Thursday’s high school roundup/scores: Notre Dame Academy girls hockey coach John Findley retiring

Notre Dame Academy of Hingham head coach John Findley has spent more than half of his life behind the bench as an assistant or head coach in girls and boys hockey The widely-respected -year-old substantiated Wednesday morning that after eight years as head girls coach of the Cougars and years coaching in all he s hanging up the whistle as the latest legend to retire I think younger guys younger girls should have the opportunity to be a head coach Findley declared NDA is a great place to coach It s awesome such a great spot to be in It was a lot of fun I wouldn t business it in for eight years of anything Best eight years of my life I enjoyed it a ton Findley s tenure with NDA were the only years he spent as a head coach but he made the the bulk of them While he never won a state title with the Cougars they reached the state finals in Div and in Div losing in double overtime to Wellesley and in triple overtime to St Mary s of Lynn respectively This year s upset loss to Bishop Stang in the Div second round marked the first time NDA hadn t reached at least the Div or Div state quarterfinals in Findley s tenure and his teams posted a - - record in seasons with a state tournament despite playing a challenging independent schedule That success and the chase for titles isn t what Findley will miss largest part though I love the girls they re great kids he commented I m going to miss them Findley started his coaching career as an assistant with BC High before moving over to South Windsor Conn for a year He then spent four years as an assistant with the Duxbury boys winning a state title in before spending the next four with the Duxbury girls He switched over to serve as twin brother and former Hingham girls head coach Tom Findley s assistant for the next years winning state titles in Div and Div Coaching with him before taking the head coaching vacancy at NDA in was an experience he will forever cherish It was the best he declared Coaching with him was great it was awesome Baseball In the South Shore League Kyle DeScicio hit a walkoff single as Middleboro edged Norwell - Aidan Murphy threw a one-hitter as Weston - blanked Abington - in nonleague action In the Dual County League Dustin zwhitsjer went the distance while allowing three hits and striking out as Newton South defeated Bedford - In a Cape Ann League match Madux Lovinelli struck out five and recorded three hits with a pair of RBI to lift Lynnfield past Newburyport - Cormac Heney struck out and had three hits at the plate as Hamilton-Wenham took down Georgetown - In a Patriot League contest Jacob Getchell struck out eight and allowed just one hit as Whitman-Hanson - defeated Hanover - Aidan McCarthy went the distance allowing three hits as North Quincy blanked Pembroke - Max DeRoche struck out nine across five innings and Matt Rodgers recorded a pair of hits with three RBI as Braintree defeated Weymouth - in a Bay State League meeting Max Boehm threw a complete-game shutout allowing two hits and striking out nine as Wellesley defeated Newton North - Boys lacrosse In a Catholic Central League contest Blake Masso finished with four goals and Dexter Izzo added three goals to boost Bishop Feehan - past Bishop Stang - Hayden Schmitz scored eight times with an assist as King Philip defeated Sharon - In nonleague action Jayson Kelleher and Colin Carfagna each finished with a hat trick to boost Bridgewater-Raynham to a - supremacy over Dartmouth Girls lacrosse Anna Joyce had four tallies and Taylor Corr had three more as Silver Lake came from behind to take down Patriot League opponent Plymouth South - In the Tri-Valley League Ella Taylor six goals Liv Melanson four goal and Ainsley Callahan three goals paced the offense as Medway cruised over Bellingham - In a Catholic Central League matchup Emmette Barry scored four goals while Allie Buonaccorsi added three goals to lead Bishop Feehan to a - win over Bishop Stang In the Cape Ann League Reese Bromby collected six goals including her th career while Avery Tahnk added five more as Newburyport won - over Essex Tech Allie Wile notched her th career goal four goals two assists to lead Ipswich to a - win over Lynnfield Evie Bernard scored six goals and had draw controls as Hamilton-Wenham - defeated Manchester-Essex - In Bay State League action Caitlyn Naughton five goals and Sophia Fruci four goals two assists paced Walpole - to a - achievement over Framingham In nonleague action Mayson Lower finished with five goals and Mia Beaudette added five points three goals two assists as Nantucket defeated Barnstable - Clare O Keefe notched a hat trick as Archbishop Williams topped Malden Catholic - Softball Liana Danubio smashed two homers as Norton took down Foxboro - in nonleague action Regan Bryant struck out in a complete-game effort to lead West Bridgewater past Bourne - Emma Silva Abby Lancaster and Jillian Dubois each collected three hits as Dartmouth defeated Old Rochester - Riley Egan three hits two runs paced the offense and Maggie Schlossberg fanned nine as East Bridgewater edged out Mansfield - Taryn Clancy struck out and Grace Lynch drove in four runs off four hits including a home run to lead Middleboro to a - achievement over Norwell Volleyball Phil Vignaly had nine kills five blocks and five digs as St John s Shrewsbury swept Xaverian - 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