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PAGE 18 A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Thursday, February 9, 2012 www.turleysports.com Lady Cougars hound Wolves Bounce back with impressive win - WARREN - By Bob Schron Turley Publications Sports Correspondent After its upset defeat at home against Monument Mountain last Saturday, the Quaboag girls basketball team had a quick turnaround. And it was all for the good. “We’re tested when we play the better teams,” said coach Al Button. “It’s what we want. Our girls are a great group of kids. They’ve worked hard all season.” As in past years, the Cougars have been able to dominate the lower half of the Southern Worcester County League. After they dismantled David Prouty in Spencer, center Brittany Herring, averaging 9.3 ppg, commented, “We know we have to keep playing as hard as we can, no matter who we play. The lower half of the league may not be that hard for us to beat, but we have to continue to play good.” The Cougars had won over a 100 consecutive SWCL games at home during this decade. It has included a long such streak against the Wolverines. On Monday, the Cougars jumped out to a 12-7 lead after the fi rst quarter. Afterward, they dominated, outscoring Leicester 36-12 in the second and third periods. The Cougars were led in scoring by point guard Jessica Korzec, who scored 13. Jess McCann, whose improved scoring off of the bench has been a big plus, added 12. Quaboag, which has now won seven of nine, closes out the regular See QUABOAG I PAGE 19 TURLEY PUBLICATIONS STAFF PHOTOS BY DAVE FORBES Quaboag junior Ariana Plante (14) reaches up to grab the ball as teammate Jessica McCann (32) looks on. Algonquin wins League Championship Warriors fi nish seventh - STURBRIDGE - By Nate Rosenthal Turley Publications Sports Correspondent The Mid-Wachusett swimming championship were held last week at Tantasqua High School and for the fi rst time swimmers had to qualify to take part. That made for some very exciting races up and down the events. The Tantasqua teams fi nished seventh overall with a combined score of 339. The girls placed sixth, with 202, while the boys were eighth tallying 137. Algonquin was the meet’s overall winner with 664 well ahead of Bromfi eld at 562. Westborough and Wachusett tied for third with 491 apiece. The Bromfi eld margin was created by a plus 100-point win by the boys at 410 well ahead of Westborough and Wachusett. Their girls did well with a solid third behind Gardner and Bromfi eld. The Tantasqua girls were led by Erin Donovan, who had a second place fi nish in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1 minute, 2.61 seconds and a sixth in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:06.59. Taking a fourth in the 100-yard freestyle was Misty O’Brien in 1:00.17. The two teamed up with Bridget Shreve and Devinne Aquadro for a pair of relay fi fths — the 200-yard medley relay with a time Buying Gold & Silver Class Rings, Wedding Bands, Jewelry, Sterling Silver Gold & Silver Coins, Wheat Pennies, Proof Sets of 2:03.07 then with Aquadro and Kendra Iller in the 400-yard freestyle relay going 4:00.08. For the boys, Remi Lamothe was second in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.44 and third in the 100-yard freestyle in 52.37. The girls from Gardner opened the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:55.95, followed by Wachusett and Algonquin. Algonquin took the boys 200-yard medley in 1:48.67, just edging out Wachusett. Northbridge was third. The Tantasqua group of Sam Grudzien, Mike Wandmacher, Lamothe and Aaron Mesick were eighth. The 200-yard freestyle was won by The deadline for submissions for Sports is the Monday 12 noon, prior to publication. Send information, to Sports Editor Dave Forbes, dforbes@turley.com or send it through the mail to: Turley Publications c/o Sports Editor Dave Forbes, 24 Water St., Palmer, MA 01069 Cougars rise to the occasion - WARREN - By Bob Schron Turley Publications Sports Correspondent This is one of Quaboag’s best seasons in boys basketball. Overachieving, the Cougars have risen to the top of the SWCL West and are fi ghting for the title. The 11-4 Cougars held serve on