Monday North Shore Sports Schedule – Endicott Football Adjusts Coaching Staff, details below
Boys Basketball
Manchester-Essex 54, Newburyport 42 – Details in separate post
Hamilton-Wenham 62, Essex Tech 37
Lynnfield 68, Ipswich 57
Pentucket at Amesbury 6:30
Georgetown 86, Triton 36
Rockport 64, North Reading 46
Lynn Classical 73, Medford 58 – Marvin Avery, Jr had 21 points, DJ Reynolds had 14 points and 7 rebounds, and Rolky Brea Arias had 15 points and 10 rebounds. The Rams improve to 8-5 on the season!
Girls Basketball
Saugus 59, Gloucester 40
Manchester-Essex 41, Newburyport 40 – Maddy Hopwood gave the Clippers a lead in the last minute before Phileine de Widt won it for the Hornets with a layup with 10 seconds left.
North Reading at Rockport 6:30
Hamilton-Wenham 42, Essex Tech 13
Ipswich 49, Lynnfield 30
Pentucket 73, Amesbury 28
Rockport 26, Notre Dame 21
Triton 44, Georgetown 39
Lynn Tech at Innovation 4
Girls Hockey
St. Mary’s 3, Peabody 1 – Vanessa Hall, Dee Dee McCarron and Bella Freitas scored for St. Mary’s (15-1-1) goals while Gianna Tringale stood strong in net once again in a 3-1 win over Peabody that featured two of the top teams in Massachusetts.
Endicott Football Coach Paul McGonagle Announces Coaching Staff Changes
Endicott football head coach Paul McGonagle has announced changes to his coaching staff for the upcoming 2024 season. Kevin Bracken has been hired as the program’s next assistant
coach/defensive coordinator. McGonagle also has promoted Antonio Rossi to special teams coordinator and elevated Mehdi Squalli ’21 M’23 to recruiting coordinator. Rossi will continue to lead the linebackers group, while Squalli will oversee the defensive line alongside their promotions.
“We are thrilled to have Coach Bracken join our football family. He brings experience coordinating and recruiting at the Division III level as well as Division 1 FCS,” said McGonagle.
Mark Ledbetter (assistant head coach/offensive line), Bob Holmes (defensive backs), Kendall Dardy-Jones (assistant defensive backs), Cory Gaff (running backs), Tyler Perillo ’23 (tight ends), and Jack Dustin (strength & conditioning) remain on staff for the 2024 season.
MORE ON KEVIN BRACKEN
Bracken joins the staff from John Carroll University (D3) where he served as the program’s defensive coordinator/linebackers coach last season. While at John Carroll, Bracken was responsible for coaching/mentoring the defense, creating/developing relationships with student-athletes, holding daily meetings with the defensive unit/linebackers, installing weekly game plans, creating drills, and film review. Bracken also mentored the assistant coaches on staff, served as the communication liaison to the medical staff for the student-athletes within the program, and coordinated official visits.
Last fall, John Carroll posted an 8-2 overall record (8-1 OAC) marking the fourth time in five seasons the Blue Streaks have tallied eight or more victories in a campaign. Bracken’s defensive unit registered the following NCAA Division III national rankings (238 programs): fourth down conversion defense (4th), scoring defense (53rd), total defense (58th), first down defense (62nd), and rushing defense (67th).
Notable coaches to come through John Carroll’s football program include NFL Hall of Famer Don Shula and former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels. John Carroll also has produced several NFL general managers highlighted by Nick Caserio and Chis Polian, among others. Prior to his time at John Carroll, Bracken spent five years at Bucknell University (FCS). His duties over time included defensive line coach, linebackers coach, and run game coordinator responsibilities. Bracken’s other coaching stints include Villanova (FBS) and Franklin & Marshall (D3). Bracken graduated from Moravian College (D3) with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 2015. He was a three-year starter at linebacker and captain of the program as a senior.
Bracken went on to play professional indoor football for the Central Penn Capitals of the American Indoor Football (AIF) league. (Photo Credit – David Le ’10)
