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33 ENTERPRISENEWS.COM JUNE 10, 2012 B-R earns semifinal win in 12 innings to reach Div. 1 final By Scott Roche ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT TAUNTON – Sometimes in an extra-inning game, it’s just a matter of getting a bat on the ball and putting it in play to get the job done. Nobody knows that better than the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High softball team. Playing their second extra-innings Div. 1 South Sectional contest in as many games, the Trojans stood dead- locked with sixth-seeded North Attle- ON THE WEB Cast your vote in the latest sports poll at Enterprisenews.com INSIDE HIGH SCHOOLS / 34 RED SOX, PATRIOTS / 35 OUTDOORS, SCOREBOARD / 36 MIAA HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH SECTIONALS Over, out for Celts James, Heat prevail in Game 7 to reach finals By Tim Reynolds ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER MIAMI – LeBron James finally got a Game 7 victory, on his third try. Next up, the NBA finals – and his third try at that elusive first championship. James had 31 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Bosh hit a career- best three 3-pointers – the last sparking the run that put it away – and the Miami Heat won their second straight Eastern Confer- ence title by beating the Boston Celtics 101- 88 in Game 7 on Saturday night. Miami opens the title series in Okla- homa City on Tuesday night. Dwyane Wade scored and Shane Battier added 12 for the Heat, who won a Game 7 for the first time since 2004 – Wade’s rookie season. Rajon Rondo finished with 22 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds for Boston, which got 19 points from Paul Pierce in what might be the last game of the “Big Four” era for the Celtics. Boston took out its starters with 28.3 seconds left. By then, workers already had a rope around the perimeter of the court, preparing for the East trophy presentation. When Heat President Pat Riley was shown on the giant overhead video screen in the moments just after the final buzzer, the crowd screamed. Riley finally acknowl- edged them with some claps, before the 2012 Eastern Conference champions logo was shown as players below the scoreboard high-fived and hugged, all wearing the new T-shirts and caps that marked the accom- plishment. The screams kept coming, first when Alonzo Mourning took the microphone – “We still got a lot of work to do,” Mourning said – and then again when he handed the trophy to Heat owner Micky Arison. HEAT 101 CELTICS 88 Vikings don’t rest on laurels DeAndrade stays on mound roll to earn EB Div. 3 baseball title shot By Mark Ducharme ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT QUINCY – So much for short rest slow- ing down East Bridgewater High pitcher Casey DeAndrade. DeAndrade looked as though he was working with more than the two days rest that he was going on in the Vikings’ Div. 3 South Sectional semifinal game against Bellingham on Satur- day at Adams Field. The senior righthander was too much for the second-seeded Blackhawks to deal with as he struck out 10, walked three, picked off a runner and allowed four singles – including two infield hits – in the Vikings’ 7-1 semifi- nal win over Bellingham. The third-seeded Vikings (17-4) will play their third tournament game in as many days today at Campanelli Stadium at 4 when they face eighth-seeded Apponequet in the Div. 3 South Sectional final. “Like I just said to the players, ‘When you are the man, you are the man,’ , ” said East Bridgewater coach Pat Cronin. “Casey De- Andrade continues not to surprise me. “We talked after Friday’s game with Dover-Sherborn (a 5-4 EB win). I talked to the three captains and asked them what do they think? We go over some ideas on who to throw and Casey said, “There is no way that I am not throwing this game.” “I knew darn well that he was going to pitch in this game and Tim O’Brien told me that he was going to throw in Camapnelli Sta- dium (in the final).” DeAndrade made sure he was in control the entire way and he did it with mostly just one pitch. “I was going on adrenaline,” said DeAn- drade. “The whole team behind played great defense and they were behind me the whole way . ... My curve ball was really working well, so I stuck with the fastball.” “They saw our game with Dover-Sher- born,” said Cronin. “They tried some trick plays to throw Casey off, but we stopped them.” The sixth inning was the only inning where the Blackhawks got two