Sports Captains Get Leadership Lessons

Leaders of many of the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School sports teams took part in a statewide leadership training session put on by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Nineteen student-athletes and four coaches from 14 different teams at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School recently attended the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Captains and Coaches Workshop held at Stonehill College in Easton. Subjects discussed at the conference - which included  student-athletes from schools from around the state - included The Role of the High School Captain, The Aspiring College Student-Athlete and Captains and Leadership Communication. "This was a wonderful event for our student-athletes to attend," said Athletic Director Craig Genualdo in an announcement about the conference. "Many of the discussions that took place today are important for our young people to participate in and discuss. These …

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Girls Hoops Head into Playoffs with All-Stars, All-League Players and Coach of the Year

The 12-6 girls basketball team plays it first-round playoff game at home on Thursday night.

The girls basketball team at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School team starts the Div. 3 North tournament at home on Thursday night. The No. 6 seeded Generals take on No. 11 Watertown High School at 7 p.m. at the Regional. The team, which finished the regular season at 12-6, finished with a 14 win over Cape Ann League rival North Reading, 48-34 after losing to the Hornets by 3 points earlier in the year and also a loss to Pentucket by 14 points. Cassandra Fibbe was an All-League selection and Haley Willis and Sue Rose were named League All-Stars, plus coach Jon DeMarco was named Cape-Ann Large Coach of the Year, according to DeMarco. 

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Coffee With a Captain: Spencer Bergholtz [VIDEO]

Spencer Bergholtz is a three sport high school athlete.

Many of the athletes competing on winter high school sports teams are watching their seasons wind down, but some, like Spencer Bergholtz, are getting ready to play another sport this spring. We sat down with Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School student Spencer Bergholtz, who currently serves as the assistant captain on the combination Salem/Hamilton-Wenham hockey team. Although his senior hockey season won't end with the playoff berth he would have liked, Berholtz has amassed some pretty impressive individual stats and ended up leading the Northeastern South league in goals with 15 and is second in overall points with 26. What high school sports do you play? I play golf, hockey and lacrosse. What made you want to play hockey? My dad played…

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'Rising Stars' Get Up Close Look at Varsity Hoops Team

The eighth grade girls' basketball team practiced with the varsity high school team last week and then got to see the team defeat Amesbury.

A new program called "Rising Stars" has united the eight grade girls basketball team with the varsity team at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, in an effort to build excitement about the program. Jon DeMarco, the girls' basketball coach at the Regional, said the program is designed to provide role models to the middle school team and show them what's ahead. "They got to see what the high school practices are like," he said. They attended practice a week ago and then attended the Generals' game versus Amesbury on Friday where the team went to 4-1 on the season with a 54-24 win. Both teams took a picture together and the eighth graders got a "Super Fan" T-shirt. DeMarco said there are 11 freshmen involved in the program right now, but …

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Meet the Newest General Who Took a Rival to the Super Bowl

Get to know Jon DeMarco, the new head coach of the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Generals girls' basketball team.

Name: Jon DeMarco Family: Wife, Amy; Mother, Nancy; Father, Anthony; Brothers, Anthony and Rich and Sisters, Nancy and Leann Occupation: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School girls basketball coach and high school history teacher at Revere High School. Tell us a little about this year's team: We have a great group of girls that have worked extremely hard the first two weeks of practice. We are looking forward to the season, but understand nothing is going to come easy. What hopes do you have for them? I hope that every player makes the most of their high school basketball experience. Being part of a high school team is a special opportunity that should not be taken for granted. Hobbies/interests: I enjoy anything to do with sports or …

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Five Things to Know on Dec. 13: Bruce Tarr’s Toy Drive Broadcasts Live All Day

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Thursday, Dec. 13. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham. 1. Typical: Thursday’s weather will be a rather typical mid-December day – mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the lower 40s. 2. Toys: State Senator Bruce Tarr, who represents Hamilton and Wenham on Beacon Hill, takes to the road on Thursday as his annual toy drive makes it way around the North Shore. Radio station North Shore 104.9 is a partner on the toy drive and will be broadcasting from each location during the tour, which will run from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The tour does not have a stop planned in the two towns, but will be nearby at 10:30 a.m. at Dawson’s True Value Hardware in North Beverly, First Ipswich Bank on Market Street in Ipswich at …

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Star Generals QB to Play at Bates

The Generals quarterback that led the team to an undefeated regular season in 2011 and the school's first-ever Super Bowl appearance will play college ball at Bates.

Another Generals gridiron star is headed to the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The Boston Herald blog "High School Insider" reported on Monday that senior quarterback Trevor Lyons will play at Bates College, a NESCAC Div. 3 school. Lyons led the Generals to a Northeastern Conference/Cape Ann League Tier 4 title in 2011 and took the undefeated team to the Div. 3A Super Bowl - school's first-ever appearance in the big game. While Lyons was knocked out of the Super Bowl game with a shoulder injury and Hamilton-Wenham fell to Bourne, Lyons came back this season to set the school record with 15 touchdown passes in a season. Lyons finished the season with 1,184 throwing yards, 913 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns, the …

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Wilmington Too Much For Second-Seeded Girls Soccer

The Lady Wildcats snagged the edge midway through the first half and never looked back, earning a 2-0 win over Hamilton-Wenham.

The expression goes that things went wrong for a team as soon as they stepped off the bus. But for the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School girls soccer team, things weren’t exactly going great even before the bus arrived. On the way to their Div. 2  North semifinal tilt on Saturday night, the Generals hit traffic and didn’t set foot onto the field until about 25 minutes remaining before kick off. Things didn’t get much better from there as sixth-seeded Wilmington toppled second-ranked Hamilton-Wenham in a 2-0 decision. “I said (to the driver) you’ve got to move over, we’re not going to make it. But I don’t think it had an impact on the game,” said head coach Alvi Ibanez. “We understood that at this game on this stage we needed to hang …

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Girls Soccer Falls Just Short of North Final

Hamilton-Wenham fell, 2-0, to Wilmington in the Div. 2 North semifinals on Saturday night in Woburn.

All it took for momentum to shift in Saturday's Div. 2 North semifinal tilt was one loud clang. Hamilton-Wenham's Emily Gaucher fired a shot off the cross bar, and just 40 seconds later Wilmington countered with a goal to take the lead for good. The No. 6 Lady Wildcats went on to a 2-0 win, eliminating the No. 2 seeded Generals from the postseason. Check back with Hamilton-Wenham Patch on Monday for complete coverage.

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Girls' Soccer to Play for Trip to Div. 2 North Finals Saturday

The girls' soccer team at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School takes on Wilmington High School at 5:30 p.m. at Woburn High School.

The Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School girls' soccer team takes on Wilimington on Saturday evening in the semifinals of the Div. 2 North tournament. The Generals (15-1-2) got to the semifinals afte a shootout win over Gloucetser High School and an overtime win over Stoneham High School. The team is encouraging fans to wear blue and white to show support for the team. 

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Jennifer Flynn

5:18 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012

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