Mashpee High School
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Mashpee High School is a public high school located in Mashpee, Massachusetts
. It is located at the intersection of Old Barnstable Road and Route 151
and has an approximate enrollment of 700 students in grades 9–12. The school's mascot is a falcon and the school colors are Royal Blue, Black, and White. The T.V. Production Club at Mashpee High School was the first high school audio-visual organization in the world to be a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).
. Mashpee voted to open its own high school after the town had seen an extremely fast increase in its student population. Since 1990, Mashpee's town population has almost tripled in size and is one of the state's fastest growing towns. The current town population stands at, approximately, 16,000 and the student population at roughly 2,200. Over the past few years the principal has changed many times, and the high school's principal is currently Ms. Jane Day. Mashpee High School originally served sudents in grades 7–12, but in 2008 the school board decided to separate high school students from the 7th & 8th grade students. Mashpee High School now serves students in grades 9–12, and the 7th and 8th grade students attend Mashpee Middle School which is located within Mashpee High School, but runs under its own administration, teachers, and has separate sports teams.
Of the approximately 700 students at Mashpee High, 8.2% of the student population is Native American, the highest percentage in New England.
. Mashpee is affiliated with the South Shore League
, which competes in Division III & IV athletics and comprises Mashpee High School, Carver High School
, Hull High School
, Harwich High School
, Norwell High School
, Cohasset High School
, Rockland High School
, Abington High School
, and East Bridgewater High School
. Before joining the South Shore League, Mashpee was part of the Patriot League. Also, the boy's and girl's winter track teams compete in the Eastern Athletic Conference
.
, Abington High School
and Sandwich High School
. Other rivals are Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
and Cohasset High School
. Mashpee plays Sandwich High School
on the annual Thanksgiving Day football game. From 1998–2003, they played neighboring Sandwich High School
on Thanksgiving
. Both teams dropped the rivalry after 2003 due to Sandwich being a much larger school than Mashpee, and also to the lack of competitiveness. Before the rivalry ended, each team has won against each other 3 times. From 2004–2009 Mashpee played Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
on Thanksgiving. They never lost a game to Cape Cod Tech, and after the 2009 season, the two teams discontinued the rivalry due to lack of competitiveness and Mashpee has since renewed their Thanksgiving rivalry with Sandwich. After the football team went through back-to-back win-less seasons in 2000 and 2001, and from the years 2000–2004 had a record of 6-42-2, Matt Triveri took over as football coach. In his first year at the helm, they went 6–4. Since 2005, The football team has an overall record of 51–16. In the 2008 season, Mashpee recorded their best season in school history by going 10-1 and was ranked by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald
as the #17 and #15 team in the state, which solidified Mashpee as a powerhouse football team in Southeastern Massachusetts. Coach Matt Triveri has become one of the most respected coaches in Massachusetts and is a 3-time South Shore League
Coach of the Year, 4-time Cape & Islands Coach of the Year, and was recently honored as the New England Patriots
High School Coach of the Week in 2009. The team has competed in 3 South Shore League
championship games (2006, 2007, 2008), had the honor of having the highest rated defense (points against average) in the state twice (in 2006 and 2008), and has also sent multiple players to Division I, II and III colleges for football. On November 11, 2011...The Mashpee Football team played in it's 4th South Shore League Championship Game since 2006 against powerhouse East Bridgewater. Both teams came into the contest with undefeated records at 9-0. East Bridgewater came in with highly touted running back Casey DeAndrade, who at the beginning of the season signed his letter-of-intent to play football at the University of New Hampshire
, a Division 1-AA powerhouse football program, under a scholarship from UNH. Mashpee made history at the end of the night by defeating East Bridgewater, 16-6 and clinching it's first SOuth Shore League Championship and also it's first trip to the MIAA D-IV State Playoffs. Mashpee will face Millis-Hopedale in the first round of the MIAA D-IV Playoffs on November 29, 2011 at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School
, for a chance to play for the MIAA D-IV State Championship at Gillette Stadium
in Foxboro, MA. The 2011 Season was also the first season in which Mashpee finished with an Undefeated Regular Season Record (11-0)
, whom eventually won the Division 3 State Championship.
