Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Jake Layman had 17 points and 19 rebounds, while John Mullane had 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Warriors beat Whitman-Hanson 83-68 in the opening round of the MIAA Division 2 South tournament.
For a home team that wasn’t really a home team, the King Philip Warriors boys basketball team and their fans did everything they could to make it a home game. While there was a lack of green and yellow painted on the court and the gym was a little bigger than what many from KP are used to, the noise from the crowd alone made it a home game. “I know the players win the game but those people behind us really did a great job supporting us,” KP head coach Sean McInnis said. At times close but holding the lead for most of the game, the Warriors advanced to the quarterfinals of the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional basketball tournament with an 83-68 win over the Whitman-Hanson Panthers at Taunton High School. A height disadvantage forced the …
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Warriors defeat Oliver Ames, 56-52, to wrap up regular season.
With Jake Layman sitting on the bench, the rest of his King Philip teammates showed that they didn’t need the big man to win as the Warriors outlasted Oliver Ames 56-52 in the Hockomock Crossover Classic. It was PJ Lydon who got the home team on the board first, but it was John Mullane who stepped up early in Layman’s absence. The senior scored eight of KP’s first 10 points to give the Warriors the early lead. “This game was about staying on course, knowing what we wanted to do and not going away from it,” King Philip Coach Sean McInnis said. “We had a gameplan and we stayed the course; we believed in them and they believed in our gameplan. The guys are sick of hearing that, when Jake leaves, they’re going to go back to the old KP — this …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Warriors use defense to create offense and run all over the Red Rocketeers, 63-38.
On paper, it looked like a total mismatch: one-win North Attleboro visiting 12-win King Philip on senior night. When all was said and done, the final outcome was what everyone expected it to be, as the Warriors took it to the Red Rocketeers, 63-38, in a Hockomock League battle. Prior to the game, the six seniors (Mike Schmidt, Jake Layman, Christian Fair, Connor Smith, John Mullane and Mike Viola) were introduced with their parents, but once the game started, it was down to business. King Philip’s defense was stifling as North Attleboro was never able to really get anything going as the Warrior’s held the visitors to under 10 points in each of the first three quarters. “That’s the way that we were playing defense at the beginning of the …
