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By KEVIN DEVLIN Last weekend, the 13th annual John Cunniff Memorial Shamrock Tournament was held at the DCR Murphy Rink in South Boston. Four Pee Wee “A” teams – South Boston, the Cambridge Falcons, the Medford Mustangs, and the New England Predators – competed in this coveted tournament. South Boston defeated the New England Predators 1-0 in the championship game. This was only the second time that Southie took home the gold. Milton won in ’03, ‘04, and ’07. Dorchester won in ’05 and ’06. Duxbury won in ’08. Arlington won in ’09. The Conquistadors won in ’10 and ’12. Marblehead won in ’13 and the Terriers won in ’14. The rink was shut down last winter due to the weather and needed repairs. Southie [...]

Last Saturday evening, March 5, the Gate of Heaven CYO girl’s high school age team lost at Catholic Memorial High School in the semi-finals of the State CYO tournament. But the girls had a great time playing and being with their friends off and on the court. Pictured in the back row (from left) are Shannon Woods, Jaelyn Kenneally, Coach Allison Baker, Coach Hannah Powers, Julia Casper and Catherine Woods. Pictured in the front row (from left) are Jackie Czar, Lauren Woods, Jacqueline Beggan, Joyce Welch and Mari Barry. Picture courtesy of Paula Casper

By KEVIN DEVLIN On Sunday, March 7, at Saint Agatha’s school gymnasium in Milton, the Gate of Heaven CYO fifth and sixth grade boys’ travel team defeated Saint Agatha’s of Milton, 27-14, to capture the CYO Vicariate Tournament Championship. Gatey took an early 9-2 lead and led at the half, 11-6. In the second half, Gatey went on a 9-5 run to take a 20-11 lead and went home with the championship medals and trophy. For Gatey, Conor Strickland was unstoppable as he netted 13 points, including one three-pointer from downtown. Max Hogan blocked two shots, had a handful of rebounds and scored six points. It was without doubt the best game he played all season as he blocked up the middle and gobbled up [...]

By KEVIN DEVLIN On Saturday, March 5, at the Walsh Center gym, the Gate of Heaven CYO instructional league and the John “Injun” Horan Memorial Girls’ House League held their end of the season all-star games. In the opening tilt, the instructional league all-stars, the Red Raiders defeated the Blue Bombers 12-6. In the John “Injun” Horan Girls’ League all-star game, the Blue Birds eked out a hard fought victory against the White Wonders, 35-33. In the opening minutes of the first half, the Blue Birds took an early 8-2 lead. The White Wonders responded and went on an 8-0 run to take the lead, 10-8. The game was tied up, 14-14, at the half. In the second half, the White Wonders took a 30-24 [...]

Congratulations to the South Boston Mite 2 team for capturing the Providence Bruins Mite 2 jamboree at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The kids from Southie went undefeated as they played and beat teams from Rhode Island, Connecticut,and New Jersey. South Boston started off itsmagical ride with Duncan Crowley netting the first goal of the tournament and the team never looked back. Lindsay Fox soon followed with the eventual game winner. Southie prevailed with a 2-1 victory over SWS Firehawks of Rhode Island. Stellar defense by Will Reidy and incredible goaltending by Ryan McGarrell propelled Southie to their first victory of the afternoon. The next game turned out to be a barn burner as Southie faced off against a worthy opponent in [...]

By KEVIN DEVLIN On Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Walsh Center gym, Saint Vincent’s two CYO boys’ travel teams competed in the annual CYO Vicariate Tournament. The seventh and eighth grade team went home with a victory in the opening round by cruising to victory against Saint Agatha’s of Milton, while the fifth and sixth grade team lost to a talent-laden Saint Peter’s of Cambridge squad. The older boys’ squad is coached by Billy Allen and Alhaji Mansaray. They were 9-3 during the regular season and continued their winning ways against coach John Timmins’ team from Milton. For Saint Vincent’s, Djeison Resende was unstoppable, netting 22 points and hauling down 12 rebounds. Darrell Hardy scored 12 points, while Walter Steele and Alex Nunez had 10 [...]

By KEVIN DEVLIN Spring is sitting on the horizon as we glance at winter through our rear view mirrors. Such optimism abounds as the South Boston Stars spring soccer and basketball teams get ready to rumble. This upcoming season, from March through late May, the Southie Stars will be fielding three hoop teams and one soccer team. Southie Stars founder, Marc Iannaco, is coaching the Under 12 and Under 13 boys’ hoop teams, while Megan Cheeseman will be coaching the eighth-grade girls’ hoop team. Basketball practices will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the South Boston Catholic Academy gym. They started Tuesday, Feb. 23. Practice for the boys’ teams are from 6 to 7:30 p.m., while the eighth-grade girls’ team practices are from 7:30 to [...]

By KEVIN DEVLIN On Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Walsh Center gym, the Metro Energy Club defeated the Jack McDonough Club, 29-22, to capture the Gate of Heaven CYO cadet house league title. The Metro Energy Club was the regular season champion with an 11-1 record and was not to be denied in the championship tilt. In the first half, Metro Energy Club guard Logan Crowley hit a three-pointer from the corner to give his team an 11-6 lead at intermission. In the opening minutes of the second half, the Jack McDonough Club went on a 5-0 run to cut the deficit to one, 12-11. But then coach Billy Crowley’s boys buckled down and went on a 6-0 run of their own to realize an [...]

By KEVIN DEVLIN On Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Walsh Center gym, the Gate of Heaven CYO third and fourth grade boys team, coached by Danielle McDonald and Sean Monahan, played in the annual CYO Vicariate Tournament. Their opening round opponent was Saint Agatha’s of Milton. It was a close knit game and with less than 30 seconds to play, Gatey was leading by three, with the score at 20-17. Then, Saint Agatha’s raced down the court and hit a three-pointer from downtown, to tie it. It looked like the game was going to go into overtime, but with 6.2 seconds left on the game clock, Gatey forward Robert Wisniewski had the ball and dribbled to his right. He shot the ball hoping for a [...]