have chosen to take part and show their support by wearing pink clothing along with their regular jer-seys. This edition of the newsletter is pink in honor of Breast Cancer

October is National Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month, and Abing-ton High athletes dis-played their support for it throughout the month. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month started in 1985 as a campaign to pro-mote mammograms as a way of detecting and fighting the dis-ease. It has now trans-formed into a month not only for promoting

early detection and treatment, but also to increase knowledge and awareness in the general public. In re-cent years, it has en-joyed incredible popu-larity in athletic events. The NFL plays a large role, many players wear pink cleats, socks, or gloves, and many fields will have pink ribbons painted on them. Our athletes

Breast Cancer Awareness

A newspaper about the athletes at Abington High by the athletes at Abington High recognizing them for their accomplishments on the playing field, in the classroom, and in the community.

OCTOBER 31ST, 2013

VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Abington Sports Bulletin

Five Pillars of Abington Sports

Toughness

Teamwork

Pride

Character

Service

Inside this issue:

Meet Your Coaches 2

Student Athletes of the

Month

3

Four Years Later 4

Teacher Appreciation

Night

3

Outstanding Community

Member

6

Playoff News 5

Homecoming Sweep 8

By

Ryan Mariano, Brian Nickley and Alexander Nagle

The members of the 2013 baseball team re-

ceived their banners for winning the South

Shore League and the South Sectionals. The

teams‟ record including post season and out of

league games was 20-4. This is an impressive

feat for the team, and they hope to continue

the success this season.

Sophomore Alexis Lapointe (below) takes

the ball up the field in a league game

against Mashpee. She has made huge con-

tributions to the girls soccer program this

year scoring goals and dishing out assists

through-out the season. Despite being a

first year varsity player Alexis has made a

AHS Cheerleaders forming a pink

ribbon at Practice.

Did you play high school or college sports? Yes, I played soccer and tennis for 4 years in high school, basketball for 1. I played soccer in college. What is the most interest-ing fact about you that no one knows? I had never flown or been to Disney World until I was 22 years old. I am in my 3rd year of being the assistant coach of Women‟s Soccer at Emer-son College. What is your favorite sport to watch? I really enjoy watching soc-cer, when played at a high level it is a very pretty game. Who is an athlete you see as a good role model? Billy Jean King is a great role model for athletes. She is a pioneer for women‟s sports and started to break down the gender barrier.

What was your favorite class in high school? Science was always my fa-vorite. I really enjoyed Anat-omy and Physiology. Why do you enjoy coaching? I love coaching! I enjoy being around the students and help them learn about the sport and being on a team. I have a huge passion for the game of soccer and want to share that passion and love for the sport with the girls. What is your dream car? 1967 Shelby Mustang What about your team makes them standout from everyone else? I pride the team on being close to one another on and off the field. If teams do not like each other off the field they will not be able to play together on the field. The

girls do a lot of team events together after practices and games that make them like a family. I want them to think of their soccer team as their family. What is your favorite song? Don‟t Stop Believin‟ by Jour-ney – that song pumps me up! How do you spend your free time? When I have free time I usu-ally spend it around sports. I coach several soccer teams so I am usually around the sport. I also like to spend time at Duxbury Beach.

The week of October 21-25 was pink week at Abington High School. In keep-ing with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Pink Week was used to help promote can-cer research. It was created by the Student Athlete Advisory Council and initiated through members of each sports team. Throughout the week AHS students and ath-letes promoted breast cancer awareness and helped to raise money for the cause. All the money made during Pink Week sponsored events will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

The boys and girls soccer teams hosted pink themed games on October 21st and 22nd. The boys team defeated Mashpee 4-1, but the girls unfortunately lost to Norwell 1-0. Despite this, both games had a great turnout and received donations from both sides. That Friday, was “Pink Day” at the High School. Students were able to purchase pink shirts and wear them to show their support. During the football game against East Bridgewater, members of SAAC collected donations from a generous crowd. With the help of students as well as members of the community, SAAC was able to make Pink Week a success. They raised a total of $1,500. They intend to make it an annual event, and hope to expand it within the coming years.

Meet Your Coaches: Kate Casey

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Coach Kate Casey posing

with her soccer team after

running the Coombs‟ Race.

The Highway Dept. showing

their pride by painting a pink A

on the middle of the field for

pink week.

Both Abington and Norwell

girls soccer teams wear pink

to raise money for Breast

Cancer Awareness.

