Abdul-Qaadir first Mass. player to hit 3,000 points

I knew it was going to eventually happen, but I wanted to cool off from all of the coverage that I've thrown around on the blog.

New Leadership's Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir is the first high school basketball player in Massachusetts history to reach the 3,000 point milestone as she netted 38 points against Pioneer Valley Christian School (PVCS; I noticed that the newspaper had the wrong Pioneer Valley in there, it is indeed PVCS) last night in a 52-34 win. 

To read more, check today's article in The Republican. 

Ludlow's Elisha Homich hits 1,000

On Monday, Feb. 9 Elisha Homich became the first ever girl's basketball player from Ludlow to reach 1,000 points as the senior poured in 20 points in a 53-43 win over Amherst. 

The Lions improved to 13-3 on the season. 

The Republican's Russ Held has the full story.

CM now No. 1 in Globe Top 20

Well after a week of complaining, we got more to complain about this week.

Somehow Catholic Memorial (7-3-4) has had a 360 turnaround and are at the top spot of the Boston Globe's Top 20 poll in boy's ice hockey.

Springfield Cathedral (13-2-2) has now dropped to No. 6. 

I betcha that people were complaining, "Why is a west team in the top 3???"

Anyways here are the girl's hockey, boy's basketball, and girl's basketball Top 2os for this week.

Globe Top 20s; CM above Cathedral!?

Here's the list of The Boston Globe's Top 20s for this week.

Boy's hoop

Girl's hoop

Boy's hockey

Girl's hockey 

Notice that Springfield Cathedral is now ranked at No. 3 in the boy's hockey poll. Can I smell a Super 8 berth?

But wait a second here...why is Catholic Memorial ranked above them? Didn't Cathedral beat CM? So why are they No. 2? Interesting guys.

And in girl's hockey, St. Mary's of Lynn is still undefeated and haven't lost a game since the 2006-2007 season.