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Update: Friday June 28, 2024

RETIRING LCHS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BILLY DEVIN JR. SAYS THANK YOU!!! 

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all of the people that helped me in my career as an educator and athletic director in the Lynn Public School system.  I am a proud 1982 graduate of Lynn Classical High School where I had tremendous teachers and athletic coaches.  My English teacher Robert Wormstead and my typing teacher Marie Grogan challenged me everyday and because of them I  developed a love of reading (and writing) and the skill to type every single one of my undergraduate and graduate research papers.  Frank Poska was my very patient golf coach, Tom Fabrizio my gritty hockey coach, and Dick Maag my affable baseball coach.  I learned valuable life lessons from all 3 of them.  Thank you. 

My immediate family has been my anchor.  My Dad (Bill Sr.) was a long time educator and coach at North Reading High School.  He also bartended at the Arena Café (787 Western Ave) every Thursday night, officiated high school football games, and painted houses in the summer months.  But I have to remind Dad that it was my Mom (Eileen) that drove me to all of my 6am hockey practices growing up.  An avid reader as well she also worked at a local dentist office for over 30 years.  Thank you.  My wife Lynne has been an absolute rock since my early days as an English teacher at the Breed Middle School and my biggest supporter in my tenure as the athletic director at Lynn Classical High School.  Always willing to help and volunteer her time she has certainly seen her share of baseball and hockey games over the years.  She is also my devoted walking partner.   Thank you “Lynne” from Lynn.  I was blessed to watch all 4 of my boys blossom as student-athletes at LCHS.  All were honor roll students and excelled on the golf course, in the hockey rink and on the baseball diamond.  Kyle is now a hitting/catching instructor at the Swing Factory in Lynn, Brandon is a Lynn Police Officer, Sean earned his Master’s Degree from WSU and is an accountant at All Care in Lynn, and Matthew is a Dean’s List student and hockey player at Bridgewater State University.  But the biggest superstar of the clan is Jocelyn!!!  She is going to be in the fourth grade at the Lincoln Thomson Elementary School in Lynn and loves skating (roller and ice), bike riding, playing softball, swimming, and bouncing on her trampoline.  Thank you. 

The coaches at Lynn Classical High School are spectacular.  They are selfless, driven, dedicated, and committed to our student-athletes.  They have high expectations for our kids in the classroom and on the playing fields, courts, pool, and stadiums.  They lead by example and are all excellent role models.  This is a description not just for our head coaches at LC but all of our valued assistant coaches as well.  Thank you.  The present head coaches at LCHS are: 

FOOTBALL AND BOY’S WINTER TRACK: BRIAN VAUGHAN SR. 

GOLF: JOHN “JACK” MORRISON 

BOY’S AND GIRL’S CROSS COUNTRY AND GIRL’S SPRING TRACK: BRENDAN MORRIS 

FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL CHEERLEADING: ANDREA MERRYMAN 

BOY’S AND GIRL’S VOLLEYBALL: CHRIS LEBLANC 

BOY’S SOCCER AND BOY’S SPRING TRACK: ERIC MORENO 

UNIFIED BASKETBALL: JOE KASPER, (GM) SANDY DURSO, AND JAMIE LOVE 

GIRL’S SOCCER: JESSICA GAMBALE 

BOY’S ICE HOCKEY: BRIAN BOISSON 

GIRL’S ICE HOCKEY: BUTCH MARTUCCI 

BOY’S AND GIRL’S SWIMMING AND DIVING: DENISE SILVA 

GIRL’S WINTER TRACK: NATALIA SILVEIRA 

WRESTLING: DAN KOZISKI 

BASEBALL: LEON ELWELL 

SOFTBALL: JOE MORIN 

LACROSSE: PETER PAPPAGIANOUPOLAS 

GIRL’S TENNIS: LAURIE WENTZELL-RYAN 

BOY’S TENNIS: CHRIS HAYWARD (FIRST COACH I EVER HIRED !!!) 

