Signups for the Winter Recreation Basketball Leagues will be held on Thursday, September 27, 2007. Registration will begin at 5:00 p.m. at the Council on Aging Building at 5 Broad Street, and will end at 8:00 p.m.
The cost of the League is $25.00 per person.
There are Boys and Girls Leagues for ages 9-15
For Further Information Contact:
Matt Condon
PHONE: 978-744-4147
Email: salemyouthbasketball@yahoo.com
College Girls
#2 (6-2) North Carolina-16 vs #1 (6-2) Boston College-10
The top two seeds squared off in the finals with North Carolina coming out on top. Alexandria Bozarjian scored 10 pts, with 5 rebs and 1 stl to pace the Heels. Ashley Espinal, 4 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls was the main force on offfense and defense for the Eagles. Alexa Gilbert added 4 pts for the champions.
College Boys
#1 (8-1) UCLA-32 vs #3 (5-4) Georgetown-29
Bruins stay on top all season. UCLA beat Georgetown on the strength of Marvin Baez who amassed 26 pts, 16 rebs, 4 stls, 2 blks and 2 assts. Jonathon Swasey, 8pts 1 asst, led the Hoyas for most of the game with the help of Jarrod Louf, 4 pts 6rebs, inside and Austin Shea, 4 pts, from the wing. Nick Lathan, Kevin Ngyuen and Brandon Zicky were the other scorers for the Bruins with 2 pts each. Despite feeling under the weather and sitting out most of the game, Nick Salamida, played well scoring 11 pts and grabbing 6 rebs with a steal in the last five minutes including a clutch 3 pointer that brought the Hoyas comeback within a possession in the last 30 seconds, however Baez simply wouldn’t let it happen.
Pro Girls
#1 (8-1) Liberty-30 vs #2 (7-2) Lynx-18
Bryant’s steal show. Jasmine Bryant dominated the Lynx inside and out with 18 pts, 13 rebs, 5 stls and 1 blk while coasting to the championship. Alix Bryant showed great heart by scoring 6 pts and matching that same total in rebs. Amanda Wilkins provided most of the output for the Lynx with 9 pts and 5 rebs, Carlee Theriault, 4 pts and Maria Rodriguez 2 pts also chipped in for the Lynx. The Liberty also received contributions from Micala Donahue, 4 pts 2 rebs, and Alex Carterelli 2 pts 1 reb.
Pro Boys
#2 (7-1) Knicks-55 vs #5 (4-4) Spurs-53
The Spurs kept it close all game, thanks to lead scorer Brad Skeffington, 19 pts, 6 rebs, 2 blks 1 asst. With 10 seconds left down by 4 the Spurs coach called on Billy Muse, who drilled the clutch three pointer to dwindle the Knicks lead to 1 pt. However in their final Rec game Dario and Raphi Medrano would not be denied finally capturing a title, both scored 20 pts and combined for 10 rebs and 5 stls. Big Billy Garey played very tough inside for the Spurs scoring 15 pts and snagging 14 rebs to go along with a nifty assist he dropped off to Skeffington. Battling Garey inside for the Knicks was Andrew Barbuzzi, 7 pts. Jordan Castillo produced for the Spurs with 8 pts and 4 rebs. Christian Dunston and Juan Fernandez each scored 4 pts coming off both their 2 steal to help in their teams victory.
By: Cowan White
College Girls
#2 (5-2) North Carolina 20 - #3 (5-3) Michigan State 6
In the first semifinal of the night the Tar Heels defeated the Spartans. Alexandria Bozarjian was the top scorer with 12 pts for NC. Brianna Rodriguez scored 2 pts for the Spartans and played great defense. Kelly McLaughlin led Michigan State with 4 pts. Mirlene Bozarjian 4 pts, Alexa Gilbert 2 pts and Erica Palm 2 pts each also scored for the Heels.
#1 (6-1) Boston College 14 vs #4 (4-4) UCONN 10
In an exciting contest the Eagles outlasted the Huskies. Michaela Thibault and Ashley Espinal were tyhe leaders of the Eagles scoring 4 pts each. Chyla Stokes was the main offensive weapon for UCONn scoring 6 pts. Kelly Sweeney rounded out the scoring for the Huskies with 4 pts. Rachel Zipper was the maestro for BC running the point and scoring 2 pts.
Pro Girls
#2 (7-1) Lynx 28 vs #3 (5-3) Shock 10
The Lynx crushed the Shock on the strength of Amanda Wilkins 15 pts and Courtney Maurice’s 13 pts. Shannon Sholds did all she could with two of her teamates not present scoring 6 pts; Olivia Mento, 3 pts, also scored for the Shock. Karlee Theriault scored 3 pts and evalise had 4 pts. Ashley Speliotis pulled down three rebounds in her teams win.
