| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masconomet | 13 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 67 |
| North Reading | 14 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 66 |
Masconomet not only qualified for the state tourney, it did it in the most dramatic fashion last night as Kevin Van Lenten finished off a length-of-the-court possession with a basket and free throw with 1.4 seconds left. North Reading led, 66-64, before James Riordan (13 points, 13 rebounds) rebounded a North Reading missed free throw and got it to Van Lenten, who was hammered while taking the last-ditch shot.
"It's our best win of the year by far," said Masco coach Ben Hodges, whose team improved to 10-3. "We had a lot riding on it since we were trying to get into the state tournament." Van Lenten had a huge night, finishing with 24 points and 11 assists. Chris Splinter had his best game with 17 points and Clay Cleveland contributed 11.
Your just pissy becaue North Reading sucks at life and is a complete joke get over yourself.
#2 01/26/2008 09:19 PMDon't worry ko870. Masco is not going to win anything this year anyway. Getting a lucky win in January in a game where they were outplayed is meaningless. After Masco loses in the state tournament, I doubt we will hear again from wheels1390.
#3 01/27/2008 05:44 AMDon't count on it, nice job in hockey to by the way, 5-2 Masco won, very nice.
#4 01/27/2008 01:42 PMMasco has 5 CAL basketball games left. They will lose 3 of those 5 games. FYI, NR beat Masco in hockey on Dec. 19th 5-3 (you failed to mention that game). Oh, and Masco in hockey is 5-5 in the CAL and North Reading is 6-2-1. Wow, NR has a better hockey team too!! That's OK Masco - 5th place in hockey is great. Woo hoo!
#5 01/27/2008 07:04 PMlets see, North Reading is 6-3-1 and Masco is 6-5, so you don't even have your facts right but good job knowing what your talking about, as for Masco losing 3 out of their last 5 basketball games of the year, how, NA and Wilmington are the only other decent teams in the entire CAL, and Georgetown Amesbury and Lynnfield are just miserable so none of them will beat Masco. And Masco could win against Wilmington or NA or possibly both, when it comes to the rivalry games you don't know what could happen, just like last year when Masco beat NA to end the year.
#6 01/27/2008 08:27 PMWow, good one. I think 6-3-1 is better than 6-5....So NR still has a better record than Masco in hockey. So your point is...?
#7 01/28/2008 06:24 AMBTW, Georgetown may beat Masco in hoops this year. They crushed Lynfield and Amesbury....
#8 01/28/2008 06:28 AMCongrats, everyone beats Lynnfield and Amesbury, basically one awful team beat two other awful teams, that doesn't make them good, trust me Georgetown will lose to Masco, and my point before wasn't that Masco now has a better record, my point was that you were wrong.
#9 01/28/2008 01:18 PMOK great, thanks! Then we DO agree that NR has a better hockey team than Masco, since your only point was that I was off one game on their records - and MY only point was that NR had a better record, which you have confirmed that they DO. Thanks!! And we also agree that Amesbury and Lynnfield are awful basketball teams. Of course, you haven't seen Georgetown play but you say they are also awful. Ignorance is bliss.
#10 01/28/2008 01:57 PMI said NR has a better record, I never said they have a better team. After watching last game I'll take Masco's team over NR's team any day, especially come tourney time. As for Georgetown, I've actually played against some of the kids that are on their basketball team, they suck, end of story.
#11 01/28/2008 02:35 PMOK cool, this should be fun. I don't believe you. My sister actually lives in Georgetown and I know ALL of the kids on the varsity team, every last one of them, known them since they were 10. Please enlighten me as to which kids you've played against. Especially tell me which ones "suck". I think you are full of it. Thanks!!
#12 01/28/2008 03:36 PMFYI, my nephew is one of the players on the Georgetown varsity team. I wonder if you think he is one of the kids that "suck"....let me know the names. Thanks! p.s BTW, he doesn't suck.
