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Skilled set: All-State football team announced

By Jessica Isner
Globe Correspondent / December 30, 2008
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Four Globe Players of the Year, two Independent School League stars, and a running back from one of the highest-scoring teams in state history highlight the 14th All-State Super-26 Football team.

More than 100 players were nominated and 26 were selected by a committee from the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association.

The offense is led by Dracut quarterback Matt Grimard, the Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year and the Globe's Division 1A Player of the Year. The other quarterback selected was Framingham's Danny Guadagnoli. The four running backs were Wakefield's Martin Hyppolite, Brockton's Khalil James-Offley, Milton Academy's Josh Scott, and Longmeadow's Alex Scyocurka. Scyocurka rushed for 2,647 yards this season as Longmeadow scored 533 points, second most in state history.

Two receivers earned all-state status, Minnechaug's Jeff Lingenfelter and Dartmouth's Justin Mello. The five members of the offensive line are Fitchburg's Keith Bourne, Everett's Ralph Faia, BC High's Nnamdi Obukwelu, Dover-Sherborn's Ted Ouellet, and Malden Catholic's Mark Sylvester.

The defensive line consists of Robert Blanchflower of St. John's (Shrewsbury), Dartmouth's Arthur Lynch, Xaverian's C.J. Parsons, Walpole's Adam Riegel, and Catholic Memorial's Brennan Williams. The linebackers are Division 2A Player of the Year Shane DiBona of Duxbury and Division 1 Player of the Year Tyler Horan of BC High, along with Bishop Feehan's Tom Effler and Longmeadow's Nico Sierra.

Division 3 Player of the Year Sean Ryan of Norton, along with BB&N's Steve Grassa, Coyle & Cassidy's Conor Henry, and Salem's Melikke Van Alstyne, constitute the secondary.

The players will be honored March 1 at Lantana's in Randolph.

Hockey
Atlantic Coast: Nauset handed Marshfield its first loss, 3-2, courtesy of goals by Logan Brown and twins Troy and Dean Niezgoda.

Hockomock: Sophomore defenseman Corey Weathers scored his first goal of the season in Oliver Ames's 1-0 triumph over Foxboro.

Mayflower: Carver/Sacred Heart got two goals from junior Cal Ciarcia to edge Southeastern/West Bridgewater, 2-1.

Northeastern: Chris Mastropietro tallied two goals and an assist in Revere's 3-1 win over Marblehead.

Nonleague: Brothers Nick and Scott Shannon notched two goals apiece to lead Stoneham over Pentucket, 7-3 . . . Senior Sam Gifford registered 29 saves in a 3-1 win over Hingham to preserve Needham's perfect record (5-0).

Girls' basketball
Nonleague: Stoughton beat Taunton, 66-50, thanks to a 33-point performance from Erica Batchelder in the Milton Holiday Classic . . . Senior Courtney Finn contributed 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead Winthrop past Norwood, 55-49, in the consolation game of the Cardinal Spellman Christmas Tournament . . . Julie Manning's 10 points and 15 rebounds carried Hull to a 56-44 victory over Sacred Heart in the Cohasset Holiday Classic . . . In the Lapels Holiday Tournament, sophomore Nicole Bersford contributed 30 points in Marshfield's 57-53 win over Hanover . . . Junior guard Colleen Hooper scored 17 points to lead Mansfield to a 53-30 win over Boston Latin in the Hingham Holiday Tournament . . . Franklin sophomore guard Sarah Doherty and senior forward Katie Kalutkiewicz had 9 points apiece to lead a balanced attack in a 54-25 victory over Winthrop in the Franklin Holiday Tournament . . . In the first round of the Notre Dame (Hingham) Tournament, North Quincy scored a 58-56 win over Natick, which got a 35-point performance from Shannon Foley.

Boys' basketball
Nonleague: Central Catholic center Carson Desrosiers just missed a triple double with 11 points, 10 blocks, and 9 rebounds in a 74-47 win over Lawrence in the Greater Lawrence Christmas Tournament . . . Taariq Allen's 13 points and eight rebounds helped Marblehead beat Goffstown, N.H., 68-57 . . . In Wayland's 77-75 win over Martha's Vineyard, senior guard Charles Brown tallied 19 points.

Boys' track
Patriot: Pat Taft clocked 4:36.01 in the 1-mile, finishing first and leading Whitman-Hanson to a 67-33 win over Quincy.

Girls' track
Nonleague: Randolph's 4 x 200 team finished first in 1:33.07, but the Blue Devils fell to Hanover, 53-42, and to Hingham, 82-18.

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