Generals Season Ends in Close Loss to Watertown

The season ended on Thursday night for the high school girls basketball team with a loss to Watertown High School in the postseason tournament.

The girls basketball team at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School was ousted from the Div. 3 North postseason tournament on Thursday night. The 42-37 loss by the No. 6 Generals came to the No. 11-ranked Raiders in Hamilton. Top scorers for the Generals was junior forward Sam Charette with 12 points, Hayley Willis and Sue Rose with 7 points and Cassandra Fibbe with 6 points. The Generals end the season at 12-7 under Cape Ann Coach of the Year Jon Demarco, who was in his first year at the Regional. Watertown, at 11-10, moves on to face Amesbury High School (9-10) on Sunday in the Div. 3 North quarterfinals.

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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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Five Things to Know on Dec. 11: ‘Celebrity’ Bartender at the ‘Nut

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

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 11. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Clearing: Tuesday is forecasted to start out a little rainy, but by day’s end the sky is expected to begin to clear. Temperatures will be in the 40s. 2. ‘On the Edge’: A film detailing life growing up with epilepsy by a Hamilton filmmaker debuts at Pingree School on Tuesday night. The movie, titled “On the Edge,” is by Louis Stanislaw and told through his experiences as well as others with epilepsy. It starts at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Stanislaw will attend the showing, where he will introduce it and be available for questions afterward. 3. Gas: The least expensive gallon of gas for sale in the town towns on Monday was at G & M…

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 13

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

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 13. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Beautiful: Another great day is in store, weatherwise, on Tuesday, with the forecast calling for sun and temperatures in the mid-40s. 2. Winter Sports: The winter sports season gets started on Tuesday. The teams began tryouts and practices the Monday after Thanksgiving and open the regular season on Tuesday with girls’ basketball at home versus North Reading at 6:30 p.m. Boys’ basketball is at North Reading at 7 p.m. The swim teams will be at home at Gordon College at 6:50 p.m. versus Manchester-Essex. 3. Distinguished Citizen: John D. Colucci of Wenham will receive the Boy Scouts Yankee Clipper Council’s Distinguished Citizen award on Tuesday night. The event at …

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