Blake Barker (bottom left) and teammate Alex Barber (54) combine for a sack against Lawerene Academy in November.

BB&N's Blake Barker verbally committed to Stanford Friday.

"The BB&N football program is thrilled with Blake's decision to attend Stanford," BB&N coach John Papas said via email. "It was a very difficult decision for him as he had numerous offers but, in the end, Stanford had everything Blake was looking for. He is and outstanding student (2000 on his SAT's) and a nationally ranked football player. Stanford is one of the few places in the country that allows him to pursue his goal at the highest level, both academically and athletically."

Papas said the competition for Barker's services included more than 20 offers, including Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, Penn State, and Boston College.

Barker, ranked among ESPN's top 150 recruits in the class of 2010, is a 6-foot-6, 238-pound tight end. A Wellesley native, he also shined at defensive end for BB&N last year, registering 14 sacks.

Papas notes that Barker is the eighth BB&N player in the last three years to commit to a Division 1 program.

By Amara Grautski, Globe Correspondent

When Madison Park High School junior Ricardo Jaquite (right) won a national title Friday, the Cardinals outdoor track coach, Colin Rose, hoped it would act as an example that hard work does pay off.

“He had an excellent year,” Rose said of Jaquite, who joined the team this season after moving from Portugal. “His training was very consistent. Every day he worked hard, so in turn, his meets were very consistent.”

Jaquite won the triple jump with a leap of 49 feet, 10 inches at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C. last week –- an inch shorter than the leap that placed him second in the Nike Indoor Nationals.

“I would say his national jump wasn’t his best jump of the year, and it wasn’t his best meet of the year, but because he put in his work he was able to beat the field because of his consistency,” Rose said.

The third-year track coach said the team practices five days per week, with meets usually falling on weekends, and over the course of the year Jaquite’s jump has improved by about 2 feet.

“Kids who have talent, people don’t realize how much work they put in,” Rose said. “When you get to nationals everyone is talented, the difference between winning and losing is how much work you put in.”

He added that the national title is a huge boost for Madison Park and hopes it sets an example for other athletes in Boston.

“It’s huge for the school,” he said. “It shows that, you know, we do have athletes in Boston Public Schools, and when you work hard things happen. It’d be one thing if he was one of these athletes that was naturally talented and never worked hard…[Jaquite's accomplishments] can inspire other kids to do the same.”

The second annual Massachusetts Vocational Senior Bowl will be held Saturday at Greater New Bedford. Top senior vocational football players from across the state will be split into East and West squads. Proceeds will go to a scholarship fund for a deserving senior student-athlete. The game is sponsored by the U.S. Army and will include a halftime show by The Spirit of America.

Kickoff is 7 p.m., or as the Army folks announced it in a press release, 1900 hours.

Who says high school sports are done for the summer?

The Sunday Globe is filled with high school coverage, including our 2009 Spring All-Scholastics and the first of a seven-part series by staff writer Bob Hohler chronicling the trials and tribulations of athletics in Boston's public school system.

We've got a bunch of extra content online for both series. Check out our Spring All-Scholastics, which features behind-the-scenes video from our Scholar-Athletes shoot, along with a feature we dubbed Academics or Athletics with those same award-winning standouts.

Check out Part 1 of our Failing our Athletes series and stick with us all week for much more. You'll find online extras, which include a video interview with Boston schools Athletic Director Ken Still and an interactive map of sports programs offered at city schools.

Over the weekend, we also unveiled the final Top 20s of the spring season and recapped Friday's Shriners Classic at Bentley College. Hop over to High School Sports Central for all the details.

Bill Tompkins has bled blue and orange since he first arrived at Walpole High in the fall of 1973, straight out of Springfield College.

He has passionately directed the Walpole baseball program to noted success the past 31 seasons. The school's inaugural girls' soccer coach, he paced the sidelines for 22 years and he's also served as a basketball assistant. Over the past three decades, he's worked tirelessly on behalf of Rebel athletics.

And now, fittingly, he will oversee the entire department.

Emerging from five final candidates, Tompkins has been named the school's athletic director, replacing Jim Erker, who had stepped in on an interim basis for sixth months after the abrupt resignation of varsity football coach/AD Danny Villa in late December. Villa was indicted in March for the alleged rape of a 15-year-old female student at the school.

