Mashpee High School

Mashpee High School
Location
500 Old Barnstable Rd.,
Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649
Information
Type Public
Established 1996
Principal Mr.Sean Gilrein
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 453
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Blue, Black & White             
Athletics MIAA Division 3 & 4
Athletics conference South Shore League
Mascot Falcons
Rivals Sandwich, Monomoy, Abington, Cohasset
Average SAT scores 477 verbal
486 math
464 writing
1427 total (2014)[1]
Newspaper "The Mashpee Ledger"
Yearbook "Legacy"
Website

http://www.mashpee.k12.ma.us/

http://www.mashpeetech.com

Mashpee High School is a public high school located in Mashpee, Massachusetts. It is located at the intersection of Old Barnstable Road and Route 151, has an approximate enrollment of 460 students in grades 9–12 and is the home of the Technology "Center of Excellence". The school's mascot is the Falcons, and the school colors are Royal Blue, Black and White.

History

Mashpee High School opened in 1996. Before then, Mashpee students attended nearby Falmouth High School. Mashpee voted to open its own high school after the town experienced a massive increase in its population. Since 1970, Mashpee's town population has increased by ten times in size and was one of the state's fastest growing towns from 1970 - 2000. The town population as of the 2010 census is approximately 14,000 and the student population is roughly 1,700. As of 2014, The high school's principal is Jane Day.

Mashpee High School originally served students in grades 7–12, but in 2008 the school board decided to separate high school students from the 7th and 8th grade students. Mashpee High School now serves students in grades 9–12, and the 7th and 8th grade students attend Mashpee Middle School, which is located in the same building as Mashpee High School, but runs under its own administration, has its own teachers and staff, and has its own sports teams separate from the high school.

In 2014, the middle & high schools were once again consolidated to run under one administration. The middle school is represented by a headmaster who runs under direction of the principal. Due to the re-consolidation, 7th and 8th grade students in the school will be allowed to participate in high school level athletics, including varsity. The athletics waiver was granted by the MIAA and will take effect for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Of the approximately 460 students at Mashpee High, 8.7% of the student population is Native American, the highest percentage of any high school in New England.[2][3]

Mashpee High School's demographics are 84% White or Caucasian, 9% Native American, 5% African-American, 2% Hispanic/Latino and less than 1% Asian.

Every year since 2004, Mashpee High School’s graduation has opened with a traditional Wampanoag language travel blessing, folllowed by a traditional Wampanoag drum circle song and performance by the "Red Hawk Singers", who perform two traditional travel and blessing Wampanoag songs.[4]

Athletics

Mashpee offers a wide variety of interscholastic sports. It is known for having very competitive football, boy's basketball and field hockey teams. The football and boy's basketball teams have recently been very successful, with the football team winning a state & league championship in 2011, and the boy's basketball team winning a league championship in 2011 and also advancing to the state semi-finals in 2009, 2011, and 2013.

Mashpee is a member of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA). Mashpee is affiliated with the South Shore League, which competes at the Division 3 & 4 level of athletics in Massachusetts, except for Football which competes at Divisions 5 & 6 (Large & Small). The members of the South Shore League are Mashpee High School, Carver High School, Hull High School, Monomoy Regional High School, Norwell High School, Cohasset High School, Rockland High School, Randolph High School, Abington High School and East Bridgewater High School. Before joining the South Shore League, Mashpee was affiliated with the Patriot League, another Division 3 athletics conference. Also, the boys' and girls' winter track teams compete in the Eastern Athletic Conference, a Division 2 conference. The girl's ice hockey team, which is a co-op program consisting of Mashpee High School, Bourne High School, and Wareham High School (BMW) competes in the Southeastern Massachusetts Girl's Hockey League, which is a Division 2 conference.

The boy's hockey team has a cooperative agreement with nearby Monomoy Regional High School. The combined team plays its home games at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center in Hyannis, MA and the Charles Moore Arena in Orleans, MA. Before combining with Monomoy, Mashpee had a long standing co-op agreement with Upper Cape Tech, but was disbanded after the conclusion of the 2013-2014 season.

