Wakefield Daily Item
Monday, June 28, 2010
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Weather for Town Center Wakefield: Today: Sunny. Very hot and muggy. Hi 93 deg. lo 69 deg. Tomorrow, Tuesday 6/29: Sunny, somewhat cooler, fresh ocean breeze 5-10 m.p.h.. Hi 81 deg., lo 70 deg. At Logan Airport at 12am this morning: clear, 73 deg.
WARRIORS WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Police say celebrations controlled
(for actual gameplay summary article, see below)
-WAKEFIELD/SALEM
-Celebrations for the Wakefield Warriors JV baseball championship went well in both Wakefield and Salem, where the championship was held. No arrests were made in Wakefield, though there were reports of a sudden spontaneous party throughout downtown immediately after the Warriors' Saturday night championship victory.
However, two arrests were made in Salem, where the game was held, of Wakefieldians. Sean Amadel, 33, of 20 Wave Street, was placed under arrest in Salem at 8:03 p.m. Saturday night for setting a car owned by a BB&N fan alight (the blaze was extinguished). Amadel was recognized as intoxicated.
Steven Park, 26, of 50 Yale Avenue, was taken into police custody for throwing a baseball at a BB&N fan. The ball hit the back of the fan's head, but the fan of the defeated team was uninjured. Park was also recognized as intoxicated.
"There were a few citations," said Dep. Will Halveles of the situation back here in Wakefield, "but for the most part, people were too happy to partake in any ill-will-fueled activities, and there was little intoxication, which is exactly the sort of celebrations we wanted."
In Cambridge, home of BB&N, there were several small scale riots that started over the hometown's loss, but most were squashed by police.
Congregating crowds remained after the end of the game for about 40 minutes in Cambridge, for about an hour in Salem, and for about an hour and 15 minutes here in Wakefield, reports said.
BAZINGA!
WAKEFIELD 12, BUCKINGHAM, BROWNE & NICHOLS 11
-WAKEFIELD
-Cody Richman. Pete Akolla. Stan Russell. Holden Marshfield. Daniel Snohomish. All important and talented members of this year's junior varstiy squad, but out on the green field Saturday evening one player shone above the rest: Kithy.
Yes, the famed starting pitcher for the Nats last year and the Warriors this year, "Kithy" Kyle Morton, after being plagued by injuries and shaky throughout much of the championship round and game, finally closed things out Saturday evening, pitching a full game, and securing his club with a championship win.
Was it easy?
By no means.
The Southpaw hurler wasn't even sure if he'd get the chance to start, still feeling occasional pangs of pain in his throwing arm left over from the semis June 21.
But Kithy, though a prominent member of the starting ro for the Nats in 2009, was crippled by similar injuries throughout the playoffs and pitched only 1 2/3 innings of his squad's gloried championship game.
2010, he decided, was going to be different. He wanted to be the one left on the moung when his teammates began hoisting that trophy. He would play good baseball, hard baseball, and leave BB&N shaking in their boots.
A SO-SO START
Morton was hot. He planted seeds that Knight batters just couldn't sow, racking two strikeouts in the top 1st [though the game was held in neither team's hometown, Wakefield, having the better record, was given the privilege of being the home team]. The bottom 1st had a desultory performance on offense for the Warriors, with only one hit. Then, in the top 2nd, things started shaking up, as Kithy walked two batters and succumbed to two hits to drive in two runs for BB&N. Wakefield, however, would immediately take over with an amazing offensive rally. The Warriors scored six doubles in a row to rack up five runs. Every batter from Cody Richman to Brent Catuit reached second safely, and suddenly Wakefield was up 5-2. The Knights, despite this, robbed Kithy of two runs in the top 3rd to bring them within one. The southpaw was now throwing fat pitches that Knight batters hungrily ate up.
Again, though, the homeboys created big offense. Cody Richman had his 58th and final home run of the season, a 3 run jack. Johnny Latman and Pete Akolla combined two hits to drive in one more.
Up 9-4, Kithy breathed with relief and began to deliver pitches more comfortably, but when Tim Adams came to the plate with one on, he somehow mustered a snowball that Adams easily slammed for a 2 run home run.
Wakefield delivered no offense in the bottom 4th, but BB&N did likewise. Kithy calmed and fanned three batters in the top 5th and top 6th. In the 5th and the 6th, the Warriors delivered one run per inning, and at the end of the 6th, Kithy tried to loosen up. His squad had an 11-6 lead now. But no one anticipated what would happen next.
