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Blue Devils Holiday Classic

Monday, December 31, 2012

Gallery: Stoughton High Boys' Basketball Falls in Finals of Blue Devils Holiday Classic

The Stoughton High boys' basketball team finished as the runner-up in the 2012 Blue Devils Holiday Classic after losing 61-41 to Hingham in the championship game, played Sunday afternoon in Randolph. Take a look at the gallery for photos from the game.

Falling behind 16-2 just five minutes into the game, and trailing 20-7 by the end of the first quarter, the Stoughton High boys' basketball team never recovered from a slow start, losing 61-41 to Hingham in the championship game of the 2012 Blue Devils Holiday Classic Sunday afternoon at Randolph High. Hingham extended its lead to 37-17 by the half and 51-20 by midway through the third quarter. Stoughton went on an 11-0 run, which spanned the end of the third and start of the fourth, but Hingham quickly ended any hopes of an improbable comeback. "Just a disaster from before it started to when it ended for the most part," Stoughton coach John Gallivan said. "A couple of kids I thought did ok - Matty Mack had another good performance, …

Friday, December 28, 2012

Gallery: Stoughton High Boys' Basketball Beats Natick in Dramatic Fashion

The Stoughton High boys' basketball team beat Natick 68-64 Thursday night in the first game of the Blue Devils Holiday Classic at Randolph High. Joe Bunce-Grenon paced Stoughton with 23 points and 17 rebounds.

Take a look at photos of the game in the media gallery as well as a postgame video interview with Stanley Sajous, Mauro Oliveira, Joe Bunce-Grenon and Marcus Middleton. *** Clinging to a two-point lead, 66-64, after Natick's Alex Hilger hit a three with 9.7 seconds left, the Stoughton High boys' basketball team essentially just needed to inbound the ball, get fouled and hit both free throws to seal a victory Thursday night in the opening game of the Blue Devils Holiday Classic at Randolph High. That happened, but not without some drama in between. Marcus Middleton got the in bounds pass for Stoughton but was called for a travel in front of the Natick bench giving the Redhawks the ball back with 8.4 seconds left. After losing to Attleboro …

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Jeffrey Pickette

9:57 am on Saturday, December 29, 2012

The finals of the Blue Devils Holiday Classic between the Stoughton High boys' basketball team and Hingham, originally scheduled for Saturday night, has been postponed until SUNDAY at 3:30 p.m. at Randolph High. The consolation game between Natick and Randolph will take place Sunday at 2 p.m.   more ›

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