Monday, November 19, 2012
Third-place in Division 2 State Championships explanation point to year.
It's been a very special year for Ev Crosscup, Belmont High School's long-time Girls' Swimming head coach. His 2012 Marauder team defeated dominate Reading High School for the first time in 11 years and captured a part of the Middlesex League championship. And Sunday, Nov. 19, the team put an explanation point to this already great season by placing third in the Division 2 State Championship. Belmont finished with 232 points, trailing only team winners Bishop Feehan (336.5) and Middlesex League rivals Reading (313). And it was the youngsters who led the team into the top three. Freshman Jessica Blake-West capped a successful first high school season staying within arms length of junior MacKenzie Niness of Norte Dame Academy of Worcester at…
Friday, November 16, 2012
Harrier Brams and Girls' Swimming will have final appearances this season this weekend.
While the Girls' Soccer team's fabulous ran to the Division 2 North Sectionial title has dominated the headlines for the past two weeks, Belmont High School will have an freshman runner and another team stoked with young talent heading for end-of-the-season championships this weekend. On Saturday at the Northfield Mountain Ski Center outside Turner Falls and Greenfield – just get on Route 2 and travel 80 miles due west – Belmont High School freshman sensation Leah Brams will run with the state's best at the State championships. Brams finished second in last week's Division 3 Eastern Massachusetts Cross Country championships and will likely challenge the other 9th graders running to determine the best among the class of 2016. On Sunday at …
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Readying for state Division II championships later this month.
Freshmen provided to be the power source behind Belmont High School's impressive showing yesterday, Saturday, Nov. 10, at the North Girls' Swimming and Diving championships held at MIT. The three-way co-champions of the Middlesex League, Belmont finished 7th with 151 points, one shy of Haverhill and within shouting distance of Lexington's 167. Last year, Belmont finished in 9th with 99 points. Andover High School, which has a 2012 US Olympic Trials participate on the team, won going away with 466 points. Next up for Belmont swimmers and divers will be the Division II championships later in November. Topping the list of top freshmen performers Saturday was Jessica Blake-West who took nearly a second off her best time this year in the …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Four teams and several individuals seeking championships today around the state.
It's a Super Saturday for Belmont High School teams and individuals as they kick, run and swim towards team and individual honors. At Lynn's Manning Field at 10 a.m., the Girls' Soccer team – coming off their upset of top-ranked and undefeated Amesbury on Election Day – will take the field in the semi-finals of the MIAA Div. II North championships against Newburyport High School (15-2-2), the team that knocked out the Marauders of the playoffs last year. Belmont (12-3-3), led from the back by standout goalkeeper Marie-Alice Manetas and defenders Olivia Lyons and Alexandra Cellucci, will seek to pressure Newburyport through the work of Julia Russo, Sophia Eisenbach-Smith and Charlotte Alexander up front. In Wrentham, the Boys' and Girls' …
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Nor'easter pushes game to Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in Lynn, to join girls' swimming and cross country to see action on Nov. 10.
The nor'easter that swept through the region bringing a blanket of snow and wind gusts also blew into the air the carefully-laid match schedule for the Div. II North girls' soccer playoffs. The result is that Belmont High School's semi-final match with Newburyport High School set for today at 5:30 p.m. as been called off, postponed to Saturday, Nov. 10. Now the fan base that follows the girls will need to get up extra early Saturday as the MIAA has scheduled the match to take place at the ungodly hour of 10 a.m, according to the tournament website. The game will take place at Manning Field in Lynn. The change will create a Saturday tsunami of Belmont High sports teams taking part in the post season. Besides girls' soccer, Belmont High's …
Friday, October 26, 2012
Lexington turn back late Marauder run with strong showing in final relay.
If, as the old sporting adage goes, a tie is like kissing your sister, is a three way tie for the Middlesex League championship like kissing your twin sisters? After coming back from a sizable deficit to visiting Lexington Wednesday, Oct. 24, with a clean 1-2-3 sweep in the penultimate race, Belmont Girls' Swimming's could not reel in the especially strong set of Minutemen free-stylists in the 400 yard free relay to fall short, 96-84, in the final duel meet of the season at the pool in the Wenner Field House. Down by 16 points with three events to go, Belmont clawed back 4 points from the Lexington lead with Maya Nagashima winning the 100 yard backstroke going away in 1:04.75 with Angela Li taking third with a 1:07.38 and Anna Corning …
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Team set to win at least a share of the Middlesex League championship with victory over Stoneham.
The Reading High School Girls' Swimming team has been so dominate in the Middlesex League – nine consecutive league championships – that most teams settle to play second fiddle to the Rockets. But this year, the Belmont High School Girls' Swimming decided they weren't going to dance to the tune Reading was playing for the past decade. With a combination of depth – Belmont dominated the second through fourth places – and swimmers hitting their best times this season, the visiting Marauders came away with a historic victory against a seasoned-Rockets team, 88-82, on Saturday night, Oct. 13, defeating the long-time champions for the first time since 2001. The victory gives the Marauders a clear path to winning the Middlesex League …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Very young team appear set to make a splash in league and in the state.
They're young, talented and appear ready to make a splash in the pools around the state. Belmont High School Girls Swim team won going away against Woburn High Friday, Sept. 14, at Belmont's pool, hitting 91 points (which secures a swim meet win) with the final relay still to be swam. "The girls really stepped up today," said Ev Crosscup, long-time Belmont head coach. "We had to make several changes (to which event certain swimmers would do) because Woburn certainly provided a nice challenge for us. I couldn't be more proud how they met that challenge." Crossup point to Taylor Coutinho (1st in the 100 yard breast stroke in 1:16.81) who was switched to the breast stroke and came out with her best time that qualified her for the state meet …
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