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December 18, 2009 · 10:20 pm
Hannah O’Flynn lines up for one of her 24 points as HW’s Sophie Prince looks on
(Ipswich) Coach Mandy Zegarowski has led the Ipswich High Schools girl’s basketball team to seven straight MIAA tourney appearances. After watching the team defeat visiting Hamilton-Wenham, 60-40, on Friday night at Ipswich, I wouldn’t bet against an 8th appearance.
The Tigers graduated Amber Smith (all-time career scorer) to UMaine but are still off to a 3-0 start. How are they now winning, you ask? Friday night the catalyst was a three-quarter court pressing defense that served up one delicious turnover after another.
The Tigers were quick to convert the turnovers to easy layups and/or foul shots and raced to a commanding 38-21 lead.
Junior Hannah O’Flynn (5’11”) was on the front end of that 2-2-1 press and tallied quite a few of her game-leading 24 points off the General giveaways.
Coach Zegarowski’s pressing strategy made perfect sense because relying on a less active half-court defense with Simone Prioli on the other team was asking for trouble. Simone (senior) has over 500 points for HW despite missing last season with a knee injury. Good enough to attract Bates College – signed on with them recently.
The Tigers built up a 38-21 halftime advantage. Most of the HW points came when they successfully got beyond the IHS pressure for free trips to the basket.
A slow scoring start in the third quarter turned off the Tigers’ made-basket press and HW prospered in the opportunity to run a set offense and cut a 17-point lead into single digits. Ispwich recovered to put some points on the board and back came their devastating press and the lead was back to seventeen (49-32) by the end of the third quarter. Both teams cleared their benches in the final quarter.
Simone was not the only player back from a missing season. Stephanie Sutherby (senior) was as well. I was on hand last season at North Reading in the opener when Stephanie hurt her knee and was lost for the season. The IHS girls were thereafter forced to play without an experienced point guard, kind of like the IHS boys this season. How good would the 2008-09 Tiger girls have been with Stephanie on hand?
Stephanie Sutherby (#13) hits a corner shot for the Tigers.
Stephanie vs HW was a key in the press with numerous steals that led to assists. She also scored 12 points.
Hannah and Lia Webb dominated the boards at both ends. Many of the IHS points came from in close.
The Tigers did an excellent job of keeping the ball away from Simone when half-court defense was required.
Ipswich is off to a 3-0 start thanks to wins over Cape Ann League Division 2 opponents. Ahead are D1 opponents Triton (Monday) and Wilmington (Wednesday) at home. Those games could give a better indication of how good the Tiger girls really are.
November 10, 2009 · 10:37 pm
Two overtimes didn’t settle it, nor did the first five penalty kicks. The 6th penalty kick gave the Shawsheen Tech Rams the Division 3 North tournament victory in girls soccer after their keeper made a save and the Ipswich keeper wasn’t as fortunate.
It goes down as a 2-1 quarter finals loss for the Tigers and a tough exit. Shawsheen goes on to play Greater Lowell, a team according to the Lowell Sun, that they have already defeated three times. The winner gets Georgetown in the North final. The Royals absolutely crushed #1 seed Matignon 9-1 today (November 11th) at Lynn.
WHINER ALERT: I know what the MIAA letters stand for but at Shawsheen I’m thinking it could have meant – Missing In Action Again!
What actually does a school get for being part of that organization? This was a tournament game, wasn’t it? Missing as far as I could tell were; (1) player programs, (2) player introductions, (3) the national anthem, and (4) some sort of score clock.
Oh, and the Shawsheen field doesn’t have any lights. You start a game at 2PM around here, when the sun sets before 4:30 PM, you weren’t planning for much extended play. Why not 1PM??
And where was the news coverage? Why do Ipswich folks subscribe to the Salem Evening News? Wow, next day they had a boxscore! Ipswich Chronicle – Where’s your game story? Waiting until Friday?
Anyhow, I stood at the Shawsheen end through two halves and the first overtime and took pictures. Devoid of a program, all I have are pictures of the part I stayed for. Thanks to Ipswich AD Tom Gallagher for helping me sort out the names and numbers.
Here is my list of pictures;
Stephanie Sutherby dribbling toward the net,
Corner kick action in the first half shows Mary Krathwohl above the crowd,
Ipswich #5 – Lydia Earley
Ipswich #’s 3 and 21 – Grace Gardner and Bryn Golesworthy
Ipswich #24 – Courtney Long
Ipswich #21 – Bryn Golesworthy
Shot sailing over Hannah O’Flynn and the crossbar,
Bridget Fay near the goal.
McClelland Miscellanea 