Pink Week

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Stephen Bunszell...

A proud member of the Boys’ Soccer, Track team, and the Boys Liaison on SAAC. Stephen is also an honor roll student and youth soccer coach.

Stephen has been a key member of the team throughout the sea-son. He works hard at his outside mid position, and there is not a defender in the league that can outrun him.

Along with his play on the field Stephen has embraced his role as a leader on the team. He works well with the younger players on the team and has encouraged them throughout the season. He takes pride in ensuring that no member of the team finishes the conditioning by themselves.

His leadership spirit and hard work clearly embody the five pil-lars of Abington Athletics. His self-less personality is an asset to the AHS community.

Abigail Magnussen…

A proud member of both the Girls’

Soccer and Track team. Abby has

excelled through her high school

career; both in the classroom and

on the athletic fields. She particularly enjoys her English classes and

prides herself in reading and writing.

During all three of the girls wins in September Abby scored the

winning goal. She scored three goals in the win against Cohasset

and Hull. Abby routinely displays the pillar toughness imploring her

team to never give up despite being down. She is currently the 4th

leading goal scorer in the South Shore League.

“Abby consistently leads by example and shows the others on the

team to never give up,” noted head varsity coach Kate Casey.

September Student Athletes of the Month:

Marianna Porcello

Abigail Magnussen

Samantha Thompson

Senior Spotlight:

Chris Hamel

Lindsay Ryan

Michael Donaher

Rachel Clarke

Joe Marella

Stephen Bunszell

Max McNulty

Kevin Zdonek

Bryan Macaluso

Ryan Mariano

Robert McClafferty

Alexander Nagle

Four Years Later Page 4

Ryan Chambers has been one of the most success-

ful college athletes to come out of Abington in the last twenty

years. He credits much of his success to Abington High

School. He felt prepared to enter college level athletics and

academics and has thrived at Regis College.

Chambers stated “With academics, I was used to a

full course load and managing my time. With athletics, I was

used to working hard everyday in practice and games and it

led to a quick adjustment for me.” This hard work clearly

shows, Ryan has made Dean‟s list every semester in college

and he also received student-athlete of the year as Fresh-

man and Junior contributing greatly to the Regis College

basketball team.

Personally, he believes his work ethic and competi-

tiveness gives him an edge on the competition. Whether on

the court or in the classroom he always wanted to be the

best, and this has carried over into college.

Chambers reported that unfortunately after this year

“the shoes are being hung up.” He will be applying to a lot of

different companies trying to make use of his Business Man-

agement degree.

Ryan Chambers Kristian LaPointe

Kristian LaPointe has been a role model for stu-

dent athletics in Abington High School since the time he

entered AHS. As a four year varsity player for football,

basketball, and baseball Kristian was able to have an

impact on many parts of the school community. Kristian

was also a proud member of NHS his junior and senior

year. This diversity in activities has allowed him to be a

well rounded student.

Now at Williams College Kristian credits a lot of

his success to Abington High School. When asked about

his time at AHS he reflected “My team‟s success in high

school helped me gain exposure for college recruiting and

put me in the position I am in today at Williams College.”

His hard work and determination has carried him from a

great high school student-athlete to an even better col-

lege athlete. He went from winning All-Stars in the league

to receiving the honor of being on the NESCAC All-

Academic Team for football.

As a senior he is able to offer advice to high

school students that want to play college sports. When

asked about this Kristian gave this advice “Work hard, No

matter what level one is competing at work ethic will al-

ways be noticed and respected.” His work ethic has

clearly paid off, as a senior at Williams Kristian has many

job opportunities. He is now pursuing a career at Suffolk

Construction as a project Engineer.

…the two were unstoppable on the basketball court. In their time together they

won 2 SSL titles, were South Sectional Champs, and made an appearance at the Eastern

Mass Finals at the Boston Garden. They were both 1,000 point scorers and when one was-

n‟t scoring he was assisting the other. Over four years Kristian also racked up 500 assists,

safe to say a good amount of these went to Ryan. Their character, hard work, and deter-

mination are what made them two of the best student-athlete role models in their time at

AHS.

