Kristy Downing-Oteri

Indoor & Outdoor Track

1988 Athlete of the Year Award

Records held:

  • 300 Meter Hurdles 300 Meter Dash
  • 100 Meter Hurdles
  • Indoor High Jump
  • Indoor 50 Meter Hurdles
  • 4 x 100 Relay
  • 4 x 200 Relay
  • Mile relay

Achievements:

  • Record for most points scored in a single outdoor season 1987
  • Bay State League Meet 300 Hurdles 1st place 1986, 1987, 1988
  • Boston Herald All Scholastic 1986
  • Boston Globe Scholar Athlete Team Nominee 1988
  • 1986 Girls Outdoor Track League Champions
  • 1988 Girls Outdoor Track League Champions
  • Captain Indoor Track Senior Year

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Pat Mahaney

Field Hockey:

  • Varsity Member, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Years
  • 1955 Senior year varsity goalie

Basketball:

  • Varsity Member, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Years
  • Senior Year, team went 5–3

Softball:

  • Varsity Member: Junior and Senior Years
  • 1956 senior year starting catcher
  • 1954 Junior year elected as an officer to G.A.L. (Girls Athletic League)

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Tom Arthur

Football:

  • Scored TD’s on first three possessions in less than 4 minutes Senior year.
  • Boston Globe Honorable mention

Basketball:

  • Co-Captain and Team MVP
  • First Team All Star (Guard)

Baseball:

  • Shortstop went 6 for 6 in one game
  • Batted over 300 Senior Year

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Paul Ghilani

Natick High School Best All-Around Athlete Award 1985

Football:

  • Lettered Sophomore, Junior and Senior years
  • Captain 1984
  • Bay State League All-Star Team
  • Undefeated 33-0
  • In 1984 – Longest active winning streak in the country
  • 2-Time Super Bowl Champions
  • Team MVP “84”
  • Super Bowl MVP “82”
  • Boston Globe All-Scholastic Player of the year “84”
  • Boston Herald Player of the Year “84”
  • USA Today – Nationally Ranked 13th in the country
  • Honorable Mention Parade All-American Team
  • Threw for over 40 touchdown passes during career
  • Pass Completion Percentage for 3-years 66%

Baseball:

  • Lettered Freshman, Sophomore, Junior & Senior years
  • Career pitching record 36-4
  • Pitched a 9 inning no-hitter in 1983
  • Bay State League All-Star
  • Eastern Massachusetts Champions
  • Boston Globe Freshman of the Year
  • Boston Globe All-scholastic all four years
  • 4-year batting average 412%
  • Member of the Junior Olympic East Baseball Team “84”
  • Member of the Natick Baseball Legion World Series Team

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Dean Webb

Best All Around Senior Athlete Award

Footbal:

  • 1958 scored 66 points team record 9-0
  • Suburban Free Press Award: Most Valuable Football Player
  • Scored 3 touchdowns against Miltion (68, 49, 35 yards)
  • 1958 Football Captain
  • First Team: All Bay State League Team
  • Globe All Scholastic B Team
  • Felchville Alumni Club Trophy: Outstanding Player in Natick-Framingham Game

Hockey

  • