Athletic Evolution had 6 of it’s football standouts make the 32nd Shiner’s Football Classic Roster, two of which won MVP honors. The AE standouts include Tino Perina, Stanley Andre, Charlie Bates, Derek Papagianopoulos, Owen Davis and Quinn McDonough. The AE Team would like to congratulate each one of them on such a tremendous achievement and also recognize Derek Papagianopoulos for being named the North Offensive MVP and Stanley Andre who was named North Defensive MVP of the game!
Chris made both First Team Catholic Conference All Star and he was named to the 2010 Herald All Scholastic Team, quite an honor in Lacrosse as a junior.
The AE Team is extremely proud of you Chris, your discipline, dedication and hard work with us this year has really paid off!
Well done boys, all of your hard work this year has paid off! AE would like to congratulate you on you successful season! See you this summer!
Boston.com headline – St. John’s dethrones Duxbury
“After a comeback straight out of a movie script, there was no way St. John’s Prep could wrest Duxbury’s potential seventh straight Division 1 championship out of the Dragons’ experienced sticks with just any old play.
After Prep keeper Nick Triano made a game-saving stop on a point-blank shot in overtime, he set the ball in transition to defender James Fahey. Fahey darted down the left side, finding himself at the top of the box with just a shortstick and a goalie between himself and history.
He sprinted in and switched hands to freeze his defender. A flip of the stick and the Eagles had the 12-11 victory under the Harvard Stadium lights.
Just minutes earlier, Duxbury’s Seamus Connelly had scored the go-ahead goal with 18 seconds left in regulation, seemingly icing it for the Dragons.
Instead, St. John’s Prep’s Colin Blackwell won a faceoff and drove down the right side, knocking his shot off the left post. Garrett Campbell found the rebound at his feet, which he swatted in for the tying score.
“I thought it was a save, kind of a last-second reaction, just right at my feet coming toward me,’’ Campbell said. “I just whacked it in.’’
Fahey’s goal capped a gritty battle in which the Eagles rallied from a 7-3 halftime deficit thanks to the spirited play of Triano, who had nine of his 12 saves in the first half.
“This is the best high school lacrosse game I’ve ever been a part of, it’s just awesome,’’ said Fahey. “We worked so hard this season, we’ve had our ups and downs, we’ve had hard times, but this is what it’s all about.’’
The game was a rematch of of last year’s final, which the Eagles lost, 13-12, on a last-minute Duxbury goal.
This regular season, the Eagles trounced Duxbury, 12-7, in Danvers. Prep coach John Roy wasn’t fooled by the lopsided win.
“Clearly we knew it wasn’t going to be 9-2 at halftime [like our last game] or anything like that,’’ said Roy.
Campbell scored four goals, and Blackwell added a pair. Bryan Barry and Nick Woodgate each scored three goals for Duxbury.”
This was the first New England Nike Combine and Recruiting Seminar ever, the next closest combine being at Penn State. Athletic Evolution was at the reigns of the entire event along with ESPNU, drawing in football players from every state throughout New England, including a tremendous showing out of MA and CT, close to 90 players alone. Each player was Nike Sparq Tested in four events, 40 yrd dash, shuttle run, vertical jump, and power ball toss. Once they finished they were given their Sparq rating, giving them a good basline and the ability to see where they need to improve as well as compare themselves nationally to all high school Sparq tested players.
It was a huge success and an excellent showing across the board, including a few of AE’s athletes in the top percentile…Congrats to AE’s Anthony Fabiano for receiving the second highest rating of the day with a 93.24! Fabiano, a 6-5, 256-pound junior, ran the 40 in 5.05, completed the shuttle in 4.42, tossed the power ball 41 feet, 7 inches and had a vertical leap of 29.3.
Click below for more on the Combine and the mouth dropping 41-inch vertical leap by the top Sparq rating of the day by Jerickson Federick at 97.35…
