Stoughton High Boys’ Basketball Leads Wire to Wire in Win over Oliver Ames
The Black Knights beat the Tigers 63-44 Friday night in Stoughton behind 26 points from Aaron Calixte. Nick Bruha led OA with 20.
The last time the Oliver Ames boys’ basketball team traveled to Stoughton, the Black Knights came away with a 79-76 quadruple overtime win in February of 2011 after Eric MacKinnon’s three pointer rimmed out as time expired in the fourth extra period. This time around, there was no need for overtime or late game dramatics. Stoughton won the first matchup this season between the two Davenport Division rivals, 63-44, handing Oliver Ames its first loss of the season (5-1) Friday night in Stoughton. Meanwhile, Stoughton remains unbeaten at 6-0. Despite the 19-point final margin, Stoughton coach John Gallivan will be the first to tell you the score was deceiving. “Everyone is going to think it was easy, but it was hard,” he said. Stoughton led …
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Stephen Mack
3:44 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012
What a wonderful game...!! Total Team Effort ( all SHS wins have been this year). So many go-to guys on this team. Really fun team to watch. Aaron Calixte is a complete player....trying not to jump ahead, and not enjoy this season, but can't help thinking how good he's going to be when he's a Senior!!! Watching him change speeds while driving to the basket is a simply fun to see. Watching him … more ›