UPDATED, Feb. 21: The No. 1-ranked Arlington Catholic girls’ hockey team improved to 17-1-1 in the Catholic Central Saturday, Feb. 20, shutting out No. 2 Austin Prep, 4-0. Herald summary >>
The AC boys’ hockey team (9-8-3) in the Catholic Central (Large) lost to Burlington, 4-2.
AHS-Hingham hockey benefit at NU
In a fund-raiser to benefit the Catherine Malatesta Scholarship Fund, the Arlington High School boys’ hockey team defeated Hingham, 2-1, Sunday, Feb. 21, T Northeastern University Matthews arena.
The Ponders are 14-3-3 in the Middlesex (Liberty). Hingham is 10-9-2.
Malatesta, a rising senior at Arlington High School who served as student council president and would have been field hockey captain, died of cancer last year at age 16. See Globe story >>
AC hoops lose
The Arlington Catholic boys’ basketball team lost its third straight and fell to 7-10 in Catholic Central (Large) Friday, Feb. 19, at Lynnfield, 65-56.
Hockey: AHS boys win, AC’s Mucci nets 9th shutout
The Arlington boys’ hockey team won its fourth straight, improving its record to 13-3-3 on Thursday, Feb. 18, with a 3-2 win at Weymouth.
The No. 1-ranked Arlington Catholic girls’ hockey team (16-1-1) stopped Andover, 2-0, at Arlington, as Jasmine Mucci recorded her ninth shutout.
AC boys’ hockey (9-7-3) faced the first-ranked BC High Eagles, who scored early and often on the Cougars, securing a win in the championship game of the Buddy Ferreira Classic tournament, 8-0, at Arlington. Senior Kayser Raei was named the tournament’s MVP, registering six points in the title game and 13 points overall.
Basketball: AC grabs thriller; Ponders prevail
Senior captain Marie Gaffney scored the game-winning bucket with three seconds left to push the Cougars past the Clippers, 42-40, on Feb. 17, at Arlington. The Arlington Catholic girls’ basketball team is now 15-4.
The Arlington High School boys’ basketball team improved to 17-4, beating AC (7-9), 61-49, also at Arlington. Junior guard Colin McNamara led the Spy Ponders with 25 points.
Girls’ hockey: AC reigns; for AHS, its ‘rain’
The top-ranked Arlington Catholic girls’ hockey team continued its winning ways, topping Westford, 4-1, Tuesday, Feb. 16. The Lady Cougars are 15-1-1 in the Catholic Central.
Like the heavy rain outside, the Arlington girls’ hockey squad fell to 2-6-1 in the Middlesex (Liberty) following a 3-1 loss to St. Mary’s on Feb. 16 at Arlington. Junior goalie Emily Stephenson had 25 saves.
Hockey: 7-round shootout win for AC; Ponders prevail
In a memorable match, senior defenseman Cam Geary scored the winner in the seventh round of a shootout to send the Cougars on to the championship game of the Buddy Ferreira Classic on Monday, Feb. 15.
Arlington Catholic prevailed over host Hingham, 3-2. The boys’ record is 9-6-3 after the third straight win.
The Arlington boys’ hockey team is 12-3-3 after blanking Marshfield, 5-0.
In boys’ basketball, Arlington Catholic fell to 7-8 after 58-54 loss to Winchester at Arlington. Sophomore William Fitzpatrick netted 17 to lead the Sachems.
AC sports: Girls’ hoops win 5th straight; girls’ hockey still on top
The Arlington Catholic girls’ basketball won its fifth straight, improving to 14-3, with 63-56 win over Medfield on Sunday, Feb. 14.
For the fourth straight week, the Arlington Catholic girls’ hockey team (14-1-1) tops the Globe’s top 20.
After a loss St. Mary’s last week, the Cougars responded with a 4-0 win over No. 19 Hingham, their eighth shutout win of the season.
No. 2, Austin Prep (14-1-1) faces Catholic on Saturday.
Among the Globe players of the week in boys’ hockey is Kevin Morrissey of Arlington Catholic. The senior defensemen came up with the game-winning goal in a significant 2-1 victory against Austin Prep.
The Arlington High girls’ hockey team and the community honored the memory of Katherine Wall on Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Burns Arena. Wall, a 2004 graduate of AHS who played three varsity sports and was the Ostergren Award winner her senior year, died of cancer last September.
The AHS boys (11-3-3) topped Winchester, 4-1, after the girls (2-5-1) lost the opener to the Sachems, 3-0.
The evening was for Wall, who went on to the University of Massachusetts at Boston, where she played soccer, softball and hockey. Recently she was named to the UMass.
In other games Feb. 13, the top-ranked Arlington Catholic girls’ hockey team imporved to 14-1-1, bouncing back from its firsf loss, to St. Mary’s, by beating Hingham, 4-0.
Sports summaries: Feb. 3-Feb. 14, 2016
This summary was published Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, and updated Feb. 21.
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