By Matt Haraden

The 5th Grade Girls Basketball team had a lot to celebrate on Saturday, February 10, as the Pirates welcomed back teammate Molly McCarthy from a wrist injury and defeated Scituate, 31-4. McCarthy wasted no time getting back to work, totaling eight points in the game. Other scorers included Piper Yakubian with 10 points, Natalie Tiani with seven, and Ruby D’Errico, Josie Tyrell, and Addy Mahan all scoring a basket. The team will travel to Scituate on Sunday, March 3 for the final game of the regular season.

In the upcoming school vacation week, Hull High’s winter teams have an active schedule. The boys varsity basketball team has back-to-back home games this week. On Friday, February 16, the Pirates host Carver at 6:30 p.m. (JV at 5 p.m.), and take on Calvary Chapel Academy on Saturday, February 17 at 4 p.m.

The girls varsity basketball team will play at Carver at home on Friday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m., with the JV playing at 5 p.m. Next week, the varsity Pirates take on Calvary Chapel Academy at home on Tuesday, February 20 at 6:30 p.m. and Dennis-Yarmouth on Wednesday, February 21 at 6:30 p.m., also at home. On Monday, February 12 the Pirates lost to Middleborough, 73-36; bright spots for the team included Fallon Ryan scoring 15 points, Margot Harper with 11, and eighth-grader Gianna Thorne scoring four points, her first on varsity.

Cohasset/Hull Hockey fell short against the Abington Green Wave, 4-3, on Monday, February 12, two days after a big win over Middleboro, 5-3. In Saturday’s game, Luke Dunham and Taighe Dwyer scoring two goals each; Robbie Casagrande also scored a goal for the collaborative squad. The team next faces off against South Shore Regional Vocational-Technical High School on Saturday, February 17 at 6 p.m. at Connell Rink in Weymouth. This will be the team’s Senior Night.. On Monday, February 19, the team will play Southeastern Regional Vocational-Technical High School at noon, also at Connell Rink.

Congratulations to Hull High Indoor Track & Field South Shore League All-Stars Chris Resnick, Lawrence Bodley, Veronica Fleming, and Lilly Copenheaver-Smith. Elsie Harper has two reasons to celebrate, as she was named an All-Star and the Tobin Division MVP. On February 14, Resnick (55 hurdles and high jump), Bodley (high jump), Copenheaver-Smith (55 hurdles), Harper (55 hurdles), and Sam Tuchmann (600m) participated in the MIAA Division 5 State Championship – watch for results in next week’s edition.

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