Sisters help Dartmouth High secure its first trip to the Elite 8 in 20 years

Remy Barber does not desire her senior high school baseball occupation to finish.

The senior shield is actually delighting in Dartmouth High's historic go to the MIAA Div. 2 Elite 8 while additionally cherishing every moment she comes to participate in together with her much younger sibling, Lindsey, a student.

"It's awesome and bittersweet," Remy mentioned. "Our company have actually been playing against one another in the driveway because our team were actually four and also two years of ages so I'm sad that it's pertaining to an end, but it is actually really great to have fun with her and also view her do well and also enjoy."

The Barber siblings were instrumental in No. 2 Dartmouth's 54-45 resurgence triumph over 18th-seeded Leominster on Monday night in the Div. 2 Pleasant 16 as they incorporated for 14 factors as well as 14 rebounds.

Lindsey Barber stimulated Dartmouth late in the 2nd one-fourth, bring down back-to-back 3-pointers in the final moment to send her staff right into halftime up 27-22 even with trailing a lot of the first half.

"I know I'm not going to get a concerned individual when I placed her in the activity," pointed out Dartmouth scalp train Brian Jalbert. "She is so fearless as well as she plays therefore hard. There are actually activities where she bets two moments as well as there is actually games where she plays for twenty moments and she provides the same attempt no matter the amount of she plays."

Lindsey Barber added, "Coming off the bench, it feels really good to acquire my instant, especially in the condition event. It thinks really good to help my crew succeed tonight."

Along with junior Kaelyn Zuber out with an injury, Remy Hairdresser paid attention to packing the void on the panels.

She finished the game along with eight aspects and 10 rebounds.

"Our team have a lot possibility," she said. "We knew what it feels like to drop in the Sugary food 16 so we didn't want to relent once more therefore we knew today all of us must boost as well as cooperate to fill (Zuber's) function and receive the gain."

Remy Hairdresser scored each one of her aspects in the 2nd one-half as Dartmouth increased through double digits.

"Coming out in the 3rd zone, I recognized that our company needed to have to have a considerable amount of power given that I understood they were actually mosting likely to bring out a considerable amount of electricity. I did what I could possibly to assist our crew," she stated. "We've worked really hard all season. Every technique as well as every game, we intended to interact to feel better to reach this point so I wish our company can easily maintain our drive going forward."

Dartmouth is going to be actually creating its 1st Elite 8 appeal under the existing MIAA playoff style in its inmost postseason operate considering that 2004-05 when it grabbed the program's first-ever state championship.

ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR CHEESEBRO

With a pullup jump chance midway with the first region, Dartmouth elderly Kat Cheesebro ended up being the SouthCoast's all-time racking up innovator in women basketball, surpassing Karen Walsh's 2,009 factors coming from 1996. Cheesbro racked up a game-high 28 points as well as currently has 2,033 for her career. She additionally had a team-high 11 rebounds.

"Kat started as well as she was tough to quit tonight," Jalbert mentioned. "She was remarkable once again. She just doesn't wish her senior high school career to finish. None of those 3 seniors (Cheesebro, Remy Barber and also Kate Sullivan) do."

BIG COMPETITION IN THE POST

Jalbert applauded the play of Kate Sullivan on Leominster's Francesca Bello, who needed to work for her team-high 15 aspects.

"Shoutout to Kate," Jalbert claimed. "She was thus great defensively within. That was a significant matchup for her. When she has an individual she needs to compare along with, she regularly boosts. She definitely played fantastic tonight."

WHAT IT IMPLIES

Dartmouth (20-2) will definitely organize No. 7 Whitman-Hanson (16-7) at 7 p.m. on Friday in the Div. 2 Best 8.

Dartmouth 54, Leominster forty five

Leominster

Francesca Bello 15, Jayda Caldwell 4 (1 ), Mariela Deya 10 (2 ), Mia Keenan 8, Madison Lemanski 2, Addison Keenan 2.

Dartmouth

Lindsey Barber 6 (2 ), Kate Sullivan 2, Remy Barber 8 (2 ), Kat Cheesebro 28, Lily Gangi 3, Liv Faria 7 (1 ).