JONES, COHASSET BOYS FINALLY STOP ABINGTONThough
Cohasset was on a torrid run - eight straight wins - to start the season, it had lost 26 in a row over the previous 13 years to South Shore League rival Abington.
The Skippers finally laid the latter streak to rest Friday night at home by beating Abington, 74-62, and improving to 9-0 for the 2010-11 season.
"It was 13 years of futility against a very, very good basketball-tradition town," Cohasset coach Bo Ruggiero told the Quincy Patriot-Ledger. "When you finally (end the drought), it's an historical win."
Robert Jones, a senior guard, led the Cohasset effort by scoring a game-high 30 points.
PERFORMANCES OF NOTE* Senior goalie
Derek McInnis made 33 saves and senior
Austin O'Connor scored game-winning goal at 4:11 of the third period as the No. 4 Hingham boys hockey team edged No. 1 Malden Catholic, 2-1, before a sellout crowd at Pilgrim Arena.
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Jake Layman of King Philip produced one of the state's top basketball outings of the season, recording 39 points, 18 rebounds and five blocked shots blocks in his team's 72-71 win against Canton.
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Shawn Brown became the second current Avon player to top the 1,000-point plateau for his career during a 76-69 win against West Bridgewater. Last season it was Saleek Marshall who surpassed 1,000 points. Brown scored 31 points in the West Bridgewater victory while Marshall added 20.
* Center
Tyrik Jackson had 14 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots, and forward
C.J. Dowdelll added 15 points and four blocks in a 78-52 win by Charlestown against Latin Academy.
Akosa Maduegbunam (17 points on 7 of 10 shooting) also excelled for the Townies (8-1).
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Chris Bush scored a game-high 21 points, had nine rebounds, two assists, a block and two steals to lead the Taconic boys basketball team to a 52-42 victory against Sabis at the Hoophall Classic at Springfield College.
* Somerville (7-1) was led by juniors
Johnson Thomas (26 points, 12 rebounds),
Billy Bonnett (22 points) and
Kevin Silva (13 points, 12 assists) in a 86-72 win over Medford in Greater Boston League play.
* North Middlesex moved to 7-1 overall behind 13 points and 20 rebounds from
Matt Foley in a 65-63 win over Shrewsbury in overtime.
* The Andover girls (11-0) continued to roll.
Nicole Boudreau had 26 points, seven assists and eight steals, and
Natalie Gomez-Martinez registered 20 points, eight assists and 11 steals in a 78-50 inter-state contest against Barrington, R.I.
* Sophomore guard
Jennifer Gemma produced her seventh consecutive double-double (17 points and 14 rebounds) and added six steals in Fontbonne's 46-28 triumph over North Middlesex.
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Nick Lund posted a triple-double for Rivers in Independent School League play as his 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocked shots led to a 53-40 win against Middlesex.
UPCOMING* The undefeated
New Bedford girls basketball team, No. 3 in the state in the
MaxPreps Freeman Rankings, should be tested this week as it faces Big Three opponents
Brockton and
Durfee (Fall River).
Jim Stout is the CBS MaxPreps Media Manager for the Eastern U.S. He may be reached at 845-367-2864 or at jim.stout@cbsinteractive.com.
