Monthly Archives: March 2013

Danvers Cagers No. 1 in Globe North Poll — Finally

The Boston Globe North basketball writer, Pat Bradley, finally came to his senses in today’s editions. He has the newly-crowned repeat Division 3 state champion Danvers High Falcons ranked first in his Top Ten, and he made the choice before … Continue reading

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Hail to the Two-Time State Champion Danvers High Basketball Falcons!!!!!

From a 1-19 record four years ago, new coach John Walsh and his flock of remarkable high-flying Falcons have turned Danvers High into the most successful boys basketball program currently in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By beating Smith Academy, 66-50, Saturday at … Continue reading

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Danvers Cagers Stand Alone No Matter What Happens Saturday

I’ve been around Danvers High sports since I was a water boy on my big brother Bob’s Oniontowner football teams in 1960 and 1961. I played on two DHS basketball teams that lost Northeastern Conference titles the last week of the … Continue reading

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Danvers Cagers, Advancing to State Final, Show They Know How to Win Even When Matters Look the Bleakest

Great, legendary teams know how to win even when they appear to be on the verge of falling off the cliff, i.e. losing. The Danvers Falcons, a team for the ages, were the perfect example after they grinded out a pulsating 50-47 … Continue reading

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Danvers Cagers Appear Destined to Win Second D-3 State Title This Week

Call me an eternal optimist. Do not call me a Jinx Machine. There’s no such thing anyway. But doesn’t the fate of the surging Danvers High Basketball team look oh so inevitable after passing its sternest test of this magical … Continue reading

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Danvers Cagers Must Hurdle Impressive Wayland for Third Consecutive Year

The Danvers High Basketball Falcons’ inexorable quest for a second consecutive Division 3 state championship is passing through the Wayland Warriors once again. The No. 2 seeded Falcons (21-2) take on Wayland (19-4) Saturday at 3:45 in the Division 3 … Continue reading

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Danvers Cagers 3 Wins from Second Straight D-3 State Title After Whipping Whittier

Forced to crank it up a notch from their previous two blowout tournament wins, the Danvers High Falcon Cagers got their first serious post-season test last night in the SRO Triton Regional gym and turned back Whittier Regional Voke, 69-51, in their … Continue reading

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Danvers Hoop Juggernaut Now Faces Whittier

The surging Danvers High Falcons, after looking unbeatable in its first two tournament wins, takes on its third straight opponent from the apparently woefully weak Commonwealth Athletic Conference Tuesday night at 7 at Triton Regional in Byfield. That’s a straight … Continue reading

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St. John’s Prep Cagers Shocked by Andover, 62-59

This was big-time high school tournament basketball at its best in Massachusetts, A turnaway crowd of 1300 in the Prep’s Memorial Gymnasium Friay night to watch Division 1 North top-seeded St. John’s (19-2) host No. 8 seed Andover (15-6), with … Continue reading

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Danvers Girls Hoopsters Impress in First Tourney Win

Congrats to Coach Pat Veilleux and his Danvers High girls basketball team after an impressive 50-42 opening round victory over arch rival Gloucester in the Division 2 North Section tournament last night in the DHS fieldhouse. This was my first glimpse … Continue reading

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