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posted 03/05/2012 Congratulations to all DS Raider athletes who participated in their sports MIAA tournaments this season.
The Nordic Ski Team sent 8 girls and 8 boys to the MA State championships with
Senior Olivia Cannon winning the state title in 26:20 for the 7.2-kilomter race. The girls team finished a strong 7th and the boys team was 6th overall, including a 4th place finish by Rion O'Grady. Additional participants in the championship included DS girls Caroline Repetti, Shelby Phelan, Rebecca Terrett, Zoe Hutcher, Elizabeth Rummel, Molly McCormick and Meredith Accum along with DS boys Toby Howe, Jack Fontaine, Ben Brea, Brendan Sheehan, Sky Leland, Paul Dougherty and Joey Sawan.
Champion Olivia Cannon
The MADS Gymnastics Team (Medfield/Ashland/Dover/Sherborn) competed in the South Sectionals, placing 5th out of 12 teams, and narrowly (by 1/2 a point) missing the 4th place finish required to continue onto the State Finals. Competing from DS: Jennifer Cutler on all-around (all 4 events), Katie McPherson (all around), Sally Dershwitz (vault & floor) and Kelley Zenzie (beam & vault.)
Senior Jennifer Cutler was named to the Massachusetts National Gymnastics Team competing in May 2012.
The Alpine Ski Team sent eleven members to the State races last week. DS girls placed 7th overall -- Alex Mountford, Amanda Miner, Devon Laidman, Brooke Barnett, Carter Mitchell and Nikki Keane. DS boys placed 9th -- Matt Chirico, Chris Miner, Rogers Boylan, Jake Wirth and Will Scatchard.
Alpine Team members and coaches at States
The Varsity Swim Team ended its season with strong performances at the state meet at Harvard. Highlights from the State Meet included an 8th place finish in the 200 yd free relay by Julia Pearson, Morgan Furber, Caroline Body and Mary Keough. Overall the girls finished 14th out of 35 teams. The Boys team brought its first ever swimmers to the state meet with their 200 free Relay of Sean Donovan, Samuele Barin, Connor McCormmick and Stephen Mayfield placing 16th. Overall the boys finished in 35th place out of 45 teams in their first showing at States.
Finally, as previously reported,
Boys Hockey won their opening tournament game 6-2 over Dighton Rehoboth before falling to Pembroke 5-1. And
Boys Basketball qualified for the tournament before falling to Foxboro 50-52 in the opening round.
Outstanding performances this season! Congratulations to all DS athletes and coaches.