1980-81 Bball Program
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Not Just a Chair
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Scituate Sailor
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Striving for Success
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The community overwhelming supports this tradition.
Terran O'Toole always Faced the basket, Ripped through and Attacked.
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Fan support is instrumental to our success. Scituate's teams need more of this photo.
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Anthony Parham: Played Hard with Passion.
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2016-17 Patriot League All-Stars: Abel Lopes, Jr., Aidan Sullivan
3 Point Shooting Representative: Jack Poirier
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2017-18 Patriot League All-Stars: Abel Lopes, Jr. and Jack Poirier. If you want to see the game just click on the photo.
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Tom Reardon: Scituate High School Class of 2014 is now a URI Ram
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A Gift from Class of 2016: A Ball Rack - We Needed It
Take care of what the community pays for. Remember: Our basketballs have "eyes."
Great photos from over the years...
2017 - 2018: Sophomore Elijah Gantt #1 and Freshmen #14 Kyrell Luc about to apply pressure - real pressure.
Go Scituate !
2016-17 Winning is FUN.
Andrew McCarthy: The Class of 2009 work-out with the Indiana Pacers directed by Kareem Abdul Jabbar
The Locker Room experience must prepare you for the game. You can not be just ready.
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6' 3" SHS basketball player Garret Mullen and 2014 NBA 1st round draft pick Aaron Gordon.
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Never ever Quit. Make your opponent earn every point.
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2006 graduate #24 Mike Steel had a sweet, accurate & perfect shot.
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Great Photo taken at Division 2 South Sectional Final in 2013.
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John please let your teammates handle the ball.
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Bruce asked to meet 2013 SHS captain John Foster after a recent concert.
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The real Boss: Don't mess with this man.
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Tom Cuddihy graduated in 2004. In 2005 he received his #33 game jersey in honor of his breaking of the school scoring record and the promise that no one would ever wear his number again at SHS.
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Alex Danowski far left #5, Mike Levanchy #40, #10 Dante Cohen jump for joy after 2006 state tournament win. #25 Chris Lowrance, Alex Hernan, Blain O'Brien, Sean Lemiuex, Matt Spillane rush in to celebrate.
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Noma Okundaye class of 2014, attacks hoop.
Jaime Breen 2010 graduate getting ready to play the game. Jaime served as a program manager, but was a source of intensity and positive energy during his years at Scituate High School. Jaime recently graduated from Stonehill College.
Tyler Park #23 and Terry O'Toole 2011
Terry's eyes speak of his intensity.
Big Sean McCarthy at New Jersey Institute of Technology: No one outworked Big Sean.
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2001-02 captains Greg Levin, Mike Barry, Jesse McKinnell & Mike Eromin. These captains were exceptional. Coach O'Neill is to far left. "Return of the Old School" t-shirt is still at TK's.
1979 SHS team photo. Considered one of the best in school history.
Dave Gordon playing D in 2009
"Come on guys!"
Great photo from 2013-14 season. Play Hard Always: Game Plans amount to nothing unless you do.
Contest everything. Pictured is #10 Jake Reynolds and Jordan Aylesworth.
Luke Thunberg 2010 prior to our 1st Round state tournament win.
Like a lot of players, Luke liked the "bright lights." Bright Lights = Game Day
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Scituate High School Sailors
I like this logo which dates back to the 1950's.
Cornerstone of the program: Jesse McKinnell graduated in 2002. Jesse was cut from every youth level team he tried out for during his elementary and junior high years.
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Rodney Beldo dives on the floor during the 2009-10 season.
Banquet photos are always great. This one is from 2002 at the Barker Tavern.
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Sam Malone: Scituate High School Class of 2011 - NCAA Division 1 Champion at University of Kentucky
Great photo of Sam Malone class of 2010 at University of Kentucky.
2008 newspaper photo. This huge sign posted on the Welch Company façade in Harbor.
Just because you cannot see it, does not mean it is not there. Never underestimate who is behind you. Go strong to the basket and if you can dunk it, DUNK IT.
Perfect weather to play basketball.
