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Over the weekend the Seahawks Mite B Team we held their breakup bash.
The parents honored coaches Guard, Dole and Richardson with a $400.00
donation to the Cure for Cole in their names as "Coaches Care For
Cole."
Nothing more need be said!
The Write Stuff!
Norwell students take honors in sports writing contest.
Will McDonough may be gone, but his spirit is alive and well.
On Sunday, 18 students, including two from Norwell, took home awards in the
2006 Will McDonough Writing Contest sponsored by the Boston Globe. There
were over 4,000 entries submitted.
Officials from the Sports Museum and TD Banknorth Garden, who presented
and
judged the annual contest, handed out specialized plaques along with $100
savings bonds to two students from each grade level 4-12, and treated them
to a day at the Garden that included a lunch hosted by McDonough's son,
Sean, and complimentary seats for the day's Boston Celtics game against the
New York Knicks.
Seventh-grader Dylan Cleary of Norwell Middle School, received honor
for
his essay about their favorite sports figures.
Cleary, an avid hockey fan, said his piece highlighted the career of former
professional hockey goalie Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante.
Though by no stretch of the imagination the greatest goalie of all time,
his contributions to the way the position is played and understood today
are second to none. Plante is widely credited as the first goalie to skate
behind the net to retrieve the puck, and the first to regularly indicate
"icing" calls to his teammates.
Plante, who played most of his career with the Montreal Canadiens,
is
also credited with making popular the use of the goalie mask. In 1959,
Plante took a slapshot from New York Rangers center Andy Bathgate. He
received several stitches, and returned to the ice wearing a mask. Though
his coach, Tom Blake, was furious about his new headgear, Plante and the
Canadiens went on an 18-game winning streak. The streak was snapped when
Blake ordered Plante to play without the mask. The next night, Plante was
allowed to wear the mask again. In subsequent years, Plante began designing
his own mask, and taking requests for masks from other goalies in the
league.
Himself a goaltender with the South Shore Seahawks youth hockey team,
Cleary said reading about Plante's style of play has had a dramatic effect
on how he approaches the game.
I think its one of the toughest positions, because you're the last line of
defense for your team," Cleary said. "What I learned from reading about
Plante is that your style of play has to be very efficient."
The Boston Globe and the Sports Museum at TD Banknorth Garden began presenting Will McDonough Writing Contest following the famed sports writer's passing in 2003. McDonough, widely accepted as one of the finest and most accurate sports journalists in history, is commonly remembered as a driving force behind the legitimization of the American Football League, of which the New England Patriots (then the Boston Patriots) were a member, and it's eventual merge into the National Football League.
Seahawks Roll in the Vineyard!
A choppy and nauseating ferry ride from Woods Hole to Martha’s Vineyard couldn’t keep the Mite C5 team from overtaking the Island and putting their best performance of the year together to win the RED KENNEDY MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT. After the tough Friday travel the weekend become calm and sunny and so did the teams play. In the 6 team tournament there were three Seahawk teams, two Martha’s Vineyard teams and one team from Central Mass. In the end the Seahawks teams finished
1,2, and 3. The Seahawks Mites C5 concluded the tourney by winning in the finals 5-3 in front of an all Seahawk crowd. It was a fun-filled weekend for both parents and kids enjoying the warm weekend at the hotel and taking care of business on the ice. The “Sea of Grey” stormed the Island and brought back the hardware to maintain a winning tradition at this yearly tournament. The Mites C5 special players are….
Lilly Cleary
Brian Coughlan
Frannie Donovan
Patrick Hennessey
Samantha Johnson
Madeleine Mahoney
Matthew Mahoney
Oriana McDonough
Jack McDonough
Darby Melia
Corey Murray
David Murray
Amanda Oar
Aidan Sheehan
Andrew Zilonis
Former Seahawks Win State Titles!
B.C. High Beats Catholic Memorial for the Division 1A Championship!
Former Seahawks John Heffernan, Bobby Stenbeck and Luke Heller...
Congratulations!
In the Division 1 Championship Game Marshfield, a
first year Division 1 Team, defeated St. Johns Prep.
Former Seahawks Connor Toomey, Brendan Toomey, Graig Nichols
and Mike Kerrigan ...
Congratulations!
Both games were played at the Boston Garden on March 19, 2006.
Seahawks Mite C-1 Win
2006 Yankee Conference
Jamboree Tournament
The Mite C-1 team won the Yankee Conference Jamboree on February 23, 2006 at Pilgrim Arena defeating Hingham 4-2 for The Cup. The Seahawks went undefeated in the tournament, going 4-0, scoring 16 goals and allowing just 11 goals.
A great effort by all the players; Madeline Mahoney, Katie Joseph, Justin Dunham, Liam Connolly, Christian Pellegrino, Joe Pellegrino, Cormac Perry, Jack Nisbet, Fran Donovan, Peter Kendall, Jack Baron, Oriana McDonough, Cori Murray, Neil MacPherson, Matthew Maloney,and Matthew Mahoney. Great Goaltending from Danny Santiano and Tommy Wallace.
A great effort by a great team! Congratulations to the Mite C-1 team.
Squirt A's Win
Congressional Cup!
