Thursday, May 16, 2013
Freshman Jake Gibb tossed a complete game shutout, with Stoughton beating Milford 10-0 on Wednesday. The win qualifies Stoughton (10-6) for the MIAA postseason tournament.
Josh Brown contributed reporting. *** A week after coming on in relief and picking up the final eight outs in what turned out to be a walk-off win against Foxborough, Stoughton freshman Jake Gibb got the start Wednesday at Milford with a chance to qualify for the MIAA state tournament on the line. Gibb, who has held down second base and has provided some big hits on offense this season, came through again, this time on the mound, tossing a complete game shutout, with the Stoughton High baseball team winning 10-0. The Black Knights improve to 10-6, reaching the magic number of victories needed to make the postseason. "The team is starting to come together, just chemistry-wise, character-wise," Stoughton coach Mike Armour said. "To qualify …
Milford pitcher Shannon Smith no-hit the Black Knights, with Stoughton losing 10-0 Wednesday afternoon. Check out photos from the game in the media gallery of this article.
When Milford joined the Hockomock this school year, the League knew it was adding a softball powerhouse, the defending Division 1 state champion and three-time defending D1 Central Sectional champions. The Stoughton High softball team kept it close for most of the game Wednesday at home, trailing 2-0 after three innings, and 4-0 after five innings, but the Milford bats awoke in the sixth inning with six runs, and pitcher Shannon Smith shutdown the Stoughton bats, no-hitting the Black Knights, while striking out 17. Stoughton (4-11) ended up falling 10-0 on a cold and damp afternoon, but coach Janet Sullivan was pleased with her team's effort against Milford, now 16-1, the team with the best record in the Hockomock. "I could not be more …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Stoughton High baseball team beat Oliver Ames 6-2 Monday at home, the first win over OA for Stoughton's senior class, and first win over the Tigers in coach Mike Armour's six years leading the team.
Postgame video interviews with Will McGrath, Mike Connelly, Pat Jackman, Pat Raeke, Mike Gallagher and Sam Werman are posted in the media gallery of this article. *** This win was for the seniors. The Stoughton High baseball team defeated Oliver Ames, 6-2, Monday afternoon for the first time in this batch of Stoughton senior's baseball careers. The win moves Stoughton (9-6) just one win away from a MIAA State Tournament berth with five games remaining on the schedule. Oliver Ames fell to 11-4. Senior captain Pat Jackman led the offense going 3 for 4 with a double, while juniors Mike Gallagher and Pat Raeke each went 2 for 3 with a triple. Junior Sam Werman took the mound for Stoughton, opposed by sophomore Brendan Welch of Oliver Ames. …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
With Tuesday's win over Canton, the Stoughton High boys' outdoor track team clinched sole possession of the Hockomock League's Davenport Division. On the girls' side, Stoughton came up short against the Bulldogs.
The Stoughton boys' track team clinched the Hockomock League Davenport Division title and completed an undefeated dual meet season (5-0) with its win over Canton, 108-28, on Tuesday. "After finishing last year's spring season in a tie with Oliver Ames for the Davenport and tying with both OA and Sharon in the winter track season, this season's finish was especially sweet," Stoughton coach Harvey Blonder said. "A lot of the team has been together for four years and are impact athletes in other sports as well. I am looking forward to taking on the Kelley-Rex division in the Hockomock Championship meet on May 19." The Stoughton girls, meanwhile, lost 83-53 to fall to 0-5, but turned in some strong individual performances. Full recaps for …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Trailing 3-0, Stoughton cut the deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth, and then scored two more times in the bottom of the seventh to win 4-3, giving the Black Knights their second walk-off victory in as many games.
Check out a postgame video interview with Jovani Pires, Pat Jackman and Kaleb Ballou in the media gallery of this article. *** The bottom of the seventh has treated Stoughton well the last two games. For the second game in a row the Stoughton High baseball team (8-6) won on a walk-off hit, this time defeating Foxborough (3-11) 4-3 on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in Stoughton. After senior captain Pat Jackman had the game-winning hit Monday against Sharon, he had the game-tying hit against Foxborough on Wednesday, and then came around to score the game-winning run against the Warriors. Against Foxborough, Stoughton got a strong pitching performance from senior starter Mike Dixon, and from freshman Jake Gibb, who pitched 2 and 2/3 innings of …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Stoughton High baseball team beat Sharon 2-1 Monday at home. Pat Jackman had a walk-off double to end the game. Take a look at photos from the game and a video interview with Jackman, Mike Gallagher and Mike Romaine in the media gallery.
