ORR Performs Well at All-States

Here is a look at the eleventh week of results in scheduled games for all ORR athletic teams.

            Football: The boys’ football team was only one of two teams to participate in games this week, as all others were eliminated last week in their respective state tournaments. This week in another non-playoff game, the Bulldogs faced off against Norwell and lost in a hard-fought 16-14 defeat. Quarterback Alex Aruri played well, scoring both of the Bulldogs’ touchdowns on rushes, but was taken out of the game with three minutes remaining due to an injury whose extent has yet to be determined. Almost a year ago, Aruri hurt the same knee and was forced to take eight months off to recover. Hopefully, he will be able to recover in time to lead the Bulldogs in their final game of the season on Thanksgiving, November 27 at Apponequet at 10:00 am.

            Cross Country: Last week at the Division 5 race, the ORR girls’ cross country team made history by placing second overall and moving on to the All-State meet for the first time in the history of the program. This week, the girls raced at the difficult Franklin Park course in the Division 2 race with the best runners in the state. The Lady Bulldogs had a strong showing, placing eleventh out of eighteen overall teams. Nina Bourgeois led the way with a 20:27 5K that was good for 61st place. Madisen Martin also broke the 21 minute barrier, running a 20:49 for 77th place. The rest of the top seven was rounded out by Avery Nugent (101st, 21:11), Sam Ball (105th, 21:13), Riley Shaughnessy (108th, 21:17), Rachel Scheub (135th, 21:43), and Maddie Scheub (141st, 21:54). Though this is the end of the season for the Lady Bulldogs, all eyes will be on them next fall, as their entire varsity lineup will be eligible to return. Also running the All-State meet on Saturday was Michael Kassabian, who qualified as an individual at the Division 5 race. Kassabian placed 69th overall in the D2 boys’ race with a time of 17:20.

Below are the overall team records, followed by the conference records in wins, losses, and ties as of November 16.

Football: (5-4-0) (4-3-0); Field Hockey: (14-5-1) (12-1-1); Girls’ Soccer: (14-4-2) (12-3-1); Boys’ Soccer: (12-4-2) (11-3-2); Golf: (15-1-0) (15-1-0); Volleyball: (7-12-0) (7-10-0); Boys’ Cross Country: (5-1-0) (5-1-0); Girls’ Cross Country: (6-0-0) (6-0-0).

By Michael Kassabian

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