Xaverian Hawks

Xaverian Hawks
School Xaverian Brothers High School
Conference Catholic Conference
MIAA Division I
Athletic director Charlie Stevenson '69
Location Westwood, MA
Varsity teams 16
Nickname Hawks
Colors Navy Blue      and Gold     
Website www.xbhs.com

The Xaverian Hawks are the interscholastic athletic programs of the Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts. Xaverian is a member of the Catholic Conference and is classified as Division 1 in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) for a majority of its athletic programs. Xaverian athletic teams have won seven Division 1 State Championships in recent years (baseball in 2012, football in 2009, 2014 and 2015, golf in 2014, lacrosse in 2013 and skiing in 2013). In addition, the MIAA has honored Xaverian athletics five times for outstanding sportsmanship. Xaverian currently has over 100 athletes participating in college athletics (Xaverian Magazine winter 2011). Charlie Stevenson '69 is the current Athletic Director.

Varsity teams

Xaverian sponsors 16 varsity sports - cross country (non-cut), golf, football (non-cut) and soccer during the fall season; alpine skiing (non-cut), basketball, hockey, indoor track (non-cut), swimming (non-cut), and wrestling (non-cut) during the winter season; and baseball, lacrosse, rugby (non-cut), tennis, track & field (non-cut) and volleyball during the spring season.

Baseball

In 2004, Xaverian's baseball team won the Division 1 State Championship, and was ranked the 24th best team in the country by USA Today. The baseball team has returned to the Division I South Sectional in 2010, 2011 and won the D1 title again in 2012. The team qualified for the Super Eight Baseball Tournament in 2015, but was knocked out by Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School.[1]

Football

Xaverian's Patriot Pipeline
Father Son(s)
Joe Andruzzi Hunter Andruzzi
Bob Cappadona Bob Cappadona
John Cappadona
Tim Fox Chris Fox
Steve Grogan Tyler Grogan
Don Hasselbeck Matt Hasselbeck
Tim Hasselbeck
Nathan Hasselbeck
Maurice Hurst Maurice Hurst Jr.
Bill Lenkaitis Jamie Lenkaitis
Len St. Jean Lance St. Jean
Andre Tippett Coby Tippett
Vince Wilfork D’Aundre Holmes-Wilfork
2015 Super Bowl Champions at Gillette Stadium

The Xaverian football team has won nine MIAA Division 1 Super Bowls. In 2009, Xaverian's football team won the Division 1 Super Bowl, finishing off the season with an undefeated record of 13-0 after shutting out Everett 29-0 at Gillette Stadium to win its sixth State Championship.[2] In 2013, Xaverian's team clinched the Division 1 South Title, giving them a berth in the Division 1 State Championship, where they faced Central Catholic on December 6, 2013.[3] In 2014, Xaverian's football team once again made it to the Division 1 State Championship, where they faced off against powerhouse Everett. The Hawks defeated Everett by a score of 38-29, clinching the Division 1 State Championship and also completed a perfect season at 12-0. In 2015, Xaverian's football team once again made it to the Division 1 State Championship, where they faced off against Central Catholic. The Hawks defeated Central Catholic by a score of 44-14, clinching the Division 1 State Championship and repeating a perfect season at 12-0 to extend its unbeaten streak to 24 games. The Hawks were ranked the No. 22 team in the nation in the final 2015 USA Today Super 25 Expert Rankings.[4]

Football Accomplishments

Xaverian's Patriots Pipeline

The sons of several New England Patriots have played on the gridiron for the Hawks.[5]

2013 State Lacrosse Champions at Harvard Stadium

Lacrosse

The Xaverian lacrosse program has earned four Catholic Conference Championships, three Massachusetts Division 1 state final appearances, and a Division 1 State Championship in 2013. Nine Hawks have earned All-American and two Academic All-American recognition. Since 2007, forty Hawks have been recruited by college lacrosse programs. Tim Gardner became the head lacrosse coach at Xaverian in 2000. Coach Gardner was named the Boston Globe Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2013, the BostonLax.net Coach of the Year in 2013, and has been named Catholic Conference Coach of the Year four times.

Track & Field

The Hawks have had an exceptional athletics record in the last decade and a half under the guidance of head coaches Phil Penza, Chris Heaton, and Steve Steinbergher. At the 1999 All-State Meet, Derrick Knight took home the gold in the 100m in 11.24, while the 4x400m team clocked a 3:23 for first.[6] The following year, Adam Benabdallah won the 200m (22.68) and junior Derek Anderson took the discus (170-04) at All-States. Most impressively, the 4x400m team destroyed the competition in a school record time of 3:20.05.[7] His senior year, Anderson followed up with a state record of 186-03, which still stands to this day. In 2002, Chris Bonner won the All-State 600m with a state record of 1:20.11, and outdoors won the 400m in a blazing time of 47.82.[8] In a repeat of 2001, strongman Rob Chiacchio won the discus throw at All-States with a heave of 166-07.[9]

In 2003 the jump squad took to turn to shine as junior Dan O'Hara sophomore Ted McMahan and freshmen Bill Stillman combined as an impressive team. O'Hara, McMahan and Stillman beat the competition in the high jump relay be over a foot at the Bob McIntyre Relays Indoors in 2003 with a combined height of 17'06".[10] The trio repeated their success in 2004 falling less than 1.5 inches short of a Class A Record for the high jump relay with a combined height of 18'02".[11]

The year 2005 saw the Hawks' 4x800m team (Mark Amirault, Alec Bleday, Dan Higgins, and Ryan Keough) run a near-state record of 7:52.08 at the New England Championships. At the same meet high jumper Ted McMahan won the New England Title with a height of 6'7".[12] Keough was the runner-up in the 400 at states and was the all-state 600 champ indoors (1:22.06).

