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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Feb 12, 2024 6:33:27 GMT -5
My undefeated alma mater, supra, is poised to repeat as MA Div. 1 Boy's basketball champs On Friday, they defeated St, John's of Shrewsbury 100-47!
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 12, 2024 13:11:11 GMT -5
Did they win states last year?
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Post by Tom on Feb 12, 2024 13:56:53 GMT -5
Did they win states last year? Yes. Only the 4th time I am aware of that the state D-I champ came out of central MA. Also the first and only public high school D-I champ from central MA |
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Post by timholycross on Feb 12, 2024 18:17:22 GMT -5
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Feb 12, 2024 21:29:04 GMT -5
Two of North's best players from last year (not seniors) are now attending prep schools and they're still beating everyone by 15+.
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 13, 2024 13:31:36 GMT -5
My undefeated alma mater, supra, is poised to repeat as MA Div. 1 Boy's basketball champs On Friday, they defeated St, John's of Shrewsbury 100-47! What year did you graduate? Beat St Johns 100-47. Take that St Johns! Catholic Memorial and North 1 and 2. |
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Post by Wormtown Railers Fan on Feb 13, 2024 14:01:24 GMT -5
Not sure if it’s true but the city has allowed North to take in all the best basketball talent across the city, even if they fall within the Doherty, South or Burncoat districts. If that is the case, North will be dominant for years to come.
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Post by Tom on Feb 13, 2024 15:06:42 GMT -5
Not sure if it’s true but the city has allowed North to take in all the best basketball talent across the city, even if they fall within the Doherty, South or Burncoat districts. If that is the case, North will be dominant for years to come. The city is not as geographic as it used to be. Certain high schools have core strengths and you get yourself across the city if that's what you're looking for. For example, if you want a focus on music/theater you would go to Burncoat no matter where you live |
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Post by gks on Feb 13, 2024 16:25:00 GMT -5
Not sure if it’s true but the city has allowed North to take in all the best basketball talent across the city, even if they fall within the Doherty, South or Burncoat districts. If that is the case, North will be dominant for years to come. The city is not as geographic as it used to be. Certain high schools have core strengths and you get yourself across the city if that's what you're looking for. For example, if you want a focus on music/theater you would go to Burncoat no matter where you live Always easy for a player to find an 'aunt' or other relative living in a certain school's quadrant.... |
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Post by timholycross on Feb 13, 2024 17:52:09 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 13, 2024 18:59:13 GMT -5
Not sure if it’s true but the city has allowed North to take in all the best basketball talent across the city, even if they fall within the Doherty, South or Burncoat districts. If that is the case, North will be dominant for years to come. The city is not as geographic as it used to be. Certain high schools have core strengths and you get yourself across the city if that's what you're looking for. For example, if you want a focus on music/theater you would go to Burncoat no matter where you live Great strategy to leverage all the resources the school system can offer, but not necessarily all at every school. The city is down to one Diocesan HS which hopefully can offer some specialty programs but not as many as the WPS. |
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Feb 14, 2024 6:54:33 GMT -5
My undefeated alma mater, supra, is poised to repeat as MA Div. 1 Boy's basketball champs On Friday, they defeated St, John's of Shrewsbury 100-47! What year did you graduate? Beat St Johns 100-47. Take that St Johns! Catholic Memorial and North 1 and 2. 1964. Regarding transfers; last year, one player, Tahlan Pettway, the coaches nephew, received a waiver so he could transfer from Burncoat to North, but I'm not aware of any other transfers on this year's team. Pettway, by the way, was the star last year, but left North to attend a prep school. |
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Mar 9, 2024 8:19:33 GMT -5
Some people are saying that this Worcester North boy's basketball team may be the best ever in MA. Showing that this may not be an overstatement, North demolished Lowell last night in the State quarterfinals, 98-52! Next up is Xaverian Brothers. The Perrys' Catholic Memorial team has also reached the final four.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 10, 2024 8:50:07 GMT -5
Someone on Arbiterlive already jumped the gun and put in Worcester North vs Catholic Memorial for the championship! As you mentioned, each school still has to win one more game for that to happen.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Mar 10, 2024 12:50:27 GMT -5
Five Worcester area teams are in the State semifinals; Worcester North and South, Wachusett, West Boylston and Millbury. North (boys) and Wachusett (girls) in Div. 1. South (girls) in Div. 2. This has never happened before.
Catholic Memorial will face Franklin in the semis. They defeated B.C. High. North Semi is at UMass Boston on Wednesday.
