Cape Ann League 2019 XC Championship Recap via Bay State Running

I was very fortunate to be assigned the 2019 Cape Ann League Cross Country Conference Championship. For starters, I got to jump in the back of the lead cart, and utilize the IG features of going Live and utilizing the story options to upload some footage of the races. The second highlight was that the driver of the cart was Legendary CRLS (Cambridge Rindge & Latin School) Hall Fame Coach Bob Maquire, He said "Were going to get the right angle". At this point I felt confident on what was going to transpire in delivering the BSR audience what they wanted with our coverage. 

As the legendary starter Tommy Meagher raised his gun to start the girls race, Coach Maquire align the cart in position right before the high rise; BOOM the gun goes off, an athlete that I can't see right away gets out aggressive from the start, as the group of runners clustered together raising the first rise, I saw the singlet of North Reading, two triton singlets, and a familiar face in talented sophomore from Pentucket Phoebe Rubio and senior Lucy Gagon from Newburyport. I am not familiar with the leader and the duo from Triton but this is are lead pack after a mile.

Entering the second loop at Wrentham, and approaching the rolling hills area of the course the athlete who took it from the gun, who has know been surging around these tight turns was Lindsay Maclellan from North Reading. I later discovered was the Defending Div 3 Outdoor 2 Mile Champion.

The Triton duo of Ellie Gay-Killeen & Sarah Harrington were still tuck in to a pack with Newburyport's (Gagon) & Pentucket's(Rubio)(Conover) & Triton's third runner (Lorenzo). The team battle was starting to commence just as well as Maclellan started to winding up and extending to her lead and a run away victory of 18:58.  Second place went to Triton's (Killeen) with a time of 19:15 and third place went to Pentucket's (Rubio) with a time of 19:25. From there, the real battled started heating for team; the Triton girls over the last 1k landed their top 5 in the top 14 scoring 38 points. Newburyport was second as team overall scoring 70 points led by Lucy Gagon finished fourth overall with a performance 19:36, Hamilton Wenham was third scoring 79 points.

The Boy's Varisty race was up next and Coach Maquire pulled the cart toward the finish line.  I was in the back of the cart saving and uploading content to the iG account, when out of nowhere the BOOM of the gun went off, and I scrambled and got the angle of the boys zooming past.

The lead pack was being dictated by Senior John Lucey from Newburyport, Peter Lopata from Pentucket, Sebastian Gilligan from Masco, Manchester Essex's William Kenney & Triton's Graham Steadfast.  In the near distance was Dresse Faldi from Newburyport trailing the pack. Entering the second loop at Wrentham, Newburyport's (Faldi) made a strong move entering the rolling hills, the team battle heated up between, Newburyport, Triton & Pentucket.

As John Lucey methodically stretching out his lead, I started sharing with audience same singlet different runner. What I meant by same singlet different runner, over the years I watched the older brothers (Nick, Jack) Carleo dominate this league, then the torched was passed to Sam Acaquaviva now John Lucey cruising to a run away clocking a blistering time of 15:51. The battle for second place and team scoring was heating up, Masco's (Gilligan) and Triton's (Steadfast) were battling all race long, stride by stride into the finish, with Steadfast getting the nod (16:29) to Gilligan's (16:30). Pentucket's (Lopata) was fourth 16:40 and Manchester Essex (Kenney) was 6th overall with 16:53

In the end it was the Newburyport dominance over the last half of the race which sealed the deal for the team title. Thomas Jon Carleo (Yes Another Carleo) crossed the line as Newburyports fifth runner and 21st Overall with a time of 17:30 in the team hunt wining another league title finishing with 41 Points.  In a very tight team battle Triton and Pentucket tied with 69 Points

John Lucey leads Newburyport to League Title: Post Race Interview

Post Race Reaction with BSR and Newburyport Don Hennigar

I was very fortunate to be assigned the 2019 Cape Ann League Cross Country Conference Championship. For starters, I got to jump in the back of the lead cart, and utilize the IG features of going Live and utilizing the story options to upload some footage of the races. The second highlight was that the driver of the cart was Legendary CRLS (Cambridge Rindge & Latin School) Hall Fame Coach Bob Maquire, He said "Were going to get the right angle". At this point I felt confident on what was going to transpire in delivering the BSR audience what they wanted with our coverage. 

