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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jan 11, 2024 7:16:42 GMT -5
Locally, WPI (11-2) plays at Clark (11-3) tonight at 7. The two teams sit atop the NEWMAC standings and are ranked 28th and 31st, respectively, in the latest D3 poll.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jan 11, 2024 20:53:14 GMT -5
Clark won 73-69. Exciting game. Quinten Prigden from Fitchburg plays for Clark; brother, cousin?
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Post by timholycross on Jan 12, 2024 9:39:45 GMT -5
Clark won 73-69. Exciting game. Quinten Prigden from Fitchburg plays for Clark; brother, cousin? Attendance: 325, there were a lot more in that gym when I saw a high school girls doubleheader there a couple days before the pandemic set in. Didn't exactly spark interest in the community (don't blame the kids, they are most likely on break). |
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Post by gks on Jan 12, 2024 9:53:35 GMT -5
Was not too long ago when this rivalry banged out the Harrington and Kneller on a regular basis and drew a large amount of locals.
College kids are lazy and boring.
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Post by Tom on Jan 12, 2024 10:08:00 GMT -5
Clark won 73-69. Exciting game. Quinten Prigden from Fitchburg plays for Clark; brother, cousin? Attendance: 325, there were a lot more in that gym when I saw a high school girls doubleheader there a couple days before the pandemic set in. Didn't exactly spark interest in the community (don't blame the kids, they are most likely on break). There is a high school tournament at Clark that is a pretty big deal around here. I wonder if that was what had a big crowd for a double header. Had to be something special to have a high school game on a college campus |
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 12, 2024 10:40:30 GMT -5
In NJ Don Bosco and Bergen Catholic butted heads last night with DB taking a close game in the final minutes. Would that HC could get one or more players of this quality. The crowd in Ramsey NJ was about 980 on a school night.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 12, 2024 10:41:32 GMT -5
Was not too long ago when this rivalry banged out the Harrington and Kneller on a regular basis and drew a large amount of locals. College kids are lazy and boring. I know the colleges I been to this week that they are not back in classes yet. |
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jan 12, 2024 10:52:05 GMT -5
WPI generally draws more fans than Clark. The rematch at WPI will be higher, attendance wise.
Clark has been running this high school tourney for years but it does not include any City schools which made sense years ago when Worcester schools were much larger and had much better teams.
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Post by gks on Jan 12, 2024 10:59:19 GMT -5
WPI generally draws more fans than Clark. The rematch at WPI will be higher, attendance wise. Clark has been running this high school tourney for years but it does not include any City schools which made sense years ago when Worcester schools were much larger and had much better teams. Reason city schools aren't allowed in the Clark Tournament isn't necessarily size, though there is a size restriction. When the tourney was started 80+ years ago only city schools were allowed/invited into state tournaments. Was set up by the towns as a post season option and they have held true to this throughout. Private schools not eligible either. |
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jan 12, 2024 11:05:09 GMT -5
That rationale no longer can be justified since MIAA now conducts a post season tournament which includes all schools in many divisions.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jan 12, 2024 11:54:32 GMT -5
Clark won 73-69. Exciting game. Quinten Prigden from Fitchburg plays for Clark; brother, cousin? I seem to remember him having a younger brother (that sometimes showed up to Joe's games, along with many others). Thinking Quinten is the brother. |
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jan 12, 2024 13:34:06 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Jan 12, 2024 15:07:25 GMT -5
Attendance: 325, there were a lot more in that gym when I saw a high school girls doubleheader there a couple days before the pandemic set in. Didn't exactly spark interest in the community (don't blame the kids, they are most likely on break). There is a high school tournament at Clark that is a pretty big deal around here. I wonder if that was what had a big crowd for a double header. Had to be something special to have a high school game on a college campus IIRC it was a MIAA tournament doubleheader, lower division games (which would be even lower now because there's one more division than there used to be). A friend of mine was the asst. coach at Northbridge. I remember it because the virus was all over the news at that point even though it was still a week before the shutdown. The gym was not banged out; but full enough that I had to think how to position myself so I wasn't close to people. |
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Post by Tom on Jan 12, 2024 15:17:34 GMT -5
That rationale no longer can be justified since MIAA now conducts a post season tournament which includes all schools in many divisions. I suppose if you've been running a tournament for the smaller public schools in Central MA for 80 years, you might want to keep the tradition going even if the teams are now eligible for a state wide tournament. Back when the state playoffs were broken down into regional districts, many schools took as much pride in winning a Clark title as they did in a district championship |
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Post by Tom on Jan 12, 2024 15:20:55 GMT -5
There is a high school tournament at Clark that is a pretty big deal around here. I wonder if that was what had a big crowd for a double header. Had to be something special to have a high school game on a college campus IIRC it was a MIAA tournament doubleheader, lower division games (which would be even lower now because there's one more division than there used to be). A friend of mine was the asst. coach at Northbridge. I remember it because the virus was all over the news at that point even though it was still a week before the shutdown. The gym was not banged out; but full enough that I had to think how to position myself so I wasn't close to people. Surprised the MIAA tournament would have a double header at Clark. Usually those games are held at the higher seed until you get to the final few. District semis and finals normally held at WPI, but MIAA did away with those |
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Post by timholycross on Jan 12, 2024 15:44:19 GMT -5
IIRC it was a MIAA tournament doubleheader, lower division games (which would be even lower now because there's one more division than there used to be). A friend of mine was the asst. coach at Northbridge. I remember it because the virus was all over the news at that point even though it was still a week before the shutdown. The gym was not banged out; but full enough that I had to think how to position myself so I wasn't close to people. Surprised the MIAA tournament would have a double header at Clark. Usually those games are held at the higher seed until you get to the final few. District semis and finals normally held at WPI, but MIAA did away with those At the time, this would have been Central Mass. semis; and you are correct that now it's all at acceptable* higher seed sites until the Final Four. Which, in my opinion, should be adjusted to the quarterfinals at least. *if a gym is not considered suitable, they move the game somewhat close to the higher seed school. |
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Post by Tom on Jan 12, 2024 16:39:19 GMT -5
Surprised the MIAA tournament would have a double header at Clark. Usually those games are held at the higher seed until you get to the final few. District semis and finals normally held at WPI, but MIAA did away with those At the time, this would have been Central Mass. semis; and you are correct that now it's all at acceptable* higher seed sites until the Final Four. Which, in my opinion, should be adjusted to the quarterfinals at least. *if a gym is not considered suitable, they move the game somewhat close to the higher seed school. I lose track of time. I thought it had been longer since the MIAA screwed things up and got rid of districts. I remember a D-I playoff game (not the semis), St John's vs ST Peter Marian where SPM was the home team. SPM (originally an all girl's school) had a tiny gym and that district quarterfinal was played at Clark |
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