baserunners on and any past second in scoring their lone run. Meanwhile, tThe Vikings’ patience at the plate helped them get their offense going in the third inning. “We played well defensively and we hit the ball well,” said Cronin. “Usually, with my team, I have let them swing away, because you cannot teach kids hitting by not letting them hit and that is old school. I let them SOUTH THREE-FEAT? B-R, Abington in softball finals; EB in baseball final Reid, Wave step up Junior’s clutch hit lifts Abington in its Div. 2 softball semi By Glen Farley ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER TAUNTON – Abington High School softball coach Ernie Ortega put Alicia Reid in the seventh spot in the Green Wave batting order on Satur- day. Reid responded by putting the Green Wave into to- day’s MIAA Div. 2 South Sectional champi- onship game. The junior center fielder capped a 3-for-3 day at the plate with a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift Abington over Hopkinton, 2-1, at Jack Tripp Field. Reid’s hit earned the top- seeded Wave (21-2) a return trip to Taunton High School for a 1 p.m. South final against third- seeded Fairhaven (20-2). “She hit eighth all year,” Or- tega said. “This is her first time batting seventh. Sam(antha) Thompson hasn’t played in a while and I didn’t want to put a whole lot of pressure on her so we put her in the eighth slot to see what could happen.” What happened was, a hero- ine was created. Reid’s long double made a winner out of senior righthander Kelly Norton, who limited the fourth-seeded Hillers (19-4) to just three hits and one unearned run while striking out 13, in- cluding the first four batters she faced. “After the first inning, the 1- 2-3 (outs in order), I was ready to go,” said Norton. As good as she was, though, Norton found herself in a stand- off with Hopkinton freshman Alissa Karjel into the bottom of the sixth when junior Alex Pow- ers singled with one out and, af- ter a forceout, Reid settled the issue. “I had two strikes on me and I just wanted to make sure I didn’t strike out,” said Reid. “I hit the ball and immediately thought, ‘Oh, no. I popped out. What did I do?’ “When I got to second base EAST BRIDGEWATER 7 BELLINGHAM 1 ABINGTON 2 HOPKINTON 1 BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM 4 NORTH ATTLEBORO 3 Trojans extra special again boro, 3-3, in the bottom of the 12th inning on Saturday afternoon in their Div. 1 South Sectional semifinal at Taunton High’s Jack Tripp Field. With two outs, Trojans leadoff batter Madison Shaw stepped to the plate with team- mate Emily Kurkul on second base. Shaw took a 2-1 fastball and hit a roller that was bobbled by the Red Rocketeers first baseman, allowing Kurkul, who had broken on contact, to round third base and slide home safely under the tag of North Attle- boro catcher Megan Wynn, lifting the Trojans to a dramatic 4-3 win. Second-seeded Bridgewater- Raynham (20-3) advances to today’s Div. 1 final back at Taunton High at 3 p.m. against top-seeded and defend- ing Div. 1 state champion King Philip (21-2). King Philip got 17 strikeouts from Meghan Rico in the other semifinal to beat Silver Lake, 13-0, on Saturday. After needing 11 innings to beat Mansfield, 6-5 in the quarterfinals, the Trojans were already familiar about extra-inning strategy in secton- al play. “In that last at-bat, all I knew I had to do was move Emily (Kurkul) on the bases,’’ said Shaw, who had three hits, two runs scored and 12 putouts at shortstop. “We are tied in the 12th in- WEB See a photo gallery of Bridgewater- Raynham’s Div. 1 softball sectional semifinal win. Enterprisenews.com EXTRA MARC VASCONCELLOS/THE ENTERPRISE ■ Bridgewater-Raynham’s Madison Shaw, left, celebrates with teammate Emily Kurkul, during their Div. 1 South Sectional softball semifinal win over North Attleboro on Saturday in Taunton. REID/ PAGE 34 TROJANS/ PAGE 34 VIKINGS/ PAGE 34 OVER/ PAGE 35 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ■ Celtics teammates Ray Allen, left, and Paul Pierce look up at the scoreboard as Boston falls behind in the second half against the Miami Heat in Game 7 of their series Saturday night.
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33ENTERPRISENEWS.COM JUNE 10, 2012
B-R earns semifinalwin in 12 innings toreach Div. 1 finalBy Scott RocheENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT
TAUNTON – Sometimes in anextra-inning game, it’s just a matter of
getting abat onthe ball
and putting it in play to get the jobdone.