The name of Mashpee's home gymnasium is the Ronald R. Bock Gymnasium, in honor of the high schools' first athletic director. The name of Mashpee's home football field is the Michael S. Horne Stadium, which was re-dedicated on Thanksgiving Day in 2012 in honor of former long-time athletic director, coach, and teacher at Mashpee High School, Michael Horne.

As of the 2013 Fall season, the South Shore League will be split into a Large & Small division for Football. This coincides with the new MIAA Football Playoff format and due to Randolph and Monomoy becoming members of the SSL. The SSL-Large (Abington, Rockland, East Bridgewater, Randolph, Norwell) will compete in Division 5 South, while the SSL-Small (Mashpee, Cohasset, Monomoy, Hull, Carver) will compete in Division 6 South.

Football

Mashpee has developed into one of the most successful, consistent and dominant small school football programs in Massachusetts. Mashpee has developed into a powerhouse football team in Southeastern Massachusetts, and has one of the best winning percentages in the state for the last five years. Mashpee's main rivals are Monomoy, Cohasset, Abington and Sandwich. Other rivals are Nauset and Falmouth.

Mashpee plays Sandwich on the annual Thanksgiving Day football game. From 1998–2003, they played neighboring Sandwich on Thanksgiving, but both teams dropped the rivalry after 2003 due to Sandwich being a much larger school than Mashpee and also due to lack of competitiveness. Before the rivalry ended, each team had won three times. From 2004–09, Mashpee played Cape Cod Regional Technical High School on Thanksgiving. They never lost a game to Cape Cod Tech in six years. After the 2009 season, the two teams discontinued the rivalry due to lack of competitiveness and Mashpee has since renewed its Thanksgiving rivalry with Sandwich.

After the football team went through back-to-back winless seasons in 2000 and 2001, and from the years 2000–04 had a combined record of 6–42–2, Matt Triveri took over as head football coach in 2005. In his first year, the Falcons went 6–4 and missed out on the MIAA State Playoffs by one point. With Triveri at the helm, the football team has amassed an overall record of 82–26, made it to seven South Shore League Championship Games, won one League Championship, won one State Championship, has been ranked in the Final Top 25 Polls in Massachusetts twice (2008: #17 & 2011: #13), and has an 80% winning percentage. Triveri has become one of the most respected coaches in Massachusetts and is a 3-time South Shore League Coach of the Year, 4-time Cape & Islands Coach of the Year, and was honored as the New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week in 2009. The team has competed in seven South Shore League championship games (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), had the highest rated defense (points against average) in the state twice (2006 & 2008) and has also sent several players to Division I, II and III colleges for football.

2011 State Championship Season

On November 11, 2011, The Mashpee Football team played in its 4th South Shore League Championship Game since 2006 against undefeated East Bridgewater. Both teams came into the contest with undefeated records at 9–0. East Bridgewater had a highly touted running back in Casey DeAndrade, who at the beginning of the season signed his letter-of-intent to play football for the University of New Hampshire, a Division 1-AA powerhouse program. Mashpee beat East Bridgewater 16–6 and clinched its first South Shore League Championship, and also its first entry to the MIAA High School Football State Playoffs.

Mashpee faced the Tri-Valley Small champion, Millis-Hopedale, in the first round of the MIAA D-IV Playoffs. Mashpee won 30–12, and advanced to its first ever State Championship game against the Catholic Central Large Champions, Cardinal Spellman, which was also undefeated coming into the game at 12–0.

On December 3, 2011, Mashpee won its first state championship in football by defeating Cardinal Spellman, 34–8 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. In the process, the Falcons also completed an undefeated 13-0 season. Mashpee's junior running back, Jared Taylor, set a school record in the State Championship Game by rushing for 306 yards on 26 carries and 3 touchdowns and carried the Falcons to their first state championship and first undefeated season. Taylor's rushing statistics were the third best in Massachusetts High School Football Playoff history, behind Cedric Washington of Holyoke (358 yards) and Melqwan Pickney of Putman (341 yards). Taylor also set a stadium record in the process, as his 306 yards is the highest single-game rushing performance in Gillette Stadium's history. With the performance, Taylor also set the school single-season rushing and touchdown record with 1,535 yards rushing and 23 touchdowns. Mashpee finished the season as the #16 ranked team in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe, and the #13 ranked team in Massachusetts by MaxPreps. In addition, Mashpee's Jordan Keli'inui (RB), Zak Orcutt (QB), and Graham Kilpatrick (DE) were named to the Massachusetts All-State team, the Boston Globe All- Scholastic team, and the Eastern Massachusetts Shriners All-Star Classic.

