February 2010 – Prior Family Sports

Miami Falls to Florida State 23-30

Jared’s basketball team faced #1 ranked Florida State Monday night. Jared made several trips to the Y over winter break to practice his shooting. He had his best offensive game of the season, contributing 10 of the teams 23 points, including a buzzer beater to end the 1st half and a great team play in the 3rd (cameraman misses shot going in on video). Next game is Saturday against Duke, another tough team.

2 minutes of HD highlights:

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From 2010-02

Full video of Quarters 1,2 & 4:
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Kayla jumps to 12th in Div 1 State Champs; Newton Takes Home Crown

Kayla wrapped up her indoor track season by jumping 15′ 1 3/4″ (3rd best mark of season) to take 12th place in the Division 1 State Track & Field Championships today. Newton had a great meet, winning the overall title and unseating defending champs Newton South (results, Boston Globe article, Newton Tab article).

Kayla’s performance ranked 9th state-wide amongst freshman and sophmores competing in the four divisional state championship meets.

Here is a photo of team being presented with championship trophy:

From 2010-02

It was a close meet with several teams contending for the title (see Newton Tab article on expectations going in.)

High-Dev Video Clips (click on box in lower right to expand to full screen):
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Jared’s basketball teams moves into 2nd place

Jared’s basketball team (Miami) moved into a tie for 2nd place in the league with a win over 39-25 win over Wake Forest to bring their record to 6-2. They were only 1 point up after the 2nd period when Jared was on the bench and the other team’s aggressive leading scorer poured in 5 baskets.

Jared covered him full court through the 3rd and 4th quarter and wore him down while adding 2 baskets. Early in the 4th his opponent missed a jumper and said “I can’t run against this guy anymore” and sat down on the bench with the clock running.

From 2010-02

Kayla & Co. set School Record with 2nd in New England Long Jump Relay

Kayla, Carla, and Steph placed 2nd (results) in the Bob McIntyre Memorial New England Relays (Tab Article, globe article). This was essentially the “state open” relay meet. Newton North’s total long jump distance was 14.54m compared with the 13.94m total that won them the Div 1 relay meet. It also broke the school record dating back to 2001. Not bad for two sophmores and a freshman who don’t have a long jump pit to practice with. Kayla now has two school records to her credit. Penbroke won with a state and meet record of 15.92m with their #1 jumper hitting 18’9″ — the #8 jump in the USA this year. Penbroke’s #2 jumper took 2nd at 17’11 3/4″ While Newton was powerd by Carla’s 3rd place school record 17’11 1/2″ jump, Kayla did her part jumping 14’8″ for 22nd, beating the #3 jumpers from all teams but Pembroke, and the #2 jumpers from 9 of the 15 teams.