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A Show in the Snow Brooks teams came up big this winter. Boys basketball solidified its dynasty with a third consecutive New England championship; girls squash came home with a New England championship of its own; and girls hockey brought a young, determined team back to the postseason. BOYS HOOPS REACHES RARE AIR
How does a team win the New England championship three years in a row? How does a team win four consecutive ISL championships? Beyond that, how does a team keep its head while racking up 72 straight conference wins and 66 straight wins overall — a run that has seen Brooks win every game since January 2016? Boys 1st basketball head coach John McVeigh keeps it simple. “Our approach is to focus on one
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possession at a time,” he says. “We just try to win the next possession, and then we do that over and over again. I credit our kids, because I think it’s hard to not get caught up in this. We have very good players, but they’re not caught up in this. They’re very humble, and that’s reflected in how they play.” This team, which won the New England championship with a 65 – 40 win over The Rivers School in early March, is packed full of athletes who, McVeigh notes, would be superstars on other teams. At
The boys 1st basketball team won its third consecutive New England championship this winter, along with its fourth consecutive ISL championship.
Brooks, though, he continues, they’ve committed to sharing points and minutes with each other with an eye toward team success. All five starters — captain Terrell Brown ’18, Justin Connolly ’18, Keigan Kerby ’18, Preston Santos ’19 and Brian WrightKinsey ’18 — were selected to the All-ISL team. “I think that’s a nod to the fact that it’s hard to win all these games if you’re only relying on one or two options,” McVeigh says. “We had lots of different options and different styles: We could play a fast tempo; we could slow it down. Defense has been our identity. Offense is variable, but if you commit to defense, you can play it well every game.”
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