Halifax Girls Basketball League

HGBL'S 3rd Annual "Rock & Bowl" Fundraiser was a BIG success again this year. 65 HGBL players, along with friends and family turned out at the Ally-Cat Lanes in Kingston to support our program. Thanks to R&B Coordinator Mary Gravinese and all the other parents who helped out.

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Our 8th Grade Girls Travel Basketball team wrapped up their very successful five year run by soundly defeating a strong Rockland team 57-32 in the League Championship last weekend at Quincy High School. It was a total team effort with all 9 girls making vital contributions.

The girls finished the regular season in 1st place and received a bye into the semi-finals, where they faced off against Duxbury. The game was a back and forth battle, with the Halifax defense being led by Amanda Gravinese, Leah Mackiewicz, Maddy Barone and Shannon Grindle. Rebecca Hapgood dished out several assists. Duxbury stormed back to make it close, but Bri Walker was cool as ice as she calmly knocked down 4 free throws to put it way in the last minute for a 35-29 final.

The Championship game pitted the girls against 2nd place Rockland, who had knocked off Pembroke in the Semi-finals. The girls started slowly, quickly falling behind 5-0 and taking most of the 1st half to catch up and then take the lead. Sharp-shooting by Ari Levenson (8 pts) and Walker (game-high 19 pts), along with Barone's (13 pts) driving lay-ups, were too much for Rockland to handle. Madeline Critch, Libby Czarniak & Grindle (10 pts) teamed up to dominate the boards on both ends, denying Rockland any chance of a comback. The score at the final horn was 57-32 Halifax.

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The Halifax 8th Grade Girls Travel team went undefeated in this past weekend's Carver Shootout Youth Basketball Tournament to capture the title.

In Game #1 of the preliminary round, the girls defeated Hanson in 19-13, starting slowly as the shots wouldn't fall, but played great defense led by Leah Mackiewicz & Libby Czarniak, along with a dozen blocked shots by center Shannon Grindle..

In game #2 the offense heated up as Grindle, Bri Walker & Maddy Barone combined for 31 points in a 35-12 win over Barnstable.

In the 3rd pre-lim game vs the host Carver team, Madeline Critch & Amanda Gravinese each had 6 points and numerous rebounds. Becca Hapgood dished out several assists and Barone went off for 16 points in the 35-17 win .

In the Tourney Championship Game, hot outside shooting by Ari Levenson and Walker led the offense as they defeated Hanson 36-25 to take the championship.

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Congratulations to the girls that made the travel teams, here are the rosters:

Level	4th Grade	5th Grade	6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
Coach	Mary Gravinese	Mike Villanova	Ken Boudreau	Dave Levesque	Greg Grindle
Coach	John Conroy	Matt Mitchell	Ken Nelson	John Gillen	Pete Barone
Coach		Tom Welch
Players:	Kimberly Balerna	Amanda Harris	Alana Foley	Caroline Vogt	Amanda Gravinese
	Lindsey Bernasconi	Angela King	Alex Bachelder	Emily Critch	Arianna Levenson
	Jordan Conroy	Brianna Coarr	Alyssa Nelson	Emily Logan	Brianna Walker
	Michaela Gravinese	Brianna Villanova	Annabelle Boudreau	Isabella Levesque	Leah Mackiewicz
	Angela Kelley	Courtney Macomber	Brenna Welch	Jasmine Trask	Libby Czarniak
	Josselyn Devine	Hannah Mitchell	Emily Hapgood	Julia Maker	Maddy Barone
	Jennifer Donahue	Heather Fox	Jill Wohlgemuth	Lea Mason	Madeline Critch
	Riley Dunphy	Madison Coffey	Kirsten Ghelfi	Madison Gillen	Rebecca Hapgood
	Destiny Knight	Madison Curtin	Morgan Wohlgemuth	Madison Gillen	Shannon Grindle
	Jennifer Vinton	Rae Anne Welch	Olivia Warmington	Morgan Hill
	Kylah Wiencko	Sandra Waterman	Sasha Gerhard	Olivia Croke
		Theresa Sullivan	Shannon Murphy	Olivia Macomber

Halifax Girls Basketball is proud to announce that 9 of our Girls were selected for this year's Silver Lake Middle School Basketball team! The team consists of 13 girls from Kingston, Plympton & Halifax, and plays games against other area Middle Schools.

Congratulations to 8th Graders:
Ari Levenson, Briana Walker, Libby Czarniak, Maddy Barone, Rebecca Hapgood & Shannon Grindle

Congratulations to 7th Graders:
Emily Critch, Madi Gillen & Olivia Macomber.

The Halifax travel team (for girls leaving 5th grade and entering 6th grade) went undefeated in the Halifax Summer Hoops League to take the championship. The girls competed against teams from Abington, Hanover, Hanson, Pembroke and Rockland.

Playing for Halifax are Alex Bachelder, Heidi Banden, Annabelle Boudreau, Alana Foley, Kirsten Ghelfi, Emily Hapgood, Shannon Murphy, Alyssa Nelson, Olivia Warmington, Brenna Welch, Jill Wohlgemuth, and Morgan Wohlgemuth. The team is coached by Ken Boudreau and Ken Nelson.

The team went 5-0 during the regular season before beating Hanover in the playoffs and then Rockland in the Championship game to finish an amazing 7-0 summer season.

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS!