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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Danvers–Hamilton-Wenham Battle Of The Unbeatens Would Be A Classic For All Time; A Game For The Ages
It’s not going to happen in reality, so let’s make it happen using our educated imagination. Danvers, 27-0, MIAA Division 2 state champs, versus neighboring Hamilton-Wenham, 25-0, MIAA Division 4 state champs, in a jam-packed Salem High field house, 3000 … Continue reading
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John Walsh: The Modest Coach-Turned-Legend In His Own Time — With A Hall of Fame Record To Boot
When John Walsh, a baby in the business at the age of 30, was appointed the new boys’ basketball coach in June 2010, few Danvers High sports fans took notice. Maybe the players and the parents for the 2010-11 team … Continue reading
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Danvers High’s Fabulous, Fantastic Fenomenal Falcons Had Questions Galore At Season’s Start, Then Answered Them All With An Emphatic ‘Yes’
Great Expectations. The name of a famous Dickens novel, of course, but also the cloud that hung over the heads of every coach and player on the 2014-2015 Danvers High basketball team. Four years of unprecedented success had brought coach … Continue reading
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Salem Cagers Were, Like 2015 Danvers Falcons, Perfect in 1980, ’90 and ’95
The historic season recently completed by the Danvers High boys’ basketball team (27-0, Div. 2 state title, third state title in four years) brought back memories for this hoops chronicler of three state champion teams from Salem High, all of … Continue reading
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Peter Merry Follows Teammate Harris As NEC MVP
Following in brother George Merry’s footsteps on the Danvers High basketball team was one mighty challenge. George had been an All-Northeastern Conference performer and a Boston Glove all-scholastic when he led the Falcons to their first state title in 2012. … Continue reading
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Danvers Is Titletown Massachusetts; Hamilton-Wenham’s Championship Makes The North Shore The Hub of Heroes
What a weekend for North Shore high school sports. Three opportunities to capture state champions. Three missions accomplished. Congratulations to them all. To the Fabulous, Fantastic, Fenomenal undefeated (27-0) Falcons of Danvers High School, who defeated Marlborough, 52-49, Saturday in … Continue reading
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Danvers High’s Fabulous, Fantastic, Fenomenal Falcons Bring Home Third State Title in Four Years; Stave Off Marlborough Thanks To Harris’s Four Foul Shots in Final 23 Seconds, 52-49; Finish Perfect 27-0, Make All Kinds of History
Hail to the new MIAA Division 2 state champions — the Fabulous, Fantastic, Fenomenal Falcons of Danvers High, 52-49 victors over a courageous Marlborough High unit that made up in the second half 16 points of an 18-point first half … Continue reading
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It’s Championship Day For The Fabulous Falcons
The Day has finally arrived. Championship Day for the Fabulous Falcons of Danvers High School. The Day the Falcons reach a pinnacle of perfection one would never have imagined just a few years ago. It will take a fantastic effort … Continue reading
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Danvers’ Walsh The Difference Maker In Team’s Historic Championship Run
He will tell you the players make all the shots, grab all the rebounds, deliver all the smooth passes. First it was the Bates-McKenna-Amico-Connors-Martin-George Merry nucleus spanning the 2012-2013 Northeastern Conference and MIAA Division 3 State championships. Then came the … Continue reading
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Danvers High’s Fabulous Falcons’ Date With Destiny Draws Near
Random thoughts as Danvers High’s Fabulous Falcons continue preparations for their “Date With Destiny” Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the DCU Center, Worcester, against 21-3 Marlborough. At stake: The MIAA Division 2 state championship. The one player most apparently … Continue reading
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