High School Sports Update 2-8-21

The varsity basketball team celebrated senior day when they entertained BC High. The final score was 77-65. BC High won the closely contested matchup. The program recognized the following seniors and their parents: Ty Murphy ’21, Ryan Douglas ’21, Michael Berluti ’21, Garrett Fish ’21, Thomas Arrigal ’21, Drew Briones ’21, Hunter Follen ’21 and Luke Birch ’21. The team will be back in action on February 9 when they host St. John’s High School. You can find pictures of the senior day ceremony here. 

The varsity hockey team lost to BC High on Sunday afternoon by a score of 5-2. On Wednesday night the team picked up their first victory of the season, defeating St. John’s Prep 2-1 in overtime at Canton Ice House. The winning goal was scored at the 3:00 minute mark of OT by Jake Curley ’22. The Hawks will travel to Warrior Arena to take on Catholic Memorial on Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m., and then they will host Saint John’s High School on Super Bowl Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The team is currently 1-2-2 on the season.

Xaverian returned to the slopes at Blue Hills on Thursday night to compete in its first Mass Bay East race of the year. Three Giant Slalom races were held over the course of the evening with several Hawks turning in top 20 runs. Connor Hagwood ’22 and co-captain Tanner Smith ’21 led the Hawks in the first race with a 13th and 17th place finish respectively. Nolan Mackie ’22 cracked the top 20 with a 16th place finish in the second run. Tanner Smith ’21 once again finished in 17th. The third and final race of the night saw three Hawks in the top 20. Leading the way once again was Nolan Mackie ’22 finishing in 13th. For the third straight race, Tanner Smith ’21 finished in the top 20, taking 14th place. Patrick Kiernan ’23 figured out the course for the third race, finishing in 16th place. The Hawks return to Blue Hills next Thursday night for a league Slalom race.

The swim team was defeated this past weekend by St. John’s Prep, making their record 2-1 on the season. They will have their final regular season virtual meet this Saturday against St. John’s High School. On February 13, the team will compete in the Catholic Conference Swim Meet which will be a virtual race as usual. The difference is that they will swim at Brookline High School and one parent will be allowed for students in grades 7 through grade 11, and two parents for our seniors! We are very excited to make this opportunity available to our swim and dive parents. We will issue spectator lanyards next week.