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Former All-Scholastic Gerard Coleman is headed to Providence. (Globe File Photo)

Former West Roxbury standout and Globe Super Teamer Gerard Coleman has committed to Providence College, according to published reports. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound shooting guard -- who now plays for the Tilton School in New Hampshire -- offered his verbal commitment to Friars coach Keno Davis this past weekend.

“I was all set with Providence and didn’t want to risk losing my spot with them,” Coleman told the Providence Journal. “I like the way they play. There’s a lot of good times to come at Providence.”

Coleman, who was also considering Clemson and UConn, will be a senior at Tilton in the fall. He is the 63d-ranked prospect on ESPN's Top 100 for the class of 2010.

Coleman earned Globe Super Team honors two winters ago when, as a junior at West Roxbury, he averaged 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists per game. He departed for Tilton the following season.

The 31st annual Shriners Football Classic kicks off Friday night at 7 p.m. at Bentley University. Tickets are $10. Here's a look at the updated (and sortable) rosters:

Squad▴ # First_Name Last_Name School_Name Position South 5 Nicholas Hocking Hanover WR South 7 Sean Cross Duxbury QB South 10 Kevin Richman North Attleboro DB South 11 Anthony Franciosi Xaverian Brothers WR South 12 Danny Guadagnoli Framingham QB South 14 Billy Kiley Boston College QB South 20 De'Jon Berment Dorcheseter RB South 21 Brandon Holbrook Carver RB South 22 Sean Ryan Norton RB South 23 Conor Henry Coyle-Cassidy QB South 24 Lucas Mistler Tri-County Vocational Technical QB South 25 Jeff Mallett Mansfield S South 30 Khalil James-Offley Brockton RB South 31 Michael McCarthy Martha's Vineyard QB South 33 Sean Sylvia Dartmouth QB South 35 Kyle Hunte Brookline WR South 41 Fabrice Dragon Cardinal Spellman RB South 44 Tom Effler Bishop Feehan LB South 50 Chad Hunte Brookline LB South 51 Daniel Glavin Mansfield DL South 52 Carlito Weaver Brockton LB South 53 Nnamdi Obukwelu Boston College DL South 54 Edward (Ted) Ouellet Dover-Sherborn OL South 55 Craig Parsons Xaverian Brothers DL South 59 Joshua Boyd Catholic Memorial LB South 60 James Muirhead Middleboro LB South 62 Adam Riegel Walpole DB South 63 Henry Thevenin Brockton OL South 64 Zach Triner Marshfield DL South 65 Triant Xypteras Hull DL South 66 Mike Dattilio North Attleboro OL South 70 Michael Fafara Westwood DL South 71 Robert Cormier Bridgewater-Raynham DL South 74 Xander Fuccillo Falmouth OL South 75 Andrew Barrett Holliston OL South 76 James Mumaghan Plymouth South OL South 80 Brian Desmond Norton WR South 81 Christopher Cameron Walpole LB South 82 Tom McHugh Marshfield DL South 83 Nick Jablonski Apponequet TE South 84 Evan Taylor Stoughton TE South 85 Kalonji Kabongo Abington DL South 86 Justin Mello Dartmouth WR North 5 Christopher Cameron Swampscott QB North 7 Derek Russell Newton South QB North 10 Stephen Moran Swampscott WR North 11 Kevin Johnston Amesbury CB North 12 Michael DiChiara Buckingham Browne & Nichols QB North 20 Joe Esposito Georgetown QB North 21 Stephen Stewart Wilmington QB North 22 Patrick Orlando Manchester Essex QB North 23 Joseph Napolitano Brooks LB North 24 Melikke VanAlstyne Salem RB North 25 Chris Beranger Winthrop WR North 30 Trevor Jeanson Acton-Boxborough RB North 31 Jim Noel Everett CB North 32 Jack Pizzotti Melrose RB North 33 Martin Hyppolite Wakefield RB North 34 Josh Scott Milton Academy RB North 35 Daniel D'Arcy Concord-Carlise QB North 41 Steven Grassa Buckingham Browne & Nichols S North 42 Joel Altavesta Tewksbury Memorial RB North 43 Rob Ruggiero Acton-Boxborough LB North 45 Justin Marsan Methuen S North 50 Chris Bent Dracut LB North 51 Ralph Faia Everett OL North 52 Billy Callahan Reading Memorial DL North 53 Keegan Ashley Lincoln-Sudbury DL North 54 Stephen Haberek Lynn English DL North 55 Chris Callery Lowell LB North 60 Dylan Morrissey Gloucester DL North 61 Kevin Coutu Lowell DL North 62 Mark Sylvester Malden Catholic OL North 63 Joe Gulino Tewksbury Memorial OL North 64 Matt Fiore Pentucket DL North 65 Steve Pagliocca Arlington Catholic LB North 66 Matt Willey Arlington RB North 70 Viondy Merisma Waltham OL North 71 Andrew Lebowitz Andover OL North 72 James Wilkie Austin Preparatory School OL North 73 Grant Hailer Milton Academy OL North 74 Stephen Russo Masconomet OL North 75 Andrew Valeri St. Johns Preparatory School OL North 76 Taylor Bialach Arlington OL North 80 James Sorenson Billerica Memorial WR North 81 Jared Flannigan Amesbury WR North 82 Ryan Carter Bedford WR North 83 Clay Cleveland Masconomet DL North 84 Zak Adamopoulos Central Catholic DL North 85 Ollie Taylor Lawrence Academy WR North 86 Mike Sumrell Belmont WR North 87 James Queeney Reading Memorial TE

