zachary Peters (113) won 6-4 in overtime and Jobi Michel (160) picked up a 14-9 win.

Sharon, 46 @ Foxboro, 15 – Final – The Eagles moved another step closer to bringing home its first ever league meet title with a strong performance against perennial power Foxboro. Adam Landstein, Amit Levin, David Gelman, Aaron Cashton, Max Pozner, Kirit Gosetty, Tyler Freedman, Philip Varvak, Rhamsez Thevenin, and Eric Rabkin all earned wins for Sharon. The Eagles will host North Attleboro next week with a chance to clinch at least a share of the Davenport crown.

Mansfield, 31 @ Franklin, 37 – Final – Franklin heavyweight Matthew Leofanti earned a pin in the final match of the night to give the Panthers a thrilling win over the Hornets in a hard fought match. Jake Carlucci, Kenny Sauer, and Dom Sackley also had pinfall victories for the Panthers.

Oliver Ames, 36 @ King Philip, 35 – Final

Milford @ Stoughton, 7:00

Taunton, 51 vs. Keefe Tech, 19 – Final – The Tigers picked up a non-league victory over Keefe Tech on Wednesday night, earning seven wins by pinfall. Both Jackson Mandeville (138, 0:40) and Ethan Harris (145, 0:57) pinned their opponents in under a minute while James Collins (106, 1:06), Xavier Sandoval (126, 3:14), Ben Mandeville (132, 3:39), Christian Balmain (152, 3:20), and Jackson Wellman (195, 2:39) also win by pin for Taunton. Peter Ye notched a 5-0 decision at 182 for the Tigers.

Boys Swimming
Franklin, 90 @ Attleboro, 69 – Final

Girls Swimming
Franklin, 85 @ Attleboro, 77 – Final

Girls Gymnastics
Attleboro, 131.65 @ Oliver Ames, 136.9 – Final

Results:
Vault: 1. Sawyer Haverly, OA – 9.2 | 2. Peyton Rivers, OA – 8.9 | 3. Stella Krawiec, Att – 8.65
Bars: 1. Abbey DeCouto, OA – 8.3 | 2. Sawyer Haverly, OA – 8.1 | 3. Peyton Rivers/Tina O’Neill 8.0
Beam: 1. Peyton Rivers/Abbey DeCouto, OA – 8.5 | 2. Samantha Burrell, OA – 8.55 | 3. Stella Krawiec, Att – 8.5
Floor: 1. Katelyn McGarry, OA – 9.2 | 2. Ashlyn Latham, OA – 8.8 | 3. Amanda Burns, Att – 8.7

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