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Leighton Division (8-9th Grades)

Thursday night Play-In Game: In the game to see who would make the playoffs between Weymouth Eagles and. Fabiano Florist, Fabiano came out on top 50-47. This was a very close game all the way through.The leading scorer was Anthony Laguelle with 24 points for the Eagles, but his team could not overcome the pressing applied by Fabiano the whole game. The leading scorer on Fabiano Florist was Mark Petrucelli with 14 points who was helped by some clutch 3 pointers in the end by Ben Flynn to seal the win.

Leighton Division Quarterfinals

Game 1: #4 Dunkin Donuts vs. #5 JF Price

The first quarterfinal matchup went back and forth, with multiple lead changes, and #5 seed JF Price edged #4 seed Dunkin Donuts, 45-43. Tom Nolan led the efforts on both ends of the court for JF Price, scoring 17 points and hitting the game-winning three-pointer in the game’s closing seconds. Liam Hally and Chris Iacomini also helped lead the comeback for JF Price, while Josh Andrews and Cherif Dugraca paced the offense for Dunkin Donuts with a combined 34 points.

Game 2: #3 Mitchelson Club vs. #6 Park Ave Market

#3 seed Mitchelson Club defeated #6 seed Park Ave Market, 54-40, behind a great team effort on both offense and defense. Joe Brav led the scoring with 17 points, while Brian Christo and Scott McNulty helped Mitchelson Club pull away in the fourth quarter. Brett Schlager and Joe Cinquini played well for Park Ave, while Ryan Craig scored 21 points to conclude an amazing season of scoring.

Game 3: #2 Weymouth Elks vs. #7 Verizon

The #2 seed Weymouth Elks survived an upset bid from #7 seed Verizon and earned a 60-51 victory. Jacob White was a force in the paint for the Elks, grabbing many offensive rebounds and scoring 10 points, while Andrew Johns and Dalvin Lopes were clutch down the stretch. Dan Berg, Kyle Spaulding, and Matt Long led the comeback effort and paced the offense for Verizon despite the loss.

Game 4: #1 Councilor Paul J. Leary vs. #8 Fabiano Florist

The final quarterfinal matchup between the #1 seed Councilor Paul J Leary and #8 seed Fabiano Florist was decided in overtime, after Ben Flynn hit a buzzer-beater three-pointer to tie the game at the end of regulation for Fabiano Florist. Ultimately, Councilor Leary defeated Fabiano Florist, 58-52, behind clutch baskets from James Walsh and Matt Scannell. Matt Marsters and Adrian Radel each scored 10 points for Fabiano Florist, while Mark Petrucelli and Anthony DiNatale led the defensive efforts.

Next week, the semifinal matchups will feature #1 Councilor Paul J Leary vs. #5 JF Price, and #2 Weymouth Elks vs. #3 Mitchelson Club.

Division II (6-7th Grades)

Playoffs - 2nd Round

Game 1: Eastern Exposure vs. Scapicchio Law

Eastern Exposure beat Scapicchio Law 42-29. Mark Madeiros had eight points and ran the court making spectacular plays. Nick Phillips had an awesome game with solid effort and a couple nice shots. Cam Powers had a booming 17 points and really held it down for his team. Anthony Debello made a great comeback of his own helping Scapicchio Law with an amazing 25 points! He showed phenomenal effort along with Ed Kelley and Jules Marcelin with at least 10 strong rebounds.

Game 2:  Mass Tire vs. Great Cuts

Mass Tire beat Great Cuts 36-21. Brett Jamieson played a solid game being a play maker for his team and produced 9 points for Mass Tire. Dylan Hines also had a fantastic game with great shots and a couple awesome steals.
Robert Jones of Great Cuts never gave up and showed exceptional effort by constantly pressuring the offense with 8 points. Derek Thomas contributed greatly to his team's offense making incredible plays and strong pushes.
Shawn Rice played solid defense making amazing plays for his team.