The Squirt A team won the Congressional Cup on February 20, 2006 in Washington DC beating Team Pepsi 5-1 for The Cup. The Seahawks went undefeated in the tournament, going 5-0, scoring 20 goals and allowing just 6 goals. Matt Gentile was "Monumental" in net and was awarded the tournament MVP trophy. The 2 lines of forwards (Billy Doyle, Mike Oar, Johnny Stillman, Geoffrey Stillman, Aidan Roach, and Jon Spitz (Bobby's Cousin) played great pressuring opponents in the offensive zone. The 2 lines of defense (Cam Mitchell, Colm Sheehan, Bobby Spitz, and Cam Troup (friend of Cam Mitchell) were very strong in the defensive zone all weekend. All of the families were in agreement, Washington DC is a great place for a family hockey tournament. Congratulations to the Squirt A team, a great "Team" effort!
Seahawks Squirt C2
Jimmy Smith Memorial
Champions!
Martha's Vineyard
Although they had the second best record after the round robin phase of the tournament, the Seahawks C2 squirts were able to squeak out a 5-4 victory against the Seahawks Squirts C1 team in the championship game. During the round robin phase the C2 squad bested two Martha's Vineyard teams and lost a hotly contested game, 6-4, to the Seahawks C1 team. This set the stage for the Sunday morning championship game pitting Seahawk against Seahawk.
With a blizzard raging outside, some hard fought hockey raged inside the Martha's Vineyard Arena. The C2 team climbed back from an early 2-0 deficit with the lead changing 4 times in the third period. Goalie PJ Kent made some key saves for the C2 team which kept his team within striking distance. The game was finally decided with 26 seconds left in the game as John Poirier scored during a scramble in front of the C1 net.
Overall it was a great weekend of hockey and camaraderie for all of the players and parents.
Picture: First row (l to r) Matthew Way, Willie McDonald, Jack Duffey, Shane Granigan, PJ Kent, Nick Cook and Christian Brady. Second row (l to r) Joe Thongpaitoon, George Williams, Eric Donovan, Jake Mahoney and Mike Sunnerberg. Not pictured - John Poirier, Lindsay Curran and Michael Burt.
Pee Wee A's
Headed for the State Tournament
The Pee Wee A team defeated The Taunton Brewins 2-0 in the District 4 Regional finals on Martin Luther King Day to advance to the Massachusetts State Tournament.
The Pee Wee's advanced by beating 3 worthy opponents, Coastal Stars 4-1, Plymouth 3-2 and the Brewins during the previous 3 months of preliminary play.
The team led by goalie Dylan Cleary, Forwards Brendan Byrnes, Matt Farrell, Christian Crays, Ryan Brown, Cabot Noyce, Alex Way, Henry Russell, Mitch Warren and Brendan Norton, Defenseman Jack O'Donoghue, Cam Rosata, Brendan O'Neil, Drew Himberg, Tyler Tocchio and Andrew Mitchell and coaches Brad Warren, Kevin Cleary, Bob Rosata and Jack O'Neil.
The Pee Wee A's will now take on the best that Massachusetts has to offer during the Weekend of March 17th-19th In Chelmsford, Ma.
Go Seahawks!
BANTAM B'S TAKE THE GOLD
IN CANADA CUP TOURNAMENT
On January 15th 2006 the Bantam B's won the Gold Medal in Montreal by defeating the Burlington ,VT Bobcats 2-1. The winning goal was scored by Alex Clement with 47 seconds left after Burlington had tied the game with a little over two minutes left in the game. The championship stage was set the night before when the two teams tied 3-3. In that game the Team recovered from and early 2-0 deficit and Tom Kirwan scored the tying goal with only 35 seconds left in the game!
There were many stars during the tournament and Alex Clement, Kevin Cox, James Vafiades and John Flaherty earned game MVP honors while posting the 3-0-1 record. Sean Paradise was named by the tournament officials as the Tournament MVP. The Team's other wins came against the Rutland VT Raptors and Toronto Flames.
The Team was successful through a combination of outstanding defense and goaltending combined with timely scoring. In a photo finish, the team of Tom Kirwan and Harold Gerbis came in second out of eight teams during the skills competition team relay.
The players attending were Kevin Cox, Will Delorey, Alex Clement, Karl Heine, John Flaherty, Harold Gerbis, Brendan Kennedy, Tom Kirwan, Cory Margolis, Conor McMahon, Sean Paradise, Francis Sheehan, Trevor Sheehan and James Vafiades.
Coaches Paradise, Cox and Gerbis and all the parents couldn't have asked for any better effort from the Team! Great Job!
Congratulations
2005 - 2006 Squirt B's!
2005 - 2006 Knight of Columbus
Xmas Tourny Champs!
On a goal by Matt Murray with 34 seconds left in the Championship game, the South Shore Seahawks Squirt Bs beat a determined Weymouth squad 4 – 3 to become the Champions of the Knights of Columbus Christmas Tournament at the Quincy Youth Arena. Significant contributions from all 16 team members allowed the Seahawks to win five games in route to the Championship. The players were motivated to play their best hockey of the year by the great support received from Parents, Grandparents and many other friends and family members throughout the week long tournament.