Globe photographers were hard at work over the final days of the spring high school sports season. Check out our collection of galleries from this week's state championship tilts and the Globe's Scholar-Athlete Awards banquet on Sunday.

• Sunday, June 14: The Globe's Scholar-Athletes Awards.
• Saturday, June 13: State baseball finals in Lowell; State softball finals in Worcester; Individual tennis finals in Worcester.
• Friday, June 12: State lacrosse finals (Walpole vs. St. John's Shrewsbury; Westwood vs. Longmeadow) in Worcester.
• Thursday, June 11: State volleyball final: St. John's Prep vs. Lincoln-Sudbury in Ashland; State team tennis final: Concord-Carlisle vs. Longmeadow in Worcester.
• Wednesday, June 10: State lacrosse finals (Duxbury vs. St. John's Prep; Scituate vs. Dover-Sherborn) in Worcester.
• Tuesday, June 9: State lacrosse final: North Andover vs. Norwell in Wellesley.

The Boston Globe today honored the best and brightest of the 2008-09 school year at its Scholar-Athlete Award ceremony.

In addition to toasting the 14 Boston Globe/Richard Phelps Scholar-Athletes, the Globe announced its Male and Female Athletes of the year for MIAA and NEPSAC schools.

The NEPSAC Athletes of the Year were David Lawson of Middlesex School and Casey Griffin of Noble and Greenough. The Boston Globe/Will McDonough Athletes of the Year for public schools went to Norton's Sean Ryan and North Andover's Kirsten Kasper.

Check out the video at the top of this entry to see the Athletes of the Year receive their awards. For more on the awards celebration, check out this story, or you can view our photo gallery.

Check out our complete list of past Athletes of the Year.

Check out our collections of photo galleries from Saturday's state final action.

BC High celebrates with the Division 1 championship trophy. (Barry Chin / Globe Staff)

View more photos from the state baseball championships at LeLacheur Park in Lowell.

Gardner outfielder Erika Berube makes a running catch. (Paul Kapteyn / Telegram & Gazette)

View more photos from the state softball championships at Worcester State College.

Westford Academy's doubles tandem of Jocelyn Lund-Wilde and Eileen Liu. (Tom Rettig / Telegram & Gazette)

View more photos from the individual tennis championships at Clark University.

WORCESTER -- Check out highlights from the Division 1 and 2 softball championships Saturday at Worcester State College's Rockwood Field.

The spring season comes to a close today (weather permitting) with the baseball and softball title games (as well as the state individual tennis championships).

Keep an eye on our daily scoreboard for final scores and recaps from today's championship tilts.

Our plan is to take in some of the softball championships in Worcester. We'll pass along video highlights later in the day. Enjoy the games!

WORCESTER -- Check out video highlights and postgame interviews from Friday's championship battles at Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium.

For photos from Friday's game, check out our gallery.

Westwood celebrates its title victory. (Barry Chin / Globe Staff)

We were live at Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium in Worcester, where Westwood won the Division 1 girls' lacrosse title with an 11-10 triumph over Longmeadow, while Walpole stomped over St. John's (Shrewsbury), 17-8, to capture the Division 2 boys' title.