Game 3: Weymouth Summer Hoop vs. Rogers Law Firm

Weymouth Summer Hoops defeated Rogers Law 32-23. Grady Shea played an awesome game with great effort and hustle. Nick Spinella also had a solid game with six points and a couple good rebounds. Zach Bouhov had an aggressive game with eight points for his team along with tough defense and great drives. Justin Maggard was the top scorer of the game with nine points and helped make and extraordinary come back for his team. Chris Picard was very involved on defense making great plays.

Game 4: South Shore Sports Therapy vs. Olden's Pharmacy

Olden's Pharmacy beat S. Shore Therapy 29-27 with a nail-bitter win! Brian Keating hit a crucial three with six seconds left in the game to tie it up.
In over time Olden's was able to steal the lead with serious help from Chris DeLuca. Chris was essential for his team's win making a strong lay-up with just seconds left. He was also very involved throughout, having his best game yet.

We would like to thank the players and everyone who made this a great basketball season! We really enjoyed coming to every game and doing the book and clock because the effort and skill the players showed was amazing. We hope everyone enjoyed the season as much as we did! - Abby Killeen and Julie Ronan.

Hennelly Division (4-5th Grades)

Playoffs - 2nd Round

In Division III’s first game on Sunday, Weymouth Police beat Barber Shop, 36-20.  For Weymouth Police, the high scorer was Chris Comeau with 14 points, with teammate Jake Parker laying in 8 points.  On Barber Shop, Nick Dragone led the way with 6 points, as Dennis Brooks was right behind him with 5 points. 
    In the big matchup of the day, Weymouth Bank edged past Dentistry for Children with a 31-30 final score.  Jack Jamieson was the leading scorer for Dentistry for Children, going off for 18 despite the loss, along with Thomas Delorey who had 9 of his own points.  On the Weymouth Bank side, Patrick Manning led his team with 12 points, and Anthony Terravecchia laid in 4 points. 
    Later, Quincy Credit defeated Scappicchio Law Office, 33-28.  For Scappicchio, Mark Matthews led the way with 12 points, while Mark O’Neil scored 4 points.  On the Quincy Credit side, Paul Foisy played great with 19 points—a team high, alongside Mike Foulsham who had 4 points.
    Jimmy’s Diner went on the slide past Verizon with a final score of 29-27.  Bridgette O’Reilly laid in 15 points for Jimmy’s Dinner, with teammate Rory DeLuca scoring 10 points.  On Verizon, AJ Gannon scored 9 points, leading his team, and Liam Norve had 6 points in the loss.
    K of C beat S Bank, 46-39, with the help of James Curran’s 14 points and Vincent Brennan’s 12 points.  For S Bank, Richard Barrows was the leading shooter with 14 points, along with Dylan Mahoney who had 7 points.  
     Cameron’s Gulf defeated Weymouth Fire, 32-30 in the end.  For Gulf, Shane Scannell and Conor Stokes both laid in 10 points, and Conor’s clutch free throws in the final minutes helped to seal the deal.  On the Weymouth Fire side, Dan Picard had 11 points, with teammate Tyler Fasoli scoring 7 points.
   Cazeault beat IBEW 28-19.The dynamic duo Mario and Marco Pizzi played an outstanding game for IBEW Local and were very aggressive. Matt McCabe for IBEW also had an excellent game with six points and great defense. Zaire Fontes for the Cazeault team dominated the court with eight points and some hard drives to the basket. Colin Murphy was the lead scorer of the game with ten points.

Thanks for a great season, from your scorers, Rachel and Emma.

