Former Westborough High Gymnast and Coach Now Flying With Sharon Eagles

Bill Martin, who graduated here in 1984, is Sharon High School's newest athletic director.

This summer, a Westborough High School 1984 grad and former gymnast Bill Martin became the Sharon High School athletic department's all-around guy. Martin is Sharon's newest athletic director, his first such post. Martin comes to Sharon from Shepherd Hill Regional High School in Dudley, where he taught for 11 years. He also was the physical education, health and family and consumer science department coordinator for the past three years. He served as assistant athletic director for five years before that. At Westborough, Martin was an all-around gymnast his first three years, and played soccer for all four years. In Sharon, he's involved with all of the Eagles' sports: juggling their behind-the-scenes needs, such as scheduling and …

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Sharon Patch Scoreboard: Sharon Men's Softball Two-Fer Tonight

Check out the Sharon Patch Scoreboard daily. Submit your scores and results, too.

The Sharon Patch scoreboard is a daily feature. Check here for the day's Sharon schedule and results. Sunday's scoreboard will include the upcoming week's schedule. The teams listed are from unless otherwise noted. Town sports leaders and coaches are invited to submit their results to Editor Michael Gelbwasser at Michael.Gelbwasser@patch.com. To learn if an event is cancelled due to inclement weather, call the high school sports cancellation hotline at 781-784-1554, ext. 7088. For a full list of schedules and other forms/information, visit the Eagles Athletics website at: http://hs.sharon.k12.ma.us/pages/Sharon_High_School/FACULTY_AND_STAFF/Athletics. Tuesday: Monday: Sunday: Saturday: No games scheduled Friday: No games scheduled Thursday…

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Sharon High Gymnasts Well-Positioned for Sectionals

The Eagles are seeded fourth among 12 teams at this Saturday's meet.

The Sharon High School gymnastics team spent this week focused on routine, aiming for an honor that's far from routine. The Eagles enter Saturday's South Sectionals seeded fourth among 12 teams, co-coach Jess Savrann says. The top four teams Saturday advance to the States, on March 3 at Shrewsbury High School. The Sectionals are at 4 p.m. at Hudson High School. Senior tri-captain Cori Plesko says the Eagles have spent the week "making sure the routines that we have are clean and the best we can do." "We're perfecting every little bit of those routines that we've been doing all year," says Plesko. Seniors Melissa Steinberg and Sara Spelfogel also are tri-captains. Four Eagles will compete Saturday: juniors Sami Kaplan and Jessica Chabot, …

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Sharon Gymnast Kaplan Repeats as Hockomock All-Around Champion

The Eagles next compete in the Sectionals, on Feb. 25.

The Sharon High School gymnastics team was honored as the Hockomock League's defending Davenport Division champions Saturday night, and then recorded more top performances. The Eagles saw junior Samantha Kaplan repeat as league champion in the all-around with a score of 37.9, co-coach Jamie Whiting said. Kaplan won all four events: vault (9.5), bars (9.5), beam (9.5) and floor (9.4). Sharon also got first-place finishes from junior Alicia Dagle (beam) and senior tri-captain Melissa Steinberg (floor). Senior Brian Le finished second in the vault. Sophomore Chelsea Noller finished tied for second in floor. Dagle and sophomore Marielle Fisher placed fourth in bars and beam, respectively. And junior Jessica Chabot placed fifth in the all-…

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SHS Gymnasts Head to Saturday's Hocks Perfect -- Again

The league championships will be held at Arnold's in Mansfield.

The Sharon High School gymnastics team heads into Saturday's Hockomock League Championship meet after finishing its regular season perfect -- for the second straight year. The Eagles are 7-0 after defeating visiting Attleboro, 141.35 to 129.25, at the Academy of Gymnastics in Stoughton on Tuesday night. Sharon is undefeated for the second straight season, Athletic Director Robert Sondheim said today. The Eagles were 8-0 in 2011. Junior Samantha Kaplan "entered into the state 9.5 club again on bars," co-coach Jamie Whiting said. "(And sophomores) Johanna El-Khoury and Erin Moore had a season highs on balance beam." Sharon honored its four seniors -- tri-captains Cori Plesko, Sara Spelfogel and Melissa Steinberg, and Brian Lee -- during its …

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Video: Sharon High Gymnasts Set School Point Record, Season Bests

Eagles 5-0 entering last two regular-season meets.

The Sharon High School gymnastics team set a team point record and individual season bests to beat host Mansfield, 145.325 to 144.7, at Arnold's Gymnastics Academy in Mansfield on Saturday. The Eagles also remained perfect this season: 5-0, entering their final two regular-season meets, at North Attleboro this Friday at 7:30 p.m.; and against Attleboro at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the Academy of Gymnastics in Stoughton. Sharon's 145.325 points against Mansfield was a school record, Co-Coach Jamie Whiting said. Individually, "all six competitors on floor had season highs," she said: senior tri-captains Sara Spelfogel and Melissa Steinberg; juniors Alicia Dagle, Jessica Chabot and Sami Kaplan; and sophomore Chelsie Noller. Kaplan also had …

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Eagles Gymnasts Fly to Season High

Sharon faces Mansfield on Saturday.

The Sharon High School gymnastics team scored a season-high 138.95 points to beat a combined Medfield-Ashland-Dover-Sherborn team, 138.95 to 138.85, at the Academy of Gymnastics in Stoughton on Friday night. Juniors Jessica Chabot and Alicia Dagle had season highs on the balance beam, with 9.3 and 9.1 respectively, Co-Coach Jamie Whiting said. Chabot also had a season high all around (35.45), Whiting said. Sharon (4-0) travels to Mansfield at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Sharon High Gymnasts Up To 2-0

Eagles defeat KP on Tuesday.

The Sharon High School gymnastics team improved to 2-0 after defeating King Philip, 136.65 to 118.45 at Arnold's Gymnastics Academy in Mansfield on Tuesday. Junior Samantha Kaplan led the Eagles with a 37.2 in the all-around, co-coach Jamie Whiting said Wednesday. Sharon is off until next Friday, Jan. 6, when the Eagles host Canton at 7 p.m. at the Academy of Gymnastics in Stoughton.

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SHS Gymnasts Win Opener

Lee, Kaplan, Chabot lead the Eagles past OA.

The Sharon High School gymnastics team won its 2011-2012 season opener Monday night, defeating host Oliver Ames, 133.35 to 116.3, co-coach Jamie Whiting said Tuesday. Senior Brian Lee won the vault with a score of 8.95, Whiting said. Juniors Sami Kaplan and Jessica Chabot were second and third, with scores of 8.9 and 8.8, respectively. Kaplan also won the beam with a score of 9.1, Whiting said. Sharon next faces King Philip, at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Arnold’s Gymnastics Academy in Mansfield.

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2011 Eagles Winter Sports Preview

Veteran Leadership Guides Sharon Gymnasts

Eagles open 2011-2012 season Monday night at OA.

Veteran leadership will guide the Sharon High School gymnastics team this winter Senior tri-captains Cori Plesko, Sara Spelfogel and Melissa Steinberg are among the returnees from last year's Hockomock League championship team, which finished the regular season 8-0. First-year co-coaches Jess Savrann and Jamie Whiting also are returnees of sorts. Both were Eagles captains -- and teammates -- during their Sharon High careers. Whiting graduated in 2005 and Savrann in 2007. They take over as coaches from Jessica Hiltz, who stepped down after one season to accept a job elsewhere. Sharon open its 2011-2012 season at 8:30 p.m. Monday at Oliver Ames. Spelfogel and Steinberg are in their fourth year on the team, Savrann says. Both of them will do …

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