As the legendary starter Tommy Meagher raised his gun to start the girls race, Coach Maquire align the cart in position right before the high rise; BOOM the gun goes off, an athlete that I can't see right away gets out aggressive from the start, as the group of runners clustered together raising the first rise, I saw the singlet of North Reading, two triton singlets, and a familiar face in talented sophomore from Pentucket Phoebe Rubio and senior Lucy Gagon from Newburyport. I am not familiar with the leader and the duo from Triton but this is are lead pack after a mile.

Entering the second loop at Wrentham, and approaching the rolling hills area of the course the athlete who took it from the gun, who has know been surging around these tight turns was Lindsay Maclellan from North Reading. I later discovered was the Defending Div 3 Outdoor 2 Mile Champion.

The Triton duo of Ellie Gay-Killeen & Sarah Harrington were still tuck in to a pack with Newburyport's (Gagon) & Pentucket's(Rubio)(Conover) & Triton's third runner (Lorenzo). The team battle was starting to commence just as well as Maclellan started to winding up and extending to her lead and a run away victory of 18:58.  Second place went to Triton's (Killeen) with a time of 19:15 and third place went to Pentucket's (Rubio) with a time of 19:25. From there, the real battled started heating for team; the Triton girls over the last 1k landed their top 5 in the top 14 scoring 38 points. Newburyport was second as team overall scoring 70 points led by Lucy Gagon finished fourth overall with a performance 19:36, Hamilton Wenham was third scoring 79 points.

The Boy's Varisty race was up next and Coach Maquire pulled the cart toward the finish line.  I was in the back of the cart saving and uploading content to the iG account, when out of nowhere the BOOM of the gun went off, and I scrambled and got the angle of the boys zooming past.

The lead pack was being dictated by Senior John Lucey from Newburyport, Peter Lopata from Pentucket, Sebastian Gilligan from Masco, Manchester Essex's William Kenney & Triton's Graham Steadfast.  In the near distance was Dresse Faldi from Newburyport trailing the pack. Entering the second loop at Wrentham, Newburyport's (Faldi) made a strong move entering the rolling hills, the team battle heated up between, Newburyport, Triton & Pentucket.

As John Lucey methodically stretching out his lead, I started sharing with audience same singlet different runner. What I meant by same singlet different runner, over the years I watched the older brothers (Nick, Jack) Carleo dominate this league, then the torched was passed to Sam Acaquaviva now John Lucey cruising to a run away clocking a blistering time of 15:51. The battle for second place and team scoring was heating up, Masco's (Gilligan) and Triton's (Steadfast) were battling all race long, stride by stride into the finish, with Steadfast getting the nod (16:29) to Gilligan's (16:30). Pentucket's (Lopata) was fourth 16:40 and Manchester Essex (Kenney) was 6th overall with 16:53

In the end it was the Newburyport dominance over the last half of the race which sealed the deal for the team title. Thomas Jon Carleo (Yes Another Carleo) crossed the line as Newburyports fifth runner and 21st Overall with a time of 17:30 in the team hunt wining another league title finishing with 41 Points.  In a very tight team battle Triton and Pentucket tied with 69 Points

Celtics Season 2019 Opener Recap

Free Throws, Free Throws, Free Throws, did I say Free throws. Imagine that starting the NBA Season, watching The Claw Kawahi establish he is the new sherif of Los Angeles, I was really eager that the “underDAWG”, Pat beverly grinder mentality would carry over tonight's season's opener for the Boston Celtics. Just like the LA Fan base this morning, I am acknowledging that it's only the first game and their is eighty one more to be played but man that's was ugly.