Nobody knows that better thanthe Bridgewater-Raynham RegionalHigh softball team.
Playing their second extra-inningsDiv. 1 South Sectional contest in asmany games, the Trojans stood dead-locked with sixth-seeded North Attle-
ON THE WEB
Cast your vote in the latest sportspoll at Enterprisenews.com
INSIDE
HIGH SCHOOLS / 34RED SOX, PATRIOTS / 35OUTDOORS, SCOREBOARD / 36
M I A A H I G H S C H O O L S O U T H S E C T I O N A L S
Over, out for CeltsJames, Heat prevail inGame 7 to reach finalsBy Tim ReynoldsENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
MIAMI – LeBron James finally got aGame 7 victory, on his third try.
Next up, the NBA finals – and his thirdtry at that elusive firstchampionship.
James had 31 pointsand 12 rebounds, Chris Bosh hit a career-best three 3-pointers – the last sparking therun that put it away – and the Miami Heatwon their second straight Eastern Confer-ence title by beating the Boston Celtics 101-
88 in Game 7 on Saturday night.Miami opens the title series in Okla-
homa City on Tuesday night.Dwyane Wade scored and Shane Battier
added 12 for the Heat, who won a Game 7for the first time since 2004 – Wa d e ’s rookieseason.
Rajon Rondo finished with 22 points, 14assists and 10 rebounds for Boston, whichgot 19 points from Paul Pierce in what mightbe the last game of the “Big Four” era for theCeltics.
Boston took out its starters with 28.3seconds left. By then, workers already had arope around the perimeter of the court,preparing for the East trophy presentation.
When Heat President Pat Riley wasshown on the giant overhead video screen inthe moments just after the final buzzer, thecrowd screamed. Riley finally acknowl-edged them with some claps, before the2012 Eastern Conference champions logowas shown as players below the scoreboardhigh-fived and hugged, all wearing the newT-shirts and caps that marked the accom-plishment.
The screams kept coming, first whenAlonzo Mourning took the microphone –“We still got a lot of work to do,” Mour ningsaid – and then again when he handed thetrophy to Heat owner Micky Arison.
HEAT 101CELTICS 88
Vi k i n g sdon’t reston laurelsDeAndrade stays onmound roll to earn EBDiv. 3 baseball title shotBy Mark DucharmeENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT
QUINCY – So much for short rest slow-ing down East Bridgewater High pitcherCasey DeAndrade.
DeAndrade looked as though he wasworking with more than the two days rest that
he was going on inthe Vikings’ Div. 3South Sectional
semifinal game against Bellingham on Satur-day at Adams Field.
The senior righthander was too much forthe second-seeded Blackhawks to deal withas he struck out 10, walked three, picked off arunner and allowed four singles – includingtwo infield hits – in the Vikings’ 7-1 semifi-nal win over Bellingham.
The third-seeded Vikings (17-4) will playtheir third tournament game in as many daystoday at Campanelli Stadium at 4 when theyface eighth-seeded Apponequet in the Div. 3South Sectional final.
“Like I just said to the players, ‘When youare the man, you are the man,’ , ” said EastBridgewater coach Pat Cronin. “Casey De-Andrade continues not to surprise me.
“We talked after Friday’s game withDover-Sherborn (a 5-4 EB win). I talked tothe three captains and asked them what dothey think? We go over some ideas on who tothrow and Casey said, “There is no way that Iam not throwing this game.”
“I knew darn well that he was going topitch in this game and Tim O’Brien told methat he was going to throw in Camapnelli Sta-dium (in the final).”
DeAndrade made sure he was in controlthe entire way and he did it with mostly justone pitch.
“I was going on adrenaline,” said DeAn-drade. “The whole team behind played greatdefense and they were behind me the wholeway. ... My curve ball was really workingwell, so I stuck with the fastball.”
“They saw our game with Dover-Sher-bor n,” said Cronin. “They tried some trickplays to throw Casey off, but we stoppedthem.”