Put them together and…

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On Friday, October 25, Abington High School hosted a Teacher Appreciation Night at the football game versus East Bridgewater High School. The Teacher Appreciation Night was to recognize all of the teachers in the Abington School system for their hard work teaching the students and helping them to become more successful. The teachers were admitted to the game for no cost and were served light refreshments at the game. Also, the senior fall sports captains all chose one teacher who has greatly influ-enced them over the course of their schooling career. The captains and their chosen teacher were announced and brought to midfield. The cap-tains and the teachers whom

they chose are as follows: football captain Matt Whalen and Ms. Lewis; golf captain Joe Marella and Mr. Holzman; golf captain Rachel Clarke and Mr. Hill boy’s soccer cap-tain Ryan Mariano and Ms. Pflaumer; boy’s soccer captain Alex Nagle and Mr. Lodge; girls’ soccer captain Marianna Porcello and Mrs. Gilpatrick; cheer-leading captain Shannon Cardinal and Ms. Pflaumer; and lastly, cheerleading captain Mikayla Rooney and Ms. Kitterick. The Teacher Appreciation Night is another way to credit the teachers for all the work they do to make sure that we become successful after our high school education.

the day of the Door to Door drive was $10,600. The estimated total net gain from Booster President Chris Nagle is $12,000.

The money gained from the fundraiser will go to funding the sub-varsity sports at Abington High School. The boosters would once again like to thank all the parents and

The Door to Door drive is the most lucrative fund-raiser that the Green Wave Boosters hold every year.

This year, on October 6th, 146 high school student-athletes knocked on every door in Abington, with the help of volunteer parents who drove them to their destination. The total in-come for the Boosters on

athletes who helped to raise the money. Without the Green Wave Boosters there would be no JV or Freshman sports at Abing-ton High School.

Teacher Appreciation Night

Boosters Door to Door Drive

Cross Country

Congratulations to the cross country team for a successful season! Captain Nick Sider-opolous (right) came in 6th in the South Shore League meet. He was also voted an all star as a result of his stellar per-formance. Olivia Whalen led the way for the girls cross country with the most points. Both teams will compete at the state meet in Wrentham on Saturday, November 9th.

A few of the 146 stu-

dents who took part in

the Boosters‟ Door to

Door Drive are lined up

waiting for their routes

at the police station.

Alex Nagle with

Mr. Lodge

Shannon Cardinal

and Ryan Mariano

with Ms. Pflaumer Mikayla Rooney

with Mrs. Kitterick

Joe Marella with

Mr. Holzman

Rachel Clarke with Mr. Hill

Matt Whalen

with Ms. Lewis

Your Outstanding Community Member: Page 6

Why do you enjoy helping with Abington High School athletics? I started filming 19 years ago and I didn‟t plan on doing it, but I was talked into it. I filmed my son when he played in high school, and I had fun. Then, after my son graduated I was going to stop, but I wanted everyone else to have what my son had, so I have kept filming games. Every time I film, I am critiquing myself, and try to make the films better for all the athletes. How long have you been volunteering for Abington High? I have been filming for 19 years. What was the reason you started volunteering your time for AHS? I have always been a volunteer, I got good guidance from my teachers and counselors at Vo-Tech. I feel like I am paying back the time they put in for me. The Reilly's set such a great example too, I like to follow in their footsteps. What are you most proud of in the athletes you see? I‟m most proud of the good sportsmanship that I see when I film. In some towns I see the athletes yelling at each other and their coaches, but here the kids don't have any of that attitude. Did you play sports in High school or college? if so, Where? I played basketball at the Vo-Tech, I wasn‟t any good at it, but I played my 10th grade year and my 12th grade year. What is your favorite sport to watch? I like to watch all Abington High School sports. I‟d rather watch any high school game than a professional game. I watch the Patriots on TV and I‟m starting to watch soccer ever since I started filming it. I love Ultimate Frisbee too, that is a great sport to watch. What was your favorite class in high school? I really enjoyed my Auto Body class in high school, I won the “Outstanding School Citizen Award” at Vo-Tech. But my favorite class was English, I wasn‟t any good at it, but I loved my teacher. He taught me how to think outside the box, and I really enjoyed that. Who is an athlete you consider to be a good role model? I think Tom Brady and Dustin Pedroia are good role models. They play like professionals, if you watch Dustin Pedroia he runs off

the field. I think Peyton Manning is a good role model too because he is humble. All of them are always focused as well.

Community Spotlight: In this section will highlight a community member who gives back to the AHS sports program. They dedicate their time and effort to improving AHS sports in any way they can.

