Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tewksbury High boys basketball team is eliminated from the state tournament in the first round.
If nothing else, you have to give Phil Conners credit for putting the excitement back into Tewksbury High basketball. First-year coach Conners and his TMHS Redmen had a packed house full of fans sitting on the edge of their seats all night, putting on a spirited defensive effort for four quarters before suffering a heartbreaking, 46-43 overtime loss to Marblehead High in the first round of the MIAA Divsiion 2 North Sectional tournament Tuesday night in Marblehead. "It was our best defensive game of the year," said Conners afterward. "We just didn't do it offensively. We didn't attack their 1-3-1 (zone defense) the right way. We got a lot of good shots, but we missed them. That was a heartbreaker." The Redmen, who have shot the ball …
Friday, February 3, 2012
Tewksbury High boys basketball team earns first MIAA state tournament berth in five years with 61-50 win over Dracut.
When first-year head basketball coach Phil Conners started talking about his Tewksbury High Redmen making the state tournament way back in November, there were more than a few people in Tewksbury who thought the new coach was aiming a bit high. After all, this was a program that was mired in a three-year home losing streak, and hadn't experienced post-season play since 2007. So pinch yourself if you have to, because the TMHS boys basketball team beat Dracut, 61-50, Friday night for their seventh win of the year, and in so doing qualified for a berth in the 2012 MIAA Division 2 state tournament. Sophomore guard Kevin Dick tossed in 15 points and senior forward Sean Foley had 13 as the Redmen broke open a tight game with 20 fourth quarter …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Lions avenge earlier loss with 64-55 win over Tewksbury
_The Tewksbury High boys basketball team _learned a lesson about home court advantage Tuesday night, as a red hot Chelmsford High team burnt the Redmen from long distance _and avenged an earlier, 15-point loss to TMHS,_ this time taking a 64-55 victory. "They shot great," __said TMHS head coach Phil Conners.__ "We gave them good looks and that's a good shooting team, they're gonna make them. Every time we made our run they seemed to make a huge three." Unlike the first meeting, Chelmsford gained the early advantage by riding the hot hand of senior guard Corey Everleigh, who scored 15 of his team-high 18 points in the first half. The Redmen, meanwhile, came out looking like they were still shaking off the affects of Friday's 93-45 loss to …
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tewksbury High boys basketball team tops Wilmington, 53-52, for biggest win of the season.
_Sure, beating Chelmsford earlier this month_ to end a nearly three-year long home losing streak was something special, but what happened Tuesday night at the Tewksbury High gymnasium may go down is history as a the pivotal game in first-year coach Phil Conners' efforts to turn the _TMHS boys basketball _program into a winner. _Senior sharp shooter Bobby Lumbard _scored a career-high 21 points and nailed a long-range three-pointer with just 10 seconds left in the game to give the Redmen their biggest win of the season, 53-52 over rival Wilmington High Tuesday night. The victory, almost unthinkably, puts the Redmen in solid shape to qualify for the MIAA Division 2 state tournament for the first time since 2007. "It's a huge win, Division 2…
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Tewksbury beats Chelmsford, 61-46, for first home win since 2009.
Somebody please wake up the Bambino. He might want to hear about this one. What was starting to seem like the second longest-running curse in local sports history has finally been lifted, as the _Tewksbury High boys basketball team _put together its best game of the season and ended a 35-month home losing streak with a 61-46 victory over Chelmsford Friday night at the TMHS gym. The Redmen had last won a game inside the dark, chilly confines of the Tewksbury High gym in February of 2009 when they knocked off Melrose late in the 2008-2009 season. Not one of the players on this year's varsity squad had ever experienced a home victory. Until Friday night. "It feels great. It feels awesome," _said senior captain Mike Doucette,_ who led all …
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