2002 SEASON
ST. JOHN'S HIGH SCHOOL
SHREWSBURY, MA

Al Morel, Varsity Coach
Heath Robinson, Junior Varsity Coach


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2002 Western Alliance  All-Star Game
June 18, 2002



Andrew Newton is selected as a Globe All-Scholastic
Boston Globe 2002 Boys' Volleyball All-Scholastics, June 16, 2002



Sectional Finals

June 1, 2002
Marlboro 3 SJ 2
15-7, 15-3, 9-15, 13-15, 15-9

Panthers are Champs
Worcester Telegram and Gazette, June 2, 2002

High Five for Marlborough
Metro West Daily News, June 2, 2002


Sectional Semi-Finals

May 30, 2002
SJ 3 Millis 2
12-15, 9-15, 15-9, 16-14,  15-8

Millis shocked at home
Metro West Daily News, May 31, 2002



Sectional Quarter-Finals

May 28, 2002
SJ 3 Framingham 0
15-11, 15-1, 15-5

Newton, St. John keep Flyers off-balance
Metrowest Daily News, May 29, 2002



State Championship Tournament Information
About the MIAA State Volleyball Tournament:
In boys' volleyball there are approximately 70 teams playing in one division. The seedings and playoff structure for the state championship tournament were announced on May 22, 2002. Like other sports in Massachusetts, the state is split into four sections (north, south, central, west)  with the winner of each district going on to the state semifinals. Playoff games are at the highest seed's site with the semis and finals at a neutral venue. Each team with a win percentage of 50% or above makes the tournament.

With our 15-5 record, we ended up as the 3rd seed and have a bye in the first round and play the winner of the Wachusett/Framingham match at home on Tuesday 5/28 at 7 PM in the district quarterfinals.

Boys Central Sectional (that's us!)
Boys North Sectional
Boys South Sectional
Boys West Sectional
Links to all Massachusetts Spring SportsChampionship Tournaments

Central Sectional Seeds:
1. Marlboro (18-2) .900
2. Millis (16-2) .889
3. St. John's Shrewsbury (15-5) .750
4. Worcester North (11-4) .7333
5. Milford (13-5) .722
6. Wachusett Regional (13-6) .684
7. Natick (13-7) .650
8. Worcester Burncoat (9-7) .563
9. Lincoln-Sudbury (10-9) .526
10. Worcester Doherty (7-7) .500
11. Framingham (9-9) .500
12. Holliston (9-9) .500
13. Fitchburg (9-9) .500


More SJ Volleyball in the News:
Pioneers volleyball upsets Panthers, clinches playoffs
Community Advocate, May 17, 2002
Well-rounded player: St. John's student keeps two kinds of balls in the air
Boston Sunday Globe, May 26, 2002



Saint John's Volleyball Family Pictures May 21, 2002



Pictures of the volleyball team at  St. John's Sevice Day, May 4, 2002

Main Selections:

Summer Volleyball Camps in New England for Boys (PDF file)

2002 Schedule and Results

2002 Practice and Match Calendar

Directions to Saint John's High School

Directions to Practice Sites: April 15-19, April 24, 26

Previous SJ Volleyball Seasons: 2000, 2001

How to Make the Volleyball Team

Saint John's Official Home Page

Saint John's Volleyball Team Guidelines

Directions to Away Matches

A Summary of Volleyball Rules: Download PDF at Al's Volleyball Page



2002 Varsity Volleyball Team
FRONT ROW: Coach Al Morel, John Melander, Brendan Duggan, John Suh, Kwame Owusu-Kesse, Amerigo Zamarro, Ryan Johnson, Paul DiPierro
BACK ROW: Zach Vernon, James Daigneault, Brian Darcy, Andrew Newton -C, John Archibald, Matt Wholey - C, Ross McCarthy, Matthew Johnson
C=Cocaptain



2002 Junior Varsity Volleyball Team
FRONT ROW: Coach Heath Robinson, Dan Brown, Casey Spencer, Rohan Mehta,
Anthony Campanale, Steve Metzger -C, Tim Faber - C, Matthew Duggan
BACK ROW:  C.J. Grenier, Brett Bugnacki, Mike Trainor, Charlie Dunn, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Stone, Michael Wholey, (missing Cory Everett) C=Cocaptain


Western Alliance Schools

Saint John's plays in the 'Western Alliance Volleyball League' with eight other schools. We play each team home and away and, with the four Worcester city schools, that completes our 20 game schedule. For the 2002 season Fitchburg High School has replaced Blackstone.

Western Alliance League Home Page

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