Check out the brief recaps below (look for more online and in Saturday's Globe) or replay our live scoring blog after the jump. Video highlights can be viewed here.

Division 1 girls: Westwood 11, Longmeadow 10

Longmeadow scored six of the game's first seven goals while dominating the first 20 minutes of play, but Westwood erupted for eight of the next nine goals to pull ahead and held on to repeat as Division 1 state champions with an 11-10 triumph.

Kelly Rich paced the Wolverines with four goals and three assists, sparking the comeback with some tough-angled shots in traffic. Her unassisted goal with 14:40 remaining gave Westwood its first lead at 8-7 and it never gave that lead up.

Longmeadow scored twice in the final three minutes to make it interesting, but Westwood played keep-away to prevail. Junior midfielder Erica Nangeroni potted the winner off a pretty feed from Rich with 5:05 to play.

Sophomore Sarah Biron added three goals for the Wolverines, while senior netminder Abbie Brown made a trio of key stops late in the game to help her team emerge with the crown.

Junior Paige Cuscovitch paced a balanced Longmeadow squad with three goals. Paula Shea and Lauren Halpern added two goals apiece.

Rich called this title a little sweeter because "no one expected us to be back here."

Division 2 boys: Walpole 17, St. John's (S) 8

Walpole scored on its opening possession, setting the tone for a night in which it dominated the faceoff cirlce and seemingly scored at will en route to a lopsided 17-8 triumph over St. John's of Shrewsbury in the Division 2 title game.

After a nail-biting, overtime triumph over Reading in the sectional semifinals, Walpole's final two games proved to be a bit anticlimactic. The Rebels dispatched Concord-Carlisle, 11-7, earlier this week at Harvard Stadium. Things got even breezier in Worcester.

Walpole scored five of the game's first six goals and boasted a 12-4 advantage at halftime. What's more, the Rebels struck for the first three goals of the second half to push their lead into double digits before putting it on cruise control to the finish.

A balanced attack saw seven different players score, including three goals from both Kyle Guilbert and Ryan Izzo. David Butts contributed four assists and did the majority of his damage in the faceoff circle, where he and Izzo dominated St. John's drawmen.

"It's like they say, 'If they don't have the ball, they can't score,'" said Butts.

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The Red Sox drafted a familiar last name Thursday, tabbing St. John's Prep's Michael Yastrzemski -- the grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski -- with the team's 36th-round selection (1,098th overall) on Day 3 of the MLB first-year player draft.

From the Red Sox press release:

Among today’s picks was outfielder Michael Yastrzemski, the grandson of Red Sox legend and Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski. Selected in the 36th round out of St. John’s Prep in Danvers, Yastrzemski hit .368 (28-for-76) with 18 RBI and nine stolen bases in 24 games this year. He posted a .505 on-base percentage while leading his team with 28 runs scored and five outfield assists.

Check out the video at the top of this entry for more. Check out our Draft Tracker to learn more about the Red Sox 2009 draft class.

Little Yaz was profiled earlier this year by the Globe's Stan Grossfeld. Check out a gallery of photos as well.

Former BC High standout Alex Hassan and Tantasqua Regional shortstop Dan Kemp highlighted a trio of local selections the Red Sox made in today's first-year player draft.

The American League East was good to locals, as colleague Bob Holmes noted earlier that the Toronto Blue Jays drafted Everett's Matt Nuzzo, while the New York Yankees grabbed Thayer Academy's Kyle McKenzie.

Here's more from a press release from the Sox:

The Red Sox also selected three players with ties to New England. In the 20th round, the club picked Duke University right-handed pitcher Alex Hassan, a native of Milton, MA and former four-year letter winner at Boston College High School. Hassan was named to the All-Ping!Baseball Team in 2009 as a utility player, earning eight saves as the Blue Devils closer and batting .342 (75-for-219) as an outfielder. The junior finished with a 2-2 record and 4.10 ERA (12 ER/26.1 IP) on the mound while recording 17 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 30 RBI and a team-high 56 runs at the plate.

Boston selected shortstop Dan Kemp out of Tantasqua Regional High School in Fiskdale with its 24th-round pick. Kemp hit .472 with six home runs, 24 RBI, 24 run scored and 14 stolen bases this year.

