Darcey named CAC’S hockey Player of Year
Shawsheen Tech junior Chase Darcey has been named the Commonwealth Athletic Conference’s boys hockey Player of the Year.
Darcey tallied 29 goals and 12 assists for 41 points. He scored four shorthanded goals. Shawsheen Tech’s Chuck Baker was named the Coach of the Year.
Shawsheen and Essex Tech dominated the all-star team. Both teams went 8-1-1 and shared the league championship. Both placed seven players on the allstar squad.
Selected from Shawsheen were Darcey, Nick Calouro, Kevin Ackerley, Brady Darcey, Dylan Higson, Larry Cullity and Mike Cedrone.
Lowell Catholic was represented on the team by Vinny D’urso, Andrew Marcucci, James Cabral, James Kierce and Lucas Rego. Selected from Greater Lowell/nashoba Tech were Cal Norris, Evan Mosscrop and Cole Currier.
Girls hockey
BISHOP GUERTIN 3, OYSTER RIVER/ PORTSMOUTH 2 >> The Cardinals captured the NHIAA Division 1 state championship with a narrow win.
Jill Scanlon led the BG offense with two goals. Riley Goldthwaite had a goal, Jenna Lynch had two assists, while Tessa Wilkie and Jasmine Shattuck each had assists. Scarlett Casey had another solid game in net for the champions.
Playoff schedule
SUNDAY >> No. 5 Pelham (17-4) will face No. 2 Pembroke (18-2) for the NHIAA Division 2 boys basketball championship at 10 a.m. at the University of New Hampshire.
In a Division 1 Final Four girls hockey clash, No. 13 Billerica/ Chelmsford (11-11-1) will try and upset No. 1 St. Mary’s (24-1) at 11 a.m. at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.
MONDAY >> No. 6 Dracut (19-6) will face No. 2 Medfield (22-1) in a Division 2 girls basketball Final 4 meeting at 5 p.m. at Worcester State.
Littleton has advanced to the Division 4 girls basketball Final 4 and is awaiting its opponent.
Track
New England champion Ronnie Jones finished an outstanding indoor season with a 10thplace finish in the shot put at the New Balance Indoor National Championships. The Lowell High senior uncorked a best throw of 39 feet, 7.25 inches.
Littleton High’s boys relay team of Bona Bradshaw, Paul Neary, Evan Cherry and Tim Rank broke the school’s distance medley relay record by 11.5 seconds at the New Balance National Indoor Championships.
At the Nike Nationals at the Armory in New York, Grotondunstable’s
Georgia Brooks finished ninth in the Emerging Elite race. She covered two miles in 11:45.
College track
GIESING SHINES >> Graduate student Izzy Giesing (Bradford, Vt.) of the Umass Lowell women’s track and field program capped her indoor season on Friday night at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M.
Lining up for an incredibly competitive women’s 800-meter race, Giesing clocked a 2:06.72 time to finish 12th. Using her experience from last year’s trip to the NCAA Championships, Giesing ran a steady race to finish fifth in her heat.
“Izzy ran a smart race,” said UML head coach Gary Gardner. “The race itself went out fast, but it slowed down lap two. After that, Izzy put herself in a great position, but just didn’t close as a few others in her section.”
Giesing not only improved her performance from last year’s semifinal run, but she also earned Second Team All-american status for the second time, becoming the second-ever River Hawk to achieve the feat since elevating to Division I.
“The race didn’t go as planned, but I learned a lot,” said Giesing. “Overall though, I’m very happy to have had the opportunity to represent Lowell on the national stage. I’m very excited to see how outdoors will go.”
College baseball
RIVER HAWKS FALL >> Umass Lowell fell to the Saint Joseph’s Hawks, 7-1, in game two of the weekend series in Merion Station, Pa.
Sophomores Jacob Humphrey (Standish, Maine) and Brandon Fish (Londonderry, N.H.) led the team (2-11) with two hits each. Senior Ryan Proto (Centerville) had one RBI on one hit while junior Fritz Genther (Kingston, N.Y.) added one hit. Humphrey and Genther each added a stolen base in the loss.
Graduate student Matt Draper (Lowell) got the start and threw 5.0 innings with one strikeout and three earned runs. Draper falls to 1-2.