HOLDING OFF A KNIGHT INVASION
Kithy began slowly to melt, letting hit after hit go by him. In the top 7th, BB&N notched three runs. A Pete Akolla solo homer gave Wakefield one run in the bottom 7th, and the Warriors went up 12-9. This run would turn out to be Wakefield's last of the season.
Kithy pitched a terrible inning in the top 8th, surrendering two consecutive solo home runs. He only barely mustered the required three outs to end the inning.
Something was in the air, though. An odd but good feeling, that Kithy would somehow pull through to help his team win this thing. Mgr. Don Tanzioto had to have felt it, too, because he kept in Kithy even after his abysmal inning that pulled BB&N's Knights within one run.
The bottom 8th was a disappointment. The Warriors created no offense to speak of. This half inning was extremely critical for Wakefield. Had they scored runs, they would have been in more of a comfort zone. But now, entering the top of the ninth, getting three outs would be the only way to win the title.
Analyist Mike Brinn noted, "This game will go down in the history books not because of BB&N's runs in the top 8th but because of Wakefield's failure to create offense in the bottom 8th. It was because they were still within only a run that the tension remained; if Wakefield had scored some runs in that inning, they still would have won the championship, of course, but the game would have lost the sort of movie-like quality, if you will, that it will probably be remembered for when it is looked back on."
Again, Kithy was shaky. He allowed the Knights to get runners on first and second, and then he began throwing a 3 ball, 1 strike count as Mgr. Tanzioto went out to the mound to talk to him. Tensions were so high that, during the manager's visit to the mound, the two began exchanging cuss words at each other, as in this passage recovered from WCVE's telecast of the event:
"Come on now, Morton. Three more outs, you can do that in your sleep. Don't go and *bleep* our whole season up."
"I'm not gonna *bleep* it up, I'm not, I promise you that."
He didn't break his promise.
Wakefield got out of a jam on a 3rd base-2nd base-1st base double play.
"That was the turning point," said Kithy.
Then, at 7:18 p.m., Rob Aent of BB&N dribbled an easy grounder to third baseman Daniel Snohomish, who tossed it across the diamond. Pete Akolla at first base caught it, and it was over. The victory was the biggest for "Kithy" Kyle Morton, who collapsed into himself on the mound with joy as the final out was recorded. He cried for a few seconds before thrusting himself up to the sky and yelling jubilantly, "Thank you, Lord!"
When interviewed, Kithy said he didn't want to think about 2011 yet, rather just savor the moment now.
Fans are still wondering how he got the nickname "Kithy," but one thing is for sure: the kid with that nickname is on top of the world right now.
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Dennison found GUILTY in trial reopening; Merck acquitted
-SPRINGFIELD, MA
-June 28, 2007. A Grand Jury sentenced Wakefield selectmen Jared Dennison to 7 years in prison for embezzling $590,000 from a Wakefield Savings Bank account in 1997. June 25, 2008. David Merck states Dennison is innocent and that he committed the crimes, and the trial reopens. Friday--June 25, 2010. Two years after David Merck's confession, fingerprint evidence confirms the original suspicions--that Dennison embezzled the funds, which Merck borrowed. Dennison is found guilty and set a scheduled date of July 12 for sentencing. Seeing as Merck and Dennison's Defense Attorney, "Sandy" Alexander Moore, gave false details about Dennison's supposed "innocence," Judge William Cagordine warned them that they could face perjury charges in the future.
Moore said, "I am Mr. Dennison's attorney, and, as such, I have stated no mistruths over the case of this trial and I am offended by the accusations of perjury."
The 46-year-old Dennison made no remarks as he was pronounced guilty Friday.
Moore spoke on Dennison's behalf, stating, "My client is deeply regretful for the actions he took and fully understands and appreciates how this court acted in full justice today," interestingly, nearly word for word the same statement Moore made on Dennison's behalf at his original trial's verdict on June 12, 2007.
Merck, with whom Dennison shared the pilfered funds, also made no comment and was given the opportunity to leave the court room before Dennison's verdict, an option of which he freely availed himself.
