Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Season ending slide show

Thanks to Geoff Klein for putting together a fabulous keepsake for all members of the 2014 team and their families. Using the pictures from many parents included Christa Kozak and Chrissy Hartnett, Mr. Klein has put together a visual masterpiece of the 2014 season.

Click here to view the slide show. 

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

'Dogs fight hard but fall in Penalties

It was clear from the start of Tuesday night's First Round Tourney game that it would take a top-notch Bulldog effort for the Bulldogs to unseat the defending Sectional Champion Walpole Rebels on their home field. The 'dogs were up for the challenge. The squad responded to a hard-nosed Rebel team with a great fight of their own, scoring a brilliant goal with just 20 seconds left in the first half when Damian Kozak found Jake Verille on the far post and the freshmen phenom buried his chance.

The 2nd half saw the squad play quite well, answering much of the Rebel puzzle with some strong play but an opportunistic Walpole bounce in the Bulldog box led to a goal knotting it at 1-1. The game would remain tied at 1-1 through regulation and 2 exhausting OT periods, thus moving the game to a penalty shootout.

In penalties, Damian Kozak, Bart O'Brien, Pat Hession and Sammy Papakonstantino each converted from the spot, but all 5 Rebels found the back of the net, ending the Bulldog season.

Goalkeeper Aidan Carr was phenomenal on the day.

The team finishes the season at 9-7-2.  The senior class will be missed.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Kozak, O'Brien and Carr honored by Hock- Team for Sportsmanship

The Hockomock League has announced its post-season awards for Boys Soccer and the news in Canton is BIG.

Damian Kozak and Bart O'Brien were each named to the All-Hockomock Team while Aidan Carr was awarded an Honorable Mention to the team. Kozak went one further and became only the 4th Bulldog in program history to be named League MVP of the entire 12-team league- a well deserved honor.

The team was also awarded the coveted Hockomock League Sportsmanship Award for Boys Soccer. This reflects how the rest of the league views the Boys Soccer program here- one of class!  Kudos to the entire team for earning this humbling team honor. It marks the 5th time in the past 7 seasons that the team has been named the most sporting in the League. That says a great deal as the Hock is a very sporting league! This year's team received ZERO cards during the regular season.

The team will face Walpole on Tuesday night at 7:00 on the road in the first round of the D2 South MIAA Boys Soccer Tournament.