Our kids and coaches also have a first class athletic trainer.  His name is Jonathan Crocker.  He is one of the best in the business.  I envision him someday working at the D1 college level or in the professional ranks.  Thank you. 

The athletic support staff at LCHS is outstanding.  Honestly it is very difficult to find people who do what they do.  They care a great deal about the school, the kids, and the coaches.  They sacrifice a lot of nights, weekends, and vacations to help out.  Thank you so much to the following people (and groups) for helping the athletic program at LCHS: 

JOE GUNNING              EDDIE LEWIS       RUSS UPTON       DR. PAT TUTWILER 

JOE PASCUCCI             JESUS LIRIA         JOE WALDRON    ROD VALRIE 

TED GAUDREAULT     LEEANN BALDINI     LAURIE WENTZELL-RYAN  

SUSAN VACCHIO       TOM McMASTERS    TOM CLARK    PAUL CONBOY 

JAMES DENUNCIO     ROBERT WILSON     DICK RUTH     CLAIRE SCANLON 

LEAH WHITCOMB       BUBBA BARRETT      RICH AVERY   DAVE RAYMOND 

JOHN KASIAN               COLLEEN PETERSON     LPS TRANSPORTATION 

CINDY GAUDREAULT   PAT WHALEN        ARNIE ELLIS     WILL BROGDON 

JUDY CASEY                  TORI BELIVEAU        MARK DUCHANE  DAVE CALNAN 

LYNN POLICE               LAURA DURANT       SCOTT DURANT     ROBIN RUSSO 

DANTE CAPANO         BRIAN ST IVES          RICH MAGNER        MOLLY COHEN 

DEREK EDMONDS     LEW REYNOLDS      JAY ALICUDO           JOEY BARRETT 

MARK ABOYOUN        SEAN DONAHUE     AFTON DEAN           CARY SHUMAN 

MIKE ALFERIS              DANNY VENTURA    CRAIG LARSEN      THE MIAA 

DICK BAKER                 PAUL RYAN                  TOM BOURQUE     JUNE BLAKE 

ANDREA CERVENKA   COULA KESANLIS  NRT/KAYLA CLUNEY   

DAVID ROY                    JIM BELIVEAU             JOHN HOFFMAN   LISA NERICH 

EDDIE ANDERSON    TONY SEAFORTH     STEVE JOHNSON   PAT LEE 

GANNON GOLF COURSE    PHIL NAPOLITANO   NANCY HUNTLEY 

JAN MARTIN                  TIM PHELPS                CHRIS WARREN    JOE ABELON 

PAT GECOYA                DONTAE RUCKER    CHRIS ELLIS     STEVE KRAUSE 

JOYCE EREKSON        GORDON VINCENT    SPENSER HASAK  JOSH KEILTY 

MIKE SCHENA              GBL GAME ASSIGNORS   PAUL HALLORAN 

MARICEL GORIS          DEB RUGGIERO                   CHRIS PISANELLI 

DEBBIE McKENNA      JULIE COWDELL                  MOOSE MERBAH 

LES MURRAY 

I would also like to publicly thank all of the athletic directors in the Greater Boston League and their assistants.  I always looked forward to our monthly meetings (and my soup!!!).   The GBL has a very bright future and I was privileged to have been a part of it.  I am also going to miss my car rides to the GBL meetings with Lynn English Athletic Director Richard Newton.  Thank you.  

MALDEN HIGH SCHOOL: CHARLIE CONEFREY AND JEANNE MARQUARDO 

CHELSEA HIGH SCHOOL: AMANDA ALPERTS 

LYNN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL: DICK NEWTON AND JESSICA WHITEHEAD 

REVERE HIGH SCHOOL: FRANK SHEA 

SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: STAN VIEIRA AND INDIRA EVORA 

EVERETT HIGH SCHOOL: TAMMY TURNER 

I have been fortunate to also work for 3 Principals who value the importance of educational athletics: WARREN WHITE JR., GENE CONSTANTINO, AND AMY DUNN.  Thank you.  And to my mentor DICK RUTH (THE LEGEND)…thank you for answering all of my questions, your patience, and doing the basketball clock for 15 years!!! You are a class act and a true professional.  Thank you. 

