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Pentucket Sachems Girls Basketball '10-'11

Pentucket vs. St. Mary's of Lynn, Division 3 North semifinals (at Wilmington)


St. Mary’s 62, Pentucket 60
Wilmington High
EMass. Division 3 North semifinal
Pentucket (60): Coley Viselli 6-2-18; Sarah Higgins 6-2-14; Alex Moore 5-1-11; Tess Nogueira 4-3-11; Vanessa Cahill 3-0-6; Totals 24-8-60.
St. Mary’s (62): Tori Faieta 5-4-14; Cassi Amenta 4-4-12; Sharell Sanders 5-0-11; Brianna Rudolph 5-0-10; Kirsten Ferrari 3-1-10; Jennie Mucciarone 2-0-5; Totals 24-9-62.
3-pointers: P, Viselli 4; SM, Ferrari 3, Mucciarone, Sanders.
Halftime: SM, 29-26.
Records: P, 20-5; SM, 21-4.

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Girls Basketball, 03/10/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

A little bit Moore

Point guard Alex Moore was the star of the day as Pentucket whipped Weston, 52-34, in the quarterfinals of the Division 3 North tourney. The sophomore contributed 6 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists. Leigh McNamara and Sarah Higgins set the tone with their defense. Coley Viselli led all scorers with 17 points and four 3-pointers. In the semis the Sachems will play the winner of tonight's St. Mary's-Triton game.

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Girls Basketball, 03/03/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Sachem girls hang tough

The Pentucket girls pushed No. 15 Acton-Boxboro hard into the fourth quarter, before falling, 56-41, in the championship game of the Westford Academy Tournament. Coley Viselli paced the Sachems with 14 points, and Sarah Higgins added 11.

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Girls Basketball, 02/22/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

The Moore the merrier

Sophomore guard Alex Moore scored a career-high 18 points with a career-high four 3-pointers (4 for 5 from deep) as Pentucket whipped Triton 53-33.

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Girls Basketball, 02/17/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Pentucket 52, Amesbury 22

It was only fitting on Senior Night that Pentucket's trio of Vicki Castiglione, Alyssa Nogueira and Vanessa Cahill played well in their final regular season home game, a 52-22 verdict over Amesbury.

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Girls Basketball, 02/15/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Starting off right

Coley Viselli scored 16 points as Pentucket won its first of four games in five nights with a 54-41 victory over North Reading.

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Girls Basketball, 02/08/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Pentucket rolls on

Sarah Higgins scored a game-high 14 points with seven steals and six assists to fuel Pentucket's 58-28 victory over Wilmington. Vanessa Cahill scored eight points with nine rebounds and Alyssa Nogueira added six points and seven rebounds for the Sachems.

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Girls Basketball, 01/27/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Raining 3's

Coley Viselli knocked down four 3-pointers on her way to a game-high 18 points as Pentucket bested Notre Dame Academy 55-43.

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Girls Basketball, 01/22/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Viselli nets 17 in Pentucket victory

WEST NEWBURY —  For the fifth time in the past six meetings, Pentucket handled Masconomet yesterday and this time it wasn’t even close as the Sachems put together perhaps their best defensive effort of the season in a 50-33 blowout. The win kept Pentucket’s (7-1) Cape Ann League title hopes alive. This contest was a much different one from the Christmas tourney matchup at Masco less than a month ago, when Pentucket barely held on for a 61-60 win. The Sachems were in complete command yesterday, grabbing a 16-9 lead in the opening quarter, stretching it to 29-15 at halftime and an insurmountable 41-19 after three quarters. “They’re on top of the mountain in our league,” Masconomet coach Bob Romeo said about Pentucket. “They’ve been on top for a few years now. We thought we might get that mountain back today, but it didn’t happen.” Sophomore Coley Viselli poured in 17 points for Pentucket and sophomore Alex Moore added 10 points. Pentucket also owned the glass, with Vanessa Cahill pulling down 17 rebounds and five points. Sophomore Tess Nogueira had 10 rebounds and seven points. “We were coming off one of our worst games in the last four or five years,” said Pentucket coach John McNamara, referring to a 38-31 loss to North Andover. “We also hadn’t played in quite a while (nine days), so we had plenty of time to prepare. We practiced defense for about two weeks.” It paid off. Tess Nogueira was often the primary defender on Masconomet standout junior Brooke Stewart, who would draw double and triple teams when she touched the ball. Stewart (5 for 11 from the floor) passed the ball quickly enough, but Masco still couldn’t create mismatches or a numbers advantage because Pentucket’s defenders rotated quickly enough to cover the gaps. “Stewart may be the best player in the state, averaging 26 points or whatever it is, and we weren’t about to let her beat us,” said McNamara. “The last time we played them (when Stewart scored 24), she was flying around the court and still getting the ball to her teammates. This time we weren’t going to let her do that. We wanted the ball out of her hands and her teammates were going to have to beat us.” The Chieftains were a miserable 5 for 17 from the foul line. “We obviously didn’t play well, but I have to say that John (McNamara) does a great job of preparing his team for every opponent,” said Romeo, whose team was held to its lowest point total this season. “They did a really good job on Brooke and we didn’t make them pay when they double teamed her. For them, I thought Viselli had a great game and Moore killed us in the second quarter.”

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Girls Basketball, 01/16/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Zahoruiko, Knights end Sachems' 45-game streak

NORTH ANDOVER — For the first time in three years (Jan. 15, 2008), Pentucket has lost to a Cape Ann League team. North Andover used a stifling defense and a terrific all-around game from Erika Zahoruiko (17 points, 13 rebounds) to topple the Sachems, 38-31. “It was such an intense great game,” said North Andover coach Sue Breen after her club snapped Pentucket’s 45-game winning streak vs. CAL competition. “Our defense was incredible. We did it by committee.” One person couldn’t do it alone vs. a Pentucket team which was 6-0 and ranked 12th in the entire state by ESPN Boston. “I’m just so proud of them,” said Breen. “It wasn’t perfect, but we just had to find a way.” A key stretch came with 3:30 left in the third and Pentucket leading 22-20. Some slick passing by Zahoruiko, Caitlin Enright and Alex Medlock and two steals by Amanda Foote led to three straight layups. Zahoruiko scored twice and Medlock had the other hoop in the run. The Knights pride themselves on their defense, despite not having much size. “Enright maybe be 5-5 on a good day and Alex Medlock is 5-7. They were guarding players much bigger,” said Breen. In addition to Zahoruiko, sophomore Morgan Lumb (10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks) did a little bit of everything. Coley Viselli led the Sachems with 13 points. North Andover is 5-3, but the losses were all close and to a tough threesome (Masconomet, Pinkerton, Lowell). Pentucket graduated a ton from last year’s team, which went 26-1 and lost in the Division 3 state final. That group enjoyed a brilliant 91-9 four-year run. But the Sachems got off to another terrific start to this season. North Andover, though, wasn’t intimidated. “They know if they play together, good things can happen,” said Breen. They certainly did yesterday.

Tough Stretch North Andover had lost four straight to Pentucket: Date    Score Feb. 1, 2010    Pentucket 51    North Andover    23 Jan. 30, 2009    Pentucket 52    North Andover 35 Jan. 8, 2008    Pentucket 48    North Andover 31 Jan. 9, 2007    Pentucket 46    North Andover 26

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Girls Basketball, 01/07/11 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
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