The Stoughton High baseball team (7-6) walked off with a win against the Sharon Eagles (8-6) by a score of 2-1 Monday afternoon, on a game-ending RBI double by senior captain Pat Jackman in the bottom of the seventh inning. The win snaps a two-game losing streak and moves Stoughton three wins short of a tournament berth with seven games left to play this season. Both Stoughton and Sharon received strong performances from their pitchers. Stoughton's Will McGrath and Mike Gallagher split the game, with McGrath pitching the first four innings, and Gallagher relieving him for the last three. Sharon sent senior Jake Fishman to the mound, who suffered his second heartbreaking loss pitching against Stoughton this season. Stoughton scored its …
Stoughton was led by senior captain Meghan Flaherty who had 3 hits and 4 RBI.
The Stoughton High softball team did all their scoring in the first and second innings Monday afternoon on their way to a road win over Sharon. The Black Knights put up three runs in the first inning and three runs in the second in the 6-1 win. Senior captain Meghan Flaherty lead the way for Stoughton going 3-4 with a single, double, triple and 4 RBI. Emma Zuk also chipped in with a two run double in the first inning. “We did all our scoring at the beginning," Stoughton head coach Janet Sullivan said. “Give them credit because [the Sharon] pitcher, she’s come in off their bench because they lost their starting pitcher, she did a great job. She shut us down after two innings. We didn’t score again,” Sullivan said. Stoughton pitcher Emily …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Photos from the Stoughton High outdoor track teams' meet against Oliver Ames.
In another dominating performance, the Stoughton boys' outdoor track team remains unbeaten, defeating Oliver Ames 91-45 on Tuesday. Andrew Valle, Malachi Baugh and Samir Sofi all won multiple events. Stoughton throwers (shot put, discus, javelin) picked up 26 out of a possible 27 points. On the girls' side, Stoughton lost to OA, 112-24. Top performers included Megan Crimmins, Amy Kelly and Ariene Ohimor. The team takes on Canton Tuesday, May 7. Recaps of the OA meet are below. Photos in the media gallery by Justin Braga. BOYS The following is from Stoughton coach Harvey Blonder: The Stoughton boys ran their record to 4-0 defeating Oliver Ames 91-45. The win assured the boys of at least a share of the Davenport title. A win vs Canton …
After Stoughton tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Mansfield responded with three runs in the top of the sixth inning, beating Stoughton 4-1. Take a look at photos from the game in the media gallery.
With the Stoughton High baseball team trailing 1-0 in the top of the fifth inning against visiting Mansfield Wednesday afternoon, freshman Jake Gibb belted a triple deep to centerfield to lead off the bottom of the fifth. One batter later, Pat Raeke was retired on a squeeze play, but the sacrifice brought bring Gibb home from third to tie the score 1-1. But, Mansfield countered with three runs in the top of the sixth to take a 4-1 lead, ultimately winning the game by that same score. With the loss, Stoughton falls to 6-5 on the season, while Mansfield improves to 5-6. "Mansfield made some more plays than we did," Stoughton coach Mike Armour said. Stoughton starter Mike Dixon battled through the first two innings, but then settled down …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Stoughton High Softball team reached the midpoint of its 18-game regular season Monday.
After keeping it close with visiting King Philip through the first four innings of Monday afternoon's game, always-tough KP opened things up in the fifth inning, and came away with a 16-1 win. Jordan Angelos had a single, was hit by a pitch, scored Stoughton's lone run, and also played a strong game defensively. Catcher Payton Pizzano had a strong game throwing out three KP baserunners attempting to steal and tagging out a runner at the plate. Monday's game against KP marked the midpoint of the 18-game regular season for the Stoughton High softball team. Stoughton sits at 3-6 through nine games, with nine games to go in the regular season. The team will need a strong second half to reach the .500 mark (or finish second in the Hockomock …
