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The Billerica Boys Basketball Alumni Association was created to build, to promote, to teach, and enhance Billerica Boy's Basketball through contributions through alumni, businesses, and otherwise. The boys in this program have gone on to be successful men in the fields of writing, professional sports, military, business, education, construction, engineering, etc. This organization will help insure a level playing field for the boy's of today's program. Through our collective efforts we will continue to help Billerica Boy's basketball.

The Billerica Boy's Basketball Alumni Association would like to thank the following alumni:
John Saia, Derek Dixon, Jack Fay, Bill King, Tom Foley, Brian Carroll, Dan MacNeil,
John Scott, Steve Elmore, Roy Nickerson, Sonny Robbins and our adopted alumnus
Kevin Brooks. Their hard work helped establish the Billerica Boy's Basketball Alumni Association.

The idea for this was born, if memory serves me correctly, in January 1983. Those present included: Coach James, Coach McDermott, Coach Donnelly, the Legendary Larry "Hector" McDonald, Bill King, and the Dagle brothers. We were in the Cove Restaurant after a thrilling victory over Haverhill High School. Coach McDermott suggested an alumni newsletter which was to be called the "Friends of Billerica Basketball." The idea never really got off the ground, but it did not die. Fast forward 25 years later and with advent of new technology we present the "newsletter", Enjoy!

To many "tumbleweeds" (those who moved to Billerica circa late 1980s or 1990s) the name Ed James means nothing. However, to us townies/alumni his name has many positive connotations. One quick story involves another BMHS Hall of Fame coach, George Gracie. When George Gracie introduced Coach James introduced Coach James for his induction into the Howe/BMHS Hall of Fame he told the following story.

George was driving home one night through Billerica Center and he saw Coach James sitting on a bench reading the newspaper. George pulled over and asked, "what the hell are you doing here?" Coach James informed him that he'd lent his car to some BMHS student so he could drive to his college interview. Coach James had found out this kid's parents could not leave work early to help him get there. Upon hearing of his dilemma Coach James approached him and tossed him the keys to his car and wished him good luck with the college interview. In today's educational world such an act is expressly forbidden, but that was a much different era. Stories of Coach James' giving, unselfishness, and caring for Billerica kids could fill volumes.

Coach James worked and coached at BMHS from 1964 to 1989. Before him was George Gracie and before George was Natale "Nat" Federico. Coach Federico brought Billerica its first league championship in 1952 (we were Howe High School then.) The 1952 team had four Hall of Famers on it: Jack Fay, Billy Robbins, Dick Myles and Fred Glavine. We'll save the history for a little bit later. But the point of all of this is to show that Howe/BMHS basketball goes much further back than the late 1980s or 90s. And there were several championships in there too.

So with a nod to the past and a look to the future this website is dedicated to the many alumni of Howe High School and BMHS. And to Coach James. Enjoy!

The Merrimack Valley Conference Boy's Basketball is divided as follows:
Large School                                                    Small School
Andover                                                            Billerica
Central Catholic                                                Chelmsford
Haverhill                                                            Dracut
Lawrence                                                          Methuen
Lowell                                                                Tewksbury

www.billericayouthbasketball.org

Basketball for elementary school players up middle school and recreational basketball for high school aged players.

Links, for all your educational sporting equipment needs, courtesy of alumnus John Scott

www.ATHLETICQUEST.net

www.BASKETBALLDOCTOR.net

www.SPORTAMERICA.com

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The following article appeared in the Lowell Sun and the Billerica Minuteman

"Mastrullo finishing great career at Curry"
    Mark Mastrullo has wrapped up his career at Curry College. The former Billerica High standout finished second in The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) MVP voting and set a Curry College record for games played.
    Mastrullo finished with 1504 career points to rank fifth on Curry's all-time list. He started all 29 games this season and is averaged 16.3 points per game. He also led the team in assists.
The Colonels, who finished just one point behind Gordon College in the TCCC league championship game and earned a spot in the ECAC D3 NE Tourney.
    We're all proud of Mark for his accomplishments on the court at Curry College and, more importantly, he's on time to graduate this year. Coach Dagle went on to say, "He's certainly is up there on the list of all-time great guards at Howe/BMHS including such players as: John Foley, Jim Todd, Jack Fay, Dan McKay, Peter Coppinger, and Derek Dixon. And that's saying a lot!"
www.curry.edu/Athletics/Mens+Sports/Basketball/Schedule.htm

TO HELP OUT THE TEAM DONATIONS CAN BE MAILED TO THE

BILLERICA BOY'S BASKETBALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

PO BOX 483

BILLERICA, MA 01821

Please spread the word to the Alumni and thanks.

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