Here are some funnin' pics from the basketball team, cheerleaders and dancers.
Here are some funnin' pics from the basketball team, cheerleaders and dancers before the end of last week's home opener against Winthrop.
The Big Blue rolled in their home opener.
The Winthrop Vikings have never been an easy matchup for the Big Blue. Since the 2007-08 basketball season, the Vikings have defeated Swampscott nine out of the ten times the two played, and have won the last eight meetings against Swampscott. However, the Big Blue’s fast start in the first quarter propelled them to a 66-53 victory over Winthrop, throwing the Vikings’ winning streak against the Blue out the window. Swampscott went on a 17-5 run in the first eight minutes of action, and did not stop until the final buzzer sounded. Thanks to a great performance by John King, Stephen Bowers, and Val Temin on offense, Swampscott dominated on the offensive side. When King wasn’t open for a midrange jump shot, he found Bowers crashing inside. …
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The Swampscott varsity basketball team played an aggressive and impressive home opener Friday, running away from the Winthrop Vikings.
The Swampscott varsity basketball team played an aggressive and impressive home opener Friday, running away from the Winthrop Vikings 66-53. The Big Blue hit the hardwood for loose balls. They followed up on second shot opportunities. They defended and shot well. We'll have a game story later today.
After 18 years as a Swampscott High girls basketball coach Jack Hughes has announced his retirement.
Big Blue girls basketball coach Jack Hughes' most memorable coaching moment came before the Div. 3 finals in 2009. The girls were so focused on the task at hand before the game that he did not have to say anything, or much of anything. The coach knew they were ready. They went out and defeated Pentucket and continued an incredible run to the state championship. Now, Hughes, 61, doesn't have a lot of words to describe why he feels it is time to step down as Swampscott High's basketball coach. He just knows he is ready. So he is putting down his coach's clipboard and closing the books on teaching, too. He is retiring. June 30, is his last day with the Beverly School District where he teaches history at the middle school. He knew he was …
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Big Blue basketball player Ara Talkov's U16 team won a Nike Invitational tournament in Virginia last week and will be competing in tournaments throughout the US this summer.
Ara Talkov, a Swampscott High School junior (#24 in photo), participated in the Nike Invitational U16 Basketball Tournament in Hampton, Virginia this past week. She is a member of the Baystate Jaguars, a U16 girls basketball team based in Metro West Boston. The team went undefeated in pool and bracket play winning the Gold Bracket and taking home the U16 Championship trophy. Teams travel from around the US and Europe to play in this tournament and it represents one of the elite tournaments in the country for the U16 age bracket. The team will be traveling to other tournaments this coming summer in Orlando, New York and Chicago.
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The Swampscott High girls now know who their opponent will be school on Saturday night in the second round of the MIAA tournament. Big Blue will play Stoneham.
The Stoneham lady Spartans squeezed by the Lynnfield Pioneers on Thursday night in front of a packed Stoneham gymnasium by a score of 48-44. The win sets up a second-round match-up against Swampscott Saturday at 7 at Swampscott High School. Sam Trant nailed four free throws with seconds remaining to ice the game for the Spartans. Baskets were hard to come by for both teams early on. Neither team could take advantage of each other’s turnovers and missed hoops, but it was a halftime speech by head coach Sarah Mills that got her team going out of the gate in the third quarter. “It was a very up and down game and I showed them stats at halftime that we only had nine offensive rebounds in the first half and that is just not going to cut it,” …
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The NEC All-Star teams include three girls and two boys from Swampscott. Girls' team Coach Jack Hughes was named coach of the year in the NEC South Small Division.
Swampscott Athletic Director Jon Flanagan released the following information. The list of the Northeastern Conference Boys’ Basketball All Stars and Awards for 2012: North/Large Division 15 Keandre Stanton Lynn English 2012 1 Fred Hogan Lynn English 2014 33 Chris Keaton Beverly 2012 20 Cam Rogers Beverly 2013 34 Zach Zigelbaum Beverly 2012 11 Moise Builou Lynn Classical 2012 5 Uche Nwokeji…
The Swampscott girls and the Marblehead boys came away with wins on Senior Night.
Senior basketball players took a bow Friday night on their home court. The occassion was Senior Night, a celebration of the girls' and boys' basketball careers at Swampscott High. In the first game, the tournament-bound Swampscott High girls' basketball team topped their Marblehead rivals 56-42. In the second game of the hoopfest, the Marblehead boys held off Swampscott's furious last-minute rally to escape with a 62-60 win.
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Quote of the Day: All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. Albert Einstein
1) Weather Watch — Early rain. National Weather Service forecasters are predicting rain, mainly before 1 pm. Patchy fog. High near 50. 2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide at Fisherman's Beach is 7:39 am (.05 ft). High tide is 1:54 pm (9.45 ft). The sun will rise at 7:02 am and set at 4:49 pm. 3) Swampscott Scrambler — Unscramble these letters to spell the name of a Swampscott person, place or thing (answer to be posted tomorrow): friecof Wednesday's answer: breakers 4) Quote of the Day: All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. Albert Einstein 5) Big Blue Watch: The varsity boys and girls' basketball teams will play against Salem at 7 pm., the boys at home and the girls in…
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The JCC remembered a sports hero at a 3-on-3 tournament that drew twice as many participants as did last year's Jimmy Myers tournament.
This article was submitted by the JCC. Nearly 100 hoops fans packed the JCC gym to play and compete in the popular Jimmy Myers 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament on Monday, honoring the memory of a local hero and raising money for important sports programs. Jimmy Myers was a beloved coach at the J for 25 years, where he mentored thousands of kids about good sportsmanship. He ran youth and adult basketball leagues, coached, refereed and led after-school classes. “It was great to see Jimmy’s legacy alive on the court,” said Andrew Dalton, director of Sports and Aquatics and the J. “Everyone played their best and had fun – that’s what Jimmy taught us to do.” The annual tourney raised $3,000 for sports and rec programs at the JCC. Here’s a list of…
Marianne Hartmann
4:51 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Mr Hughes was my coach when I was at SHS! A great guy who has been very dedicated to the youth of Swampscott. Thank you Mr. Hughes for a great 18 years. You will be missed. more ›