Sat. 3/3/12-updated
Saturday's Semifinals
St. Sebastian's 6, Kent 3 (final) -- St. Sebastian's, on the strength of a dominant five-goal first period -- and a Tommy Kelley hat trick -- defeated Kent 6-3 here today.
The Arrows advance to face Berkshire in the final of the Large School Tournament tomorrow at 11:30 am.
The first period was the busy one, with Tommy Kelley staring things out when he put the Arrows on the board with a power play goal at the 2:48 mark. Kent tied it up at 5:30, when Mitchell Allen knocked home the rebound of Danny Casey's close-in shot. After that the doors totally fell off for Kent, as St. Sebastian's rattled off four straight goals, with Cam Askew, Stephen Brown, Kelley (his second), and Danny O'Regan all finding the back of the net. Kent, which had started the game with goaltender Stephen Morrissey replaced him with Kevin Dluhy right after St. Seb's third goal.
At the start of the second period, Kent moved on to their third -- and final -- goalie of the day, installing Charlie Fennell between the pipes. He would not allow a goal the rest of the way.
Perhaps Kent got a lift from Fennell's play, or perhaps the change was a wake-up call. But whatever it was, Kent responded with an infinitely better second period, getting back into the game with a pair of goals, the first a rebound goal by Ryan Rosenthal and the second an Andrew Silard goal off a pass from Boo Nieves, who had skated the puck out of the corner before spotting an open Silard in front. With the score 5-3 and Kent trying to make it a one-goal game, St. Sebastian's goaltender Gordon Donnelly had to come up with a big save on Silard late in the period to maintain the Arrows' two-goal lead as the teams headed to the second intermission.
In the third, Kent was unable to score. And Kelley completed his hat trick with an empty-netter with 17 seconds left to play.
Berkshire 3, Albany Academy 2 (final) -- A Kevin Rooney goal at 5:46 of the third period turned out to be the game winner as Berkshire edged Albany Academy, 3-2, here today.
On the winning goal, Brian Brown dug the puck out out of the corner and got it out front to Rooney who lifted a backhander past Albany Academy goalie Alec Mansfield.
A penalty to Berkshire d-man Quin Pompi with 2:45 left in regulation gave Albany Academy a late power play, but the Cadets were unable to generate much with the man advantage.
Earlier, in the second period, Berkshire went ahead 2-0 at the 1:37 mark when Brian Brown knocked home the rebound of a Greg Smart shot. Pompi also had an assist on the play.
Albany Academy cut it to 2-1 when Tyler Hines rifled a shot past big Berkshire goalie Patrick Feeley at 8:12. Anthony Langevin and Derek Barach assisted on the play.
With 1:15 left in the second, a point shot by Albany Academy defenseman Ryan Secor deflected in off the uper body of Barach, who was stationed at the edge of the crease to Feeley's right to tie the game at 2-2.
In the first period, Berkshire had taken a 1-0 lead when Charlie Corcoran tipped home Bryan Gerstenfeld's point shot at 7:08.
Holderness 5, Brooks 3 (final) -- Holderness, trailing 3-2 entering after two, broke through with three third-period goals -- the last an empty-netter -- to top Brooks 5-3 in a wide-open, highly-entertaining game here.
The tying goal came off the stick of Holderness senior Connor Loree, who busted down the right side and snapped off a wrister that beat Brooks goalie Colin Langham top shelf 2:07 into the third.
The game winner, with 2:51 left in regulation, was scored by Drew Walsh who snapped off a shot as he came barreling unimpeded down the slot.
Bayreuther added an empty-netter -- his second goal of the game -- in the final seconds to make it a 5-3 final.
For Brooks, Greg Conrad had a pair of goals. Bayreuther finished with three points (2g,1a) for Holderness, who will face Kimball Union in the small-school final tomorrow at 10:30 am.
Kimball Union 2, Dexter 0 -- Elie Vered and Nick Roberto scored the goals and Ryan Lund earned the shutout. Vered also assisted on Roberto's goal. Kimball Union advances to Sunday's title game.
