photo courtesy of Briege O’Connell
It as a nail biting finish but the Milton Girls 4th Grade basketball team defeated Westwood won the Metrowest Championship yesterday in overtime. Congratulations girls!
by Frank Schroth (updated 9:35am with info from Milton Boosters)
photo by Roy Chambers
The final chapter of the Milton Wildcats electric playoff run will be written tonight at the Boston Garden when they take on New Mission at the Boston Garden this @ 7:30PM evening.
We are bummed (BUMMED!!) that we cannot be there. We are grateful for the fantastic season the team gave us. CLOSE IT OUT! GOOD LUCK WILDCATS!
They came so close and played with heart.
from The Patriot Ledger
The top-seeded Scituate boys basketball beat No. 15 Milton, 58-53, at UMass-Boston on Saturday in the Division 2 South Sectional championship game. (Read the full story here.)
Final score - photo courtesy of Julia O'Brien
It was a defensive, hard fought game. As the Patriot Ledger noted, “You fight every game to get back to where you were last year, and everyone else fights to stop you.”
Click the “Read more” link for complete coverage of the game from Boston media sources and a Patriot Ledger video.
from Wicked Local: Milton
Players on the state championship Milton High School basketball team and their coaches were congratulated at the start of Wednesday’s school committee meeting.
Chairman Beirne Lovely said that in a time of economic gloom, the team gave the town something to cheer about. (read full story here.)
A weekly recap of key events and items of interest to the Milton community:
Chief among those this week was the MHS basketball’s thrilling MIAA Division 2 playoff run which ended with them taking the championship. The pulse pounding finish to the semifinal against Woburn is here; a post with links to stories is here; and a post on the win along with video is here.
The second of three school concerts took place. The string ensembles from the elementary, midle, and high schools treated the audience to a night at the movies, playing music from film scores.
Three candidates filed papers to run for town treasurer: Charles McCarthy, James McAuliffe and Janet Lorden. Rick Dumais, who announced his candidacy, did not file papers by the deadline.
The Planning Board meeting resumed the Citizen Speak discussion regarding the proposed redevelopment of the Temple Shalom property.
Oh my goodness! This was their day.
When the buzzer went off to start the MIAA state basketball championship between the Milton Wildcats and the Hoosac Valley Hurricanes, it was as if someone had given the Wildcats a car with a gas pedal and no brake.
And they put the pedal to the metal and didn’t let up. The result was a dominating 81 – 44 win over Hoosac Valley, a team that couldn’t seem to get out of neutral. Milton led by 12 at the end of the first period, by 14 at the end of the second, by 33 at the end of the 3rd. They just kept going and didn’t look back. As many coaches like to say, “We are going to go with what got us here,” and so it was. Milton shined at every facet of their game: solid defense, solid teamwork, selfless play, a deep bench, and superb 3 pt shots. They neutralized the Hurricane’s chief threat, Robbie Burke. While Nick Aiken, a 5′ 8″ guard, proved a dangerous 3 pt shooter, there simply wasn’t enough fire power on their end. They could not catch a break, and the ball would not fall for them. On the Wildcat side, Marcus McDermott scored a game high 20 points followed by Emanuel Hutcherson with 11; but as with most Wildcat ball, points came from everywhere.
And then there were the fans. The Copeland Crazies staked out their usual position behind one of the baskets on two tiers and resplendent in red. After the game ended, they saluted Coach LoPresti with one of their ear splitting cheers, which he acknowledged with a grateful fist pump and wave. There was evidently quite a bit of happy fanfare (no pun intended) when the team buses returned to Milton.
Congratulations to both of these teams! They fought hard and long to get here. And thank you Coach LoPresti, Coach Donovan, and all you Wildcats for a terrific playoff run and FANTASTIC conclusion! The school system, the town, we are all so proud of you!
(P.S. Read Hoosac Valley’s comments of game here.)
View video highlights here (courtesy of Boston.com): (be patient, takes a little bit to load). Please see bottom of page for links to related coverage.
Related coverage
A breeze for McDermott, Milton (Boston Globe)
Marcus McDermott provides lift (Boston Herald)
Milton boys roar to Div. 2 state basketball crown (Wicked Local)
Gary Higgins / Patriot Ledger
I am not in any hurry to report that the Boys Basketball team was defeated by New Mission 71-63 in the MIAA Div 2 State Championship last night in the Boston Garden.
from MHS Athletic Director Larry Rooney (Photos courtesy of Roy Chambers)
What an exciting time of year for our MHS WILDCATS!
MHS alums Proctor & Reddicks to be recognized for exemplary citizenship and as role models for Milton’s youth
News release from Milton Foundaton for Education
The Milton Foundation for Education (MFE) today announced it will honor Milton High School alumni Elva Proctor (class of 1933) and Lamar Reddicks (class of 1996) for their outstanding community leadership at its thirteenth annual Celebration for Education fundraising event to be held on March 10, 2012 at the Boston Marriott Quincy in Quincy, MA.