Celtic's fan let's be honest, let's have a transparent conversation ? Did or did not Jayson Tatum taking alot of bad shots ? Was Kemba Walker was off tonight ? I believe Gordon Hayward good game, if you agree I would love to hear in the comment section. I am going to refer to the homie Scouts Honor who has been on top of this for several years please subscribe. Scouts Honor since I started listening to him, the last two summers has been very critical about the C’s.

I rather not jump to conclusion I want to take some positive points from the 76ers game EHHHHH we are better than this. Looking forward to see the progression of Carsen Edwards get some earlier minutes, Marcus Smart being more aggressive in facilitating the offense we don’t have a floor general at the current moment. Gordon Hayward was attacking looks healthier, yes get TACKO SOME TIME

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#BandanaAlbumReview | The Album of the Year Tour | LA Leaker Freestyle #KaneSeason

Amazing how time flies, I have attempted to be consistent on this platform, unfortunately i have moved twice since the last post. Sorry for the delay the back drop is that I can say, I was the first to book Gangsta Gibbs and bring him to Boston (Middle East) Reks was the opening acts and Freddie was the headliner. Due to me coming full circle I am no longer running actively in the same circles so we lost some contact. However I am blessed and more pleased to see my guy crushing things a decade later.

The album Bandana has been in heavy rotation since it drop, a few months ago. The album has grown on me, I needed some real boom bap hiphop beats, with some top tier bars to compliment it, Madlib & Gangsta Gibbs didn’t disappoint.. Usually it tough to follow up the first project, which was Pianta which was released in 2014.

Single and video for Crime pays was released earlier in the year, ironically one of the last post i have done. My favorite joints on this album is Palmolive, Fake Names , Flat Tummy Tea, Giannis feat. Anderson Paak, Cataracts, arguably my favorite two songs of the year are GAT DAMN and Education Featuring Yasiin Bey & Black Thought. Stream: Bandana click here

Freddie Gibbs is hitting the road to a City near you, Looking forward to this show, I noticed they are coming to the 617(Boston). If you want to attend the Gangsta Gibb Show click here to purchase tickets.

Nov 20th Freddie Gibbs at the Big Night Live Nov 20th in Boston

Special Salute to 2DopeBoyz for the drops and pushing the culture

Bonus: Madlib & Freddie Gibbs (Live) | Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana LP

Frank Kelley Invitational 2019 @BpsXc_

Frank Kelley(FK) Invitational in Massachusetts serves as the middle of the season. FK Invite is a race where you can test your fitness, measure yourself against some tough competition. First race of the day was the Boys Middle School Race. 8th Grader Brandon Douglas has been working extremely hard and diligently, today we had a game plan to medal. Brandon in his first 3k placed 22nd overall running a time 12:44.14. Top 25 finishers in each race Medal at FK. Brandon set the tone for the remainder of his peers to have a good day.

​Boys 3k Middle School Results

Next race on deck would be the Boys Div 1 (9-10) Grade 3k. Last year Max Barcan as an 8th grader ran 13:19, this year Max came back smashed his previous best with a time of 12:06 placing 108th out of 369 runners in the race.

Div 1 3k (9-10) Boys Results

Boys & Girls Championship race would be featuring some of the top teams and individuals. The Boy's Varsity would be tested and for the most part we just missed out, the goal was to be Top 10 team with a bonus finishing in the top 5 we finished 11th overall. The tone was set with Adnan, Joshua, Johan sitting in the top 25-30 over the first mile. The same trio moved tactfully to both running personal best on the course .

Joshua Joseph 17:07 finished 17th
Adnan Abdi Rahman 17:08 finished 18th
Johan Sepulveda 17:34 finished 33rd
Ezra Tuab 18:49 finished 91
Cristian Novelle-Ruddy 20:19 finished 133rd

Boys Varsity Results

Seniors Luker Harrington & Pierre Kotell both run and finished their first respective 3k

Luke Harrington 12:34 finished 87 out of 166 runners
Pierre Kotell 13:18 finished 132 out of 166 runners

​Div 11-12 3k Results

In conclusion good day overall for the program we have much more to do..