#13 01/28/2008 03:47 PMI don't know the names, I just know faces, and I recognize faces from when I played against some of them, Georgetown is just too small of a town, the talent pool that you have to draw from isn't as big, so it's not a surprise that Georgetown will get beat in basketball and in everything else by Masco, for every one good player Georgetown might have Masco will have many, same thing if Masco played Everett in football, Masco would get killed, for every one good player we have Everett would have many.
#14 01/28/2008 04:04 PMI agree with you regarding football. Small schools have a hard time competing based on the numbers. Though Georgetown beat a lot of big schools this past year. In basketball, since there are only 5 players on the court at a time, it's easier for the small schools to compete. Which is why you can see a smaller school like Ipswich this year beating Masco in hoops. Or Georgetown beating a much larger school like Pentucket. Also why Georgetown will probably beat Masco in hoops too this year. p.s. If you've played against Georgetown basketball players you would know their names, at least the best players. All CAL players know the best players from each town so I'm surprised you can't name anyone you played against. My nephew could name the top players for each CAL team....
#15 01/28/2008 04:55 PMbecause your nephew currently plays, I don't currently so I don't care to pay attention to their names, and as for the Ipswich game, that was absolute crap, before Ipswich hit the game winning 3 Masco hit a three that was called off on a rediculous traveling call, and it doesn't matter if there are only 5 players on the court at a time, the same is still true, Masco will have better depth, the only way Georgetown could keep it close is if Teddy Reed is still hurt and everyone else for Masco completely chokes, as for Pentucket, for some reason they are miserable at almost everything except for football and girls basketball.
#16 01/28/2008 06:50 PMthe only person that we can thank this year is bryce hodges. the birth of this boy has broughten great pride to the masconomet community and has lit up the team chemistry. wheels is the # 1 fan and is the man!!!!!!!
#18 01/31/2008 11:48 AMit's nice to be the #1 fan, I don't care who's out versus Georgetown, I'm still feeling a big Masco win at home. KVL and Sean are definately gonna have a huge game.
#19 01/31/2008 08:31 PMGive credit to Georgetown. They should have won that game. I'm a huge masco fan, but let's be honest - this year's team is just not that strong. And I wouldn't make the argument about their 2 school choice kids - remember masco is a regional school of multiple towns. I would venture to guess if just boxford or Topsfield or Middleton kids competed against just Georgetown kids, Georgetown would be a worthy opponent.
#20 02/04/2008 05:44 PMmasco will loose to georgetown, mark my words jamie spears will light teddy reeds ass up
#21 02/04/2008 09:26 PMI'm assuming your an NA fan, is that a serious comment right there, first of all Jamie Spears wouldn't light Teddy Reed's ass up because they wouldn't ever play against each other, second they already played and Masco won so that's an even better prediction then hoop fan, picking Georgetown to win even after the game was played and Georgetown lost. Are people from NA really that stupid. As for Mascograd if you take away Georgetown's two haverhill kids and then had that team play just against Topsfield or Boxford georgetown would get absolutely destroyed Spears makes that team without him they have nothing.
#22 02/04/2008 10:46 PMLynnfield 93 - Masco 79. Lynnfield is a weak team. As I said before, Masco is just not that good this year. Why can't you just be honest about it? There's always next year....
#23 02/06/2008 08:44 AMHey wheels1390, your quote on 1/28/08: "Congrats, everyone beats Lynnfield and Amesbury, basically one awful team beat two other awful teams". Wow, everyone beats Lynnfield... Did Masco beat Lynnfield last night? Or did Mike Kennedy light you up for 43 and Lynnfiled CRUSHED Masco by 14? So I guess that makes masco another awful team.
#24 02/06/2008 09:08 AMClearly you weren't at the game last night, because if you were you would know that Lynnfield did not crush Masco it was actually close with Lynnfield getting points in the last minute to make the score look worse than it was. And the only people that lit Masco up were the refs, they called crap all second half which is what gave Lynnfield the game, they put half of Masco's kids in foul trouble with terrible calls and then the ref tried to show up Masco's coach Hodges.