With their final pick of the day, the Red Sox took senior right-hander Jeremiah Bayer from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Bayer, a native of Greenfield, MA, earned 2009 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division III Pitcher of the Year and the D3Baseball.com National Pitcher of the Year honors after going 12-1 with a 0.85 ERA (9 ER/95.1 IP), 94 strikeouts and 24 walks over 14 outings (11 starts) this season.

Former Everett High School football and baseball star Matt Nuzzo was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 25th round of Wednesday's Major League baseball draft. Nuzzo attended Brown where he played shortstop. He was the 730th player selected. Earlier in the day, Boston English catcher Nelfi Zapata was selected by the New York Mets with the 584 pick. Also, Thayer Academy's Kyle McKenzie was selected by the New York Yankees in the 30th round. McKenzie will chose between the Yankees and attending Tulane in the fall.

Some of the best high school basketball talent in the country will be on display Saturday and Sunday at the annual Boston Shootout basketball tournament. The tournament has two age goup competitions, under-17 and under-16 with teams from around the region competing at Boston University's Case Center.

In addition to the host Boston Amateur Basketball Club, other teams competing include the New York Gauchos, Albany City Rocks, Connecticut Select, Granite State Jayhawks, 518 Hustle (NY), Maine, and the Boston Warriors. Saturday's action starts at 9 a.m. The finals are scheduled for Sunday afternoon with the under-16 final at 4:10 p.m. followed at 5:30 by the under-17 championship.

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's Board of Directors voted Thursday morning to approve the agreement with Mansfield High School and its football coach Mike Redding.

As a result, Redding will be suspended for the first four games of the 2009 season, Mansfield will repay the Association $9,700 in legal fees, and Mansfield will submit a detailed process for certifying player eligibility to the MIAA.

The Board was the last hurdle in a dispute that started last Thanksgiving when Mansfield admitted using an ineligible player for two games. Mansfield and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Council came to an agreement May 7 pending the Board's approval. That approval came Thursday.

Here's this year's boys' lacrosse All-Americans (sortable list at the top) and various other honors for Eastern Mass. schools:

Academic All Americans

• Matthew Kennedy, Beverly
• Timothy Galvin, BC High
• Jacob Choinard, Bishop Connolly
• James Duane, Bourne
• Jedidiah Lavery, Masconomet
• Robert Mirandi, North Andover
• James Spry, Winchester
• Thomas McQuillan, Andover
• Sean Tavares, Wilmington
• Benjamin Forsythe, Pentucket

Coach of the Year

• Joe Papagni, Lynnfield
• Rick Bagby, Marshfield
• Kevin Bibeau, BC High
• Tom Dalicandro, CC
• Rick Blair. Nantucket
• Charlie Hardy, Reading
• Kevin Houlden, Peabody
• Chris Weber
• Lou Verocchi, Franklin
• Bob Aronson, Medfield
• Nick Bonavita, Austin Prep

Man of the Year

• Mike Leighton, Wilmington
• Tom DePeter
• Tom McDermott , Dartmouth (AD)
• Mike Moriello., Saugus
• Roger Wade
• Davison Annis, West
• John Pirani, Winchester

From the YourTown Newton blog:

The 33-year-old boys' varsity soccer coach at Newton North High School died over the weekend, after he collapsed while playing soccer.

Ucal McKenzie, who previously coached at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, died after playing soccer at Joe Moakley Park in South Boston, friends said. He was praised Monday by school officials and fellow players.

"Ucal was a huge presence in this school. He was a doer and an unsung hero who took up any task that was put before him,'' Newton North principal Jennifer Price said in a statement.

McKenzie was the third current or former faculty member of Newton North to die in the last month.

Read more HERE.

After a promising first season as head coach of the Natick High boys’ basketball team, Darren Flutie has stepped down.

Flutie resigned last Thursday, citing problems juggling his duties as a head coach and his fulltime job as an orthopedic equipment distributor. The Red and Blue finished 6-14 this season after starting the year 0-7, thanks to the emergence of junior forward Scott McCummings.

“I’m not a teacher that does this while at school. I’m a guy that runs a company, and goes afterwards,” Flutie said this afternoon via cell phone. “I didn’t think it would be easy, but there were too many things away from the sport that come up that you end up having to deal with. It was a great thing, I loved the kids, it’s just hard to put my full attention into both.”

Flutie said he will “absolutely” remain in coaching, albeit at a more grounded level. He intends on coaching his son’s Babe Ruth baseball team, his daughter’s AAU basketball team, and will remain an assistant football coach at Natick High under head coach and athletic director Tom Lamb.