Great honor given, but in reality it's not about your X's & O's, it's your Jims & Joes. We have had some very special Jims and Joes over the years and that includes some very special fellow coaches who have been with us over the years. My wife Emily is deserving of this award as well. This award is a program award as much as anything else.
Nice Honor: But it is all about the folks who do the defending and the scoring. X's and O's only are worth about 16% of the outcome. Energy, passion, love and trust is where the rest all derive.
Coach Taggert & his wonderful children Maureen & Harrison. Coach Jim Taggert was a key member of the program from 2000-03. Maureen just accepted a basketball scholarship to Northeastern University & Harrison is transferring from UVM to St. Anselm's University. Both are exceptional, but like their parents even better people. It was great to see Coach Taggert & his wonderful kids.
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On August 31, 2014 we met up with the Taggerts to play pick-up ball at the Hanover U. Even after having moved out of Massachusetts 11 years ago, Harrison wore his old Scituate New Balance T-shirt. Like New Balance - Scituate Basketball is: Endorsed by No One. Harrison and Maureen like their father before them will be exceptional college players. NU and St. A's do not know how lucky they are to have these two players. Harrison attended our Scituate basketball camps as a youngster before moving with the family to Vermont.
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Nice honor given to the 2012-13 team by a local newspaper.
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Endorsed by NO ONE: Go Scituate Sailors ! Play HARD!
Yup, it is true. Coach Jordan does say this type of stuff.
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Nerlins Noel of the 76'ers taking time 2 make time with Scituate's young basketball players.
Senior Night Posters are meant to be kept forever.
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College Visit: Big Dave Cox hanging out with Coach Dave Jordan at Plymouth State University.
Senior Nights are always emotional, but always memorable too.
Great photo of the bench in 2012-13 season.
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Brian James attacks the basket in this 2014-15 season game. Brian will be attending Framingham State University next fall and will be playing basketball.
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Paul Berlo SHS '79 shown going well above the rim while playing at Bryant University in 1983.
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Ben McLarey and Brian James had a pretty good month of December, 2014.
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Tyler Park 2011, shot the ball from anywhere and I mean anywhere...
Get yourself a Scituate Basketball T-Shirt !
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Good Stuff
Coach Brian Scalabrine comes to Scituate in 2016!
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Coach Scalabrine is the real deal!
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2018 Coach Scalabrine Shooting Clinic
Coach Scalabrine is the Man and will be a great NBA coach sometime soon - if he wants to. Mark my words!
WHAT IS A CHARGE? LET'S GET IT STRAIGHT...
Charging is a a foul called when an offensive player collides with a defensive player who is stationary and has both feet firmly planted on the floor. The defensive player has to be in that established position before the offensive player's head or shoulder(s) gets by him. When a charging foul is called, the offense loses its possession and the player who committed the foul is charged with a personal foul and a turnover. When an offensive player makes a basket while committing a charging foul, the basket does not count. This definition is the easy part. We honor the effort and the toughness to take a charge.
SO JOIN US: STAND UP, CLAP & HONOR THE EFFORT BEING MADE BY THE TEAM
#13 John Foster Jake Wilson #3 Jeff Ciulla Coach Poirier
If you ever took one, you would understand why it is a big deal and why we stand up and clap when we do it here in Scituate. Charges. Jake Wilson 2020 has a unique ability to take charges and although he played in only ten games his sophomore season in 2017-18, he led his team in taking charges. It is a stat that does not end up in the newspaper, but it is a stat and a sacrifice that is greatly honored in our program. Taking charges is part and parcel of what we call playing "Scituate Basketball" and making the "Winning Effort." We are not asking our players to hurt themselves or our opponent, we are asking them to defend our basket and prevent an easy score. An opponent knows the deal once a charge is taken. As a former player myself, I knew which teams would step-in and which teams would not. An experienced hard-nosed competitor won't care one way or the other, but many players will think twice about attacking the basket if they know their opponent will vigorously defend the basket by taking a charge. That half second hesitation, that back of the mind thought we here in Scituate are a team that will indeed step-in to take a charge is what we want in the collective minds of our opponents. We want this knowledge lurking in the minds of our opponents not just during the game, we want it in their minds all year round and particularly in the days leading up to our game. The basic message is: We are never giving you anything easy. Nothing is for free. This is not just about talking about it, we are going to DO what we say. You will have to earn every point tonight and remember: Expect and accept legal contact if you dribble the ball into the paint. Taking a charge is a skill. It requires experience and who is kidding who: It also requires an element of athletic courage. In my opinion, there are certain aspects of the game a coach can demand from their players that can only be demanded if they themselves have done it. Taking charges is one of those aspects of the game in my opinion. If I never took them, I would not be allowed to ever ask my players to take them. Charges are the defensive equivalent of a dunk. They inspire, incite and invigorate a team to play even harder. Jake your effort this year was appreciated. Good job. Do you need to have taken a charge to honor them? NO. We welcome you to stand up and clap with us, help us make the WINNING EFFORT, be part of the culture of SCITUATE BASKETBALL and take part in a tradition of honoring this effort made for our team.
