Basketball Team Finishes With NEPSAC Tournament - Bridgton Academy traveled to Endicott College for a quarterfinal match up in the NEPSAC Tournament with Brewster Academy on March 3rd. The Wolverines were looking to once again upset the top-ranked Bobcats after their exciting win over Brewster in the Wolverdome the previous week.

 

In the early going the two teams were closely matched, but Brewster soon pulled away for a convincing 94-59 victory, ending Bridgton's season and their hopes for another NEPSAC title.
Alex Harris (Richmond, CA) came out hot and kept the Wolverines in the ball game early on, but the Bobcats soon closed with a 47-29 lead.In the second half the Bobcats continued to use their athleticism and depth to put the Wolverines away. The Brewster lead ballooned to 30 with over six minutes to play and reached its largest margin at 36 with three minutes to play. It would end with Brewster running away 94-59.

Coach Lesure made the final analysis of the game by saying, "Brewster played very well. Sometimes in these situations one team overwhelms the other. In this case, we had no answers for their attack, to no fault of our players."

Bridgton concludes its season with an overall record of 11-17, but Coach Lesure looks to the remaining quarter of the school year saying, "We have always emphasized the value of the postgraduate year, not the basketball season per se. We take great pride in getting our guys to graduation May 8 and expect to see growth in the classroom, weightroom, and gymnasium during the next two months that typically pass by as quickly as any time period in prep school." The basketball team would like to extend a special thank you to Wes Perkins, the team bus driver, for making the trips this winter safe and enjoyable.

Spring Baseball Season Picks Up Where Fall Left Off - After ending their fall season with a second place finish in the New England Club Baseball Association championships, the Wolverines are back at it as they start up their spring season this month. The season opened with BA traveling to Harvard University for a doubleheader. Unfortunately, in the first game they were denied a victory, as the Crimson erased a 4-1 deficit to come away with a hard-fought 6-4 victory. BA struck first with two runs in the second as Sam Stauber (Cumberland, Maine) doubled home Andrew Gummow  (Brookline, MA) and Tom MacInnes  (Plymouth, MA) who had both singled to open the inning. The Wolverines pushed two more runs across in the next frame as MacInnes doubled to left center chasing home Dustin Brown (East Falmouth, MA) and Gummow. However, the Wolverines were held scoreless for the rest of the game, as Harvard scored twice in the third and fourth innings, an added an insurance run in the sixth to put the game away.

The team was able to bounce back in the second game of the doubleheader with an impressive 8-2 win over the Harvard Crimson. Mike Bullett (Stamford, VT) pitched a complete game, yielding only three hits while striking out six. Injured most of the fall season, Bullett also helped his own cause at the plate with three hits and three runs scored. The BA offense wasted no time getting on the board as they scored three in the first as Tom MacInnes singled home Bullett and Andrew Gummow. Kenny Brock (Burlington, NJ) singled to plate MacInnes with the inning's third run. The Wolverines answered with three more in the third, as MacInnes unloaded a booming triple to the 410 mark in center field, scoring Bullett and Gummow. MacInnes then scored BA's sixth run on an infield out. The fireworks continued in the fifth inning as Kenny Brock blasted a solo home run into Harvard Square to add icing on the cake. To view the baseball team's spring schedule, please click here.

Wolverines Take Down Minutemen: Bridgton Academy lacrosse kicked off its Spring season with a trip to UMass Amherst to take on the Minutemen club team. Playing outside for the first time this season, the Wolverines were happy to come away with a 7-6 victory.

Bridgton came out firing, jumping out to a 3-0 advantage, however they allowed UMass back into the game by giving up two unanswered goals to close the first quarter up 3-2. The second quarter was a back and forth battle until Bridgton found the back of the net just before the half to take a 4-2 lead.

Following a halftime speech by former Wolverine and current UMass All-American, Diogo Godoi '04, the Black and Gray scored two quick goals to take their largest lead of the game at 6-2, however four straight goals by UMass over the final 10 minutes tied the game at 6-6 with four minutes to go. Colin Palma (Chappaqua, NY) then found the back of the net for the eventual game winner, as the Bridgton defense was able to hold off UMass for the final four minutes.

Will Janney (Richmond, VA) stopped 11 shots in goal, against a much better UMass team from the fall. Palma lead the offense with three goals and one assist. JP Coombe (Annapolis, MD) had two goals and two assists, Casey Helms (Sandwich, MA) added two goals and an assist and Charlie Stephens (San Francisco, CA) collected an assist.

Coach Bamann was pleased with the effort saying, "For the first game of the season we gave a good effort all around. UMass is much improved since the fall, and our defense played very well. It was great to see some alums, and hear from former players." Art Kell '08, current points leader for the Minutemen varsity, stopped by to watch the Wolverines in action.

Wolverines Finish  Hockey Season, Reflect on Tough Competition - In their final home game of the season, BA dropped another heartbreaker to the New England Stars 4-3. Although the team managed to outshoot the Stars 33-30, they simply ran out of time. Patrick Sen (Niles, IL) and Tad Gold (Oaks Bluff, MA) led the BA offense with a goal and assist each. Colin Hurd (West Tisbury, MA) banged in one for the third BA goal. Overall, it was a great game, where BA continued to battle for each and every puck. The Wolverines wrapped up the season with 15 wins, 24 loses and 1 tie. It was a great year for the boys against some of the toughest teams BA has ever played.

Our top scorers included:
Patrick Sen: 37 GAMES, 18 GOALS, 19 ASSISTS, 37 POINTS
Tad Gold: 30 GAMES, 9 GOALS, 19 ASSISTS, 28 POINTS
Mike Iacobucci: 39 GAMES, 8 GOALS, 13 ASSISTS, 21 POINTS
Patrick Martin: 39 GAMES, 6 GOALS, 10 ASSISTS, 16 POINTS
Ian Edwards: 786 MINUTES, 3.74 GAA, .901 SAVE%