It was Senior Night for the Old Rochester Regional High School girls basketball team, and it was the seniors that set the tone, according to Head Coach Rick Regan.
ORR defeated a good New Bedford High School team, 63-31, on February 19. Regan credited the sound victory to the attitude set by the seniors. ORR’s gymnasium was decorated with signs and posters of the seniors, who begin MIAA Division 3 state tournament competition on Friday, February 27, in a 5:00 pm home game that will be the first of a doubleheader followed by ORR’s boys team playing its tournament opener at 7:00 pm.
Senior Emma Johnson led the team in scoring with 20 points, followed by 12 from sophomore Sadie Hartley-Matteson.
The varsity ladies played at a fast pace throughout the contest and showed no break in their pace, even during the last minutes of the fourth quarter, when they held on to a 20-point lead. The Bulldogs played tenacious defense and moved the ball well on offense, leading to some wide-open three-pointers that had the ORR gymnasium roaring.
Regan said some of the seniors started playing in Grade 8 due to the regional league setup and for five years have set a tone of leadership, determination, and efficiency.
After the game, seniors had baskets with parting gifts on their bench, and many family members stopped to take pictures with the posters of senior players.
By Jeffrey D. Wagner