Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Stoughton High volleyball team lost to Barnstable in the quarterfinals of the D1 South Sectional tournament, ending the most successful season in the five year history of the program.
Photos by Suzanne Jolley *** After beating 10th seeded Braintree in the first round this past Saturday, the #7 Stoughton High volleyball team traveled to #2 Barnstable in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Division 1 South Sectional tournament Monday night. Barnstable, a Massachusetts high school volleyball powerhouse - back-to-back state D1 state champions, and winners of 14 of the last 19 D1 championships - beat Stoughton in straight sets 25-4, 25-11 and 25-18, ending the Black Knights' historic season. Stoughton, 13-5 in the regular season (and 14-6 overall), finished with the best mark in the program's brief five year history. And so despite the loss, where it took Stoughton until the midpoint of the second set to settle in, coach Ken Gay …
Sunday, November 4, 2012
The #7 seeded Stoughton High volleyball team beat #10 Braintree, 3-1, in the first round of the MIAA Division 1 South Sectional volleyball tournament Saturday at SHS. Stoughton advances to play #2 Barnstable in the quarterfinals.
Check out a postgame video interview with Kayla Motley, Nicole Daniels, Lauren Carmichael, Emma Zuk and Gabby Medina in the media gallery. Photos by Molly Zuk. *** After being edged in the first set, the Stoughton High volleyball team bounced back with a dominant second set and pulled out close victories in sets three and four to earn a 3-1 win over Braintree, 21-25, 25-10, 25-21 and 25-22, in the opening round of the MIAA Division 1 South Sectional tournament Saturday evening at home. This was Stoughton's first time hosting a state tournament match and just second tournament appearance overall, after the team made its postseason debut last year. More importantly, this was Stoughton's first tournament win in the five year history of the …
Friday, November 2, 2012
The Stoughton High volleyball team, seeded 7th in an 11-team bracket, will host #10 Braintree in the first round of the MIAA Division 1 South Sectional volleyball tournament Saturday at 7 p.m. at SHS.
One year after making its first-ever appearance in the MIAA postseason state tournament, the Stoughton High volleyball team is set to host a postseason match for the first time. The MIAA released its state tournament volleyball brackets Thursday. After a 13-5 regular season, the best mark in the program's brief five year history, Stoughton High is seeded #7 in the 11-team MIAA Division 1 South Sectional bracket. Stoughton will host #10 Braintree (12-8) Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the SHS gym. "I am totally thrilled for Stoughton High School and our volleyball players. They have worked extremely hard throughout the year and now will enjoy a first round match in their home gym," coach Ken Gay wrote in an email. Stoughton is a Division 2 …
Fiscal Conservative
10:33 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Nice comment Mr. Mack. I wonder if he & his program will ever receive the respect from administration as you and I give. Seems his program, from the beginning, has never received the respect or support from the school department. How many other teams had to raise $20K to start their programs? Will a new girl's hockey team need to raise funds to pay for the high cost of ice time? Doubt it!! Will … more ›