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2018 MIAA Softball State Championship

6/24/2018

 

Taunton Softball 2018 MIAA State Champions with a 13-2 Win over Wachusett.


​Tigers End Long Wait, Bring Home State Championship

WORCESTER, Mass. – In the bottom of the fourth inning, Wachusett started to hit the ball hard, scoring a run on back-to-back doubles and cutting into the Taunton lead. Although the Tigers still led by three runs, momentum appeared to be shifting to the Central champs and Taunton went to the plate looking for an instant response to take back control.

With one run home, the Tigers had the bases loaded with two outs and up stepped junior Alexa White. Wachusett starter Courtney Lanpher got two strikes on Taunton’s second baseman, but then White turned on a pitch, lifting it to deep left. The Taunton bench was almost holding its breath watching the ball sail towards the fence and almost exploded when the ball cleared it.


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White’s grand slam broke Saturday night’s Div. 1 state championship game wide open, lifting Taunton (26-2) to a convincing 13-2 win over the Mountaineers and ending an 11-year wait for the program’s fifth state title...................................
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​Taunton Seniors Cap Career With State Title

WORCESTER, Mass. – Quiet, inspirational, and crazy — the perfect combination.

That’s how Taunton head coach Dave Lewry described each of his three senior leaders — Liana Duarte, Kya Enos, and Mackenzie Handrahan.
All three of those Tigers played a vital role this season, and unsurprisingly, were a big part of Taunton winning the D1 State Championship with a 13-2 decision over previously unbeaten Wachusett.


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“They are the nucleus of the team,” Lewry said. “What a great combination of seniors. I never had to use the word ‘senioritis’ this season. Usually, we have to talk about it with them being out of school at the end of the season. But we never had to mention it all year and that’s a tremendous credit to those three...............................

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Results Tues. June 19th, 2018

6/20/2018

 

Softball D1 State Semi-Final

LOWELL, Mass. – It is a long trip from Taunton up to Martin Field in Lowell through late afternoon traffic, but the Tigers apparently arrived on their coach bus ready to go for Tuesday night’s state semifinal.
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Taunton scored six runs in the opening two innings, Kelsey White had a perfect game into the fifth and allowed only five hits, and the Tigers ended an 11-year wait to get back to the state championship game with a 6-1 win over North champion Newton North.

“It doesn’t even feel real,” said junior Jaime Brown, a four-year starter for the Tigers, about having the chance to play for a state championship. “We’ve worked so hard and it’s just falling at our feet. It’s crazy, but it just feels so good.”
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White was masterful in the circle again for Taunton. Just a freshman, experiencing the postseason stage for the first time, White has not been awed by the moment and she retired the first 12 batters that she faced on Tuesday before Mia Bueno singled to lead-off the fifth....................................................

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MassBHSVB All Star Team

6/18/2018

 

2nd Team All-State:
MH 1: Taunton – Lens Esquil - Senior
Coach: Toby Chaperon - Taunton


2018 MassBHSVB District All-Star Teams:
OH 2: Taunton – Lance Law - Senior
​MH 2: Taunton – Lens Esquil - Senior
Coach: Toby Chaperon

2018 MassBHSVB District All-Star Honorable Mentions:
Collin Hunter - Taunton - Senior - Opposite

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2018 Hockomock League - Spring All Stars

6/18/2018

 

Boys Tennis

Hockomock All Stars
Francois Hennaux, Taunton

Honorable Mention
Brett Beaulieu, Taunton


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Baseball

Hockomock All Stars
​Tyler DaSilva Medeiros, Taunton
Jack Moynihan, Taunton

Honorable Mention
​Josh Lajoie, Taunton

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Boys Outdoor Track

Hockomock All Stars
Jadin Bruneau, Taunton
Jacob DeAndrade, Taunton
Jahmeir Lewis, Taunton
Joe Manchester, Taunton
Owen O’Gara, Taunton

Honorable Mentions
Colin Quinlan, Taunton

Girls Lacrosse

Hockomock All Stars
Alana Tavares, Taunton
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​Honorable Mentions
Lorna Li, Taunton

Boys Lacrosse

​Honorable Mentions
​​Dylan Nichols, Taunton

Girls Tennis

Hockomock All Stars
Jillian Pagliuca, Taunton

Honorable Mention
Amanda Pugh, Taunton

Brianna Fevrier, Taunton

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Softball

Hockomock Co-MVP
Kya Enos, Taunton

Hockomock All Stars

​Jaime Brown, Taunton
Kya Enos, Taunton
MacKenzie Handrahan, Taunton
Kelsey White, Taunton
Hannah Aldrich, Taunton
Liana Duarte, Taunton

Honorable Mention
McKenzie McAloon, Taunton

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Girls Outdoor Track

Hockomock All Stars
Olivia Dias, Taunton
Victoria Gravel, Taunton
Samantha Tichelaar, Taunton

Honorable Mentions
​​Nia Mainer-Smith, Taunton

Results Fri. June 15th, 2018

6/18/2018

 

Softball- D1 South Champions

TAUNTON, Mass. –
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Taunton put together a rally to try and regain the lead against 
King Philip (21-4) in Friday night’s Div. 1 South final at Jack Tripp Field. The first two batters reached and moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt. An intentional walk loaded the bases for No. 9 hitter Rylie Murphy.

