The Green Wave Gazette September/October 2013 | Page 7

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The Green Wave Boys of Fall Achieve Success One Game at a Time
Players step up to fill in for injured players
By Shannon Cardinal
Contributor
After last year’s incredible football season as undefeated Super
Bowl champions, the Green
Wave varsity football team has
big shoes to fill.

According to senior Steve Manning, another important player on
the team, “A lot of “W’s” should
be in store for the team this season.” The South Shore League
includes top contenders, such as
East Bridgewater and Rockland;
therefore the
team has a
“We have the potential to
lot of hard
make it back to the Super
work and
effort to put
Bowl, but we can’t look past
in to ensure
any team that we play,”they come
Vincent Picardi
out on top.

The season started
off very successfully. Pushing
through injuries, the
boys of fall have
only lost one game
(as the Green Wave
Gazette publishes).
“We have the potential to make it back to the Super Bowl, but we can’t look past
any team that we play,” said senior Vincent Picardi. Each game
is crucial for the Green Wave if
they want to earn the success they
achieved in the past.

Attendees don’t just include
coaches and families. The entire
Abington community is coming
together to support this year’s
team and hopes for another year
of continuous victories. Green
Wave fans are excited to see what
else the Abington High School
football team has in store.

However
several of the team’s crucial players have encountered injuries,
leaving the underclassmen to
step their game up to help the
Captains John Aprile, Matthew Whelan and
team. Shawn Donovan, only a
Steven Manning
sophomore, has been one of the
Green Wave’s top scorers so far.

It’s Wait Until Next Year for Girl’s Soccer
Some bright spots despite not many W’s
By Charlotte Clark
Staff Writer
With three fourths of last
year’s team lost to graduation,
Abington Girls Varsity Coach
Kate Casey had to start from
scratch and rebuild her team
this year, putting people in new
positions and trying her best to
make the strongest team possible.
During an interview with the
coach, we found out how much
this season has differed from
last year’s. She lost 12 players
out of the 18 on her roster,

meaning that she had a lot
of holes to fill. “We have a
tight knit group. There is a
lot of teamwork,” said Casey. At the beginning of
the season, the team had
hoped to qualify for the
tournament, but that possibility soon disappeared.
Soccer Seniors– Samantha Thompson, Captain
Mariana Porcello, and Abby Magnussen
There have been some
hard fought games and
some bright spots like a 4-0 win
son, Coach Casey is also lookagainst Monomoy on October
ing ahead, working with Junior
15, but, as the team loses three
Varsity Coach Jillian Earle to
strong seniors in Abigail Magscout and prepare for next seanussen, Team Captain Marianna
son.
Porcello, and Samantha Thomp-