Saturday, January 5, 2013
The Stoughton High boys' basketball team lost 54-47 to Franklin Friday night. Take a look at pictures from the game in the media gallery of this article.
Photos in the gallery by Justin Braga and Jeffrey Pickette *** Locked in a back-and-forth defensive battle, both the Stoughton High boys' basketball team and visiting Franklin struggled to shoot the ball, combining to hit only 33.3 percent of their attempts in a performance Stoughton coach John Gallivan quipped "set the game back offensively a few decades." But, Franklin made a couple of key shots in the final minutes of play, and converted its free throw opportunities down the stretch to pull away, beating Stoughton 54-47 Friday night at SHS. With the loss, Stoughton falls to 2-4, with three of the losses coming in the waning moments of the fourth quarter. Franklin, meanwhile, gets back to .500, improving to 3-3. "It looked like at the …
Saturday, February 18, 2012
After losing to Stoughton twice this season, the Panthers beat the Black Knights Friday night, 69-56, in Franklin. With the win, Franklin captures the Hockomock League Classic Cup.
With the Stoughton High boys’ varsity basketball team trailing 14-11 at the end of the first quarter after Franklin’s Matt Pellegri hit a three-pointer in the final minute of the period, the Panthers went on a 10-0 run to start the second, shutting out the Black Knights for the first 4:30 of the second quarter, building a 27-17 lead at the half. Stoughton cut the deficit to two possessions on multiple occasions in the second half, but Franklin had an answer each time, either hitting a big shot or taking advantage of a Stoughton miscue—a missed rebound or missed free throw attempt. As a result, the Panthers came away with a 69-56 win Friday night in Franklin, capturing the Hockomock League Classic Cup, awarded to the winner of the showdown …
Friday, February 3, 2012
Stoughton came away with an 81-60 win Thursday at home, snapping Franklin’s 10-game win streak, while extending their own win streak to seven games.
Statistics don’t always tell the whole story—but Thursday night they pretty much did. Both Stoughton and Franklin took 29 first-half shots. The Black Knights boys’ basketball team made 17 (58.6 percent) of theirs while the Panthers converted only eight (27.6 percent). As a result, Stoughton built a 46-28 lead at the half. The discrepancy in shooting between the two teams continued in the second half, with the Black Knights winning 81-60 at home, snapping the Panthers’ 10-game win streak. In a battle between two of the top teams in the Hockomock League, Stoughton improves to 13-1, winners of seven straight. Franklin falls to 10-4. “It’s been a couple of games since we’ve clicked on all cylinders like that where we had at least two guys …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The Black Knights trailed by one heading into the fourth quarter, but clamped down on defense and came away with a 7-point win on the road.
The Foxboro High boys’ basketball team kept Stoughton in check through three quarters, leading 47-46 heading into the final frame. Stoughton, however, upped their defensive effort, pulling away with a 62-55 win Tuesday night on the road. The Black Knights improve to a league best 12-1 while the Warriors fall to 4-10. Stoughton avoids the upset, picking up their sixth straight win instead. “They made some plays [and] we didn’t make some plays,” said Foxboro head coach C.J. Neely. “We didn’t get the scoring opportunities we did earlier in the game. They did a better job of getting out on our shooters. I’m real proud of the way our guys competed though. They really showed a lot of resiliency.” The Black Knights were sparked by the play of …
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Stoughton’s 69-63 win over the Panthers was their first win at Franklin since the 2004-2005 season.
And, exhale. The Stoughton High boys’ basketball team escaped a determined comeback by the Franklin Panthers, 69-63, to earn their third win of the season and their first at Franklin High since the 2004-2005 season. “It was just one of those ‘it wasn’t easy’ [games],” Stoughton head coach John Gallivan said of Tuesday night’s road contest. “Different guys pitched in in different ways. Nobody had a great night. Everybody just sucked it up and did just enough. We did enough just to almost lose and we did just enough to win.” Stoughton, 3-0, is now 2-0 in the Hockomock League (1-0 in the Davenport Division). Franklin is 0-2. Stoughton’s largest lead was 14 after an 8-0 run to start the second quarter to put the Black Knights ahead 30-16. …
Raquel
11:42 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
For the boys you guys work hard keep trying...... But you can't win with 7 guys,play the bench. more ›