During the 2010-2011 basketball season, the team rolled through the regular season and is having the best season in the 15-year history of Mashpee High School. The boy's basketball team finished with a regular season record of 18-3. The team has claimed at least a share of the South Shore League
Championship. In the most recent poll, which was released on February 20, 2011 by the Boston Globe, Mashpee is ranked as the #15 team in Massachusetts, and the #2 team for Divisions 3 & 4, behind league rival Cohasset
.
The fall cheerleading team was a State Finalist in 2000 and 2001 and has performed during halftime of the Citrus Bowl
in Florida in 2001, 2002, and 2004.
Fall Sports
Winter Sports
Spring Sports
The Mashpee High School Concert Choir, the schools primary choral group, is a three-time gold medal winning choir.
The Mashpee High School Human Rights Club was instrumental in drafting legislation for the recent Massachusetts "Anti-Bully" Bill that passed the state house and senate unanimously. The MHS Human Rights Club worked alongside former Rep. Patrick (Barnstable District) in drafting a bill that would create a No Name Calling Day each year. This was done before discussion of the Anti-Bully Bill had even started at the State House in Boston. That bill was dead in committee and they were successful in including it as an amendment to the overall Anti-Bully Bill. Therefore, the 4th Wednesday of every January is No Name Calling Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: A day to educate and inform the public on the effects of bullying and disrespect.
Mashpee, Massachusetts
Mashpee is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,006 as of 2010.For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Mashpee, please see the articles on Mashpee Neck, Monomoscoy Island, New Seabury, Popponesset, Popponesset Island,...
. It is located at the intersection of Old Barnstable Road and Route 151
Route 151
-United States:* U.S. Route 151* Alabama State Route 151* Arkansas Highway 151* California State Route 151* Colorado State Highway 151* Connecticut Route 151* Florida State Road 151* Georgia State Route 151*Hawaii Route 151* Illinois Route 151...
and has an approximate enrollment of 700 students in grades 9–12. The school's mascot is a falcon and the school colors are Royal Blue, Black, and White. The T.V. Production Club at Mashpee High School was the first high school audio-visual organization in the world to be a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).
History
Mashpee High School opened its doors in 1996. Prior to its opening, Mashpee students attended nearby Falmouth High SchoolFalmouth High School
Falmouth High School is a public high school located in the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The school serves roughly 1,300 students in grades 9-12. Over the past few years, Falmouth High School has gone through major renovations. Up until 1973, the school was named Lawrence High School and...
. Mashpee voted to open its own high school after the town had seen an extremely fast increase in its student population. Since 1990, Mashpee's town population has almost tripled in size and is one of the state's fastest growing towns. The current town population stands at, approximately, 16,000 and the student population at roughly 2,200. Over the past few years the principal has changed many times, and the high school's principal is currently Ms. Jane Day. Mashpee High School originally served sudents in grades 7–12, but in 2008 the school board decided to separate high school students from the 7th & 8th grade students. Mashpee High School now serves students in grades 9–12, and the 7th and 8th grade students attend Mashpee Middle School which is located within Mashpee High School, but runs under its own administration, teachers, and has separate sports teams.
Of the approximately 700 students at Mashpee High, 8.2% of the student population is Native American, the highest percentage in New England.
Athletics
Mashpee offers a wide variety of interscholastic sports. It is known for having very competitive football, basketball, and field hockey teams. The football team has also had the honor of having the highest rated defense (Points Against Average) in the state twice, in 2006 and 2008. Mashpee is part of the MIAAMassachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association , comprising 365 high schools in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, is an organization that sponsors activities in more than thirty sports. The MIAA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations , which writes the rules...
. Mashpee is affiliated with the South Shore League
South Shore League
The South Shore League is an athletics conference that is part of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association . The League consists of 9 schools, ranging from as far north as Hull, Massachusetts, to as far south as Harwich, Massachusetts. The South Shore League participates in Division 3...
