Sports Notebook

Kane gains berthas rowing director

Cap Kane, a longtime instructor at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School and a former national champion rower, has been named rowing director at the waterfront facility.

Kane rowed competitively for more than 25 years, and has won the national masters lightweight singles and doubles titles. For the last five years, along with Bill Miller, Kane has been instrumental in developing the rowing program at the maritime school, which perhaps is best known for its extensive sailing program. Besides coaching at the school, he has been the coach of the Winsor School's novice girls' program for two years.

Kane's duties include recruiting and training coaches for the school. He will also develop curriculum and expand the program. Cheryl Johnson will continue in her role as the rowing program coordinator.

Registration for the upcoming season begins March 11.

Love's play for Tuftswins court kudos

Allison Love is heading down the home stretch of her collegiate basketball career in style. The Duxbury native and star player for Tufts University in Medford earned New England Small College Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors for the period ending Feb. 14.

Love averaged 20.7 points and hit 60 percent of her shots from the floor during the Jumbos' three wins during the week.

In a 65-60 victory over Salve Regina University on Feb. 8, she had 20 points, nine rebounds, and four assists.

At Trinity College on Feb. 11, in a 76-53 win that clinched a berth in the New England Small Conference Athletic Conference postseason tournament, Love had 20 points and 10 rebounds.

In a 76-67 win at Amherst on Feb 12, she finished with 22 points, as the Jumbos finished the regular season 14-9.

Love leads Tufts in scoring, averaging 12.4 points per game. She also leads her club with 53 offensive rebounds and 130 total rebounds.

This is the third time she has won NESCAC Player of the Week honors.

Ex-Braintree starhonored for hoops

Former Braintree High School basketball star Samantha Curry has been playing well at Bridgewater State College, with the junior forward earning the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference's Player of the Week honors for the period ending Feb. 14.

Curry's performance in a pair of Bridgewater State victories over Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams and Johnson & Wales College earned her the honor.

She hit seven of 10 shots from the floor and finished with 16 points in Bridgewater's 69-54 win over MCLA on Feb. 8 and followed it up with a 10-point effort against Johnson & Wales. The total may not seem like much, but she was on the court for only 16 minutes, as Bridgewater State dominated the Rhode Island school, winning by 40 points, 79-39, on Feb. 11.

Curry is the first Bridgewater State player to earn the award this year even though the Bears already have notched 16 victories, the most for the school in the last 15 years.

She leads the team in scoring and is among the best in the conference, averaging 12.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.

2 hockey playersfinalists for award

Tom Sullivan of Pembroke, a defenseman for the Babson College men's ice hockey team, is one of two local players named as finalists for the fifth Joe Concannon Award, given annually to New England's best American-born small-college hockey player.

Besides playing a prominent role from the blue line for Babson, Sullivan, a 5-foot-9-inch junior, is the fourth leading scorer for the Wellesley college, with eight goals and 16 assists for 24 points.

He is one reason Babson was ranked as the 10th best small-college team in a recent poll by USA College Hockey Online.

Curry College captain Brian Doherty is also on the short list for the Concannon award, his second time as a finalist. The award is named after the late Boston Globe sportswriter, an enthusiastic supporter of college athletics. Doherty, whose Milton-based Colonels are in first place in the Eastern College Athletic Conference's East Division, has 13 goals and 32 assists. Doherty leads the nation in assists.

The award will be presented at the New England Hockey Writers' Dinner on April 13.

Ex-Abington starexcels for Maine

Brittany Cheney of Abington is slated to begin her third season as a shortstop for the University of Maine's softball team today with a double-header in Florida against Furman University.

A former three-sport standout at Abington High School, Cheney was named to the America East Conference All-Rookie team as a freshman, and last year was named an America East Conference first team All-Star.

Last year Cheney was the second-leading hitter on the squad, batting .301, and led the team in home runs with five.