Oliver Ames Girls' Cross Country Places 9th at State Championships

The Oliver Ames team exceeded expectations and placed 9th on Saturday.

Submitted to Easton Patch: The Oliver Ames High School Girls Cross Country Team finished 9th at the All-State Championships this past Saturday.  The meet was held at Northfield Mountain, located in Western Massachusetts. The race featured the top teams from across the state. Those teams qualified in last week’s State Divisional Championships.  In that meet, the lady Tigers finished 4th Coming into Saturday’s race, the experts had Oliver Ames ranked 19th out of 19 teams.  Competing as one of the smallest schools in division one, the Tigers blew away those experts. “I figured we could go as high as 15th” said Oliver Ames Head Coach Neil Levine. “I knew we ran well.  When I saw the results I jumped out of my sneakers." Leading the charge for …

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Oliver Ames Boys, Girls Cross Country Beat Canton

The Tigers boys and girls cross country teams beat Canton on the road Thursday afternoon.

The Oliver Ames cross country teams improved to 2-0 Thursday with a road victory at Canton. The Tigers girls, led by Maggie Harding, Jillian McAuliffe and Megan Fitzgerald beat the Bulldogs 17-46. The boys, led by Dan Moverman, Britton Copley and Kyle Nichols beat the Bulldogs 15-50. Full results are posted below: Girls: 1    Maggie Harding - OA - 16:28.1 2    Jillian McAuliffe - OA - 16:28.4 3    Megan Fitzgerald  -  OA  -  16:31.6 4    Amanda Eagles    - CAN -   16:56.1 5    Olivia Wakefield  -  OA  -  17:05.6 6    Laura Blelloch   - OA  -  17:14.5 7    Emily Newman  -  OA  -  17:15.0 8    Lindsey Foster  -  OA  -  17:17.2 9    Eleni Papadopolous   - CAN   - 17:25.6 10    Courtney Loughnane  -  CAN   - 17:29.4 11    Kelsey Sayers  -  CAN…

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Oliver Ames Cross Country Team Blazes a Trail Through Easton Conservation Land

The Oliver Ames High School Cross Country team joined forces with the Easton Conservation Commission to enhance the trails in the Clifford G. Grant Reservation area.

Submitted to Easton Patch: On Sunday Sept. 16, members of the Oliver Ames High School Cross Country team joined forces with the Easton Conservation Commission to enhance the trails in the Clifford G. Grant Reservation area. The project is spearheaded by Easton Conservation Committee member Christopher Patrick.   It involves improving existing trails, clearing older trails that are covered by brush and debris, and connecting the whole system (see the attached map).  Funds for the project are being provided by a federal grant and private donations. The Clifford G. Grant Reservation is a 180 acre parcel adjacent to the high school.  It abuts the 70-acre Town Forest parcel. Together the two pieces make up a wilderness resource, that when …

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Oliver Ames Cross Country Hits the Beach in Nantucket

Oliver Ames Tiger cross-country teams began the fall season on the shores of Nantucket

Submitted to Easton Patch: “Life is a collection of moments.”  Those were the words from Oliver Ames High School Cross Country Coach Neil Levine as he addressed his team on the first day of practice.  On Monday August 27th his squad experienced one of those moments, as they hit the beach for their 13th annual Nantucket trip. At 6 a.m., 120 student/athletes and chaperones rubbed the sleep from their eyes and boarded busses headed for Hyannis.  Alongside saltwater taffy stands, t-shirt shops and old fishing boats, they climbed up the gangway of the ferry to embark on their ocean crossing. “My first time on a boat was the Nantucket trip when I was a freshman” said OA number one runner Dan Moverman. Disembarking in the land of multi-million …

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Muscato's Musings

Channeling Henry David Thoreau In Easton

Something Tells Me That HDT Would Have Liked It Around Here

  I have long been a fan of Henry David Thoreau and his writing.  It seems I never have finished one of his books – that is read one completely.  But the happiness and fulfillment I receive from reading bits and pieces of Walden or Faith In A Seed or Civil Disobedience is significant and helpful.  Reading Henry David Thoreau – HDT to many – is one of life’s pleasures.  Living in Easton, growing up here, one is fortunate and blessed in having around and available an abundance of conservation land – untouched nature, or nature lightly and moderately groomed and styled.  If you think of the Frederick Law Olmsted designed spaces in Easton, they show the plan of artistically and pleasingly integrating the manmade and natural.  Henry David …

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OA Represented Well at Foot Locker Northeast Cross Country Championships

Seven OA Cross Country runners participated.