During the 2006 indoor season, Amirault set a D1 state meet record and ran 4:11 at the all-state meet in the mile. The Hawks' DMR squad also set a state relays record of 10:26. Outdoors, the track team won the MIAA All State Meet.[13] Junior Mark Amirault won the 2-mile in 9:14, Bill Stillman was 5th in the 110m High Hurdles in 15.17 (14.90p, 3rd), the 4x100m team was 5th in 43.67, the 4x800m second in 8:00.27, Dana Anderson won the discus throw in 157-06, Bill Stillman was third in the high jump with a leap of 6-04, and junior Kevon Mason was 5th in the triple jump, bounding 44-02. Amirault also ran 8:59 in the 2-mile and a 4:08 split in the Distance Medley Relay at the Penn Relays.[14] The Hawks' diverse squad combined for a total of 46 points, well ahead of the runner-up team.[15] The following year, Taylor Fitzgerald won the 600m (1:21.93), while Amirault clocked 2:27 in the 1000m (state meet record).[16] Outdoors, Amirault was victorious in the mile with a 4:13, and later ran 8:56 in the 2-mile at Nationals. In the 2009 indoor season, the 4x800m team of Andy Stillman, John Fisher, Pete Dolan, and John Bleday won All-States and posted a best of 8:04.[17] Bleday, a junior, also won the mile in 4:20 at the D1 and all-state championship meets. Stillman (1200), Ryan Brandenburg (400), Dolan (800), and Bleday (1600) also won the McIntyre Elite Relays DMR in 10:33, blasting away the competition. The outdoor season saw Bleday win the 2-mile at the state meet in 9:30. The following year, he was a repeat champion in the mile, winning states and all-states indoors (4:19 and 4:20, respectively) and clocking a personal best of 4:12.7. Outdoors, Bleday won All-States in 9:04, and set a school outdoor record of 4:10.87 in the mile.[18] Recently, the track team had five graduates running for Ivy league schools: Alec Bleday '06 (Penn), Dan Higgins '07 (Penn), Peter Dolan '09 (Harvard), Mark Amirault '07 (Princeton), and John Bleday '10 (Dartmouth). Junior standout DJ Pagliuca won the triple jump at states, all-states, and New Englands in 2012, culminating in a personal best performance of 46-06. In 2013, the 4x400m relay team of Greg Petrucci, Jack Wheeler, DJ Pagliuca, and Robert Marcantonio placed third at the New England Championships, setting a new indoor school record of 3:25.09. Kyle Darrow won the D1 state meet in the long jump, and ultimately jumped a personal record of 22-09. Outdoors, he set a state meet record (23' 1.25), and was part of a 4x100m relay with Conor Biagiotti, Terenze Coleman-Howard, and DJ Pagliuca that ran 43.16 at the all-state meet.

Other Sports

The Cross-country team won 6 Catholic Conference titles in 7 years. The Alpine Ski Team won the State Championship in 2013 and Volleyball team won their second straight Western Alliance Conference title in 2010 and 2011. In 2008, the powerlifting team won their fifth straight state title.[19] In 2013, the Varsity Golf team tied at the Division 1 State championships and lost the tie-breaker. Chris Wagner '09 was drafted in 2010 by the NHL's Anaheim Ducks and is now playing for them.

Notable alumni

Matt Hasselbeck '93 during Xaverian vs. Brockton game in 1993

References

  1. ↑ Brendan C. Hall (1 June 2015). "Super 8 Baseball Tournament Seedings". Franklin, Massachusetts: ESPN Boston. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Carraggi, Mike (2009-12-06). "Perfect storm for Hawks". The Boston Globe.
  3. ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/high-school/post/_/id/28098/d1-south-final-xaverian-35-attleboro-28
  4. ↑ Super 25 Expert Rankings. USA Today http://usatodayhss.com/rankings/expert/boys/football/2015/19. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Cerullo, Max (2015-12-02). "X MARKS THE SPOT: Several Patriots players over years have sent their talented sons to Xaverian". Eagle Tribune.
  6. ↑ http://www.coolrunning.com/results/99/ma/Jun5_MIAAAl_set1.html
  7. ↑ http://www.coolrunning.com/results/00/ma/Jun3_MIAAAl_set1.html
  8. ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=139874#13274
  9. ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=155873#13274
  10. ↑ http://www.coolrunning.com/results/03/ma/Jan26_BobMcI_set2.shtml
  11. ↑ http://archive.dyestat.com/3state/MA/4in/jan25mcintyre.htm
  12. ↑ http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2005/06/13/track-field-110/
  13. ↑ http://www.coolrunning.com/results/06/ma/Jun5_MIAAAl_set1.shtml
  14. ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=111693#13274
  15. ↑ http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/allscholastics/spring2006/boys_track/
  16. ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=167049#13274
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jGOwwyOHg
  18. ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=97562#13274
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  20. ↑ "NBA All-Star Dana Barros talks about going 1 on 1 against Michael Jordan". Xaverian Brothers High School. 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  21. ↑ "Matt Hasselbeck - Xaverian Hall of Fame Speech". Xaverian Brothers High School. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  22. ↑ "Tim Hasselbeck - Xaverian Hall of Fame Speech". Xaverian Brothers High School. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
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