7th Annual Big Wave Recap 2019 @BpsXC_

Summer Miles makes Fall Smiles is the cliche but looking at this picture above I believe this to be true. Here are in a new season XC, this is are fifth time attending the Big Wave Invitational. I am truly excited about the team, second time in five years of the team existence that I would be fielding a girls team. Additionally I have some young talent coming up from the 8th grade (Brandon Douglas) and 9th grader Max Barcan as well last but not least the Boy's Varsity who has been tremendous in establishing the program.

First race was the Freshmen & Sophomore (Boy's) race. Last year when Max Barcan was in 8th grade on the course he ran 18.22 for a 2.5 race and finished 100th. Fast forward to this year Max put some work over the summer during Captain's practice, stepped on a Bee's Nest that slowed him down a lil bit on training however Max still ran a personal best on the course with a time of 16:07 and finished 40th overall out of 162 runners
Brandon Douglas 8th grader started his career running his first XC race ran 18:04 and finished 124th out of 162 runners

Check out: 2019 Big Wave Freshmen & Sophomore Boys Results

Next up was the Girls Varsity race, I was eager to see how the girls were going to due since this was going to be their first XC race ever. Proud of the resiliency and effort displayed in today's race by Grace Colon with a top 20 Performance just missing out in the medal. The junior covered the 2,5 Mile course in a time of 18:01 and finished 19th. #BrightFuture

Paola Ruiz a junior as well ran her first ever race and finished 73rd with a time of 23.35 and Senior Captain in her first race ever Samantha Wilcox ran tough race, considering she couldn't run two miles without stopping today she crushed 2.5 miles didn't stop and ran 25.17. Very proud of the girls efforts, their teammate Katherine Keating came to support.

Girls Big Wave Varsity Results:

We end the day with Boys Varsity Race. I was unsure about where we would ended up as a team in scoring but the goal was to be in the top 5. When dust settled the Boys ran amazing very proud of their effort. The course was extended this year just tad bit so it measured 2.5 Miles. We finished second overall and be a very talented St John's Shrewsbury.

Adnan Abdi Rahman 4th overall with a time of 13:38
Johan Sepulveda 10th Overall with a time of 13:54
Joshua Joseph 14th overall with a time of 13:56
Ezra Taub 17th Overall with a time of 14:03
Cristian Novelle-Ruddy 44th Overall with a time of 15:20
Luke Harrington in his first race over very proud of the senior's effort finished 77th Overall with a time of 16:27

Boys 2019 Big Wave Varsity Race Results

A-Star - Solege (Official Video) @papermakerastar #SolegeChallenge

SERIOUSLY I HAVE BEEN IN TUNED WITH THIS MOVEMENT SINCE THE TOP 2019… AFRO BEATS IS GROWING AND THIS DUDE IS IN THE MIX OF THINGS !

A-Star returns yet again with what he claims to be his best song ever "Solege".

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@FreddieGibbs x @madlib "Crime Pays' Visuals off Highly anticipated #Bandana | #GangstaGibbs #KaneSeason

For more info on this dope project between Producer extraordinaire Madlib and Gary Indiana’s finest Freddie Gibbs. Check out the new visual for the single Crime Pay off the highly Anticipated #Bandana Album dropping later this month.

"HEADLINES" ft @REALDJPREMIER @WESTSIDEGUNN @WHOISCONWAY @BennyBsf @goldwatch 🎥🎞

Hiphop Community has been waiting on the trio (Westside Gunn, Conway, Benny The Butcher) from Buffalo NYC. to drop something… New visuals for the heater “Headlines” produced by DJ Premier. Coming Soon to a Speaker near you.. “The Almighty Tour”., touches down Boston tomorrow night . For more info check out the link.