Seven Oliver Ames cross country runners participated in the Foot Locker Northeast Championships Saturday at Sunken Meadow State Park in New York. OA's Drew Beck and Shannon Hickey ran in the seeded championship races. Beck came in 42nd overall in the boys' race with a time of 16:57.2. He was about a minute behind Hockomock rival Chistopher Allen of King Philip, who finished 9th with a time of 16:01.4. Brandon Sullivan of Foxborough came in just in front of Beck in 36th place with a time of 16:50.6. KP's Owen Gonser came in 57th with a time of 17:17. In the girls' race, Hickey's time of 20:28 was good for 53rd overall. In the girls' sophomore races, Jillian McAuliffe and Lindsey Foster both represented OA. McAuliffe fininshed 10th in the …

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OA Runners Among Top Performers at State Championship Meet

Oliver Ames, Mansfield and King Philip runners were ahead of the pack again over the weekend at the State Championship meet.

The MIAA wrapped up cross-country season at midday Saturday with the State Championship Meet. Multiple teams and individuals from around the Hockomock League qualified for the meet across three divisions for the chance to run one last time this year at Franklin Park. Chris Allen of King Philip once again had one of the best performances from runners in the area with a fifth place finish in the Boys’ Division 1 race and a time of 15:54. The highly competitive race saw Allen with company at the front of the pack for the first time in a while as Jonathan Green of Saint John’s took first place with a time of 15:41. “The competition was so great I was hoping for a good time but I still think I ran pretty good though. I think I can run better …

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This Week in Oliver Ames Sports

Tournament announcements highlight week ahead.

Although the football team dropped its second straight contest in its loss to North Attleboro Friday night, last week was mostly a successful one for several Oliver Ames sports teams. The soccer teams both got some key victories and improved their chances for a higher seed in the state tournament; field hockey clinched a playoff berth on the last game of the year; volleyball ended the regular season on a high note; the cross-country teams finished second at the Hockomock League Championships; and the golf team concluded another successful season. Starting today with field hockey, the MIAA will announce its fall sports tournament brackets. Before we get into further detail on those, let’s take a look at the week ahead in OA sports. 1. Both …

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OA Cross-Country Teams Finish Second at Hock Championships

Mansfield boys', Franklin girls', each claim league titles.

With cold, but reasonable running conditions, the Hockomock League cross-country championships proved to display some of the best running in the state Saturday at Borderland State Park in Easton. With five of the top twelve runners in the boys’ race, Mansfield earned its eighth straight league title with 44 points, while the Franklin girls team tallied 38 points for its second straight league title. Mansfield coach Julie Collins was thrilled with her team's victory. “This is the eighth straight year that we won the league and OA [boys] were heavily favored,” she said. “On paper, if you look at our kids they were a very good team. They just hadn’t run well together on the same day in the same race. But today, our seniors helped us …

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OA Cross Country Teams Win Catholic Memorial Invitational

Both the boys' and girls' cross country teams took home the Catholic Memorial Invitational trophies Saturday.

The boys' cross country team and the girls' cross country team both celebrated a victory Saturday after the Catholic Memorial Invitational. For the girls, Shannon Hickey led with a time of 20:12, followed by Maggie Harding with a time of 21:11 and Robin Leowald with a time of 21:33. For the boys, Andrew Kerester won with a time of 16:52, followed by Drew Beck with a time of 17:01 and Sean Gorham with a time of 17:04.

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