Practice taking charges safely and remember the steps of taking a charge safely. They are shown below. There is no exact science to this essential and underappreciated aspect of the game. This does require awareness and experience. Remember charges can take place anywhere on the court, not just three feet in front of the basket you are defending. Our state does not require the "arc" to be painted in the paint or 3-second zone that identifies where a charge can or cannot be taken. This is just another way our state is behind the times and makes our referees have to make this difficult judgement call even more of a difficult judgement call. Eventually we will catch-up. Please Note: There are many different ways to teach and to practice taking charges. The one thing for sure though is the following: You do have to practice taking them routinely and you do have to prepare your players to take them. Taking charges creates or diminishes momentum and can determine the game's outcome. Just talking about them just won't do. Take a look at the steps 1-4 below.
1. First: Keep your head up and never allow it to hit the floor. Beat your opponent to the spot where the contact will take place. Don't lean into your opponent, make them create the contact and not the other way around. Take the "4 inch" fall after absorbing contact. This means you are low and in an athletic position at the point of contact. The closer the offensive player is to you, the lower your behind is to the floor when contact is made. The less the distance it is to the floor, the safer you will be. The "4 inch" fall refers to the distance of the defender's behind to the floor at the point of contact. Again the lower the better. Does this sound good?
2. Once the contact has been made, make sure that you first land on your behind (both buttocks) simultaneously, not on just one side of your behind. Notice: I did not write "cheeks." After drawing contact fall in the direction your opponent was moving, brace yourself, but at the same time keep your body loose and muscles limber. Again: Keep your head up. Does it help to make a sound at the point of contact? Yes.
3. Keep your feet out in front of you as you prepare to fall on your behind. When a player can hit the floor and slide backwards while celebrating the charge at the same time, that is the indicator of a perfect defensive charge. Please note: This is where you might hear different opinions; If and only if you need an additional cushion as you fall, put your forearms behind you as you fall, do not plan to land on your elbow(s) and not your hand(s). Again like your behind, make sure each forearm makes contact on the floor together. Do not outstretch your hand(s) or elbow(s) behind you so that you can avoid wrist, hand or elbow injuries. Visualize these steps each day before practicing.
4. Repeat: For heavens sake: Keep your head up and never allow it to hit the floor.
PLEASE NOTE: Again, many coaches can teach the taking of charges differently, but regardless time must be spent in practice each day to ensure that a player knows how to protect themselves to safely take a charge. Knowing how to take a charge not only protects the defender, it also protects the offensive player too. Step 1: Keep your head up and never allow it to hit the floor. Keep your head off the floor. OK? Go Scituate !
Practice taking charges safely and remember the steps of taking a charge safely. They are shown below. There is no exact science to this essential and underappreciated aspect of the game. This does require awareness and experience. Remember charges can take place anywhere on the court, not just three feet in front of the basket you are defending. Our state does not require the "arc" to be painted in the paint or 3-second zone that identifies where a charge can or cannot be taken. This is just another way our state is behind the times and makes our referees have to make this difficult judgement call even more of a difficult judgement call. Eventually we will catch-up. Please Note: There are many different ways to teach and to practice taking charges. The one thing for sure though is the following: You do have to practice taking them routinely and you do have to prepare your players to take them. Taking charges creates or diminishes momentum and can determine the game's outcome. Just talking about them just won't do. Take a look at the steps 1-4 below.