Monday, keeping pace with their challengers. Jake Wisniewski scored a seasonhigh 30 points to pace Quaboag to a 59-49 win. Without frontcourt strength in all prognostications, Quaboag instead has integrated the talent and determination of senior Scott Duncan and the promise of Greg Sokol to be representative underneath. The role players, sharpshooter Josh Toppin, Nick Schlosstein and swingman Ethan Lacaire have stepped in and made an impact, unassumingly The crowning touch of all of this however is the team’s star players. In Player See COUGARS I PAGE 20 Warriors avenge defeat Position themselves for tournament - STURBRIDGE - By Bob Schron Turley Publications Sports Correspondent What a difference a month can make. For the Tantasqua boys basketball team, the return to relatively full health and a revamped frontcourt has transformed the team into a contender. Witness Monday night: Avenging a December defeat at the hands of Division 1 contender Shepherd Hill, the Warriors led virtually throughout to defeat the Rams, 69-49. This season started out with a dominating performance by guard Corey Gatta in the team’s road win See CHAMPIONSHIP I PAGE 20 See WARRIORS I PAGE 20 Gardner Rare Coins 25 Pleasant Street, Gardner 1-800-452-3189 Open Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm
Spencer K of C sponsors youth free throw championship - EAST BROOKFIELD - The 2012 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition, sponsored by the Spencer K of C – Council 118 was held on Jan. 28 at the East Brookfi eld Elementary School. All boys and girls 10 to 14 years old were eligible to participate and compete in the respective age/gender divisions. Each contestant received three warmup tosses followed by 15 consecutive free throw attempts. All participants received a participation certifi - cate. The winner in each age/gender competition received a champion certifi cate and trophy. The winners and QUABOAG I FROM PAGE 18 season with games against Southbridge, Bartlett, David Prouty and Leicester. Against Southbridge, the Cougars expected to encounter the same type of pressing attack that plagued them in the teams’ fi rst meeting, a 13-point Quaboag home win. “They are an excellent team who are very well-coached,” said Button. “They mix things up defensively. Their team speed and character make them tough for us.” In the fi rst game between the teams at Quaboag, the Cougars pushed out to a 15-point lead in the middle of the second quarter behind Korzec. But the Pioneers were able to speed up the tempo and prevented the Cougars from working their inside-out game with Herring. “Their defense had everything to do with it,” said Button. We just needed to be more patient.” But it’s the time of the year when the Cougars, though lacking the tournament experience from past years, will be working on becoming tournament-ready. “We’re always going to be trying to work on things,” Herring said after the victory over the Panthers. “The teams we play may not measure up to us right now. But we always have to try to get better ourselves.” Korzec leads the Cougars in scoring with a 12.2 ppg average. Ally Plante is second with a 9.4 average, Herring third and Lauren Lacaire is averaging 6.9 ppg. Sutton (12-2) and Hopedale (12-3) remain the likely top seeds for the Districts that will be coming up inside of a month. hometowns were: Cameron Bourke – Spencer (14-year-olds), Andrew Romano – Spencer (13-year-olds), Dustin VanDyke – Spencer (12-year-olds), and Braedon Hatt (10-year-olds) – East Brookfi eld. Unfortunately, there were no female contestants or males in the 11-year-old divisions. The winners now progress to the district competition that will be held Feb. 11 at 8:30 a.m. at the Saint Louis School, 50 Negus St., Webster. Winners in the district competition will progress through the regional and state competitions. International champions are announced by the K of C international headquarters based on scores from the state level competitions. A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Thursday, February 9, 2012 PAGE 19 – sports – TURLEY PUBLICATIONS STAFF PHOTOS BY DAVE FORBES Quaboag sophomore Jess Korzec (11) goes in for a layup. Sutton, which defeated