Join us bright and early Sunday morning (and don’t forget to set your clocks ahead an hour) as we drop the puck for the final time in the 2010 season with six state final hockey games. Here is the schedule:

9:00 — Div. 2 girls: Winchester 2, Fontbonne 0

11:00 — Div. 3 boys: Longmeadow 2, Scituate 1

1:15 — Div. 2 boys: Canton 4, Newburyport 2

3:30 — Div. 1 boys: Arlington Catholic 5, Archbishop Williams 0

6:00 — Super Eight: Hingham 1, Catholic Memorial 0

8:15 — Div. 1 girls: St. Mary’s 7, Woburn 2

We are heading out to the DCU for a long day of high school basketball. If you can’t make it, join us her as we bring you blanket coverage of all six games. Feel free to weigh in with opinions and comments.

    Boston Herald Dream Team selection Lauren Battista was named the Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year for 2009-2010.

    The 6-foot senior forward/guard averaged 22.7 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals a game in leading the Tigers to a 24-1 record and a berth in Saturday’s Division 2 state final against Millbury. In the semifinal win over Melrose, Battitsta tallied a game-high  21 points and 12 rebounds.

    Battitsta is the school’s all-time leader scorer with 1,645 points. 

It’s down to the top four seeds as the action resumes in the Super Eight at Tsongas Center in Lowell. Here is tonight’s semifinal schedule, and be sure to join the Herald “live”:

6:00 — Malden Catholic vs. Hingham

8:00 — Austin Prep vs. Catholic Memorial

After two days and nearly 16 hours of watching basketball on the parquet, here is one man’s opinion of the best efforts turned in on both the boys and girls side. Be sure to join us here Saturday as we bring you all six games from the DCU Center.

BOYS GARDEN HEROES

MVP

Carson Desrosiers (Central Catholic)

FIRST TEAM

C - Ousmane Drame (New Mission)

F - Jules Tavares (Wareham)

F - John Lavin (Falmouth)

G - Michael Ingram-Rubin (Bedford)

G - Antonio Reyes (Salem)

SIXTH MAN - Jimmy Zenevvitch (Central Catholic)

SECOND TEAM

C - Ryan Pina (Wareham)

F - Samir McDaniels (New Mission)

F - David Campbell (Madison Park)

G - Carlos Bermudez (Cathedral)

G - Nelson Baptiste (Falmouth)

G - Spencer Braithwaite (Madison Park)

GIRLS GARDEN HEROES

MVP

Erin McNamara (Pentucket)

FIRST TEAM

F - Lauren Battista (Oliver Ames)

F - Meredith Kelly (Cohasset)

F - Ashley Viselli (Pentucket)

G - Briena Walker (Mansfield)

G - Devon Caveney (Andover)

SIXTH MAN - Hannah Brickley (Melrose)

SECOND TEAM

C - Valerie Driscoll (Archbishop Williams)

C - Tori Lehr (Cohasset)

F - Colleen Hooper (Mansfield)

G - Nicole Boudreau (Andover)

G - Nicole Bostic (Oliver Ames)

G - Lizzy Ball (Manchester-Essex)

We should be getting online between 1:30-2:00 for today’s festivities. We will be there for all four games, starting with the Cohasset vs. Manchester-Essex contest at 2:30.

    Hopkinton’s new football coach is no stranger to Tri-Valley League circles.

Jim Girard has been hired to coach the Hillies in 2010, replacing Steve Simoes, who stepped down following last season. Girard spent the past two seasons at Dover-Sherborn, posting an 11-11 mark, no small feat given the school’s recent football fortunes.

“He was outstanding in the interview process, he was the top guy after each round of the interviews,” said Hopkinton athletic director Eric Karjel. “He did a great job turning things around at Dover-Sherborn, clearing demonstrating a good knowledge of the game. He’s always been someone who puts the kids first.”

We will be getting online between 1:30-2:00. Feel free to join us.

Here are the times for Wednesday’s Super Eight crossover games at the Tsongas Center in Lowell:

6:00 — Malden Catholic vs. Hingham

8:00 — Austin Prep vs. Catholic Memorial

The Super Eight wraps up pool play today with four games at Lowell’s Tsongas Center. The first two games will decide the final two spots in this week’s crossover round, Game 3 is for seeding purposes only, while the nightcap is for pride. As always, we will have complete coverage of all four.

12:00 — Austin Prep vs. Hingham

2:15 — Springfield Cathedral vs. Xaverian

4:30 — Catholic Memorial vs. Malden Catholic

6:45 — Needham vs. Winchester