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Honoring the best:Cross country

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SUNDAY: GIRLS VOLLEYBALL / MONDAY: FIELD HOCKEY / TUESDAY: GOLF / WEDNESDAY: BOYS SOCCERTHURSDAY: GIRLS SOCCER / TODAY: CROSS COUNTRY / SATURDAY: FOOTBALL

The Whitman-Hanson High Schoolgirls and boys cross country teamscontinued their reigns in EMass.

Div. 3 this past fall.The Panther girls were led by six All-

Scholastic selections, including Enter-prise Runner of the Year Gianna Caccia-tore, as they won the Div. 3 EMass.championships by 49 points and finishedfourth in the All-State Meet. Oliver Amsand Cardinal Spellman each earned three

girls all-scholastics.The Whitman-Hanson boys shined at

the Div. 3 EMass. championships byplacing third. The Panthers were led byEnterprise Runner of the Year NateStephansky, one of four W-H boys all-scholastics.

Oliver Ames’ boys placed fifth at theDiv. 3 EMass. meet to earn three all-scholastics while the Tiger girls, whoqualified for the All-State Meet, also hadthree all-scholastics.

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Still agreenhornetAt age 36, Garnetthasn’t lost hissting around NBABy Jim FentonENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

WALTHAM – Hewas just 18 yearsold with one yearof high school re-

maining when the move wasmade in 1994.

Kevin Garnett left SouthCarolina, where he had playedthree years of basketball atMauldin High School, toChicago in order to attend Far-ragut Academy.

It was during that one yearin theWindy Citywhere theintensitythat has fu-eled Gar-nett duringa NBA ca-reer now in

its 18th season was turned up anotch.

“You just learn,’’ said Gar-nett before taking part inCeltics’ practice on Thursdayafternoon. “Ever since I movedfrom the South to the North,you understand that northernpeople are a lot more aggres-sive than southern people.

“One of the lessons Ilearned living in Chicago isthat no one is going to give youanything. You have to take it. Icarried that mentality into theleague with me. Sam Mitchell(a teammate when he was withthe Minnesota Timberwolves)helped kind of massage thatm e n t a l i t y. BIG MAN

ON CAMPUSBy Chris McDanielENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

BROCKTON – A l t h ou g h7-foot-1 Massasoit Com-munity College sopho-more Andrew McCarthytakes long strides, he still

has many steps to take before he getsback to where he wants to be.

Three years ago, the big man fromScituate was a walk-on for the UMass.men’s basketball team.

As a redshirt freshman last year inAmherst, McCarthy played a smallrole for the Minuteman, but his gradesdropped and he was declared academi-

cally ineligible and left school.Having had time to reassess his

academic, and athletic, goals, Mc-Carthy enrolled at Massasoit Commu-nity College this year in an effort towork his way back to the Div. 1 bas-ketball court.

“I’m trying to get back on the rightpath,” said McCarthy of his time atMassasoit. “I’m using this mainly forgrades and developing good habits likegoing to class because that was themain issue – way too much ADD (At-tention Deficit Disorder).”

McCarthy was a strong student atScituate High School, but had troubleadjusting to life as a college freshman

at UMass.“I kind of dug myself into a hole,

grades wise, at UMass,” said Mc-Carthy. “Just couldn’t get out of it so Igot kicked out of school.”

McCarthy views Massasoit as aplace where he can find his way backonto a Div. 1 roster again.

“He has all the skills (to play Div.1 basketball),” said Massasoit men’sbasketball coach Jim Stapleton. “Theonly issue is going to be what he hasto do to get to the next spot, offensive-ly. If he does, and he and I have talkedabout it, he can play anywhere at the

Massasoit’s7-foot-1 centerMcCarthy, ofScituate, looksto get back onDiv. 1 court

EMILY J. REYNOLDS/THE ENTERPRISE� Massasoit Community College sophomore basketball player Andrew McCarthy, of Scituate, stands tall on the court.

QB pairnot twoof kindBrady, Schaub offercontrast in postseasonexperience, successBy Glen FarleyENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

FOXBORO – With a win over theHouston Texans in Sunday’s AFC divi-sional playoff game at Gillette Stadium,the Pa t r i o t s ’ Tom Brady will surpassJoe Montana for the most playoff victo-ries by a starting quarterback in NFLhistory with 17.

The Texans’ quarterback will arrivein Foxboro with some playoff records tohis credit as well.

With 29 completions in 38 attemptsfor 262 yards in last Saturday’s 19-13wildcard win over Cincinnati, MattSchaub set franchise playoff single-game records for the Texans in each ofthose departments.

Hey, it’s a start – and at the age of31, last Saturday’s marked Schaub’splayoff debut.

“I’m not sure,” Brady answered

Fresh startfor HortonB’s winger raring to goBy Mike LoftusTHE PATRIOT LEDGER

WILMINGTON – The Bruinshave been a pretty happy group thiswe e k .

T h ey ’re together for the first timesince the NHL locked out the NHLPlayers Association on Sept. 15, andtraining camp, regular-season gamesand paychecks are all on the horizon.

Nathan Horton seems more cheer-ful than anyone, which is not surpris-ing (he’s almost always smiling, any-way) and easy to understand, givenwhat he’s been through in the last year.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS� Patriots quarterback Tom Bradyfires a pass Thursday in Foxboro.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS� Celtics veteran KevinGarnett is still going strong inhis 18th season in the league.

�TONIGHTROCKETSat CELTICS� 7:35 p.m.� TV: ComcastSpor tsNet� Radio: WEEI-93.7 FM

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