In sports, winning any kind of award is one of the highest possible honors, but having multiple people from the same team take home awards is something even more special.
The Winthrop girls hockey team dominated the Northeastern Conference awards this week, as head coach Anthony Martucci and goalie Summer Tallent both brought home prestigious awards. Martucci took home the coveted Coach of the Year award, while Tallent was crowned co-MVP alongside Jamie DuPont from Beverly. Tallent had a massive regular season for the 17-0-1 Vikings, setting program records for career wins and career shutouts in the process.
The girls for Winthrop didn’t just stop at MVP — they had five more girls punch their tickets as NEC All-Stars. Those girls were Talia Martucci, Mia Martucci, Abby Holmes, Elle English and Mia Norris. Both Julia Holmes and Emma Holmes made All-Conference.
On the boys side for Winthrop, Jack Hayes earned his spot as an All-Star, while JD Parker and Pete Silverman were part of the All-Conference team.
Peabody/Lynnfield also had five girls named as all-stars. They consisted of Catie Kampersal, Chloe Gromko, Catherine Sweeney, Hannah Gromko and Audrey Buckley. The two girls from Peabody who were part of the All-Conference team were Jenna DiNapoli and Sarah Powers. Marblehead had Hannah Tsouvalas and Hadley Wales earn a spot as All-Stars, while Elsa Wood earned her place on the All-Conference squad.
The Marblehead boys hockey team had Connor Jalbert and Aidan Jalbert voted as All-Stars.
For the girls, the remainder of the all-stars were Kayleigh Crowell, Halle Greenleaf and Sadie Papamechail (Beverly); Olivia Wilson, Gracie Kelleher and Izzy Kirby (Newburyport); Maddie Kenny and Sage Smith (Masco); Brooke McNiff and Ella Costa (Gloucester); Keena Swanson (Medford); and Paige Fuller (Shawsheen).
For the boys, the remainder of the all-stars were Matt McMillan, Michael Bevilacqua and Chris O’Grady (Masco); Brett Cunningham, Colby Jewell (Gloucester); Connor Horn (Danvers); Jaxon Thomas, Matt Mezza and Cam Cook (Beverly); Chris Regnetta and Jason Caron (Saugus); and Max Gadon (Swampscott).
For the girls all-conference team: Emma Holmes, Sarah Powers, Laney Mead, Elsa Wood, Jenna DiNapoli and Julia Holmes.
For the boys all-conference team: Emerson Marshall, AJ Sacco, Massey Ventre, Nick Santangelo, JD Parker and Pete Silverman.
Boys Coach of the Year went to Andrew Jackson of Gloucester, with his star player Jack Costanzo taking home the MVP title.