WSSC Preview: Many competitors seeking additional career wins
-WAKEFIELD
-Peter Mavlin, Sara Willis, Ken Doble-Shaw and Eileen Maures are among the participants who will gun for additional career trophies at the 2010 WSSC 4th of July events on Saturday. Five time Cart divison podium-winner and pitied competitor Mavlin hasn't won a podium since 2006, with, before that, a four-season drought extending back to 2001. (Mavlin previously had won four years in a row from 1998-2001.) This may be his final year of entry. "I DEFINITELY want to go out on a winning note," he remarked.
Sara Willis will attempt to snag her first podium in the women's race since 2001, but Eileen Maures of Colorado (a part time resident of Wakefield) has returned to restore the popular Willis-Maures rivalry.
Ken Doble-Shaw won in the Cart divison last in 1997 and, after a brief retirement, is entering his first WSSC 4th of July competition since 2007.
Run of the mill summer weekend for P.D.
-WAKEFIELD
-Full police report has mainly minor complaints--the Warriors win celebrations did not have a major impact on the police report.
Beginning last Friday, June 25th:
- At 7:33 a.m., a Karen Road resident reported an unattended sewer manhole.
- At 8:26 a.m., a man yelling on Eustis Av. had to be calmed down.
- At 11:03 a.m., a Main Street resident informed police someone had vandalized her windows with black spray paint.
- At 12:46 p.m.,a man in a blue hooded sweatshirt on Albion Street was reportedly loitering.
- At 2:30 p.m., a Pheasantwood Ter. resident reported a lawn gnome thieved from his front yard.
- At 6:18 p.m., a minor, no injuries car crash between a red Chevy Malibu and a white Ford Explorer occurred on Foundry Street.
- At 8:28 p.m., drunks attempting to enter the Greenwood School were questioned and detained.
- At 10:33 p.m., in order to simmer down a fight between a man and a woman on Adale Cir., the pair had to be informed of their rights.
- At 1:20 a.m., fireworks citations were given out on Woodbury Road.
- At 9:16 a.m., a Salisbury Road resident reported someone had stolen two flannel sweatshirts from the backseat of his Volvo.
- At 2:20 p.m., youths roughhousing at Greenwood School were moved along.
- At 3:14 p.m., youths creating a disturbance on Cedar Street were removed from the general area.
- At 4:29 p.m., a woman shouting in our North Avenue Dunkin Donuts was asked to leave the store.
- At 6:07 p.m., $9.33 was reported stolen from a cash register at Billy's Roast Beef earlier that day.
- At 11:23 p.m., Oak Street youths were asked to quiet down.
- At 11:36 p.m., a Wayland Rd. resident reported a man had just broken into his home but stolen nothing.
- At 6:07 a.m., a report of a grease fire on Wicker Lane was tossed over to the Fire Department.
- At 8:22 a.m., an Old Colony Dr. resident reported mail fraud. The matter is under investigation.
- At 8:50 a.m., a 1.6 magnitude intraplate earthquake was reported under central Wakefield, causing mild shaking on Catalpa, Spruce, on 4th Sts.
- At 11:26 a.m., an Everett Street father reported that, while his kids and he were playing cops and robbers, he had accidentally handcuffed himself to a tree. Officers assisted the man.
- At 11:59 a.m., a Millbrook Lane resident reported his back license plate stolen.
- At 7:53 p.m., fireworks citations were handed out on Bellevue and Central Avenues.
- At 9:06 p.m., Pete Andelia, 23, of 5 Thistledale Road, was arrested for excessive usage of fireworks on Thistledale Road.
- At 11:50 p.m., youths on Fair Mount Terrace were sent on their way.
- At 11:57 p.m., police assisted a 17 year old male whose car had broken down on Water Street while he was trying to find his way back to his grandparent's house on Minot Street. Police drove home the teenager; the vehicle was towed to Wakefield Auto Garage after police called in the help of Greenwood Towing Services.
Warrior sockies hold intrasquad
-WAKEFIELD
-The varsity Warrior soccer team held their summer red/white intrasquad Saturday. The whites included Pete Ayers, Jack Newman, and Orville Oster. The reds included Ken Astor, Bob Coal, and Isaac Newbar. The whites easily cruised to a 5-1 decision. Ayers had two goals, as did Oster. The reds' lone goal came with three minutes left off of Newbar.
1 2 3 TOT
Whites 4 0 1 5
Reds 0 0 1 1