#1 (7-1) Liberty 24 vs #5 (4-4) Rockers 12
The Liberty continued their roll towards the finals by beating the Rockers. Jasmine Bryant, 9 pts, 8 rebs, led her team to victory with the help of Kayla Murhpy, 6 pts 4 rebs. Marissa Garey, played very well for the Rockers scoring 5 pts and pulling down 6 rebs with 1 blk. Micala Gaffney was big for the rockers as well scoring 4 pts, with 4 rebs. Micala Donahue chipped in with 6 pts, Alex Carterelli had 3 pts and Alix Bryant pulled 7 rebs and scored 2 pts on a follow.
By: Cowan White
College Boys
#3 Georgetown 39 - #2 Boston College 34
The Georgetown Hoyas got by the Eagles thanks to the scoring of Nick Salamida, 28 pts and 4 rebs. Chadillac Coehlo was burning it up with 12 pts, 4 rebs, and 1 asst, and stl, until he fouled out early in the second half. Jonny Furey was also huge for the Hoyas scoring 6 pts, with 5 rebs and 3 assts. in Coehlo’s absence Shakey White, 12 pts, 4 rebs, 1 blk 1 asst and 1 stl, led his team with help from PAt Dunning 4 pts and 2 blks.
#1 UCLA 39 - #4 Kentucky 31
It took everything that the Bruins had but they finished with a win. FJ Murphy yanked 9 rebs and had an assist along with 4 pts patrolling the paint. Brendan Broderick scored 12 pts for the Wildcats and had 6 rebs, 4 stls and a block. Connor Reardon helped out with 11pts, 5 rebs and 2 blks, with Robert Simard scoring 6 pts. Marvin BAez stole the show scoring 30 pts, 7 rebs, 6 stls and 2 blks.
Pro Boys
#2 Knicks 53 - #3 Lakers 46
The Knicks avenged the only loss of their season with a thrilling overtime victory against the Lakers. Andrew Barbuzzi played strong inside with 7 pts and as many rebs, with 1 stl and asst. Kyle Reardon was the man for the Lakers scoring 26 pts with 9 rebs. the paint was owned by the Lakers whose other two big men, Ben Dibble, 12 pts and Jeremy Daly, 4 pts 2 assts, combined for 10 rebs. Dario (15 pts) and Raphi (23, 4 rebs, 2 assts) Medrano were the leaders for the Knicks providing most of the scoring, until the last minute when Christian Dunston nailed four critical free throws to ice the game.
#5 Spurs 33 - #1 Celtics 29
Coming into the night undefeated the Celtics had a bulls eye on their chests. The Spurs knew they would have to play their best game. Billy Garey, 10 pts 8 rebs and 2 blks, manned the paint for the Spurs along with Jessie Williams 4 pts, 4 rebs. Ariel Almonte was lead scorer for the Celts with 9 pts, Brad Daigle scored 7 pts and Lenny Baez drilled two 3 pointers to amass his 8 pts. Hurricane Ben Kapnis snuck out into the frontcourt for 6 pts, and Brad Skeffington(7 pts, 4 rebs and 1 stl) made key buckets down the stretch to clinch the win.
By: Cowan White
#4 Rockers 31 - #5 Sting 15
Marissa Garey scored 18 pts, grabbed 11 rebs and doled out an assist to lead her team to the first round victory. Christina Morin led the sting with 7 pts, Leslie Baez and Kim Bazzola each scored 4 pts for the Sting. Sam Mento and Micaela Gaffney also scored for the Rockers.
#3 Shock 17 - #6 Comets 18
The Comets almost pulled off the upset against the Shock. Maeve Harrington supplied most of the offense and defense for the Comets, 14 pts, 7 rebs and 4 blks. Ashley O’Keefe and Shannon Sholds chipped in 4 pts apiece for the Shock. Erin Bottichelli led the Shock in scoring with 8 pts and grabbed 4 rebs.
#2 Lynx 23 - #7 Sol 7
Amanda Wilkins, 14 pts, 5 rebs and 2 stls, did it all as the Lynx blew past the Sol. Shirley Jones and Micala Irving made every bucket for the Sol with 4 pts and 3 pts respectively. the rest of the Lynx output was supplied by Carly Theriault, 5 pts and Maria Rodriguez, 4 pts.
#1 Liberty 23 - #8 Storm 17
The outcome of this one was never in doubt, with Jasmine Bryant scoring 16 pts combined with her 5 rebs and 1 blk. Erin Fahey and Ally LaMonica, 5 pts each, led the Storm in scoring. Abby Bedard scored 4 pts for the losing team, along with 2 pts from Fallon Burke and 1 from her sister Brenna. Kayla Murhpy scored 3 and pulled down 5 rebs in the win.
By: Cowan White
#4 Kentucky 28 - #5 UCONN 27
In the most closely contested game of the night the Wildcats outlasted the Huskies. Brendan Broderick led his team to a victory with 15 pts, 8 rebs and 5 steals including one in the last ten seconds to clinch the game. Ben Kapnis was the top man for UCONN with 14 pts and 9 rebs, Cael Schaejbe chipped in 10 pts along side Kapnis. Connor Reardon also played well for Kentucky with 9 pts, 8 rebs, 3 stls and one big block.
