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Coach Ryan Dacey has been named Boston Globe Ski Coach of the Year for the 2019-2020 winter season after leading the team to second
Former Football and Baseball Captain Tom Conley ’08 has been named Assistant Athletic Director. Conley has spent the past seven years in the collegiate ranks, coaching Baseball at Bryant, Trinity College, Harvard, and Rutgers. During that time, Tom was also the head coach of the Pittsfield Suns in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. Welcome back Tom!
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The #2 seed Varsity Hockey Team lost an OT thriller to St. John’s Prep, 3-2, ending their Super 8 run. The Eagles had a great season including defeating Central Catholic 4–1 to win the Pete Frates Holiday Tournament.
Varsity Lacrosse Coach Marcus Craigwell was recently featured in the Boston Globe in a piece on the opportunity to address racism through athletics. Our studentathletes bond with their fellow Eagles and coaches, developing a deep appreciation for the lived experience of others through vulnerability, teamwork, and a willingness to learn. The #3 seed Varsity Basketball Team's exciting playoff run came to an end against Brockton, 70-60. Previously, the Catholic Conference Champion Eagles had rallied after a first half deficit to best Catholic Memorial 55-50 in front of a soldout McNeice Pavilion.
place in States, their best finish in school history. Congratulations to Coach Dacey and the entire BC High Ski Team! Donald Ryan ’20 has set the BC High wrestling record for most wins. Going 4-0 to take the gold medal at the Whitman Hanson meet, he is now at 131 total wins while wearing the maroon and gold. He went on to place fourth at the D1 State Tournament. Congrats Donald!
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Ozzy Trapilo ’20 was one of only nineteen players named to the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association All-State Team. Congrats Ozzy!
Photo: Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe
The BC High Athletics program has been ranked nationally (#8), in Niche’s “Top 25 High Schools in America for Athletes”. This ranking is a reflection of our coaching staff and student-athletes, who exhibit hard work, teamwork, respect, and humility on a daily basis for the Eagles.
