(Tewksbury MA) Everyone had a beef with the referees.
Pentucket coach John McNamara, coaching against the school he graduated from,... Read More
Pentucket Overwhelms Newburyport to Clinch Kinney Division
Feb 9, 2020 | Girls Basketball
Peter McClelland
(West Newbury MA) It doesn’t happen every game but when it does…..watch out!
Pentucket was excellent on both ends of the court and that... Read More
Pentucket Holds Off Wilmington
Mar 5, 2020 | Girls Basketball
Peter McClelland
(Lawrence MA) Free throws.
Pentucket (22-2) made enough of them (13) in the second half to survive, 45-37, on Wednesday night against comebacking Wilmington.
The D2 North semi-finals win puts the Sachems into the finals on Saturday (2PM) against North Reading at the Tsongas Arena.
The Wildcats could well have been considered overmatched after falling behind by nineteen (28-9) in the first half.
You score one point (!) in a period and you can leave that sort of... Read More
Medfield Snaps Pentucket's 17-Game Win Streak
Feb 18, 2020 | Girls Basketball
Peter McClelland
(Lynn MA) “Beating Pentucket, I’m pretty excited about that,” said Medfield coach Mark Nickerson afterwards.
And who could blame him.
Pentucket, now 20-2, is the defending D2 state champs.
They had won seventeen straight games.
But the Warriors (17-2) held off the Sachems, 47-42, on Monday night to win the Division 2 Spartan Classic and end a long (17-games) Pentucket win streak.
This was a one-possession game (44-42) with thirty seconds left and Pentucket... Read More
Pentucket Holds Off Masco
Feb 15, 2020 | Girls Basketball
Peter McClelland
(West Newbury MA) Masco led by nine after one period.
Pentucket led by one at the half.
Masco led by seven after three periods.
Pentucket led by two at the end (44-42).
Back and forth it went all night long.
There were eleven lead changes with at least two in each quarter.
It was anyone’s game right down to the last shot by Mak Graves (16 points).
The Sachems (19-1) played with fire in the last eleven seconds and didn’t get... Read More
Hurley Hits Game Winner for Sachems
Feb 11, 2020 | Girls Basketball
Peter McClelland
(Tewksbury MA) Everyone had a beef with the referees.
Pentucket coach John McNamara, coaching against the school he graduated from, questioned many calls.
Tewksbury coach Mark Bradley couldn’t believe Alli Wild’s go-ahead free throw was negated by a lane violation with 8 seconds left.
And me? In comes Angelica Hurley for the buzzer-beating winner and the referee intrudes into the special shot.
Angelica’s last-second shot was indeed the game winner as Pentucket... Read More
Pentucket Overwhelms Newburyport to Clinch Kinney Division
Feb 9, 2020 | Girls Basketball
Peter McClelland
(West Newbury MA) It doesn’t happen every game but when it does…..watch out!
Pentucket was excellent on both ends of the court and that put Newburyport on the wrong end of a 58-24 score on Friday night.
Combined with a Masconomet loss, the Sachems (17-1) clinched their sixth straight Cape Ann League Kinney Division title.
“Our girls came out with a ton of energy and played great defense,” said Pentucket coach John McNamara afterwards.