Whitinsville Christian last week, defeated Quaboag in the Division 3 fi nals last season, 30- 27. Lindsay helps Owls top WCSU in fi nal dual meet - WESTFIELD - By Nate Rosenthal Turley Publications Sports Correspondent The Westfi eld State Swim team fi nished the season with a 148.50- 126.50 win over Western Connecticut State University. It was the 19th straight year that Owls had a winning season. They took an immediate lead and never looked back. Swimming for Westfi eld State was freshman Jess Lindsay from Brimfi eld, who attended Tantasqua before coming to Westfi eld. Lindsay took third place in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 32.61 seconds and then later swam the 100-yard backstroke in 1:08.74. The Owls jumped out to a quick lead in the meet with a fi rst and third fi nish in the 200-yard medley relay. The winning foursome in 1:59.87 was Laura Sauriol, Kirsten Lamotte, Lauren Connolly and Jenna Tasse. It was third for Amanda LaBriola, Jennifer Rodger, Emily Fullerton and Darcy Fortune. That fi nish made it a 13-4 score. Westfi eld then picked up big points in the 1000-yard freestyle with a 1-2-3 sweep. Katie Cox won in 11:30.54; Katie Inoue was second, 29 seconds behind Cox; Nikki Brunyak, 45 seconds back from Inoue, was third. They scored 16 of the 19 points available in the event. That was followed by a win in the 200 freestyle by Kate Werner in 2:12.06. Katie Lahive and Carron were third and fourth. The Westfi eld lead had grown to 43-12. After these events, the meet moved along quickly in the next four events, three of which were 50s. Labriola got second for the Owls in the 50-yard back- College News Lindgren leads Bison past Wentworth DUDLEY - Nichols women’s basketball junior guard and Sturbridge resident Kristina Lindgren scored 18 points to lead the Bison to a 53-45 victory over visiting Wentworth in Commonwealth Coast Conference action Saturday afternoon, Feb. 4. She also has 12 points and a gamehigh fi ve assists in a 53-50 overtime loss to Eastern Nazarene on Tuesday, Jan. 31. stroke, followed by Jessica Lindsay and Kimberly Leon. Lamotte, 33.42 won the 50-yard breaststroke, with Rodger taking third and Connolly in fi fth. Kaylee Hopkins was the top fi nisher for Westfi eld State with a third in the 100-yard butterfl y. Sharon Fortune and Kiley Perrone placed fourth and fi fth. In the 50-yard freestyle, it was Tasse taking fi rst in 25.85 to lead a sweep by the Owls with Fullerton and Leon right behind. As the meet entered the 1-meter diving, Westfi eld State had an 86.5 to 43.5 lead over Western Connecticut. After a 1-2-5 fi nish in diving by the Owls from Kimi Schmidt, Katie Sterpka and Kathleen Jwanowski, the swimming resumed with Tasse winning the 100yard freestyle in 56.00. Darcy Fortune and Sharon Fortune were third and fourth. Western Connecticut would win the next four individual events. Sauriol was second in the 100-yard backstroke with Labriola and Fullerton in third and fourth; LaMotte was second in the 100yard breaststroke with Rodger in third and Lahive in fi fth. Cox got second in the 500-yard freestyle, followed by Inoue and Werner. In the 50-yard butterfl y, Lamotte took second, Connolly (third) and Sharon Fortune (fi fth). Even with the four events, net losses for the Owls, they had more than enough to win with a 148.5-93.5 lead and coach Dave Laing had his swimmer go exhibition that would not add to the score. Schmidt, Jwanowski and Sterpka dove in the 3meter competition. Cox, Darcy Fortune and Perrone were second, third and fourth in time in the 100-yard individual medley. The meet concluded with the 200-yard freestyle relays. All Westfi eld State combinations were unoffi cial. Local duo leads Worcester State past MCLA WORCESTER - Worcester State women’s basketball junior and Warren resident Meghan O’Keefe recorded her third double-double of the season as she netted 12 points and hauled in 16 rebounds. Sophomore and West Brookfi eld resident Meghan Burns added nine points and eight boards in a 69-57 win over MCLA on Saturday, Feb. 4, O’Keefe also had 10 points and 11 rebounds, while Burns had 10 points in a 74-52 loss to Westfi eld State.
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