THE WAKEFIELD High girls’ basketball team beat Grafton 42-26 in a D2 first round matchup on Friday night at home. The 3rd-ranked Warriors will host No. 14 Whitman-Hanson tomorrow night at 6 p.m. (File Photo)
Girls’ hoop, boys’ hockey both advance
WAKEFIELD — It was a full weekend of state tournament action for Wakefield High’s winter sports teams.
The girls’ and boys’ basketball teams hosted a first round doubleheader on Friday night at the Charbonneau Field House. The 3rd-ranked girls’ team kicked things off with a 42-26 victory over No. 30 Grafton. Senior captain Emma Shinney led the way with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
The 8th-ranked boys’ basketball team followed that game up with an epic battle against a talented No. 25 Leominster team. After an even game that ended tied at 58-58, the Warriors ended up dropping a heartbreaker, 71-70 in overtime. Senior captains Mike Wilkinson (36 pts) and Ethan Margolis (21 pts) led the way for Wakefield.
Full stories of both basketball games will appear this week.
THE WAKEFIELD High boys’ hockey team, ranked 10th in Div. 2, beat No. 7 Algonquin 3-2 on Saturday night at Northstar Arena in Westborough. The Warriors will travel to The Bog in Kingston on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. to play No. 2 Duxbury in a quarterfinal matchup. (File Photo)
The 10th-ranked Warrior boys’ hockey team built off their 2-1 OT win over No. 23 Plymouth North on Thursday with another thrilling win, this time 3-2 over No. 7 Algonquin in the Round of 16 on Saturday night at Northstar Arena in Westborough. Wakefield’s three senior captains, Joe Colliton, Bobby DeFeo and Matt Elwell each scored a goal while senior Dom DeAngelis got the win in net. A full story will appear later this week.
The boys’ hockey team (13-7-2) will travel to The Bog in Kingston on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. to meet No. 2 Duxbury (17-5-2) in the Div. 2 quarterfinals. The Dragons beat No. 31 Dartmouth 11-0 in round one and No. 15 Boston Latin 7-0 in the second round. The Dragons are the new favorites to win the tournament after No. 1 Tewksbury was upset 5-2 by No. 17 Norwood yesterday.
The winner of Wakefield-Duxbury will go to the state semifinals where they will play the winner of No. 3 Canton (19-4) vs. No. 6 Newburyport (11-9-3).
THE WARRIOR boys’ basketball team lost a 71-70 heartbreaker in overtime on Friday night in a Div. 2 state tournament first round matchup against Leominster. (Brian Cusack Photo)
The Wakefield girls’ basketball team (19-2) will host No. 14 Whitman-Hanson (14-7) tomorrow night at 6 p.m. Whitman-Hanson beat No. 19 Leominster 52-46 in round one.
If the Warriors win, they would host one more state tournament game, this time in the quarterfinals against the winner of No. 6 Dracut (17-6) vs. No. 11 Nashoba Regional (17-3).
