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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Near Misses Left Generals Baseball Out of the Tournament

The high school baseball team missed some key plays in some keys games, leaving them out of the tournament in Coach Doug Hoak's final season.

It wasn’t just "coach-speak" when Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School baseball coach Doug Hoak explained that his team could have made the tournament, despite its 6-12 record. The difference was three games that the Generals lost. With wins in those three games, it would have put them at 9-9 and in the tournament. “We were close,” said retiring Hoak, who donned the coach’s clipboard for the final time in a 2-0 loss to Bishop Fenwick last week. “You look at the 6-12 record and it looks far removed from the tournament. But if you look back through the season there are games we could have won.” That final game against Fenwick is a prime example. Ace Cam Charette threw a one-hitter and lost to the Crusaders 2-0. And Fenwick was no slouch, …

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Lynnfield Gets Back at Generals, Charette

Jim Love's two-run homer was one of the lone bright spots for the Generals who lost at home on Monday.

In Monday’s rematch, the Lynnfield baseball team was able to get to Hamilton-Wenham’s Cam Charette. It wasn’t difficult to see the difference between an early season start for the Generals ace and one at the end of the schedule on three days rest. At the same time, the Pioneers’ bats were in mid-season form and we able to crank out 11 hits in an 8-2 Cape Ann League win at Patton Park. In the opening weeks of the Generals campaign, Charette pitched a gem against Lynnfield – one of the top squads in the CAL – yielding only four hits with 10 strikeouts in a 3-0 victory. On Monday, he showed some fatigue as he was touched for six runs in the final three frames, including three walks in the seventh inning. “He left a lot of pitches up and they …

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Sports Monday

Athlete of the Week: Flamethrower Cam Charette

Hamilton-Wenham senior Cam Charette is the Athlete of the Week.

It seems unfair that a pitcher as tall and strong as Hamilton-Wenham senior Cam Charette should get an extra six inches standing on the mound. By the time Charette releases the ball, a batter has a split second to react. Quite often, it's too late and the ball is in the mitt. Charette has dominated since the season began, striking out 10 batters in a complete game shutout of Lynnfield for the Generals' first win of the season. To date, Charette has a 0.00 earned run average. In his 17 innings pitched so far this season, he has 25 strikeouts and given up just six hits. Hamilton-Wenham Patch had a chance to talk to Charette on Facebook. This is what he had to say. Hamilton-Wenham Patch: What are you thinking about when you're staring down a …

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Sports Monday

IMAGE GALLERY: Rainsoaked Generals Will Lead 1-0 When Ipswich Game Resumes

The baseball Generals were ahead 1-0 on Saturday morning when the game had to be called because of heavy rain.

The Hamilton-Wenham Generals baseball team (1-2) were ahead 1-0 at Ipswich (3-1) on Saturday morning when the game had to be called because of rain. The game will resume at a future date to be announced and will resume in the top of the third inning.

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VIDEO/IMAGE GALLERY: Charette Pitches Shutout, Gives Generals First Win

Pitcher Cam Charette struck out 10 as Generals baseball defeated Lynnfield, 3-0, on Thursday to get the first win of the year.

Hamilton-Wenham senior Cam Charette pitched a complete-game shutout to lead the Generals to their first win of the season on Thursday, 3-0, over the Lynnfield Pioneers. Charette struck out 10 and held the Pioneers to four hits, while the Generals (1-2) got enough offense to hand Lynnfield (3-1) its first loss. "It felt good today, my arm felt good," Charette said. "It felt strong and I just threw the fastball nice and good." Lynnfield was hurt by two errors that allowed the Generals to score two unearned runs. Despite giving up just the one earned run, Lynnfield senior pitcher Ben Kenrew took the loss. "Those errors cost us," Lynnfield Coach John O'Brien said. The Generals scored twice in the top of the second inning, with junior third-…

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Patch Facts

Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 19

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

Today is Tuesday, April 19. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Baseball: In the same way the Red Sox had a morning start on Patriots’ Day, the Generals baseball team has a morning start on Tuesday thanks to school vacation week. The team is in action at 10 a.m. at Patton Park versus Newburyport. 2. Voter registration: Tuesday is the last day to register to vote for next month’s Annual Town Meeting and town election in Wenham. The Board of Elections Registrars will be at the Town Clerk’s office at Wenham Town Hall from 9 a.m.–8 p.m. to register new voters. 3. A.J. Gordon: On this date in 1836, A.J. Gordon was born in New Hampton, N.H., making Tuesday the 175th anniversary of his birthday. Gordon was the minister at Clarendon Street …

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Generals Are Ready to 'Play Ball'

The Hamilton-Wenham baseball Generals will need to pick up the slack for departed and injured players in 2011.

The baseball Generals will have a different look this spring, with new uniforms and some fresh faces at several starting positions. There will be a strong core of returning players, including seniors Jake Prince and Jim Love. But Generals Head Coach Doug Hoak will need to find replacements for two of last year's biggest stars — league MVP Matt Cook, who is now pitching at Northeastern University, and Pat Hendrickson, who will miss the season after suffering a torn ACL he sufferred during the basketball season. "It's a huge loss," Hoak said, noting that Hendrickson had been a starter since his freshman year. "It's a big bat out of the line-up." Last year, the Generals made it through to the second round of the tournament, and Hoak expects …

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