Dedham High Roundup

Boys hoop drops pair by a point

Just when the Dedham High boys basketball team had thoughts of a potential Herget Division run, failing to close out a pair of games put those chances on ice. The Marauders were held without a field goal over the last 7:14 and David Mykrantz knocked down a pair of free throws with 58 seconds left to push visiting Wellesley to a 48-47 win on Tuesday.

Nick Walch missed two free throws of his own with 46.5 seconds left and on the final drive drove the left baseline, but his shot would not fall and Wellesley’s Adam Farina eventually grabbed the ball following a scramble.

The Marauders (7-6, 5-6) were just 10-for-19 from the free-throw line while Wellesley was 9-for-11. Cam Clifford was the lone Marauder in double figures with 12 points.

On Friday, the Marauders led by one with 3.6 seconds left in overtime, but Ryan Welch was unable to hit the rim after intentionally trying to miss, resulting in an out of bounds play for Braintree. Dan O’Connell’s inbounds pass was deflected to an open Pat Delano for the game-winning layup with the buzzer sounding before Dedham could inbound the ball as the Wamps prevailed 67-66.

The result spoiled a big night for Walch, who scored 28, while Welch added 15 and Clifford 11. Scott Murphy limited the leading scorer in the conference, P.J. Douglas, to 10 points – none in the final quarter or overtime.

Girls hoop doesn’t go easily

The Marauders put up a fight against a pair of quality clubs but could not pin a loss on either, falling to unbeaten Wellesley 54-33 on Tuesday and to Braintree 40-25 last Friday.

After being suffering a 37-point rout at the hand of the Raiders in the first meeting, Dedham was within 12 points in the fourth quarter before the hosts pulled away. Jenna Savi paced the Marauders with 12 points while Ellen Masalsky added eight.

Dedham (2-10, 1-10 BSC) fell into a 17-3 hole before rallying within 22-19 at the half against the Wamps but could not keep up in the second. Savi and Emily Hill each had eight to lead the Marauders.

Upper weights power wrestling

Freshman Steve Heaslip and senior Nick Boudreau pinned all three of their opponents at the Bay State Conference quad meet on Saturday, helping the Marauders go 2-1 with wins over Braintree (46-27) and Wellesley (54-18) while falling to Carey Division power Framingham (49-27).

The Marauders were perfect from 160 pounds to heavyweight with Heaslip (160), Frank Mahoney (171) Boudreau (189), Brian Carilli (215) and Matt Richberg (285) all going 3-0 on the day.

Weymouth dispatched Dedham (6-9, 4-6) on Tuesday, 51-18. Mahoney, Boudreau and Kyle Kanclerowicz (125) each won their bouts by fall.

Boys hockey blanked, edged

The Marauders remain in search of their first BSC victory, suffering a 9-0 blanking at the hands of Braintree on Saturday and a 3-1 loss to Walpole last Wednesday.

Dedham played well in the opening half of the period before the roof caved in starting with a blocked shot going straight back to the initial shooter. The Wamps added two more to take a 3-0 lead into the first intermission and made it 7-0 after two.

Danny Riley made a strong individual move midway through the first period against the Rebels, splitting the defense on a 1-on-2 rush and scoring to tie the game at 1-1. Visiting Walpole scored with 2:26 left in the first, however, to take the lead for good and spoil the first varsity start for Chris Dempsey, who made 29 saves.

Red and Blue sweep track squads

The Marauder boys posted 11 personal bests and a established a season-high in points but it wasn’t enough to pick up their first win of the season in a 52-23 loss to Natick. The girls also remained winless, dropping a 68-14 decision to the Red and Blue.

Nick Mazzola was the lone winner on the boys side, taking the 55-meter dash in 7.05 seconds. Dedham went 2-3 in the 55 hurdles behind Mack Farrell and Joey Connolly and in the shot put behind Reginald LaRoche and John Solomon.

Carmine Ballarano added a second in the 1,000 while Dedham got thirds from Billy Loftus (600) and Jeff Hammersley (mile).

Melissa St. Preux accounted for most of the girls’ points with wins in the 300 (44.52) and the dash (7.62) pacing the entire BSC field in the latter. Molly Downing had thirds in both the hurdles and the shot put, while Dedham also got thirds from Lydia Caissy (300) and Christina Sheppard (600).