Shawn McNamara

Top performer goes to Caiden as the 7th grade Manchester boys beat Stoneham 42-39. Congrats Caiden!

A father wrote to me this week and gave me permission to share his son's story, because families in this exact spot need to hear it. In June his son was offered by a power conference program. The degree program fit. He was ready to commit. The staff told him to focus on his summer tournament, and they would connect the following week. Then the portal took the program's starter at his position, along with several others. The staff went quiet. Eventually they told him the class was on hold until the roster landscape cleared. Other four-year schools went silent at the same time. The young man sent one text worth framing: Do you still have an interest in me, because I am trying to figure out my fall plan. He was promised a personal call. He gave his availability. Four weeks of silence and counting. Meanwhile, the family visited the junior colleges that had been recruiting him all along. He committed to one. Playing time, development, and a coaching staff that answered the phone. The father says they could not be happier , and that the lesson was never the ghosting. It was where the interest was real. Two things I want every family to take from this. The rules, rosters, and economics of college baseball have changed drastically. Basic communication has not. A coach who cannot send one honest text about where your son stands has told you something important about the program. And the second: go where you are wanted. This family did. That is not settling. In today's game, it is the plan.

Trinity JV walks it off 3-2 today on a Davey infield grounder. Strong pitching from Piotrowski & Evans, combined giving up 4 hits, 2 bb’s & 15 k’s. 2 hits each for Voveris, McNamara & Sage.

Trinity JV got a W vs a tough Portsmouth team 1-0. SP McNamara went 6 ip (6 h, 6 k’s) getting strong defense behind him in an offensively quiet game. @Baseball_Notes @603SportsMedia

Jaylen Brown calls out Joel Embiid for flopping "Flopping has ruined our league. Joel Embiid is one of the greatest players that has played basketball, but he flops. He knows it too"

Trinity JV takes a 10-0 win. C. Locke & Evans combine for 6ip, 2 hits & 9 k’s. McNamara (2/3, 3 runs, 3 sb), Bernier (3/4, 2 rbi, 2 R’s) & Locke (3/4, 3 rbi’s) paced the offense. DiNicola with an ESPN worthy highlight diving catch on D.

Trinity JV gets its first W on the year 15-4 over a tough Bishop Guertin team. Complete team effort. Evans 3.2 IP w/7 k’s in relief. McNamara, Bernier, Conley & Noyes combine for 9 hits, 4 double’s & 10 RBI’s.

THAT WAS AWESOME!