#25 02/06/2008 05:04 PMMascograd my point was that Georgetown couldn't keep up with Masco with just Georgetown kids regardless of whether they played Masco or just Topsfield or Boxford, and I don't agree it's a lost year, assuming Teddy Reed gets back for the tourney Masco could make a run, as Lynnfield showed last night in once again a rediculous game, any team no matter how bad can get hot with the three, and Masco is still a good team so if Teddy comes back and KVL and Sean start getting hot from 3 Masco could surprise you
#26 02/06/2008 05:07 PMAll I know is that Mike Kennedy scored 43 points and Lynnfiled won the game by 14. End of story. You claimed that Lynnfield was "awful". If Lynnfield is awful (your words), then do the math....Masco must be more-awful if they lost to them.p.s. you think Georgetown is bad, but even they beat Lynnfield.
#27 02/06/2008 08:55 PMFYI, I agree with mascofan. If you line up the top Boxford basketball players against the top Georgetown players, Georgetown would win. The fact that you combine 3 towns to make up masco is why masco beats georgetown. In the youth sports individually georgtown is competitive with each individual town. You lose your credibility if you think otherwise because individually the msaco towns are small towns like georgetown. Combined they are 3 times as big. I will hand it to you that masco beat georgetown. Why can't you be equally as fair and say that a high school team from just Boxford would not be nearly as strong as a regional high school made up of kids from 3 towns?? If I made up a basketball team of the best kids from Georgetown, Ipswich and West Newbury, do you think we could beat a team of kids from just Topsfield, or just Middleton, or just Boxford? Exactly...
#28 02/06/2008 09:09 PMagain, if you were at the game you would know why masco lost, they literally got screwed for the entire second half it was awful no matter what they did they got a foul called on them
#29 02/06/2008 09:24 PMI am being fair, a team from boxford would beat a team from Georgetown, again, I've played against some of the Georgetown kids and I'm better than most of them and I'm not good enough to play for Masco, I look at the kids from Boxford and say alright could they still beat that georgetown team with ONLY Georgetown players, no Haverhill kids, and no they couldn't they still wouldn't have an answer for Teddy Reed
#30 02/06/2008 10:41 PMStop blaming the refs for the loss to that awful Lynnfield team. Masco will lose to Wilmington and North Andover to finish their league schedule. Then they will lose in the frist round of the tournament....just like last year.
#31 02/08/2008 09:40 AMwe'll see about that, I don't see Masco losing 4 straight basketball games to end the year
#32 02/08/2008 02:55 PMlast year in the last game of the year, NA came into Masco heavily favored to win, what happened? Masco won, well this coming friday the chieftains along with the rest of the Masco faithful led by yours truly will be invading the "Crozier Crazies" where Masco will right the ship and get back on track.
#34 02/09/2008 09:59 PMDidn't you already lose to North Andover at home this year? Handily (16 points)? How is last year relevant if you already lost this year? You have no answer for their big three. From Dec. 17th game: North Andover bounced back from a heartbraking opening-season loss by clipping Masconomet 73-57. In a shift from the norm, the Knights did most of their damage underneath, led by 6-foot-4 senior Hayden Yeazel, who led all scorers with 22 points and added seven rebounds. Will Enright also had seven rebounds. Guards Steve Boudreau and Sean McManus added 16 and 10 points respectively for the Knights (1-1), who outscored Masco (0-2) in every quarter.
#35 02/09/2008 10:51 PMI don't see your point, last year was relevant because I was making the point that Masco wasn't expected to win last year either but they did, you did nothing to change what I said in my previous message
#36 02/09/2008 11:30 PMI get your point. I'm just saying that was a LONG time ago, so I get it that they won an upset many, many months ago, but I'd rather use most recent history (Dec. 17, 2007) as an indicator of how they will do this year, not last. I know you are a fan and I respect that. I'm just giving you a neutral perspective on your masco team, based on all the CAL games I've seen this year. Masco is just not one of the premier teams in boys hoops this year.
