NORTH SHORE – (Radio) For their outstanding work in the classroom and in their respective athletic fields, Beverly football star Hugh Calice and North Reading soccer standout Katerina Hassapis have been selected as the Moynihan Lumber Student-Athletes of the Month for November.
Hugh Calice with Bill Newell
Calice, a senior on the Panthers football team and basketball captain, helped lead his football squad to a banner season this fall which included the Division 2 North sectional championship and a pair of massive upsets over Tewksbury in the semifinals and 
Billerica in the finals.
“We came into the season wanting to prove something,” Calice said. “Word was out about what we lost and not what we had, so we had a chip on our shoulder.”
Individually, Calice was a force on both sides of the ball. As a linebacker he was named the Northeastern Conference North’s Defensive Player of the Year, and he was the catalyst of the Panthers hard hitting defense.
Offensively, he was a jack of all trades that was called upon to play a bunch of different roles. He could split out wide and play receiver, where he snagged a pair of touchdowns in a September win over Gloucester. He was a punishing blocker at tight end and he even played a little tail back.
“It was a great season, I don’t think I could have asked for a better senior season with the guys,” Calice said. “I got the conference Defensive Player of the Year but it was such an all around team effort.”
In the classroom, Calice is just as much of a standout as he is on the athletic field.
Owner of a sterling 3.9 grade point average, he excels while taking a very difficult course load which includes honors calculus, advanced placement statistics, honors robotics and honors English.
“I definitely emphasize my work in the classroom,” Calice said. “It all starts with the support from my parents. When I get home from practice I’m tired but my parents really pushed me through it so I could get my work done.”
Calice is still making his college decision and has narrowed it down to Holy Cross, UNH, Merrimack and Western New England, where he plans to play football.
