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Five Things to Know on April 23: Wenham's Newest Selectmen Joins the Board

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

Today is Tuesday, April 23. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Rain: Tuesday is forecasted to start out cloudy and by afternoon it will be rainy. The temperature will stay in the 40s all day and a northeast wind will blow up to 17 miles per hour. 2. Wine and Cheese: Wenham Tea House plays host to an event on Tuesday night called “Demystifying Wine and Cheese.” Bobby Viel and Gino Rossi combine to put on a “fun and informative class” about on wine and cheese pairing from 7-9 p.m. 3. Baseball: The baseball team at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School is hosting a fundraiser on Tuesday at 15 Walnut, where the proceeds from a guest bartender between 8-10 p.m. will go to the team’s boosters. There will also be a …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: March 14

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

Today is Wednesday, March 14. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Weather: There will be a mix of clouds and sun on Wednesday with temperatures in the 50s, with the 60s and low 70s from the past few days becoming a memory. By Sunday, though, those warm temperatures may return. 2. Baseball Clinic: Wednesday is the deadline for kids age 5-12 to register for a baseball skills clinic on Saturday, hosted by the baseball team and coaching staff from Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. The clinic will be run by the new varsity head coach Reggie Maidment, his staff and the players. The clinic will cost $25 per child and they will each get a Generals baseball T-shirt. There are separate afternoon clinics for 5-6 year-olds, 7-9 year-olds and…

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Former Generals Standouts Brao and Prince Meet Again

Jake Prince and James Brao both left their mark on the field and on the court at the Regional. Last week, they met again on opposite sides of the ball in a college football scrimmage.

Former Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School standout student-athletes James Brao and Jake Prince faced each other in a football scrimmage between Tufts University and Bowdoin College on Sept. 16 at Tufts. Both former Generals players, who graduated in June, will face each other again on Oct. 8 for a regular season New England Small College Athletic Conference matchup at Tufts at 1 p.m. Brao played a key part in the Generals football team’s first appearance in school history in the Super Bowl playoffs last fall. His last second kick helped lead the team to the Cape Ann League Small title. He was also a conference all-star in lacrosse last spring. Prince was a standout on the basketball court last winter for the Generals. In an emotional …

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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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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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