Tewksbury Residents Excel for Various MIAA Schools

Tewksbury has a long list of talented athletes, and not all of them represented the Redmen this winter sports season.

Several local athletes excelled during the most recent campaign for other schools in the area, leading their teams on the ice and the hardwood.

Among those athletes are Scott Duarte and Rachael Utegg. The pair of Tewksbury residents helped Austin Prep in their respective hockey brackets, as the Cougars had strong boys and girls campaigns.

For the second straight year, Duarte received a runner up medal as Austin Prep couldn't quite slow down now four-time champion Malden Catholic in the title game at TD Garden.

Utegg and the Austin Prep girls hockey team were clipped by Arlington Catholic in the Division 1 semifinal round.

On the hardwood, former Tewksbury travel and AAU basketball player Nick Cambi led Central Catholic all the way to the state bracket. Cambi's team toppled Catholic Memorial, 79-66, in the semifinal round.

Two-time state champion Putnam then had just enough to get past Cambi and his teammates, earning the championship over the weekend with a 74-70 decision.

During Monday night's game, the Boston Bruins recognized a long list of players with their annual Boston Bruins-MIAA Sportsmanship Awards.

Among the winners were Tewksbury residents Nick Cervizzi, representingLowell Catholic and the Catholic Central League Small Division, and Scott Browne for Shawsheen Tech and the Commonwealth Athletic Conference.