This issue’s community spotlight features Bill Davis. Bill films many of the

towns events, including all home soccer, football and baseball games. He takes

the time to edit all the film and publish it on the town’s local network. It is this

selfless dedication the AHS sports community that has earned him this month’s

spot in our community spotlight.

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Congratulations to the AHS football team on winning the South Shore League Large this season. The Green Wave rolled over other SSL teams in a string of victories this season. Their first league victory came over Randolph with an astounding score 27-0. The Green Wave took the field against Cohasset High School in their next game and won the game by a score of 28-12. One weeks later the Green Wave traveled to Nor-well and took the win 46-20. They routed Rockland on their own field and took the game 23-7. In their last league game, the Wave played East Bridgewater at Memorial Field and won the game 36-7 to win

the South Shore League Large Championship. They will con-tinue their season this Friday to start their playoff run.

Football Playoff Game-11/1/13

Soccer Playoff Opener-11/2/13

Boosters Meeting 11/6/13

SSL Cheer Compitition11/10/13

Fall Athletic Banquet-11/19/13

Powder Puff– 11/26/13

Pep Rally-11/27/13

Thanksgiving Game –11/28/13

Winter Sports Start– 12/2/13

Football Wins SSL

Save the Date:

Shore League to get the 18 points needed to reach the tournament. The teams to qualify before Abington were Carver, Cohasset, and Nor-well. Senior captain Ryan Mariano said “I am excited to be a part of this team and play in the teams first tour-nament game in years.” This season is also the first in recent history that the boys soccer program has reached double digit

wins. With the a win at Hull High School, the team se-cured their 10th victory. The boys soccer team ended the regular season with a record of 11-4-3, an impressive improvement over the hand-ful of wins last year. The team will continue to play and their first tournament game Saturday 11/2 at home vs. South Shore Christian Academy.

Boys Soccer Clinch Tournament Berth

The Abington High School Boys soccer team clinched a tournament berth in Harwich against Monomoy Regional High School. This is the first time in the last 12 years that the Boys soccer team has clinched a berth in the tour-nament and this is the first time in the tournament for head coach John McGin-ness. With the victory over Monomoy, Abington was the fourth team in the South

The Abington High Cheerleaders came in 1st place

for their division at the Panther Invitational at Marl-

boro High School. Senior captains Shannon Cardi-

nal and Mikayla Rooney led the team to their vic-

tory over Clinton and Coyle Cassidy. They will com-

pete in the league competition on November 10th

at Abington High School. When asked about her

outlook on the competition Shannon said, “The

team has come a long way from the start and I‟m

excited to be a contender in our very competitive

division. The underclassmen have really stepped

up and are crucial to our team‟s success.”

The day after the Abington High School Homecoming dance there was a varsity showcase of three teams: the boys soccer team, the girls soccer team, and the football team. Both of the soccer teams faced off against the Hull Pirates and the football team took on the Randolph Blue Devils. The opening kick-off was at 11 am and the energy lasted until the final whistle at 7. The boys soccer team lead off the day with a strong victory of 4-2. Senior Rob McClafferty scored a hat trick and sophomore Tyler Mariano also netted a goal. Our girls soccer team played the second game of the day and kept the momentum going. They came out on top of a hard fought game. The final score was 4-3, with senior Abby Magnussen scoring a hat trick and junior Vic-toria Chiocchio scoring the other goal. The football team completed the sweep with a 27-0 victory against the Blue Devils of Randolph. Sophomore Shawn Donovan scored three of the Green Wave’s four touchdowns. Alex Tempesta scored the final touchdown on a two yard run. Hopefully this impressive show-case of Abington Athletics will become a new long lasting tradition here in town.

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The members of the Homecoming Court are acknowl-

edged at half time of the football Homecoming game.

Court includes, Brian Nickley with Mikayla Rooney, Alex

Nagle with Samantha Thompson, Joe Marella with Kelly

O‟Brien, Matt Whalen with Marianna Porcello, and King

Joe Tosone with Queen Nichole Harris.

At the past homecoming weekend the SAAC imple-

mented a new place for die hard Green Wave fans to hangout.

The „Fan Zone‟ was a “great idea” says junior James Landers.

“It was a great way to get people to go to the game and have

a good time with their friends.”

The pictures below were submitted by parents who

captured the great atmosphere of the area, which included

three couches and a grill. The Fan Zone is sure to become a

long lasting AHS tradition.