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The WJBL has begun its annual Calendar Raffle Drive.  This is the only fundraiser that the WJBL undertakes for our town leagues.  The WJBL has worked hard to keep registration fees down for its participants.  This annual fundraiser is important for the league as we continue to strive to provide a great program for a minimum cost.  As has already been announced, as an incentive this year, the WJBL has added several extraordinary prizes for both the Instructional League (Grades 1 through 3) and Conferences I through III:

Instructional League For every calendar a player in the Instructional League sells by January 28, 2012, that player will receive one entry in a drawing for two tickets to a Boston Celtics game. (Date and time to be determined)

Conferences I through III The player in Conferences I through III who sells the most calendars by January 29, 2012, will receive a pair of tickets to a Boston Celtics game. (Date and time to be determined)     

The team in Conferences I through III which sells the most calendars by January 29, 2012, will receive tickets to the Boston Bruins vs. New York Islanders game on Saturday, March 3, 2012.  Each player will receive a ticket for him and one parent/guardian.  Transportation will not be provided by the WJBL.  The players on the winning team and their parents/guardians will be guests of Dunkin Donuts.  This is an unbelievable prize.  Thanks to Dunkin Donuts.  To be eligible for the team prize, a player will have to have sold at least five calendars.  Any player on a team that wins the team prize who has not sold at least five calendars will not be eligible for his or her two tickets.  All calendar sales must be received by the respective Conference Coordinators from the Team Coaches by 4:00 p.m. on January 29, 2012.          

Additionally, please note that a player must sell a minimum of five calendars in order to be eligible to play in the All Star Game.            Thank you again to all who donated these outstanding prizes.  We are grateful to all for their efforts with respect to this fundraiser.

The league has limited openings in the following grades:

10-12th Grades: Senior League

All other grades are closed.

We are accepting mail-in registrations for the Senior League only. Registrations will be processed on a first come, first served basis. Please download and complete the registration form, and mail with payment to:

WJBL

PO Box 342

Weymouth, MA 02190

Fee will be refunded if not placed on a team.

The WJBL regrets to announce the death of Richard Hennelly, a long serving Board member.  Dick was one of a handful of members who transformed the league from a program of 80 players to today's WJBL with over 600 players.
Dick worked tirelessly to improve the league and always cheered for the underdog.  In his honor, the WJBL had renamed the 4-5th grade league the Hennelly Division. We will miss him dearly.

The WJBL is looking for a volunteer or team of volunteers (age 16 or over) to design and shoot a video on the WJBL  2011 season for Weymouth Community Access – Channel 10.  Three training classes are required to learn to use the equipment.  WJBL Board members will work with the volunteer as needed.  No prior experience is required.   This is a great opportunity to learn a new skill with professional video equipment.  Parents or guardians must sign for equipment use for volunteers under 18 years of age.  Interested persons should send an e-mail to weymouthjbl@yahoo.com stating your full name, your telephone number, your experience, if any, and your ideas for the video.   The Board hopes to make a selection prior to Thanksgiving.

2011-2012 Instructional League

Saturday mornings starting December 3, 2011, at the former Weymouth Naval Base Shea Fitness Center (approx. 1.5 miles from entrance on Route 18). Parents must remain in gym during instruction. Players should wear shorts and sneakers.

All players will be assigned to a team and receive a WJBL shirt. Local high school varsity team members will help coach and instruct players.

Instructional Schedule
1st Grade: 9-10 a.m.

2nd Grade: 10-11 a.m.

3rd Grade: 11 a.m -12 p.m.

2011-2012 Town League Season Information

WJBL Town League registrations will be held on Sunday October 9, 2011 at the Weymouth Elks from 11:30am to 1:30pm. The Town League is open to players of all abilities in grades 1-12.

2011-2012 Travel League Season Information

WJBL Travel league is for skilled players. The travel teams play in competitive leagues against area towns. Tryouts for travel teams are on three nights.

Players are asked to attend all three nights to assist in evaluating the players. To be considered for a travel team, players must attend at least one tryout:

To: All Coaches
Fr; WJBL Exec Committee
Re: Player Participation

No individual is permitted to participate in a practice or game who has not
signed a release form.

Additionally, players are only allowed to be on the court at their
scheduled practice or game times.

Failure to comply to the above may result in corrective action up to and
including expulsion from the WJBL for players and coaches.