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PIRATE PRIDE: The Hull High Boys Varsity Basketball team is 4-2 so far this season. The Pirates’ next two games are on Thursday, January 15 against Essex North Shore Agricultural High School at home, and on Friday, January 16 on the road against Neighborhood House Charter School at the Kroc Center in Boston. [Photo courtesy of Nicole Townsend]

Compiled by Matt Haraden

The Seventh Grade Boys Basketball defeated Scituate, 60-44, led by a 16-point, 19-rebound game from Finn Smith. Jayden Sheets had 16 points and four rebounds, and Henry Littlefield and Tristan Misdea each chipped in with 9 points. The team also had strong performances by Jet Minkler and Mason Vaillancourt off the bench, logging three points each. Eighth Grade Boys beat Hanover, 45-25, with Billy Littlefield’s 15 points leading the way. Joe Cronin had 14 points and some amazing passing throughout the game. Joe Elisii-Johnson had a strong game on both ends of the court with 9 points. Jack Ranger had a strong defensive performance and added 5 points to the scoresheet.

• The Hingham-Hull Cooperative Gymnastics continues its winning streak – coming out on top of Scituate, 138.8-130.3, on Saturday, January 10 and Hanover, 134.85-125.15 on Sunday. Next up for the 4-0 team is Pembroke on Friday, January 16 at 8 p.m. at the Massachusetts Gymnastics Center in Hingham.

• The Cohasset-Hull Cooperative Hockey team faces off against Rockland on Saturday, January 17 at 4 p.m. at Connell Rink in Weymouth, South Shore Technical High School on Monday, January 19 at 7 p.m. at Rockland Ice Rink, and Boston Latin Academy on Wednesday, January 21 at 6 p.m. at Steriti Rink in Boston.

• The Girls Varsity Basketball team recorded its first two wins of the season against Boston Latin, 35-33, on Friday, January 9, and Excel Academy, 32-7, on Monday, followed by a 65-31 loss to Abington on Wednesday. Next up are Neighborhood House Charter School on Friday, January 16 at 4:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center in Boston; on the road vs. Fontbonne Academy on Monday, January 19 at 1:30 p.m.; and then back home against South Shore Charter Public School on Wednesday, January 21 at 5 p.m.

• The Hull High Boys Varsity Basketball team’s next games are on Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 p.m. against Essex North Shore Agricultural High School at home; Friday, January 16 at 6 p.m. against Neighborhood House Charter School at the Kroc Center in Boston; and Wednesday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m. against South Shore Charter Public School at home.

• The next meet for the Boys and Girls Indoor Track teams will be against Mashpee on Monday, January 26 at 4 p.m. at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.

• For the full schedule for each Hull High team, visit www.arbiterlive.com/Teams?entityId=10611.

• There will be no In-Town Youth Basketball games or skills sessions on the long holiday weekend. The program resumes on Saturday, January 24 with skills and drills co-ed session for grades 1 and 2 from 8-9 a.m., a co-ed program for grades 3 and 4 from 9-10 a.m., as well as an open gym program (also co-ed) for grades 5-8 from 10-11:30 a.m., all at the Jacobs School gym. Good luck to the travel teams playing this weekend at Hull High School (all games on Sunday, January 18): Boys Grade 5 vs. Cohasset at 1 p.m.; Boys Grade 8 vs. Milton at 2:15 p.m.; Boys Grade 7 vs. Rockland at 3:30 p.m.; and Boys Grade 6 vs. Whitman-Hanson at 4:45 p.m.

For more information, visit http://hullbasketball.leagueapps.com/camps.

• A combined Girls 3/4 travel basketball team competes at the fourth-grade level and has a record of 2-4. The squad split last weekend’s two games, beating Kingston, 14-8, on Saturday and losing to Sandwich, 18-6 on Sunday. Next games are against Duxbury on Sunday, January 18 at 5 p.m. and against Braintree Saturday, January 24 at 6 p.m. All games are played at Indian Head Elementary School in Hanson, so fans have to travel to take in the games. The full schedule of game times and weekly opponents is at this link: www.oldcolonybasketball.org/team/hull/4/1.

• Registration is open for Hull Youth Lacrosse – two travel teams and the in-town programs – through January 22. For more information, visit www.hulllax.com or email hullyouthlax@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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