Groton-Dunstable Athletics 2016-2017 Review

2016 Fall Sports Highlights 420 Participants. 349 HS students, 71 MS students. 20 Teams. 17 High School Teams, 3 Middle School Teams Boys Soccer – Conference Record= 0-6-0 (7-8-3 overall). Boys Golf – Conference Record= 3-5 (5-11 overall). Field Hockey – Conference Record = 2-6-2 (4-10-3 overall). Girls Soccer – Conference Record= 1-5-1 (2-12-3 overall). Girls Volleyball – Conference Record= 7-3(11-10 overall), lost in the District Quarterfinal to Natick HS, 3-1. Girls Cross Country= Conference Record= 6-0, League Champions Boys Cross Country= Conference Record= 2-4. Football= Conference Record= 2-6 (4-7 overall). Beat Tyngsboro at home on Thanksgiving Day 21-14. Our 7th consecutive Colonel’s Cup Victory

2016-17 Winter Sports Highlights 260 Participants 201 HS Students, 31 MS Students. 17 Teams. 15 High School Teams, 2 Middle School Teams. Boys Hockey – Conference Record= 8-5-1 (10-10-1 overall). Lost to North Middlesex in the double overtime in the CMass Quarterfinal. Girls Basketball– Conference Record= 7-1 (16-5 overall). Lost in the District Quarterfinal to Marlborough. Boys Basketball– Conference Record = 6-3 (19-5 overall). Lost in the District Championship to Nashoba. SR. Gavin Keough scored his 1000th Career Point. Unified Basketball – What a blast! Gymnastics – Conference Record= 0-8. The team finished 12th in the MIAA North Sectionals. Boys Indoor Track= Conference Record= 3-3,(4th overall). Girls Indoor Track= Conference Record 3-3,(4th overall). Jr. Emily Willson was one of the top 2 mile runners in the Division 4 State Championship. Alpine Ski= State Champion, Emily Brush (1st in Slalom)

2016 Spring Sports Review 410 Participants 295 High School Students, 105 MS Students. 16 Teams, 13 High School Teams, 3 Middle School Teams Girls Lacrosse – Conference Record= 8-2 (17-5 overall). Beat Bromfield for the District Title and lost to Norwell in the Div. 2 State Semifinal. Boys Lacrosse– Conference Record= 6-5 (13-7 overall). Defeated by Dover-Sherborn in the MIAA District Semifinal, 12-4. Baseball – Conference Record = 10-0 (23-0 overall). UNDEFEATED MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION 3 STATE CHAMPIONS! Softball – Conference Record= 9-1 (16-5 overall). Boys Track & Field – 3-3 Girls Track & Field 3-3 Unified Track & Field - Great Season! Boys Tennis – Conference Record= 2-10 (5-11 overall). Girls Tennis – Conference Record= 1-11 (5-13 overall).

2017 Spring Sports Preview 403 Registered Participants 17 Teams, 14 High School Teams, 3 Middle School Teams

Co-op Sports Highlights GD has cooperative athletic teams with Tyngsboro (Boys and Girls Swimming/Diving and Alpine Ski). The Tyngsboro Swim and Dive program (TGD) is wildly popular with our students and enjoys tremendous competitive success. This winter the TGD Girls captured their 4th straight Mid-Wach Title and were MIAA South/Central Sectional Finalists. The TGD Boys finished 2nd in the Mid-Wach Championship. Two weeks ago our Alpine Ski Coop (GDT) standout, Emily Brush, defended her MIAA State Slalom Championship at Wachusett Mountain.

UNIFIED Sports GD introduced a UNIFIED Track & Field Team in 2013 in conjunction with Special Olympics… “Special Olympics Unified Sports® brings together ATHLETES with intellectual disabilities and athletes without intellectual disabilities (UNIFIED PARTNERS) to train and compete on the same team. Participants improve their physical fitness, sharpen their skills and learn acceptance and inclusion while participating in Unified Sports. A primary goal of Unified Sports is to equalize the ability level of Special Olympics athletes with their partners and to promote inclusion through team practice and competition.”

…and added Unified Basketball in 2014

Concussions Concussions in sport are a reality and not mutually exclusive to one sport.

Concussion (cont.) Football’s safety, as with any physical activity, centers on correct form and proper technique. Our coaches attend clinics and participate in concussion courses to learn how to make our students experience a safe one. Each coach in the District, along with participating students and families is required to successfully complete the online Concussion in Sports course offered by the National Federation of High School Sports.

Concussion Awareness at GD Honored by ESPN’s Taylor Twellman Our students took the #TTPLEDGE… …and the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, too!

GD ATHLETICS is PROUD of its… Great Teacher/Coaches Sportsmanship/School Pride Peer Leadership/Role Models Community Service – Giving Back! Student Wellness- Empowering healthy life choices and physical well being.