1. First: Keep your head up and never allow it to hit the floor. Beat your opponent to the spot where the contact will take place. Don't lean into your opponent, make them create the contact and not the other way around. Take the "4 inch" fall after absorbing contact. This means you are low and in an athletic position at the point of contact. The closer the offensive player is to you, the lower your behind is to the floor when contact is made. The less the distance it is to the floor, the safer you will be. The "4 inch" fall refers to the distance of the defender's behind to the floor at the point of contact. Again the lower the better. Does this sound good?
2. Once the contact has been made, make sure that you first land on your behind (both buttocks) simultaneously, not on just one side of your behind. Notice: I did not write "cheeks." After drawing contact fall in the direction your opponent was moving, brace yourself, but at the same time keep your body loose and muscles limber. Again: Keep your head up. Does it help to make a sound at the point of contact? Yes.
3. Keep your feet out in front of you as you prepare to fall on your behind. When a player can hit the floor and slide backwards while celebrating the charge at the same time, that is the indicator of a perfect defensive charge. Please note: This is where you might hear different opinions; If and only if you need an additional cushion as you fall, put your forearms behind you as you fall, do not plan to land on your elbow(s) and not your hand(s). Again like your behind, make sure each forearm makes contact on the floor together. Do not outstretch your hand(s) or elbow(s) behind you so that you can avoid wrist, hand or elbow injuries. Visualize these steps each day before practicing.
4. Repeat: For heavens sake: Keep your head up and never allow it to hit the floor.
PLEASE NOTE: Again, many coaches can teach the taking of charges differently, but regardless time must be spent in practice each day to ensure that a player knows how to protect themselves to safely take a charge. Knowing how to take a charge not only protects the defender, it also protects the offensive player too. Step 1: Keep your head up and never allow it to hit the floor. Keep your head off the floor. OK? Go Scituate !
A PROUD TRADITION: SCITUATE BASKETBALL
2017 - 18: Sophomore Chase Whippen gets everyone in the program clapping and standing up to honor the taking of a charge.
Sam Golden taking a charge !
Aidan Sullivan Taking a charge !
YOU GOT TO SCORE TO WIN THE GAME: PRACTICE YOUR KRAFT DAILY !
2017-18 Sophomore Kyle Whippen attacks the basket.
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2017-18 Sophomore captain and Patriot League All-star Jack Poirier shoots off the dribble.
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2017-18 Freshmen Kyrell Luc attacks the basket HARD !
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Scituate Basketball Letterman Jackets: You got to earn it!
Scituate Basketball: 94 Years and Counting
Scituate Basketball 1937
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Original Scituate High School
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1937 Championship Plaque
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Coach Larry Keenan
Mr. Larry Keenan
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Bench seats purchased by the Keenan Family in honor of Mr. Larry Keenan who served Scituate High School faithfully for decades as a teacher, coach, athletic director and countless other capacities. When I became the head coach in the summer of 2000, one of my first phone calls was from him. He made me aware of just how much SHS meant to him. He demanded that I keep records, photos and statistics of my future teams so that Scituate's student-athletes could know of the proud past accomplishments of those who came before them. I said I would. "If you don't know your past, you won't know your future." Mr. Keenan passed away in 2011. Prior to his passing he came to Scituate High School sporting events as much as he could. I remember the last basketball game he attended. I hope I have not disappointed him. One side of the Patriot League is named after him in his honor. THANK YOU Mr. Keenan and thank you all of Scituate's past and present teachers, coaches and administrators. NO, this is not only a chair, IT IS A LEGACY. Go SCITUATE: PLAY HARD.
Coach Paul Svensen
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Coach Svensen was a teacher, coach, athletic director, assistant principal at Scituate High School for many years. Coach Svensen passed away in 1996. His grandson Paul Matthew graduated from SHS in 2013. Since 1996 the annual Paul Svensen / TKO'Malleys Good Sports Basketball Tournament has raised money to support Scituate kids and Scituate athletics including the Paul Williams annual Scholarship. Coach Svensen's Field is the girls' field hockey game and practice site. Now that the new Gates Middle School is being built on the site of Coach Svensen's Field, our varsity main court is going to be named after Coach Svensen: Coach Svensen Court. I can think of no great tribute and it is well deserved. Stay tuned for more details.