#37 02/09/2008 11:57 PMseen enough. By the way, I realized today that masco is bigger than wilmington and north andover. I didn't know masco was so big. At 1400+ students, they really should be the best but they aren't (even wilmington is only 965 students). Lynnfield enrollment 635 wow - beat masco.
#39 02/12/2008 08:12 PMseen enough, not even close to answering the question, so I'll ask it again, how many Masco games have you seen, my guess is either one or zero
#40 02/12/2008 11:11 PMdid Masco beat North Andover tonight? Or did Masco lose their 3rd in a row? I told you they would lose 4 in a row and I'm just one more loss away from a great prediction. Did you go to the game tonight? They lost by 25 points - clear to me that Masco is not in the same league as NA (Masco's 2nd loss to them this year). Masco will lose their state tourney game, making it...as I said a week ago...4 losses in a row to end their season!!!!! There's always next year to root for....
#41 02/15/2008 11:18 PMHey wheels, how's that working out for ya? Are you digging that 3 in a row or what?? I GUARANTEE that Masco will lose their next game. It's all over.............
#43 02/15/2008 11:32 PMoh thats right, you don't go to Masco games, you just think you know about Masco because you see the boxscores on Rallynorth
#46 02/18/2008 01:58 PMI saw Masco play twice (against Georgetown and against NA), and I saw every other CAL team at least once this year. I predicted Masco would lose 4 in a row to end the season....and you've lost 3 in a row already, so I'd say that I'm right on track. BTW, you've lost the last 3 games by a combined 47 points.
#47 02/18/2008 03:37 PMwell clearly you weren't at the NA game that was at NA because then you would know who sweatervest is and why sweatervest is a douche
#48 02/18/2008 03:41 PMI didn't say that I was. I have no idea who sweatervest is. Did that person kick you out of the gym for unsportsmanlike behavior? Once again....last 3 Masco games....0 wins and 3 losses
#49 02/18/2008 03:57 PMFYI that's an average margin of defeat of 77-62 over the past 3 games. I remind you of your quote 2/8/08: "we'll see about that, I don't see Masco losing 4 straight basketball games to end the year " Ha Ha!!
#50 02/18/2008 04:05 PMMasco will not lose 4 straight games to end the year, no matter what happens.
#53 02/24/2008 11:26 PMOK 4 out of last 5. Didn't realize they were playing Medford (a 2-15 team by the way)
#54 02/25/2008 02:34 PMWow! Arlington 56 Masco 40. Did I call that or what??! My prediction on 2/9/08 was: "Masco will lose to Wilmington and North Andover to finish their league schedule. Then they will lose in the frist round of the tournament....just like last year." I'm just that good. What do you think Wheels? Hello?
#55 02/26/2008 09:12 PMFirst of all I would like to say that the administrators got completely carried away with taking away air horns and cowbells. Second, congrats Masco lost, do you think I'm going to disagree with you and say that Masco won? Third next year you can count on a much stronger masco TEAM, I think that the sophomores this year will bolster the varsity next year, you are looking at a team of: Mike P-T, Pat Matvichuk, John Donovan, Steve Sylvia, Mike Fauci, Clay Cleveland, Kevin Anderson, Chris Splinter, John Daniels, Colin Burke, Jake London, Evan Bunker, and though I hate to say it even Eric Davis. Next year you will easily be able to make a case for all of those players to get serious playing time and I think that you will be hard pressed to find a deeper team or a team with better chemistry after watching some of the JV games this year. So now we'll just wait till the next season.
#56 02/27/2008 06:03 PMthanks Wheels a true fan wouldn't diss his own teams players, i bet u are regretting my 10 a game too
#57 02/05/2009 08:31 PMthanks Wheels a true fan wouldn't diss his own teams players, i bet u are regretting my 10 a game too
#58 02/05/2009 08:31 PM
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kevin van leten was not hammered on the last second shot. The whistle should not have been blown, and if anything should have been on the floor. Your facts are not correct.
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