Football Accomplishments

Field Hockey

The school is also known for having a very strong field hockey team. During the 2004 season, the team posted a record 16 shutouts in a 20 game season and ultimately made it to the state semi-finals, losing 3–1 to powerhouse Canton High School, who eventually won the Division 3 State Championship that year.

Basketball

During the early 2000s, the boys' basketball team was regarded as one of the best small school programs in the state. The team reached the Division 4 State Semi-Finals in 2000 and 2001 after winning its sectional and regional brackets. Since then, the team has reached the South Sectional semi-finals twice (in 2005 and 2008), losing both times to state powerhouse Cathedral High School of Boston, with whom Mashpee has recently developed a post-season rivalry. Cathedral went on to win the Division 4 state title in both those years.

During the 2010-2011 basketball season, the team rolled through the regular season and is had the best season in the 15-year history of Mashpee High School. The boys' basketball team finished with a regular season record of 18-3. The team claimed a share of the South Shore League Championship. In the most recent poll, which was released on February 20, 2011 by the Boston Globe, Mashpee was ranked as the #15 team in Massachusetts, and the #2 team for Divisions 3 & 4, behind league rival Cohasset.

The 2012-2013 boys' basketball team finished the regular season with a 15-5 record, and was ranked as the #3 team in Division 4 heading into the MIAA State Tournament. The basketball team advanced all the way to the state semi-finals, eventually losing to eventual state champions Bishop Connolly.

Track & Field

The track team won the Class D Massachusetts State Championship in 2001 in both Winter (indoor) and Spring (outdoor) track.

Steve Miceli won the 2001 Massachusetts Class D and All-State Championship in the 55m dash. Miceli set a state record in the 55m dash in the process, running a time of 6.54 seconds. He was the runner-up in the 55m at the 2001 All New England meet. Miceli was also the All-State runner-up in the 100m dash in 2001.

Roscell Lopez-Pitts won the 2004 Division III State Championship in the Long Jump, jumping a distance of 22.5 ft.

The 2012 boy's spring track 4x100m relay team of Jared Taylor, Jordan Keli'inui, Romeo Grey, and Vernon Pocknett won the Division IV state championship, finishing with a time of 43.4 seconds. The team placed 3rd overall in the All-State meet.

Romeo Grey won back-to-back state championships in 2012 & 2013 in the Division IV Individual 200m Dash.

Romeo Grey won the 2013 Division IV State Championship in the 300m dash.

The 2013 boy's spring track 4x100m relay team of Deshaun Dias, Romeo Grey, Robert Andrade, and Malik Lee won the Division IV State Championship for the second straight year, finishing with a time of 44.0 seconds.

Other Sports

The Fall Cheerleading team was a State Finalist in 2000 and 2001, won the league championship in 2000 and 2003, and has performed during halftime of the Citrus Bowl in Florida in 2001, 2002 and 2004.

The boy's soccer team won their first South Shore League title in 2012, ultimately advancing to the South Sectional Semi-Finals.

The girl's soccer team advanced all the way to the South Sectional Finals in 2008, losing to powerhouse Ursuline Academy in penalty kicks.

Fall Sports Winter Sports Spring Sports
Football Boys Basketball Baseball
Boy's Soccer Girls Basketball Softball
Girl's Soccer Boy's Ice Hockey Boy's Tennis
Field Hockey Girl's Ice Hockey Girl's Tennis
Golf Winter Track Track & Field
Cheerleading Cheerleading Boy's Lacrosse
Cross Country Gymnastics Girl's Lacrosse

School Achievements and Notable Facts

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/sat_perf.aspx
  2. ↑ "Mashpee High School in Mashpee, MA". High-schools.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Student Data". Profiles.doe.mass.edu. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Mashpee Wampanoag graduate delivers blessing in once-lost language". Boston.com. 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

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