Sunday, February 19, 2017

FHS Girls finish 2nd in D1 Indoor Track meet

FHS Girls Indoor Track and Field finished 2nd in the MIAA D1 meet held on Saturday, Feb 18, 2017.


Women - Team Rankings - 13 Events Scored
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    1) Newton South                78        2) Franklin                   65   
    3) Wachusett                   58        4) Newton North               33   
    5) Acton-Boxborough            31        5) Andover                    31   
    7) Lincoln-Sudbury             28        8) Lexington                  21   
    9) Taunton                     16        9) Peabody                    16   
   11) Worcester Technical         15       11) Cambridge Rindge and Latin 15   
   13) Framingham                  14       14) Lowell                     13   
   15) Chelmsford                  12       15) Brookline                  12   
   15) Lawrence                    12       18) Springfield Central        11   
   19) Brockton                    10       20) Methuen                     5   
   20) Haverhill                    5       22) Malden                      3   
   23) Weymouth                     2       24) North Quincy                1 
  

http://ma.milesplit.com/meets/257756/results/497445/raw#.WKj4SfkrLIU



GIRLS 1,000 METER RUN 17-18 FINALS
PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTWINDH#
1Lucy Jenks9Newton South High School2:57.732
2Clare Martin12Newton South High School2:58.352
3Nicole Clermont11Franklin High School2:58.612
10Emma Clifford10Franklin High School3:12.642
GIRLS 300 METER DASH 17-18 FINALS
PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTWINDH#
1Halle Atkinson10Franklin High School41.086
GIRLS 4X200 METER RELAY 17-18 FINALS
PLACETEAMRESULTH#
1Franklin High School1:44.775

GIRLS 4X400 METER RELAY 17-18 FINALS
PLACETEAMRESULTH#
1Andover High School4:04.203
2Acton-Boxborough High School4:05.473
3Lexington High School4:05.643
4Franklin High School4:07.082
GIRLS 4X800 METER RELAY 17-18 FINALS
PLACETEAMRESULTH#
1Newton South High School9:28.861
2Franklin High School9:34.161
GIRLS 55 METER HURDLES 17-18 PRELIMS
PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTWINDH#
1Kristen Hohenstein12Chelmsford High School8.691
12Daniella Pierre10Franklin High School9.353
23Lauren Mcgrath10Franklin High School9.842

GIRLS 55 METER DASH 17-18 FINALS
PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTWINDH#
1Calene Lazare12Newton South High School7.241
6Jessica Kroushl11Franklin High School7.491


GIRLS 600 METER RUN 17-18 FINALS
PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTWINDH#
1Samantha Friborg11Acton-Boxborough High School1:33.693
2Julia Fenerty10Franklin High School1:37.163
4Meghan Doherty12Franklin High School1:39.643
GIRLS LONG JUMP 17-18 FINALS
PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTWINDH#
1Adja Sackor12Worcester Technical High School17-09.251
12Lauren Mcgrath10Franklin High School15-09.501

GIRLS ONE MILE RUN 17-18 FINALS
PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTWINDH#
1Caroline Barry11Newton South High School5:13.822
3Katherine Hartnett11Franklin High School5:19.332
9Ella Gutkowski11Franklin High School5:32.832

GIRLS SHOT PUT 17-18 FINALS
PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTWINDH#
1Khadija Romain10Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School36-11.251
5Miranda Smith11Franklin High School33-04.501
20Sara Goodermuth11Franklin High School28-03.751

The Complete D1 meet results can be found here
http://ma.milesplit.com/meets/257756/results/497443/formatted#.WKj4xPkrLIU

Via the Twitterverse



FHS girls indoor track take 2nd at D1 meet
FHS girls indoor track take 2nd at D1 meet











For the complete Hockomock League results
https://hockomocksports.com/hock-results-from-miaa-d1-indoor-track-state-meet/

FHS wrestlers finish 10th in D1 Championships

The FHS wrestlers finished 10th at the D1 championships held on Saturday. 

DIVISION 1

Teams
1. Springfield Central – 107
10. Franklin – 61
16. Mansfield – 46
33. Taunton – 16

PLACEMENTS
106 = 4th – Jordan Carlucci, Franklin

126 = 4th – TJ Remillard, Franklin

132 = 6th – Brian Farrell, Franklin

182 = 6th – Evan Hernandez, Franklin


For the complete Hockomock League results across all the divisions
https://hockomocksports.com/hock-results-from-miaa-wrestling-division-meets/

FHS Panthers
FHS Panthers

“I think it was ingenious”

The Boston Globe highlights an MBTA worker who created a new machine to help with the snow problem.

"They say necessity is the mother of invention. But Michael Haywood was driven by plain embarrassment. 
The nightmarish winter of 2015 was at its worst, a barrage of powerful storms that brought the MBTA to its knees. In desperation, state officials called in prisoners and the National Guard to help the transit system dig out, one shovelful at a time. 
For Haywood, an MBTA machinist who fixes snow-clearing equipment, it was a personal affront. There had to be a better way, he thought. 
So he thought of one: mounting a John Deere vehicle often used to scoop dirt — it’s called a skid-steer loader — onto railcar wheels in order to clear the snow-packed tracks. It sounded farfetched, and some of his colleagues were skeptical."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/17/buffeted-snow-mbta-workers-found-new-way-forward/DaSKxHtOnugRhfjicM6m4K/story.html

This piece of new snow removal equipment was inspired by an idea from the MBTA’s Machinist Mike Haywood. (JONATHAN WIGGS/GLOBE STAFF)
This piece of new snow removal equipment was inspired by an idea from the MBTA’s Machinist Mike Haywood. (JONATHAN WIGGS/GLOBE STAFF)

FHS boys hockey comes back to tie St John;s 3-3

Via the Twitterverse

















Panthers tie SJS, 3-3. Hat to @luke_downie #4for4 #ItsASteal @Wendys
Panthers tie SJS, 3-3. Hat to @luke_downie #4for4 #ItsASteal @Wendys

The Most Famous Irishman Who Never Was - Franklin Historical Museum - March 11


Local historian Alan Earls will deliver a unique two part program on Saturday March 11 that the Franklin Historical Museum. Earls will first discuss the arrival of the Irish in Franklin in the 19th Century– why they came, how they made Franklin home and the challenges they faced. 

He will then introduce Mr. Dooley – an “Irishman” who became the public face of the Irish in America. It was Dooley and his popularity as a political commentator that had much to do with the growing acceptance and appreciation of the Irish across the United States.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day the Franklin Historical Museum takes a look at the arrival of the first Irish residents to the town in the mid 1800s. With the help of former Franklin School Teacher Mrs. Nina Santoro we have determined that the first Irish residents arrived as early as the late 1840s. The first children born to Irish immigrants in Franklin had the surnames Mee, Robinson and Murray. The first Irish marriage recorded was that of George B. and Jane Robinson in 1853. And the first death, by a resident born in Ireland was that of 28 year old Mary Rourke, who died of consumption in 1851. 

To learn more about the arrival and influence of the Irish to the Town of Franklin and ‘Mr. Dooley’, please join us for Alan Earls’ enlightening presentation at 10:30AM, March 11th . Earls is the author of Franklin Then and Now (Arcadia Publishing)

The Most Famous Irishman Who Never Was - Franklin Historical Museum - March 11
The Most Famous Irishman Who Never Was - Franklin Historical Museum - March 11
The museum is located at 80 West Central Street and is wheelchair accessible.

Visit the Historical Museum online  http://franklinhistoricalmuseum.org/