The sophomore made her first start of the playoffs, after playing a handful of games and getting fewer than 20 at-bats on varsity in the regular season, and was now up in the biggest moment of the spring against the team’s biggest rival. Taunton coach Dave Lewry admitted that adding Murphy to the lineup was a “hunch.”
It was a hunch that paid off with a South title.....................................................................
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Results Thurs. June 14th, 2018

6/15/2018

 

Boys Volleyball

NEWTON, Mass. – Taunton may have been the top seed heading into Thursday night’s South final at Newton South, the undefeated team having its best season in program history, but the Tigers were squaring off with Needham, a perennial power that had won the past three sectional titles and was only two years removed from winning a state championship.

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The Tigers (20-1) had the energy and the excitement of a program on the rise, but it turned out that the experience of having played, and won, on this stage many times before was too much to overcome. Needham won its fourth straight South crown with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-11) sweep, although the match was closer than the final score indicated.
In the second set, Taunton led 18-15 and seemed to be on the verge of getting back into the match........
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Results Wedn. June 13th, 2018

6/14/2018

 

Softball

TAUNTON, Mass.-
​The No. 2 seed Taunton Tigers took an early lead against Bishop Feehan Wednesday night at Jack Tripp Field and didn’t look back as they beat the visiting No. 4 seed Shamrocks 9-1 to advance to the Div. 1 South final.

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“It feels great,” said Taunton coach Dave Lewry. “It’s been a while since we’ve been [to the South final] and we’re just taking it one game at a time. We treat every game as if it’s the championship.”

On the mound, Taunton freshman starter Kelsey White put up a strong performance, surrendering just one run and six hits, while striking out two in a complete game win. ........
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Results Tues. June 12th, 2018

6/13/2018

 

Boys Volleyball

#1 Taunton, 3 vs. #5 Newton South, 0 – Final
TAUNTON — Two down, one to go.
The journey for a state championship continued for No. 1 seed Taunton High on Tuesday as the Tigers rolled past fifth seed Newton South in three games — 25-23, 25-19 and 25-20 — in a Division I South semifinal contest inside the Rabouin field house on the campus of Taunton High School.
With the victory, Taunton will take on the three-time South champion and No. 2 seed Needham on Thursday at Newton South High School, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
“It feels good right now,” said Lens Esquil, who finished with nine kill shots, eight digs and three blocked shots. “We’ve been waiting all week to play. It was finally here and we were excited to play today. We had the city come out and support us. We wanted to put on a show for them.”
It is the first time in school history the Tigers (20-0) will play for the South title................
Full Article from Taunton Gazette

Results Mon. June 11th, 2018

6/12/2018

 
TAUNTON, Mass. – Dartmouth twice had the lead in Monday night’s Div. 1 South quarterfinal at Jack Tripp Field, but twice Taunton was able to erase the lead with one swing of the bat. Senior Kya Enos and freshman Hanna Aldrichboth hit solo shots that brought the Tigers back after falling behind.

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With the momentum back on its side, Taunton put together a five-run rally in the fifth, all with two outs, to take control of the game. The Tigers would roll to a 9-2 victory that books their first appearance in the South semifinal since 2015.
“Finally,” said Taunton coach Dave Lewry about the offensive explosion. “We haven’t been hitting the ball the last two, three weeks like we did earlier in the year. It was good to see us start to string hits together as a team. We needed to do that.”
The Tigers had a scoring opportunity in the bottom of the first and a chance to get the early lead. A walk to Jaime Brown and a bunt single by Liana Duarte (3-for-4), who beat the throw, put two on for Enos, but she was unable to make contact against Dartmouth starter Sophia Sousa. An infield hit for Mackenzie Handrahan (3-for-4) loaded the bases, but Sousa got a pop up and a grounder to escape................ Click link below for full article on HockomockSports.com
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Results Sat. June 9th, 2018

6/11/2018

 

Softball

#2 Taunton, 3 vs. #15 North Quincy, 0 – Final – Freshman Kelsey White continued to dominate in the circle for the Tigers, allowing just one base runner (a two-out single in the fifth) while striking out 11 batters to lead Taunton to a shutout win over North Quincy. The Tigers scored single runs in the second, third, and fifth innings. In the second, Hanna Aldrich had a leadoff double, moved to third on a single from White, and scored on an overthrow at home. Jaime Brown led off the third with a single, moved to third on a bunt hit from Liana Duarte and scored on a suicide squeeze from Mackenzie Handrahan. Taunton cashed in with another suicide in the fifth with Duarte laying down the bunt and sophomore Abbie McDonough (single) scoring.
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