Sat. March 3 (IceCenter; Salem, NH)
9:00 am -- Piatelli/Simmons Semifinal -- #1 KUA vs. #5 Dexter
11:30 am -- Piatelli/Simmons Semifinal -- #7 Brooks vs. #3 Holderness
2:00 pm -- Martin/Earl Semifinal -- #1 Berkshire vs. #5 Albany Academy
4:30 pm -- Martin/Earl Semifinal -- #2 St. Sebastian's vs. #3 Kent
Sun. March 4 (IceCenter; Salem, NH)
10:30 am -- Piatelli/Simmons Final -- #1 Kimball Union vs. Holderness
1:00 pm -- Martin/Earl Final -- #1 Berkshire vs. #2 St. Sebastian's
3:30 pm -- Stuart/Corkery Final: #4 Lawrence vs. #2 Nobles
Wed. 3/7/12
New England Girls Prep All-Stars
Div. I
Player of the Year:
Mary Parker, Sr. F, Noble & Greenough School – Milton, Mass.
First Team:
Sydney Daniels, Jr. F, Westminster School – Southwick, Mass.
Kathryn Tomaselli, Sr. F, Williston-Northampton School – Cranston, RI
Jamie Haddad, Sr. F, Deerfield Academy– Wilbraham, Mass.
Briana Mastel, Jr. D, Choate-Rosemary Hall – Wallingford, Conn.
Bella Singsigalli, Jr. D, Berkshire School – Redding, Conn.
Celeste Robert, Sr. G, Winchendon School – Rouyn-Noranda, Que.
Second Team:
Lillian Braga, Sr. F, Winchendon School – Winchester, Mass.
Rachel Kennedy, Sr. F, Westminster School – Trumbull, Conn.
Casey Leveillee, Jr. F, Northfield-Mt. Hermon – Delanson, NY
Eleni Tebano, Jr. D, Westminster School – Glastonbury, Conn.
Jenn Godin, Sr. D, Tabor Academy – Clarence Center, NY
Brianna Laing, Jr. G, Noble & Greenough – Marblehead, Mass.
Div. II
Player of the Year:
Jordan Juron, Sr. F, Middlesex School – Latham, NY
First Team:
Melissa Piacenti, Sr. F, Thayer Academy – Weymouth, Mass.
Courtney Turner, Sr. F, Southfield School – Milton, Mass.
Janelle Ferrara, Sr. F, Rivers School – Winthrop, Mass.
Taylor Cross, Sr. D, Rivers School – Saugus, Mass.
Erin Hall, Jr. D, Southfield School – Pembroke, Mass.
Abby Guerra, Sr. G, Holderness School – Durham, NH
Second Team:
Maeve McMahon, Jr. F, Groton School – Duxbury, Mass.
Maddie Winslow, Soph. F, Middlesex School – Newbury, Mass.
Ellie Haines, Jr. F, Canterbury School – Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Kate Haslett, Jr. D, Brooks School – Rothesay, NB
Talia Simon, Sr. D, Groton School – Carlisle, Mass.
Katie White, Sr. G, Middlesex School – Falmouth, Mass.
Sun. 3/4/12
Nobles, Proctor This Year's Prep Champs
-- at the Berkshire School; Sheffield, Mass.
New England Prep Finals
Div. I Championship Game:
Nobles 2, Lawrence Academy 0
Mary Parker and Natasha Rachlin each had a goal for Nobles. Mary Parker was named Div. I Tournament MVP.
Div. II Championship Game:
Proctor 5, Middlesex 4 (OT)
Michelle Holmes had three goals for Proctor -- including the game-winner in OT -- and was named Div. II Tournament MVP. Brea Davis and Nikki Gorman also had goals for Proctor.
Sat. 3/3/12
Girls Prep Semifinals
The semis and finals are being played this weekend at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass. Here are the results of today's games, and tomorrow's schedule.
Sat. March 3:
12:00 pm – Div. II semifinal: Middlesex 3, Gunnery 1
2:00 pm – Div. II semifinal: Proctor 3, Rivers 1
4:00 pm – Div. I semifinal: Nobles 3, Cushing 1
6:00 pm – Div. I semifinal: Lawrence 2, Williston 1 (OT)
Sun. March 4:
11:00 am – Div. II Championship Game: Middlesex vs. Proctor
1:10 pm – Div. I Championship Game: Nobles vs. Lawrence