#3 Georgetown 37 - #6 UNLV 32
Salamida runs too much for the Rebels. Nick Salamida scored 31 pts and pulled down 7 rebs in leading his team past UNLV. Christian Almonte, 15 pts, and Isaih Giaff-Hodge, 9 pts 5 rebs, were the sparks for the Rebels. Austin Shea, John Swasey and Cameron Frasier also scored for the Hoyas.
#2 Boston College 35 - #7 Texas 28
“Chadillac” Coehlo lit it up from the outside scoring 18 pts to advance his team through to the second round of the playoffs. Shakir White helped out Coehlo with 8 pts, 4 rebs and 2 stls. Billy Muse did it all for the Longhorns, scoring 22 pts, 7 rebs, 4 stls and 1 blk; brother Matt added 4 pts his team.
#1 UCLA 35 - #8 Ohio State 21
The top seeded Bruins got all that they could handle from the surprising Buckeyes. Jefferson Akers was the leading scorer for OSU with 7 pts, with 9 rebs and 4 blks; Nathan “the microwave” Montero and Mike Daly each had 4 pts. However Marvin Baez had 25 pts, 5 rebs, 4 stls, 3 assts and 1 blk, and refused to let his squad lose to the amped up buckeyes. John Krimble also played well for the Bruins. Nick Botichelli scored one bucket for the losers, and FJ Murphy scored one for the winners.
By: Cowan White
Thursday, August 23
College Girls
#2 North Carolina VS #3 Michigan State, 6:15 p.m.
#1 Boston College VS #4 UCONN, 7:00 p.m.
Pro Girls
#2 Lynx VS #3 Shock, 7:45 p.m.
#1 Liberty VS #5 Rockers, 8:15 p.m.
By: Cowan White
Wednesday, August 22
College Boys
#2 Boston College VS #3 Georgetown, 6:15 p.m.
#1 UCLA VS #4 Kentucky, 7:00 p.m.
Pro Boys
#2 Knicks VS #3 Lakers, 7:45 p.m.
#1 Celtics VS #5 Spurs, 8:15 p.m.
By: Cowan White
#2 Knicks 27 - #7 Jazz 17
With the wind swirling and the tensions high the Jazz jumped all over the Knicks. With Jamie Wilkins, 2 pts 3 rebs, patrolling the paint and Jake Salamida 3 pts, taking it to the rim the Jazz went into half time with a lead. Kyle Higgins was top scorer for the Jazz with 4 pts. The second half was all Knickerbockers, with Dario and Raphi Medrano taking over combining for 19 pts. Juan Fernandez, Jacob Channen, Andrew Barbuzzi, and Jeff Tracchia each scored 2 pts for the winning Knicks.
#3 Lakers 35 - #6 Warriors 32
Kyle Reardon just too much for the Warriors. The Warriors duo of big men Jeff Peres, 6 pts, and John Walsh, 7 pts, played great in the loss. Kyle Reardon scored 19 pts, had 5 rebs and 4 blks, propelling his team to victory. lead scorers for the Warriors were Brendan Broderick and Alberto who each had 9 pts. Connor Reardon played big with 3 blocks and 3 rebs to go with 1 free throw. Danny Moya got the team off to a nice start going for 7 pts in the opening frame.
#5 Spurs 37 - #4 Suns
The afternoon belonged to Big Billy Garey who scored 16 pts, 11 rebs, 1 stl and 1 blk for the Spurs.Randy Valero and Chris Bozarjian paired up all seaon to lead the Suns to their seeding but combined for only 16 pts (8 each) in the playoff loss. Matt Lee was the only inside presence for the Suns scoring 6 pts and picking up 5 rebs. Jordan had 10 pts for the Spurs followed by Brad Skeffington’s 9 pts.
#1 Celtics 30 - #8 Raptors 20
The Celtics just kept rolling through the league with there big three leading the way. Ariel Almonte produced from the wing scoring 12 pts, Josh Sanchez was beasting people inside with 10 pts and the MAestro Brad Daigle quarterbacked the whole operation with 5 assts and 4 pts. Jessie Valero had 10 pts to lead the Raptors with Marvin Baez and Greg Speliotis each scoring 5 pts. the fourth leaf of the clover, Lenny Baez, scored 4 pts for the Celtics.
By Cowan White
UCONN 8 - Georgetown 6
In the midst of a turbulent wind Saturday morning the Huskies managed to beat the Hoyas. Georgetown had the lead the entire first half thanks to the strong inside play of Jackie Panneton. Jessica Tassinieri got on the scoreboard first for the Huskies followed by Chyla Stokes, both of which had 2 pts. Arianna Gaffney was the top performer for the Hoyas recording 4 steals to go along with her 2 pts. The lead dog for the Huskies was christa Leger who scored all 4 of her pts in the second half including the game winner with less than 2 minutes left.
Michigan State W - Texas L
Texas could not field enough players to play the game so Michigan State moves on to the quarterfinals.
By: Cowan White