**RINGING IT IN:** On Thursday, March 12, the community will celebrate Hull’s first-ever girls soccer state championship team with a ring ceremony in the high school auditorium, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to honor the players and share in the celebration with the team, families, and other fans. [Photo by Nicole Townsend]

Compiled by Matt Haraden

• Eighth Grade Girls Basketball had an exciting three game weekend, going 2-1 against some tough competition. In the first game, Hull upset heavily favored Martha’s Vineyard, 30-28. Devon English had 15 points, Nadia Hristov had five points, Delaney McAuliffe scored four, with Ella Kiley, Kennedy Huxtable, and Grace McMullen all chipping in. In the second game, the Pirates snuck by Braintree, 28-27, with scoring from Devon English, who had 12 points and Olivia Zalios, who had six. Delaney McAuliffe scored four and Ella Kiley, Frankie Buchleitner, Nadia Hristov, and Grace McMullen also added to the scoresheet. In the third game, Hull fell to Norwell, 52-34, with Kelsea Dunlap, Sophie Munn, Devon English, Delaney McAuliffe, Nadia Hristov, Frankie Buchleitner, Olivia Zalios, and Grace McMullen all scoring points. The team will play Cohasset next weekend to cap off the season.

• In this week’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament games, Hull’s girls basketball, boys basketball, and co-op hockey teams all were eliminated.

• Cohasset-Hull Co-op Boys Ice Hockey fell to Sandwich, 5-1, in the Round of 32 in the MIAA tournament on Friday, February 27. The team finished the season with a record of 5-13.

• In the preliminary round of the MIAA Division 5 playoffs, Hull High Girls Basketball defeated Pioneer Charter School of Science II, 44-31, but Pirates dropped the next game in the Round of 32 to Minuteman Regional on February 27, 43-23. The Pirates’ final record for this season was 7-14.

• Hull High Boys Basketball was the Number 13 seed in the playoffs, winning a Round of 32 game on Saturday, February 28 against Franklin County Tech, 75-53. The team then traveled to the central Massachusetts town of Spencer on March 2 to take on David Prouty High School in the MIAA Division 5 state tournament's Round of 16. The Pirates were eliminated from the tournament after losing that game, 78-47.

• High school athletes have a respite of a couple of weeks between seasons – spring sports will start up later this month.

• On Thursday, March 12, the community will celebrate Hull’s first-ever girls soccer state championship team with a ring ceremony in the high school auditorium, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to honor the players and share in the celebration with the team, families, and other fans.

• The Girls 3/4 travel basketball team competes at the fourth-grade level and has a record of 2-10. The last two games are against Rockland on Saturday, March 7 at 3 p.m. and against Sandwich on Sunday, March 8 at 4 p.m. Games are played at Indian Head Elementary School in Hanson, so fans need to travel to see the team play. The full schedule of game times and weekly opponents is at this link: www.oldcolonybasketball.org/team/hull/4/1.

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