Cassell's Corner

Two local student-athletes who are air riflers joined host Tommy Cassell this week. Teammates Brendan Seitz, a junior at Marian High and a Milford native, and Aliya Butt, from Franklin, compete locally and nationally.   Seitz and Butt talk about the sports psychology of air rifling as well as the skill involved in the sport. Seitz wrote the most recent 'The Player's Perspective' article, where he shared his views on the sport and the practice it requires.  

 

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

Host Tommy Cassell talks with podcast producer Caitlyn Kelleher about the year that was in high school sports. He talks about the team highs as well as the personal moments that stood out to him during 2017 as he covered the teams around the MetroWest region of Massachusetts.

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

Host Tommy Cassell talks with Millis High girls basketball team's head coach Dave Fallon and senior captains Lydia Flaherty and Meaghan Hourigan.

They talked about sustaining success, working together at a Muffin house and dating football players who also won a state title.

Millis lost to Quaboag Regional High last year in Division 4 state semifinals and fell to Cathedral High in the Division 4 state title game to two seasons ago when Lydia and Meaghan were sophomores.

The Mohawks won a Division 4 state title with a 50-42 win over Fenway High when the two were freshmen and while both were eighth graders playing on the freshman team in the 2013-14 season, Millis won 57-36 over New Mission High in the Division 4 state title game.

Hourigan also won a state title with the Millis girls soccer team this past fall.

 

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at [email protected]

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

 

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Framingham High Ice Hockey senior captain and goaltender Alex Moore and second-year coach Will Ortiz joined host Tommy Cassell’s for this episode.

Moore and Ortiz saw the Flyers reach the Division 1 state title game for the first time in 13 years last season as Framingham lost 4-2 to St. Mary's of Lynn in the state championship.

Ortiz, an alumnus of Framingham High, was a star player for the Flyers the last time Framingham had made an appearance in a state title game. It was 2004.

The group talks about this ice hockey season, the new rules for a penalty, the Framingham-Natick rivalry, and how to shake off the end of the previous season.

“There are very few teams who win their very last game,” Ortiz told Cassell.

Moore also talks about working with NHL backup goaltender Mike Condon, who plays for the Ottawa Senators, earlier this year. Condon grew-up in Holliston and graduated from Belmont Hill. (Condon appeared on Cassell’s Corner in August.)

Cassell’s Corner:

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44.

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available here on our websites.

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Franklin boys basketball team senior captain Paul Mahon, coach CJ Neely and sophomore Chris Edgehill join host Tommy Cassell in this week’s episode.

The group gathered in advance of the Panthers' first game of the season on Friday, Dec. 15, against Milford.

“Franklin is hoping to win one more game than last year to finish what they started,” said Cassell.

Franklin finished with a 22-3 record last season and a Division 1 Central sectional title. The Panthers beat St. John’s of Shrewsbury in the D1 Central final after losing to St. John’s in the playoffs in each of the past three years.

The Panthers then had a remarkable comeback after being down eight points with 15.8 seconds left in its Division 1 state semifinal matchup with Springfield Central on March 14. Franklin managed to tie it and force overtime before winning 60-54 to earn a berth in the Div. 1 state championship.

Mahon talks with the group about having to sit out all of the practices so far this season, due to the third concussion of his high school athletic career. The group also talked about their other athletic interests, including Special Olympics and badminton.

Cassell’s Corner:

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44.

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available here on our websites.

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Host Tommy Cassell is joined by Natick High School seniors Brendan Fair, Peter Ryan, and Brett Davidson, who host their own show called “The Players Pod.”

Cassell talks with the boys, who are all athletes at Natick High, about the show that focuses mostly Natick sports, sports, and life Natick High School.

“It’s a voice for all of the athletes and the non-athletes at the school,” Ryan told Cassell.

Ryan was a senior captain on the football team and is now a captain for the boys basketball team. He also wrote an article for me/MetroWest in the first edition of "The Player's Perspective.” Davidson was a member of the boys soccer team and is a captain of the indoor track team. Fair was a captain for the golf team in the fall.

Cassell loosens the reins as well Fair, Ryan and Davidson take the last part of the podcast as their own. Listeners may or may not learn how to meet new people.

Cassell’s Corner:

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44.

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available here on our websites.

Find “They Players Pod” on YouTube here, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FZbtxnPLPvM

Or on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/peteypete-5

 

Lincoln-Sudbury football coach Tom Lopez and junior quarterback Braden O'Connell join host Tommy Cassell for this episode. The team is preparing to make their first Super Bowl appearance since 2011.

“It’s a game the players are never going to forget,” Lopez told Cassell.

L-S is 11-0 after a win over Newton South on Thanksgiving Day. They will be playing 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, in the Division 2 Super Bowl against King Philip at Gillette Stadium.

Behind O'Connell, a first-year starter at QB, and Lopez, the 40-year coach for the Warriors, the L-S offense has scored a total of 468 points this season – with a whooping 77 points coming against a regular season win over Cambridge Rindge & Latin.

Lopez was a longtime assistant principal at a middle school in Sudbury and O'Connell also plays lacrosse for the three-time defending L-S boys lacrosse team.

Cassell’s Corner:

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44.

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available here on our websites.

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Host Tommy Cassell relinquishes the host's chair (much to his dismay) to talks about the tradition of high school football games on Thanksgiving.

Caitlyn Kelleher, the producer of Cassell’s Corner and the Innovation Specialist for Wicked Local, takes over as host for this episode. She asks Cassell to explain why the Thanksgiving Day game means so much to players, fans and alums.

The pair also discusses how the new playoff system in the MIAA is affecting the game. The super bowls are scheduled for Dec. 2 and 3, the weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday. With three MetroWest teams headed to the championship football games, Tommy updates listeners whether those coaches plan on sitting senior and top players on Thanksgiving.

Cassell also takes a minute to give his picks in 18 of the 19 games in the MetroWest and Milford Daily News coverage area.

Cassell’s Corner:

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44.

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available here on our websites.

Blackstone Valley Tech football coach Jim Archibald joins host Tommy Cassell to talk about the upcoming playoff games, what it’s like to have a player break his collarbone in the middle of a game, and the status of the Thanksgiving game.

“Any time you play a sport you want to be the last time standing,” Archibald told Cassell as he was talking about the end of the season.

Valley Tech is 10-0 and won the Division 7 Central sectional title and will play Division 7 West champion Wahconah on Saturday in a Division 7 state semifinal game. The winner will go on to play in the Division 7 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium.

Archibald has been the head coach since 2011 and his team last won a Super Bowl title in 2012 with a win over Bay Path in the Division 6 Central Super Bowl.

 

Cassell’s Corner:

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44.

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available here on our websites.

 

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Algonquin boys soccer senior captain Zach Osetek and coach Ken Morin, and Westborough boys soccer senior captain Greg Amador and coach John Hillier came into the studio to talk with host Tommy Cassell.

The group talked about traditions -- from the players dyeing their hair blond after making it to the playoffs to leapfrogging over each other after a goal.

Both No. 5 Algonquin (11-6-3) and No. 3 Westborough (15-1-3) are playing in Division 1 Central semifinal games on Wednesday and if both win, they will face each other in the Div. 1 Central sectional final.

Westborough won a sectional title last year while Algonquin won in 2014. Amador got a red card and missed Westborough's final two playoffs games last season, including its loss in the Division 1 state championship.

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44.

You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available here on our websites.

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Below is a story on the Westborough team from Monday and their playoff win (and a really funny leap-frogging photo that Tommy mentions in the podcast).

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Here is a story from earlier in season when the two teams faced each other

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