My assistant athletic director is Cathy Ellis.  We both graduated from LC in 1982.  She actually lives closer to LCHS than I do.  Cathy has been a teacher and a former coach at the school for over 25 years.  She is in the Hall of Fame as a prolific softball pitcher who later starred at Ithaca College in New York.  How good of a softball pitcher was she?  I found out the hard way.  On a challenge one day at the Lynn Tech baseball field Cathy asked me to step into the batter’s box.  She easily struck me out on 3 pitches (Curley, Larry, and Moe).  Cathy is an excellent athletic administrator.  She is super organized and a top notch communicator with our student-athletes and coaches.  She is the best assistant AD in the state.  Thank you for all you have done for the school and the athletic department.  Also thank you to my 2 former assistant athletic directors Tim Phelps and Chris Warren. 

Jerry Waldron, a former guidance counselor at the Breed Middle School, changed the course of my professional life forever.  He encouraged me to pursue a career in education and helped me land my first job as an English teacher at Breed.  Jerry, along with Doug Wilson, Tim Twomey, Jim Dakin, Bruce MacInnis, and Bob Smith became my mentors.  Jerry later wrote me an impressive letter of recommendation when I applied to be the athletic director at Lynn Classical High School.  His son Jeff, an LC grad and former professional baseball player, later became an excellent assistant baseball coach at our school.  Thank you. 

The student-athletes at Lynn Classical High School are RAM TOUGH.  I love the way you compete and battle our opponents in every game. NO EXCUSES JUST RESULTS.  I look forward to attending as many games as possible next year.  It was a privilege and an honor to work as a Physical Education teacher and the Athletic Director at LCHS for the past 17 years.

THANK YOU BILLY DEVIN JR.   AND AS ALWAYS GO RAMS!!! 

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Update: Friday May 31, 2024

Congratulations to Chris Leblanc and the boy's volleyball team who soundly beat the South Shore Charter School (Norwell, MA) yesterday at LC by the score of 3-0 in the D2 MIAA State Tournament...the team will now travel to Fitchburg High School tomorrow June 1st to play in the Round of 32 at 12pm (bus leaves LC @ 9:30am)...Coach Joe Morin and the girl's softball team will be playing at Agawam High School on Sunday, June 2nd at 2pm (bus leaves LC @ 10:45am)...this is a D2 MIAA playoff game...Best of Luck to both teams in the States !!!

FITCHBURG HIGH SCHOOL    140 ARNHOW FARM ROAD   FITCHBURG, MA
AGAWAM HIGH SCHOOL          760 COOPER STREET AGAWAM, MA

Update: Monday May 28, 2024

A huge congratulations to the LCHS Girl's Varsity Softball Team and head coach Joe Morin for qualifying for the D2 MIAA State Tournament...the team defeated cross town rival Lynn English 8-1 this past Saturday night in the first round of the John Holland Memorial Tournament at the Breed Middle School's Grace Rogato Field...

Senior Captain Rachel Dana fired a complete game 2 hitter on the bump for the Rams and also recorded her 100^th career hit in the victory.  Sophomore Aysia Olaes smashed a 2 run double and junior Ava Cahill blasted an rbi double as well...Sophomore first basemen Brooke Braswell finished the game with 3 rbi's...

The Rams finished the regular season with a 10-10 record and became the fourth LCHS spring team to qualify for postseason play in the MIAA State Tournament (Boy's Volleyball, Baseball, and Boy's Tennis)...Congratulations to all and as always GO RAMS!!!

Update: Thursday May 23, 2024