The coaching vacancy was posted today.

“We’re really excited by this (basketball) team coming back," said Lamb. "Hopefully, the new coach walks into a pretty good situation. We hated to see him (Flutie) go, but he said the two magic words – work and family – that you can’t argue with.”

Last week, Lamb filled two other varsity coaching positions for next year: Dan Hinnenkamp stepping in for Danielle Chaisson as girls' basketball coach and Liz Finocchi replacing Cara Chase as the field hockey coach.

BB&N's Jimmy McCaffrey (22) committed early to Boston College.

BB&N wide receiver / defensive back James McCaffrey today committed to Boston College.

According to BB&N coach John Papas, McCaffrey -- a junior who will not enter college until the fall of 2010 -- was offered by the Eagles on Friday afternoon and, after talking to his parents over the weekend, called Sunday to announce his attentions. This morning, McCaffrey visited The Heights to offer an in-person commitment to coach Frank Spaziani inside the Eagles' football office.

"This is a tremendous choice for Jimmy, as Boston College has been his No. 1 choice since his unofficial visit in January," Papas said via email. "He loves the coaching staff and players, and looks forward to helping BC continue their quest for an (Atlantic Coast Conference) championship. On the flip side, BC is getting an explosive football player that can help on both sides of the ball as well as a returner in the kicking game. His 4.4 speed, combined with a great work ethic, is something the Eagles will love to have for the next four years."

McCaffrey sparked BB&N to undefeated 2009 campaign that culminated with a 20-13 triumph over Lawrence Academy in the ISL championship tilt.

Dartmouth's Sean Sylvia (19) and Justin Mello (80) on the football field. (Globe File Photo)

After years of bringing crowds to their feet with countless touchdown connections and electric 3-pointers, a dynamic Dartmouth duo finally crossed the high school sports finish line Saturday on a quiet tennis court on the campus of BC High in Dorchester.

Seniors Justin Mello and Sean Sylvia lost to a pair of sophomores, Sam Mullin and Kevin Cleary, 6-4, 6-4, in the first round of the Division 1 South tournament. BC High swept the Indians, 5-0.

‘‘It’s over now, but we had a good run,’’ said Mello. ‘‘Even this season, we did better than we thought we would do.’’

‘‘We had a lot of fun,’’ echoed Sylvia. ‘‘Now we can go to school and do it again.’’

A tennis court isn’t where their story was supposed to end. Sylvia and Mello were baseball players... Until this spring. The pair decided to play tennis, hoping for a shot in a few junior varsity matches, and maybe a varsity match if they were lucky. Instead, the two jelled as a doubles team, quickly became the Indians' No. 1 doubles team while earning Old Colony League All-Star honors.

Mello, a wide receiver/cornerback with outstanding football instincts, will attend the University of New Hampshire in the fall. He leaves Dartmouth as the Indians’ all-time leader in interceptions, receiving yards, and receptions, including 63 catches this past season, a school single-season record. He was also a top option out of the backfield for the Old Colony League champions. Mello was selected as an OCL All-Star each of the past two seasons, nabbing All-Scholastic honors this past year.

On the court, he was one of the area's top all-around players, leading the Indians in rebounds and averaging just under 12 points per game. Dartmouth basketball coach Steve Gasper once dubbed Mello, ‘‘Mr. Everything’’ after a well-rounded effort lifted the team to a victory over New Bedford. He has been an OCL All-Star for three consecutive years.

If there was a ‘‘Mr. Everything’’ on the gridiron, it would have to the Chesire Academy-bound Sylvia. The quarterback / safety / kicker / wide receiver (in his sophomore year) was an integral part of a perfect regular season, despite missing over a month after aggravating a hamstring injury while kicking a game-winning field goal over Mansfield in the season opener. Sylvia still managed to throw 9 touchdown passes, all after returning from the injury. Sylvia has been an OCL All-Star ever year since he was a sophomore and was named an All-Scholastic in 2007.

With a basketball in his hands, Sylvia was just as deadly. He led his team in scoring while earning yet another OCL All-Star selection, his second in three years.

While the two standout athletes never led the Indians to a state championship, they came excruciatingly close on several occasions. Success and accolades aside, the two have left Dartmouth with great memories.

Including a few from a tennis court.