Stephen Roach
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Good Friends: 1982 photo vs. Plymouth Carver High School #20 Scituate High School basketball captain Stephen Roach, #10 is Mark Poirier. The Little League baseball field on Beaver Dam Road is named for Stephen who passed away tragically in the World Trade Center bombings on 9/11. Mark his close friend spoke at his funeral. Please click on Stephen's photo to learn more about his life. Stephen was a fierce competitor at SHS and is missed dearly.
Paul Williams Scholarship
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The Paul Williams Annual Scholarship is a $1000 scholarship given each year at the Awards and Scholarship Presentation Night at Scituate High School. Paul Williams was a Scituate High School student and a member of the boys’ basketball program who tragically passed away in 2003. Over the past decade a scholarship has been awarded to a Scituate High School senior chosen by the school's guidance counselors, teachers and administration. Each recipient chosen was first and foremost a good citizen and a person held in high regard not just at the high school, but the entire Scituate community as well. Other criteria considered was the person must have successfully met the terms of graduation either in day or night coursework and like Paul planning to pursue a trade or technical degree. Paul wanted to work as mechanic fixing cars. This is a very different scholarship for a very deserving individual and believe it or not has nothing to do with basketball.
Scituate WINS: In the background I see family, friends and fans of Scituate basketball. Sacrifice is required to be a part of this program.
2017 - 18: SCITUATE: We Need You!
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2013 - 17 TEAM STATISTICIAN: THEO B
Time Out Huddle
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Theo Batty
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2013-14 Captains with Theo
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PLAY BASKETBALL EVERY CHANCE YOU GET.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY. SHORTCUTS? THERE IS NONE.
2014 St. Patrick's Day Parade
I am a terrible drummer, but I love playing and have played since I was in jr. high.
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The St. Patrick's Day Parade is a blast: On three occasions the team has had the honor to ride on a float.
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2014 St. Patrick's Day Parade photo taken on the Elbow Room float. Click on the attachment below.
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2002 St. Patrick's Day Parade
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SAVE YOUR STUFF FOR A RAINY DAY
Newspaper clippings, letters, awards, mementos & family photos: Keep yours, you will love seeing them when you are older. Note to all former SHS basketball players: Please send me your photos, newspaper clippings to be added to the website.
Scituate Mariner photo 1982
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Letter from the Superintendent
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Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic Award 1984
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JV stat sheet from 1981
Coach Wooden's Autograph
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Where do you think this photo was taken? It was the last day it was officially opened. This was my 7th grade locker in 1978-79.
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1979-80 Cheerleading & Basketball banquet program.
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1981 SHS Basketball Letterman Jacket
Not an easy acquisition: Scituate Letter for Varsity Athletic participation
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Family photo from game vs. Weymouth South HS in 1983. I am #12 shooting from the 1-point line. PLEASE: No guessing required on the result of the shot.
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SHS Varsity Roster from the 1983-84 season.
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1989 Scituate High School Staff & Town Employees vs. New England Patriots
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Ground Hog Day: February 2, 2019
30 YEARS LATER: Tim Benison's Induction into the Hall of Fame
30 YEARS LATER: Tim Benison's Induction into the Hall of Fame
1988 - 89 Commonwealth Conference
Senior Scholar-Athlete Award (John Havlicek Award)
Senior Scholar-Athlete Award (John Havlicek Award)
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1980's hairstyle warning: Look carefully and you see Al Kazlousky in the background of the photo. Warning: Mullet Sighting.
Please look carefully. I warn you: This hairstyle is not pretty. Witness the 1980's greatest contribution to bad hair: The Mullet.
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Photographic evidence of the Mullet. AL's mullet is fresh.
Recent Photo: Notice The No Mullet Look
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BIG AL's vs. COACH POIRIER's:
¿Que mújol es más macho? La elección es clara!
Por supuesto mújol de entrenador Poirer es más macho.
¿Que mújol es más macho? La elección es clara!
Por supuesto mújol de entrenador Poirer es más macho.
Wimpy Mullet
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Manly Mullet
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