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Photo Kevin Mullaney
Drew Locke was the final Provincetown member of the joint Provinctown-Harwich hockey team that was ended this year. |
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Post-season play was a highlight
And a wrenching goodbye to Provincetown hockey was a low point
By Kevin Mullaney
Banner Correspondent
The young Nauset boys basketball team’s unsuccessful run for the state championship was 2007’s sports season of the year. Led by senior point guard Chuck “The Iceman” Nicholson, the Warriors started the season a measly 1-4 before they went on the tear of the decade, ending the season 14-6 and capturing the Atlantic Coast South League championship. Nicholson, junior center Connor Seymour, Ken Post, junior mark Monroe and sophomores Brendon Scalley, Mike Quill and Nate Norgeot led the team. After a first round bye, they squeaked by Dartmouth, 58-56, on a Nicholson jumper with 58 seconds left. Wins over Oliver Ames and Wellesley set up a showdown with mighty Catholic Memorial in the semi-finals, an 89-44 loss to end their season.
The Provincetown girls basketball team, led by senior three-point shooter Melissa Lomba, point guard Sara Roderick and Simone Rose finished their season with an 11-9 record, sending them to post-season action, where they lost to the Millis High School 63-61 in a preliminary round home game. It was Michael Manley’s first year as coach for the Lady Fishermen.
The Provincetown merger with Harwich High School for hockey sadly ended after the 2007 season, with PHS senior Drew Locke the only Provincetown kid playing. Depleted by injuries the entire season, the Penguins limped their way into the playoffs with a 10-8-2 record, losing 5-3 to Old Rochester in the first round. Playing without three of their top players, PHS senior and co-captain Drew Locke scored the hat trick, ending the era of the Penguins with the best game of his career.
The PHS softball team, under coach Meaghan Eckhardt, won five games in the last week of the season to make the post-season tourney with an 8-6 record. They beat South Shore in the preliminary round then pulled the mighty Nantucket, losing 4-3. Graduating senior Melissa Lomba pitched the game of her career, and the team played the best game of the season in the loss.
The PHS baseball team made the most of a bad situation; starting the season with then athletic director Alan Harrison as coach, they were rescued by former baseball coach John White when Harrison was fired. Team captain and pitching standout John Peres led his team to a 7-5 season. The Fishermen lost 15-0 to Mashpee in their preliminary round tourney game.
Three wins in the last three games sent the Nauset baseball team to the playoffs, ending the season 10-10, and then losing in the first round to Somerset 5-2.
The Nauset boys soccer team and their stingy defense made a run into the post-season this fall. They ended the season 12-5-1, then Beat Silver Lake 2-0 in the first round, sending them to Walpole for a second round battle. With 74 seconds remaining, midfielder Mike Quigley scored to send the game into overtime. After two 10-minute scoreless overtimes and with darkness descending, the teams went into penalty kicks — which, unexpectedly, Nauset lost 3-2. Junior goalkeeper Brett Conrad, Quigley, midfielder Mark Monroe and stopper Chris McEnaney were named to the ACL first team all stars. Conrad notched 12 shutouts on the season.
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Dec 27th, 2007