GARDEN PARTY. The Hull Pirates invaded the TD Garden in Boston on Saturday, January 11 at the girls varsity basketball team squared off against Hingham in the annual Andrew Lawson Invitational Tournament. The event, previously known as the Good Sports Tournament, was renamed five years ago in honor of Andrew Lawson, a Norwell resident with Down syndrome who died in 2018. His family formed the Andrew James Lawson Foundation to help improve the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Not only did the high school hoop team play on the parquet floor, but so did both the youth basketball teams and the HHS winter cheerleading squad. At halftime, fans in the arena honored the memory of Hull’s Emma Ryan, sister of senior Fallon Ryan, and her parents Kerrie and Derek were presented a personalized Celtics jersey while a beautiful video tribute to Emma played on the scoreboard screen. Click here for full gallery of photos by Jennifer Lynne Photography. [Jennifer Whelan photos]

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• Last weekend, the Grade 6 Girls Basketball beat Hingham 16-8 on Saturday, improving to 5-0 on the season. Piper Yakubian and Molly McCarthy put up points for Hull. Josie Tyrrell, Ruby D’Errico and Natalie Tiani all played strong defensively. The team will host Scituate on Saturday, January 18 and Halifax on Sunday the 18th at the Jacobs School. 

• The Boys Varsity Co-Op Hockey Team (with Cohasset) defeated Norwell, 7-5, this week. Taighe Dwyer had a hat trick in the game, with Luke Dunham also netting two goals and an assist. Brendan Hartwell tacked on his first career varsity goal, with Clyde Fales scoring one as well. Matt Thomas also had an assist on the game. The team is 3-4 on the season after falling to Rockland, 3-2, on Wednesday this week. Next games are Saturday, January 18 at 4 p.m. against Middleboro (at Connell Rink in Weymouth); Monday, January 20 at 3:40 p.m. against South Shore Vo-Tech at Rockland Ice Rink; and Wednesday, January 22 at 7 p.m. against Sandwich at Gallo Arena in Bourne. 

• The Hull High Boys and Girls Indoor Track teams competed at the Reggie Lewis Center in their latest meet, the girls improving to 2-0 on the season, while the boys fall to 1-1. Bree Simpson Sliney broke the school high jump record, jumping five feet. Winners from the girls’ side include: Elsie Harper in the 55-meter high hurdles and 55-meter dash, Catalina Jette in the 1000 meters, Maysea Lyons in the one mile, Scarlett Arevalo in the two-mile, and Bree Simpson-Sliney in the long jump. Boys team winners were Patrick Hughes in the 300 meters and Chris Resnick in the 55-meter hurdles and long jump. 

• The Girls Varsity Basketball team played an exciting game at the TD Garden on Saturday, January 11 in the Andrew Lawson Invitational Tournament, although the Pirates ended on the losing side of a 51-18 score in the matchup against Hingham. Next week, in regular season action, the team travels to Minuteman Regional High School in Lexington on Tuesday, January 21 at 5:30 p.m., and then hops the ferry to Nantucket on Saturday, January 25 for a noontime game against Nantucket. 

• The Boys Basketball team is now 4-6 after a 69-30 win over Codman Academy Charter School on Wednesday. The Pirates host Carver at home on Friday, January 17 at 6:30 p.m. (JV at 5 p.m.), and then travel to the Starland Sports Complex in Hanover to play South Shore Charter School on Tuesday, January 21 at 3:30 p.m. 

• The Girls Varsity Gymnastics Team (co-op with Hingham) won both of its meets last weekend – on Saturday, January 11, the team topped Plymouth North High School, 135.7 to 129.2, and Marshfield High the next day, 134.3 to 134.1. Next up is Whitman-Hanson Regional High School on Friday, January 17 at 8 p.m. at the Massachusetts Gymnastics Center in Pembroke. 

• The Girls Hockey Co-Op Team (1-10) will face off against Scituate High School on Saturday, January 18, at 5:50 p.m. at Rockland Ice Rink. 

For more information, visit www.hullpublicschools.org/athletics. 

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