Basketball recreation leagues end season with playoffs

Mar 9, 2016
The Sparks came back in the fourth quarter to defeat the Fever.Back row: Coaches Maureen Quinlan and Tara Gallagher, Maggie Ward, Maeve Egger, Maddie Wright, Caroline Milam; Middle row: Danica Anderson, Kelly Quinlan, Ava Strand, Macy Ingham, Joie Ciffolillo; Front row: Grace Ward, Lauren Raposa BY GRETA FOX

Mattapoisett Recreation closed out its basketball season with an exciting round of playoffs.

Among the second grade teams it came down to a face off between the Cavaliers and the Warriors, with the former taking home the trophies.

In the junior high playoff, the first seeded Devils managed to hold off the second seeded Huskies to win the Mattapoisett Recreation’s junior high basketball finals.

Mattapoisett Recreation and Marion Recreation combined for third through sixth grade to form a tri-town league this year.

In the boys third and fourth grade division, the Nets defeated the top seeded Sixers to win by a two-point margin while the Thunder claimed victory over the Trailblazers in the fifth and sixth grade.

On Tuesday, the girls tri-town championships, which consisted of grades three through six, saw the Sparks compete against the Fever. Although down for three quarters, the Sparks came back at the end with a 14-9 win.

The Sparks came back in the fourth quarter to defeat the Fever.Back row: Coaches Maureen Quinlan and Tara Gallagher, Maggie Ward, Maeve Egger, Maddie Wright, Caroline Milam; Middle row: Danica Anderson, Kelly Quinlan, Ava Strand, Macy Ingham, Joie Ciffolillo; Front row: Grace Ward, Lauren Raposa BY GRETA FOX
The third and fourth grade boys champions, the Nets, took home the trophy.Front row: Grady Daniels, Chris Horan, Aidan Eagle and Talbot Lown; Back row: Asst. Coach Nate Mendes, Remy Wilson, Noah Pittsley, Jon Hora, Noah Mendes, Adam Ouellette, Head Coach Matt Daniels;  Not pictured: Alex Pither BY GRETA FOX
The Cavaliers beat the Warriors in the second grade championship. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
The Thunder were the fifth and six grade winners: Front row: Benjamin Preece-Santos, Rylan MacGregor, Maxwell Tucker, Myles Lopes; Back row: Head Coach Mark MacGregor, Keane MacGregor, Steven Morrell, Cole Meehan, Kole Bentz, Lucas Morrell, Jack Murray COURTESY GRETA FOX
The winning junior high team was the Blue Devils-- Front row: Colby Carreiro, Meg Hughes, Dylon Thomas, Mitchell Higgins and Ryon Thomas; Back row: Mary Butler, Dylan Hathaway, Sam Guillotte, Jack Meehan and Head Coach Todd Butler; Not pictured: Aaron Murdoch COURTESY GRETA FOX
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