David Grant Live Game Blog

I just left Amherst Regional High School and here are the seeds for the 2009 Girls’ Lacrosse championship tournament.

1. Longmeadow (16-0)
2. Minnechaug (16-2)
3. Agawam (13-4)
4. South Hadley (12-6)
5. East Longmeadow (8-7-1)
6. Northampton (8-8-1)
7. Amherst (9-10)

Longmeadow receives a bye
First Round Games
Minnechaug 16 Amherst 4
Agawam 14 Northampton 13 (2OT)
No. 5 East Longmeadow 13 South Hadley 12

Semifinals

No. 3 Agawam at No. 2 Minnechaug 5 p.m. Tuesday
East Longmeadow at Longmeadow, Tuesday at Agawam HS (Longmeadow facility not available) 5 p.m.

Finals

At Garber Field on 6/8, Girls at 5pm followed by Boys at 7pm.

State Semifinals on 6/10 at Foley Stadium, Worcester at 5pm.
Sate Final on 6/12 at Foley Stadium, Worcester at 5 pm.

Notes: Minnechaug and Amherst changed their first round Saturday game to Friday and that was the only change that took place at the meeting. As changes come in and times are made available, I will update the blog to inform the public. There are likely to be changes due to proms, graduations and other school activities.

The seeding was based on the Walker System, which took overall record, strength of schedule and record against tournament bound teams (Including CT). One important note was that games against Private Schools did not count towards overall record. Also, games played against CT schools only counted if those teams were reognized by their state, such as the way teams are recognized here as being part of the MIAA.

By David Grant
Turley Publications Sports Correspondent
Tim Brillo has resigned as head football coach at Ludlow High School.
“Ultimately I had a vision of what I wanted to do, where I wanted to take the program and how to get there,” Brillo said. “There were too many obstacles in front of me to get that accomplished.
He went on to say that there were too many roadblocks and because he didn’t have the proper support and resources to lead the program the right way, the school would be better off with someone else.
“The timing in the situation at this point is not right,” Brillo said.
Brillo was offensive coordinator at Westfield State College for nine years before being hired by Ludlow two years ago. The Lions were 4-7 in 2007 and 2-9 in 208 for a combined record of 6-16 over the two seasons
Brillo turned around the girls basketball program, helping the Lions become one of the top teams in Western Massachusetts. He will remain the girls basketball coach.
The numbers have been down at Ludlow, with only 10 freshmen joining the program. Brillo was also told he would possibly lose his assistants due to budgetary reasons.
Brillo made significant efforts to bring back alumni and help publicize the program. He organized an alumni game and ran the Lions Pride camp during the summer.
The Lions Pride Camp will still take place this summer under a new leader. Ludlow has not named the new head coach.
Check back here at davegrantsports.wordpress.com and in the Ludlow Register for updates on this story as more information becomes available.

David Grant is a sports correspondent for Turley Publications. He can be reached at dforbes@turley.com.