, which competes in Division III & IV athletics and comprises Mashpee High School, Carver High School
Carver High School (Massachusetts)
' is a public school located in Carver, Massachusetts. It is located at 60 South Meadow Rd. and has an enrollment of 489 students in grades 6-8, and 537 students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Crusaders and the school colors are Maroon and Silver/Gray. The principal is Mr. Scott Knief...
, Hull High School
Hull High School
Hull High School is a public high school located in Hull, Massachusetts. It is located at 180 Main Street at the very edge of town adjacent to the Hull Gut, overlooking Boston Harbor and the Boston skyline. Hull has an approximate enrollment of 419 students in grades 9-12...
, Harwich High School
Harwich High School
Harwich High School is a public high school located in Harwich, MA. The school colors are Gold and Blue and their team is the Rough Riders. Harwich High School is the third smallest public high school school on Cape Cod.-Overview:...
, Norwell High School
Norwell High School (Massachusetts)
Norwell High School is a public secondary school, accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges . It is located in Norwell, Massachusetts. The school includes approximately 50 full-time teachers...
, Cohasset High School
Cohasset High School
Cohasset High School is a public high school located in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA. It is located at 143 Pond St. and has an enrollment of 364 students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Skippers and the school colors are navy blue, silver, and white...
, Rockland High School
Rockland High School
Rockland High School is an historic school at 394 Union Street in Rockland, Massachusetts.-Football:* State Champions - 1992, 1998, 2000* State Finalists - 1982, 1999* Patriot League Champions - 1982, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009...
, Abington High School
Abington High School
Abington High School is a public high school located in Abington, Massachusetts. It is located at 201 Gliniewicz Way and has an enrollment of 584 students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Green Wave and the school colors are Green and White. Abington High School is known best for its...
, and East Bridgewater High School
East Bridgewater High School
East Bridgewater High School is a public secondary school located at 11 Plymouth Street in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The school serves students in grades 9-12 and has an approximate enrollment of 675 students. The schools colors are Navy, Gold & White and theschool mascot is the...
. Before joining the South Shore League, Mashpee was part of the Patriot League. Also, the boy's and girl's winter track teams compete in the Eastern Athletic Conference
Eastern Athletic Conference
The Eastern Athletic Conference, or EAC, is a high school sports conference consisting of teams in southeastern Massachusetts. The league is a subset of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. It is noted for having both a competitive conference, as well as one with an eclectic...
.
Football
Their main rivals are Harwich High SchoolHarwich High School
Harwich High School is a public high school located in Harwich, MA. The school colors are Gold and Blue and their team is the Rough Riders. Harwich High School is the third smallest public high school school on Cape Cod.-Overview:...
, Abington High School
Abington High School
Abington High School is a public high school located in Abington, Massachusetts. It is located at 201 Gliniewicz Way and has an enrollment of 584 students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Green Wave and the school colors are Green and White. Abington High School is known best for its...
and Sandwich High School
Sandwich High School
Sandwich High School is a public high school located in East Sandwich, Massachusetts. The school serves the students of Sandwich, Massachusetts. Enrollment at the school is 1,129 students as of 2010-2011, and employs 83 faculty members...
. Other rivals are Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, also known as Cape Tech and Lower Cape Tech and sometimes abbreviated as CCT, is a public vocational and technical high school located in Harwich, Massachusetts....
and Cohasset High School
Cohasset High School
Cohasset High School is a public high school located in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA. It is located at 143 Pond St. and has an enrollment of 364 students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Skippers and the school colors are navy blue, silver, and white...
. Mashpee plays Sandwich High School
Sandwich High School
Sandwich High School is a public high school located in East Sandwich, Massachusetts. The school serves the students of Sandwich, Massachusetts. Enrollment at the school is 1,129 students as of 2010-2011, and employs 83 faculty members...
on the annual Thanksgiving Day football game. From 1998–2003, they played neighboring Sandwich High School
Sandwich High School
Sandwich High School is a public high school located in East Sandwich, Massachusetts. The school serves the students of Sandwich, Massachusetts. Enrollment at the school is 1,129 students as of 2010-2011, and employs 83 faculty members...
on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the...