The sixth inning was the only inningwhere the Blackhawks got two baserunnerson and any past second in scoring their loner un.
Meanwhile, tThe Vikings’ patience at theplate helped them get their offense going inthe third inning.
“We played well defensively and we hitthe ball well,” said Cronin. “Usually, with myteam, I have let them swing away, becauseyou cannot teach kids hitting by not lettingthem hit and that is old school. I let them
SOUTH THREE-FEAT?B-R, Abington in softball finals; EB in baseball final
Reid,Wa v estep upJunior’s clutch hitlifts Abington in itsDiv. 2 softball semiBy Glen FarleyENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
TAUNTON – AbingtonHigh School softball coachErnie Ortega put Alicia Reid inthe seventh spot in the GreenWave batting order on Satur-d ay.
Reid responded by puttingthe GreenWave into to-d ay ’s MIAA
Div. 2 South Sectional champi-onship game.
The junior center fieldercapped a 3-for-3 day at the platewith a two-out RBI double in thebottom of the sixth inning to liftAbington over Hopkinton, 2-1,at Jack Tripp Field.
Reid’s hit earned the top-seeded Wave (21-2) a return tripto Taunton High School for a 1p.m. South final against third-seeded Fairhaven (20-2).
“She hit eighth all year,” Or -tega said. “This is her first timebatting seventh. Sam(antha)Thompson hasn’t played in awhile and I didn’t want to put awhole lot of pressure on her sowe put her in the eighth slot tosee what could happen.”
What happened was, a hero-ine was created.
Reid’s long double made awinner out of senior righthanderKelly Norton, who limited thefourth-seeded Hillers (19-4) tojust three hits and one unearnedrun while striking out 13, in-cluding the first four batters shef aced.
“After the first inning, the 1-2-3 (outs in order), I was readyto go,” said Norton.
As good as she was, though,Norton found herself in a stand-off with Hopkinton freshmanAlissa Karjel into the bottom ofthe sixth when junior Alex Pow-ers singled with one out and, af-ter a forceout, Reid settled theissue.
“I had two strikes on me andI just wanted to make sure Ididn’t strike out,” said Reid. “Ihit the ball and immediatelythought, ‘Oh, no. I popped out.What did I do?’
“When I got to second base
EAST BRIDGEWATER 7BELLINGHAM 1ABINGTON 2
HOPKINTON 1
BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM 4NORTH ATTLEBORO 3
Trojans extra special againboro, 3-3, in the bottom of the 12thinning on Saturday afternoon in theirDiv. 1 South Sectional semifinal atTaunton High’s Jack Tripp Field.
With twoouts, Trojansleadoff batterMadison Shawstepped to theplate with team-mate EmilyKurkul on secondbase.
Shaw took a 2-1 fastball and hit aroller that was bobbled by the RedRocketeers first baseman, allowingKurkul, who had broken on contact,to round third base and slide homesafely under the tag of North Attle-boro catcher Megan Wynn, lifting theTrojans to a dramatic 4-3 win.
Second-seeded Bridgewater-Raynham (20-3) advances to today’sDiv. 1 final back at Taunton High at 3p.m. against top-seeded and defend-ing Div. 1 state champion King Philip(21-2).
King Philip got 17 strikeouts fromMeghan Rico in the other semifinal tobeat Silver Lake, 13-0, on Saturday.
After needing 11 innings to beatMansfield, 6-5 in the quarterfinals,the Trojans were already familiarabout extra-inning strategy in secton-al play.
“In that last at-bat, all I knew I hadto do was move Emily (Kurkul) onthe bases,’’ said Shaw, who had threehits, two runs scored and 12 putouts atshortstop. “We are tied in the 12th in-
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EXTRA
MARC VASCONCELLOS/THE ENTERPRISE� B r i d g e w a t e r- R a y n h a m ’s Madison Shaw, left, celebrates with teammate Emily Kurkul, during their Div. 1 SouthSectional softball semifinal win over North Attleboro on Saturday in Taunton.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS� Celtics teammates Ray Allen, left, and Paul Pierce look up atthe scoreboard as Boston falls behind in the second half againstthe Miami Heat in Game 7 of their series Saturday night.
