Wildcats Honor Seniors But Fall to Watertown [VIDEO]
Visiting Watertown spoiled Senior Night at Wilmington fell, 75-46, in the final boys basketball game to ever be played in the current gymnasium.
The Wilmington boys basketball team held its Senior Night of Tuesday.
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Tuesday night was a night of goodbyes for the Wilmington boys basketball team.
The Wildcats celebrated Senior Night by honoring a trio of players who took their home court for the final time.
But the seniors weren't the only ones to hit the hardwood for the last time Tuesday. The game served as the final boys basketball contest to be held before the gym is demolished this February vacation.
The festivities ended once the game began, however, as visiting Watertown went on to a blowout 75-46 victory to prolong a difficult season for the struggling Wildcats.
James Wilkinson, Tyler Vibert and Colin Doherty are the graduating seniors for head coach Joe Maiella's team.
"They're all great kids and hard workers," said Maiella, whose team dropped to 2-13 after its 10th straight loss. "It's disappointing they had to suffer through this season, but they're working hard every day and showing the younger kids how to work, and that's a good thing."
Wilkinson and sophomore Connor Bennett led the team with nine points, while Kevin Keane chipped in six markers of his own during his fourth quarter minutes. Jimmy Murphy, Doherty and James O'Regan had four points apiece in the loss.
"This league is tough. There are so many good teams," said Maiella. "We're trying to build for the future, and win some games now. You have to just keep on going."
Kevin MacDonald
5:27 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Widcats honor seniors but selectmen disrespect them by wanting to knock their gymnasium down during February vacation. The entire student body should protest this nonsense. I would also recommend that every student put in a public records request to the town manager for a complete break down of all costs for this new school. Selectmen Newhouse keeps saying that the appeals are costing the Town money. Put in a public records request for a complete breakdown of these costs. The town manager's e-mail address is jhulltownmanager@gmail.com
Steve H
9:25 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The only person disrespecting the seniors is you. You are injecting your hatred for the town into a story about them. Save your garbage for stories about the highschool not a story about senior athletes.
Wayne Sullivan
5:48 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Newsflash if the plans for the new high school went off on time then the gym would have already been gone. This means the seniors would not have had an opportunity to play in the current gym at all and would have had an alternative game schedule. Instead they were able to in fact have home games and were able to have their senior year in the gym and were honored in the gym they played in all 4 years! This doesn't sound like disrespect to me. The votes were taken and the school is coming. There will be a construction period which everyone is aware of and everyone will have to work together as best as possible. The school isn't going to just magically appear without any construction and transition from one building to the next. Life goes on...at least for some of us. Get over it!