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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Calixte, Middleton Spark Comeback Win for Stoughton High Boys’ Basketball in Tournament Opener

The #4 Black Knights trailed by eight points midway through the fourth, but came back to defeat #13 Duxbury, 69-63, Tuesday night in the opening round of the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional boys’ basketball tournament.

Trailing in the middle of the fourth quarter, Stoughton’s two best players each stepped up to do what they do best. Junior guard Aaron Calixte scored 13 of his game-high 31 points in the final frame, while classmate Marcus Middleton provided “the best defense” Stoughton head coach John Gallivan has ever seen in Stoughton’s gym. Despite falling behind as much as 8 points late in the game, the fourth-seeded Black Knights boys’ basketball team stormed back to knock of #13 Duxbury, 69-63, in the first round of the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional boys’ basketball tournament, Tuesday night. “Offensively it was Aaron of course,” Gallivan said of what sparked the comeback. “Defensively, Marcus turned that game around putting that kind of ball …

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Aaron Calixte Joins Stoughton High’s 1,000-Point Club as Junior [VIDEO], Stoughton High School, Photo Gallery: Stoughton High Boys’ Varsity Basketball, and 3 more ›

Christine Iacobucci

8:42 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Congrats on a great win, to a great team!   more ›

Monday, February 27, 2012

Postseason Primer: Stoughton High Boys’ Basketball Takes on Duxbury Tuesday

The Stoughton High Black Knights boys’ basketball team (16-4) hosts Duxbury (11-9) in a first round matchup in the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional Tournament.

The Duxbury High boys’ basketball team may only be 11-9, but Stoughton coach John Gallivan said the Dragons are “probably the hottest team in Division 2 South right now,” having won six of seven, including a 68-55 win over Oliver Ames in the regular season finale. The Black Knights (16-4), the #4 seed in the Division 2 South Sectional bracket, will host Duxbury, the #13 seed, Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Stoughton High. It’s a game that will feature Stoughton’s speed going up against Duxbury’s height—four of the five players in Duxbury’s starting five are 6’3 or 6’4. Stoughton’s tallest player, Antonio Ferreira, is 6’3. Gallivan said he expects to face a well-coached, well-disciplined team. Once ravaged by injuries, Duxbury, by all accounts, is …

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Photo Gallery: Stoughton High Boys’ Basketball and Cheerleading Senior Night, Stoughton High School, Aaron Calixte Joins Stoughton High’s 1,000-Point Club as Junior [VIDEO], and 3 more ›

Stephen Mack

7:11 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Here we GO!!!! Should be fun. Go Knights!!!!!   more ›

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