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Post by gks on Mar 10, 2024 18:56:59 GMT -5
Five Worcester area teams are in the State semifinals; Worcester North and South, Wachusett, West Boylston and Millbury. North (boys) and Wachusett (girls) in Div. 1. South (girls) in Div. 2. This has never happened before. Catholic Memorial will face Franklin in the semis. They defeated B.C. High. North Semi is at UMass Boston on Wednesday. Definitely some good high school ball being played in the Worcester area. North should repeat as champs Wachusett girls are always a wago with the potential to be undefeated state champs Millbury boys have IMO one of the best coaches in the state in Jimmy Donnelly. Best of luck to all. |
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Post by Tom on Mar 11, 2024 8:25:06 GMT -5
Five Worcester area teams are in the State semifinals; Worcester North and South, Wachusett, West Boylston and Millbury. North (boys) and Wachusett (girls) in Div. 1. South (girls) in Div. 2. This has never happened before. Catholic Memorial will face Franklin in the semis. They defeated B.C. High. North Semi is at UMass Boston on Wednesday. Actually. it used to happen all the time. For years, the state was divided into four regional districts, and the winners of each district made up the semi finals. The state changed to an all state play-off format a few years ago, making this kind of central MA less likely. Under the old system, the best two teams in football and basketball usually came out of the northeast or southeast (sometimes the same district). While the best team was named state champion, the state final rarely matched the two best teams. The new system makes the final a better game, but makes things worse for all the preliminary rounds |
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Post by timholycross on Mar 11, 2024 9:45:34 GMT -5
Five Worcester area teams are in the State semifinals; Worcester North and South, Wachusett, West Boylston and Millbury. North (boys) and Wachusett (girls) in Div. 1. South (girls) in Div. 2. This has never happened before. Catholic Memorial will face Franklin in the semis. They defeated B.C. High. North Semi is at UMass Boston on Wednesday. Actually. it used to happen all the time. For years, the state was divided into four regional districts, and the winners of each district made up the semi finals. The state changed to an all state play-off format a few years ago, making this kind of central MA less likely. Under the old system, the best two teams in football and basketball usually came out of the northeast or southeast (sometimes the same district). While the best team was named state champion, the state final rarely matched the two best teams. The new system makes the final a better game, but makes things worse for all the preliminary rounds The seeding formula they are using now gets much better Final Fours- For example, this year, the ten Final Fours have 30 out of 40 teams seeded 1-4 and only one seed lower than 7. My only criticism of the current setup is I'd like to see the neutral courts come into play a round sooner. |
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Post by Tom on Mar 11, 2024 10:35:57 GMT -5
Actually. it used to happen all the time. For years, the state was divided into four regional districts, and the winners of each district made up the semi finals. The state changed to an all state play-off format a few years ago, making this kind of central MA less likely. Under the old system, the best two teams in football and basketball usually came out of the northeast or southeast (sometimes the same district). While the best team was named state champion, the state final rarely matched the two best teams. The new system makes the final a better game, but makes things worse for all the preliminary rounds The seeding formula they are using now gets much better Final Fours- For example, this year, the ten Final Fours have 30 out of 40 teams seeded 1-4 and only one seed lower than 7. My only criticism of the current setup is I'd like to see the neutral courts come into play a round sooner. Old system was better for students and fans. Less travel. Never had to travel too far in any preliminary round and never more than an hour or so for the state semi's. If you're in Pittsfield you could be heading to Dennis-Yarmouth for the round of 16 and then off to Gloucester for the quarterfinals. Especially tough since half the rounds are mid week. The round of 16 and state quarters (formerly district semi's and finals) for hoops was always a great catch at WPI no matter who the schools were - and none of the schools were more than 40 minutes or so away which helped swell crowds |
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Post by timholycross on Mar 12, 2024 22:06:16 GMT -5
The seeding formula they are using now gets much better Final Fours- For example, this year, the ten Final Fours have 30 out of 40 teams seeded 1-4 and only one seed lower than 7. My only criticism of the current setup is I'd like to see the neutral courts come into play a round sooner. Old system was better for students and fans. Less travel. Never had to travel too far in any preliminary round and never more than an hour or so for the state semi's. If you're in Pittsfield you could be heading to Dennis-Yarmouth for the round of 16 and then off to Gloucester for the quarterfinals. Especially tough since half the rounds are mid week. The round of 16 and state quarters (formerly district semi's and finals) for hoops was always a great catch at WPI no matter who the schools were - and none of the schools were more than 40 minutes or so away which helped swell crowds I did like when the MIAA figured out that 495 was a crappy dividing line and moved a bunch of schools to the Central (and some Centrals to the West) and evened things out. |
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Post by timholycross on Mar 12, 2024 22:10:06 GMT -5
Someone on Arbiterlive already jumped the gun and put in Worcester North vs Catholic Memorial for the championship! As you mentioned, each school still has to win one more game for that to happen. BUMP- Someone forgot to tell Franklin they lost the semis. Sent CM home rather convincingly. Hopefully North will not meet the same fate, IMHO losing to Xaverian would be a huge upset. |
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Mar 13, 2024 6:13:14 GMT -5
Worcester South girls (Div. 2) defeat Northampton and Wachusett girls (Div. 1) defeat Springfield Central to advance to state final (Wachusett will face Bishop Feehan, Lauren's high school, in the final, previously defeating them by 31).
West Boylston girls also advance to Div.4 finals. Fantastic year for Central Mass teams. Worcester North and Wachusett will both be heavy favorites to sweep Div. 1 titles.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 13, 2024 18:57:03 GMT -5
Going to OT in the North game.
North pulls away in the extra session. Were 1.2 seconds from losing, ran a nice oob play, drew a 2 shot foul and the kid nailed them.
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 17, 2024 20:42:22 GMT -5
Back to Back! We are the Polar Bears. The North High Polar Bears. Everywhere we go. People want to know. Who we are? So we tell them. We are the Polar Bears. The North High Polar Bears! Attachments:
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Mar 17, 2024 20:57:27 GMT -5
North High '64 here; 60th reunion in October and will raise a glass to this team.
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