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Clifford’s Return Makes All the Difference in the World to Danvers High Boys Cagers

(Note: This is the first in a series of profiles on key members of the 2014-15 Danvers High boys basketball team.) The Danvers High boys basketball team, considered one of the top teams in Eastern Massachusetts before the season even … Continue reading

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After 2-Week Layoff, Danvers High Boys Cagers Learn a Lesson, Slam Saugus

We’ll find out what a two-week layoff means to the New England Patriots Saturday against the Ravens, but last night we saw how a 14-day break from competition affects the now-No. 3-rated (see Boston Globe) Danvers High Falcons boys basketball … Continue reading

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At Holiday Break, Danvers High boys cagers (4-0) Are On Schedule

After winning three games in four nights, including an impressive 59-53 victory over Somerville at Salem State and boosting their record to 4-0, the Danvers High boys’ basketball team seems to be on schedule for what could be a record-breaking … Continue reading

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Clifford, Merry, DHS Falcons Fly High in Season Opener at Winthrop

For those waking up this morning looking for the Danvers High boys basketball team’s opening night score Tuesday from its road game at Winthrop in the Boston Globe, they were in for a jolt. “Winthrop 59, Danvers 37,” the line … Continue reading

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2014-15 Danvers High Boys Cagers Have High Expectations

The 2014-2015 Danvers High boys basketball team knows where it’s been and where it should be going as they began pre-season workouts Monday night in the DHS field house. Their fans’ expectations — and their own — are through the … Continue reading

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Danvers High Falcon Cagers Keep Making History — With Potentially More To Be Made in 2014-15

The Danvers High boys’ basketball season officially came to an end the other night with another classy awards banquet at Spinelli’s in Lynnfield put on by the team;s Booster Parents. The event saluted head coach John Walsh — arguably the … Continue reading

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Relentless Danvers High Boys Basketball Team Providing Much-Needed Joy to its School and the Community

Winning two tournament games in 2011 was a novelty. Capturing back-to-back MIAA Division 3 state championships the last two years was the ultimate in so many ways. But what the Danvers High boys basketball team has accomplished this winter defies … Continue reading

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Walsh, Danvers Falcons A Revelation, Even in Defeat, at 10-2

The more I have watched John Walsh’s fourth Danvers High boys’ basketball team, the more I have been amazed at the quality of Walsh’s coaching and the talent displayed by his six-man rotation, all new players this season except for … Continue reading

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Danvers boys’ cagers (8-1) off to remarkable start in 2013-14 season

Even after suffering its first defeat last night at Salem, 41-38, the Danvers High boys’ basketball team, with nary a single starter back from last year’s state championship-winning group, is off to a spectacular start. Makes one appreciate even more, … Continue reading

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Catching up after a Long Respite; Looking Ahead to 2014; USGA Calling?

Catching up in all directions today after being sidetracked with a melanoma issue the last few months that won’t go away, but which can hopefully be controlled, thanks to the amazing caregivers at Massachusetts General Hospital. We start, as I … Continue reading

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