Medway & Millis November 2018

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Sports
Millis Hall of Fame to Induct 5 in Inaugural Ceremony on Nov. 24
By KEN HAMWEY,
Staff Sports Writer
Three former players, one
coach and one team will be
the first inductees into the Millis
High Athletic Hall of Fame
when it holds its dinner and ceremony
on Saturday, Nov. 24, at
6:30 p.m. at the Medway VFW.
The athletes include John
Monaghan, Jim Caddell and
Mickey Lipsett, the coach is the
late Ernie Richards and the team
is the Mohawks’ 1965 football
squad.
Monaghan and Caddell
were key players on the school’s
first Super Bowl championship
squad, which defeated Wareham,
19-9; Lipsett was a daynamic
three-sport athlete and six-time
captain; Richards coached at
Millis for 21 years and led the
school to seven Tri Valley League
crowns and one Super Bowl title;
and the 1965 grid team not only
went unbeaten at 9-0, but also
was ranked No. 2 in the state.
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Brian Kraby, Millis’ new
varsity football coach, is the
organization’s president, and
he’s delighted that the concept
to honor the school’s athletes,
coaches and teams of the past is
in full swing.
“There was a move to start a
hall of fame back in the 1990s,
but it just never got moving,’’
Kraby said. “Late last year, myself,
Tom Ingraham (Millis girls’
tennis coach) and Mark Caulfield
(youth sports coach) wanted
to get a hall of fame underway.
Other schools were moving in
that direction. Dover-Sherborn
had its first ceremony last year
and Bellingham will have its first
induction this year.’’
The trio approached Millis
High Principal Bob Mullaney
and Athletic Director Chuck
Grant, presented its case, and got
the green light to proceed. The
three are all Millis High alumni.
Kraby and Caulfield played
on the 1994 football team that
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Brian Kraby is the president of the
newly formed Millis High School
Athletic Hall of Fame, which will
induct its first hall-of-famers on
November 24th, at 6:30 p.m., at
Medway V.F.W. Tickets are $40,
with children under 9 free.
won a Super Bowl against Trinity
Catholic and Ingraham has
coached both boys’ basketball
and girls tennis.
Here’s a capsule look at the
five inductees:
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ERNIE RICHARDS — The
Springfield College grad first
coached in Maine before arriving
in Millis in 1966, when he was
hired to teach science and coach
both the varsity football and
baseball teams. He finished with
200-plus victories during 21 years
at the Mohawks’ helm in football.
Seven TVL titles were won
and one Super Bowl triumph
came in 1980. He also coached
football at Marlboro High and at
Uxbridge High, where he led the
Spartans to a pair of Super Bowl
wins. Richards was inducted into
the Mass. Football Coaches Association
in 1988.
JOHN MONAGHAN — A
1981 graduate of Millis High,
he quarterbacked the 1980 football
team to the school’s first
Super Bowl triumph, a 10-point
win over Wareham. He was a
three-sport star, also excelling
in basketball and baseball, and
was a TVL all-star in all three.
A four-year starter at quarterback,
Monaghan was a 1,000-
point scorer in basketball and
also played baseball for the Milford
Legion. He later moved on
to Brown University where he
played cornerback in football.
JIM CADDELL — Considered
the top running back in the
school’s football history, Caddell
was a key in Millis’ Super Bowl
win over Wareham. A 1981 graduate,
he once scored four touchdowns
and gained 250 yards on
a total of five carries in a game
against Pope John. Caddell was
the Boston Globe’s Player of the
Year in football. In track, he was
a dynamic sprinter, setting school
records in the 100 and 200-yard
dashes. He was recruited to play
college football at the University
of Tennessee by legendary coach
Johnny Majors.
MICKEY LIPSETT — A
1979 graduate, she was a Tri
Valley League all-star three times
in basketball and tennis, and was
a Milford News all-star in both
those sports twice. She earned 12
varsity letters and was a Charles
River Tournament all-star tennis
player who was ranked No. 1
for five years. Lipsett also was a
two-time captain in field hockey,
basketball and tennis. A National
Honor Society member, she also
participated in the band.
1965 FOOTBALL TEAM —
Niles Nelson coached this squad
to an undefeated season (9-0)
and the championship of the
Tri County League, which later
became the Tri Valley League
in 1966. A superb defensive
squad, it posted seven shutouts
and yielded a total of 18 points.
Playing Medfield in a night game
(portable lights were used once a
year), Millis downed the Warriors,
28-0 before 4,000 fans at
Welch Field. The team finished
its season ranked No. 2 in the
state behind Franklin. The captains
were linebacker-tackle Jay
Monaghan, who earned a scholarship
to play at the University of
Rhode Island, and Joel Howie, a
tackle and middle linebacker.
The Millis Hall of Fame
committee includes seven members
— Kraby is the president,
Caulfield is the vice president,
Ingraham is the secretary and
Dyann Rice is the treasurer. Jack
O’Rourke, Rusty Cushman,
Dave Sperandio, Kim Latosek
and Jim Hart round out the
group.
The committee adopted bylaws
and has fashioned them
after Natick High School’s guidelines.
Several of the rules for prospective
inductees state that the
candidates must have graduated
from Millis High (coaches excluded);
they have to be 10 years
beyond their graduation date;
and all of their achievements
must relate to their time at Millis
High. Nominations are not limited
to Millis residents, and the
form, which is available on line
at Millisathleticshof.com, must
be filled out completely and can
be submitted on line.
Kraby emphasizes that if
anyone would like to donate to
the hall of fame to help with
expenses, such as the costs for
renting the facility, the meal and
plaques, can submit their donation
to Mohawkhof@gmail.com.
Tickets cost $40 and children
under nine will be admitted free.
Tickets can be obtained by mailing
a check to Millis Athletics
Hall of Fame, 208 Orchard St.,
Millis, Ma., 02054. If there are
any questions, committee members
can be contacted.