. Both teams dropped the rivalry after 2003 due to Sandwich being a much larger school than Mashpee, and also to the lack of competitiveness. Before the rivalry ended, each team has won against each other 3 times. From 2004–2009 Mashpee played Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, also known as Cape Tech and Lower Cape Tech and sometimes abbreviated as CCT, is a public vocational and technical high school located in Harwich, Massachusetts....
on Thanksgiving. They never lost a game to Cape Cod Tech, and after the 2009 season, the two teams discontinued the rivalry due to lack of competitiveness and Mashpee has since renewed their Thanksgiving rivalry with Sandwich. After the football team went through back-to-back win-less seasons in 2000 and 2001, and from the years 2000–2004 had a record of 6-42-2, Matt Triveri took over as football coach. In his first year at the helm, they went 6–4. Since 2005, The football team has an overall record of 51–16. In the 2008 season, Mashpee recorded their best season in school history by going 10-1 and was ranked by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald
Boston Herald
The Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States...
as the #17 and #15 team in the state, which solidified Mashpee as a powerhouse football team in Southeastern Massachusetts. Coach Matt Triveri has become one of the most respected coaches in Massachusetts and is a 3-time South Shore League
South Shore League
The South Shore League is an athletics conference that is part of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association . The League consists of 9 schools, ranging from as far north as Hull, Massachusetts, to as far south as Harwich, Massachusetts. The South Shore League participates in Division 3...
Coach of the Year, 4-time Cape & Islands Coach of the Year, and was recently honored as the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
High School Coach of the Week in 2009. The team has competed in 3 South Shore League
South Shore League
The South Shore League is an athletics conference that is part of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association . The League consists of 9 schools, ranging from as far north as Hull, Massachusetts, to as far south as Harwich, Massachusetts. The South Shore League participates in Division 3...
championship games (2006, 2007, 2008), had the honor of having the highest rated defense (points against average) in the state twice (in 2006 and 2008), and has also sent multiple players to Division I, II and III colleges for football. On November 11, 2011...The Mashpee Football team played in it's 4th South Shore League Championship Game since 2006 against powerhouse East Bridgewater. Both teams came into the contest with undefeated records at 9-0. East Bridgewater came in with highly touted running back Casey DeAndrade, who at the beginning of the season signed his letter-of-intent to play football at the University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...
, a Division 1-AA powerhouse football program, under a scholarship from UNH. Mashpee made history at the end of the night by defeating East Bridgewater, 16-6 and clinching it's first SOuth Shore League Championship and also it's first trip to the MIAA D-IV State Playoffs. Mashpee will face Millis-Hopedale in the first round of the MIAA D-IV Playoffs on November 29, 2011 at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School, founded in 1960, is a regional high school in Bridgewater, Massachusetts shared by the towns of Bridgewater and Raynham. The high school, commonly referred to as B-R, relocated to a new building at 415 Center Street in 2007...
, for a chance to play for the MIAA D-IV State Championship at Gillette Stadium
Gillette Stadium
Gillette Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 21 miles southwest of downtown Boston and from downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It serves as the home stadium and administrative offices for the New England Patriots football team and the New England Revolution...
in Foxboro, MA. The 2011 Season was also the first season in which Mashpee finished with an Undefeated Regular Season Record (11-0)
Field Hockey
The school is also known for having a very strong field hockey team. During the 2004 season, the team posted a record 16 shutouts in a 20 game season and ultimately made it to the state semi-finals, losing 3–1 to a team from CantonCanton, Massachusetts
Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,561 at the 2010 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about 15 miles southwest of downtown Boston.- History :...
, whom eventually won the Division 3 State Championship.
Basketball
During the early 2000s, the boys basketball team was regarded as one of the best Division IV programs in the state. The basketball team reached the Division IV State semi-finals in 2000 and 2001 after winning their sectional and regional brackets. Since then, the basketball team has reached the South Regional semi-finals twice in 2005 and 2008, losing both times to state powerhouse Cathedral High School of Boston, whom Mashpee has developed a post-season rivalry with recently. Cathedral eventually went on to win the Division IV state title in both those years.During the 2010-2011 basketball season, the team rolled through the regular season and is having the best season in the 15-year history of Mashpee High School. The boy's basketball team finished with a regular season record of 18-3. The team has claimed at least a share of the South Shore League
South Shore League
The South Shore League is an athletics conference that is part of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association . The League consists of 9 schools, ranging from as far north as Hull, Massachusetts, to as far south as Harwich, Massachusetts. The South Shore League participates in Division 3...
Championship. In the most recent poll, which was released on February 20, 2011 by the Boston Globe, Mashpee is ranked as the #15 team in Massachusetts, and the #2 team for Divisions 3 & 4, behind league rival Cohasset
Cohasset
Cohasset can refer to:PlacesIn the United States:*Cohasset, California*Cohasset, Massachusetts**Cohasset **Cohasset Rocks, an alternative name for Minots Ledge, a reef off of Cohasset, Massachusetts*Cohasset, Minnesota...
.
Other Sports
The winter track team won the Class D Massachusetts State Championship in 2001 in indoor and also outdoor track.The fall cheerleading team was a State Finalist in 2000 and 2001 and has performed during halftime of the Citrus Bowl
Citrus Bowl
The Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, USA, built for football, which currently seats around 70,000 people....
in Florida in 2001, 2002, and 2004.
Fall Sports
- Football
- Girl's Soccer
- Boy's Soccer
- Field Hockey
- Cross Country
- Cheerleading
- Golf
Winter Sports
- Boy's Basketball
- Girl's Basketball
- Boy's Hockey
- Girl's Hockey
- Track & Field
- Cheerleading
Spring Sports
- Baseball
- Softball
- Boy's Lacrosse
- Girl's Lacrosse
- Track & Field
- Boy's Tennis
- Girl's Tennis
- Girl's Golf
School Achievements
Mashpee High School is home to the first and only high school chapter of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE.) The group works closely with the Stonehill College SMPTE organization. The group traveled to Los Angeles, CA to attend the annual SMPTE Tech Conference & Expo as honored guests. The group has also been invited to Hong Kong, China as a result of their achievements in the organization. The advisor of the group is Arthur Joia, Media Arts Director at Mashpee High School.The Mashpee High School Concert Choir, the schools primary choral group, is a three-time gold medal winning choir.
The Mashpee High School Human Rights Club was instrumental in drafting legislation for the recent Massachusetts "Anti-Bully" Bill that passed the state house and senate unanimously. The MHS Human Rights Club worked alongside former Rep. Patrick (Barnstable District) in drafting a bill that would create a No Name Calling Day each year. This was done before discussion of the Anti-Bully Bill had even started at the State House in Boston. That bill was dead in committee and they were successful in including it as an amendment to the overall Anti-Bully Bill. Therefore, the 4th Wednesday of every January is No Name Calling Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: A day to educate and inform the public on the effects of bullying and disrespect.
Notable alumni / faculty
- Jamaal BranchJamaal BranchJamaal Branch is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Colgate University.-Early life and education:...
– Class of 1999, Attended Colgate UniversityColgate UniversityColgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
for Football, Division 1AA Player of the Year, former NFL Player for New Orleans SaintsNew Orleans SaintsThe New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
. - Sam Richmond – Class of 2000, Attended University of Colorado-Boulder on a football scholarship, Mid-Atlantic Prep LeagueMid-Atlantic Prep LeagueThe Mid-Atlantic Prep League, also known as the MAPL, is a sports league with participating institutions from prep schools in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania area in the United States. The league comprises schools known for their academic rigor, but the quality of play in all sports is fairly high...
Player of the Year at Blair AcademyBlair AcademyBlair Academy is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding high school with an enrollment of about 448 students for grades nine through twelve. The school has 78 faculty members...
for post graduate year, former NFL player for Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
. - Isabeau Miller – Class of 2003, Contestant on NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's reality show, The Biggest LoserThe Biggest LoserThe Biggest Loser is an American reality game show that debuted on NBC October 19, 2004. The show features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight....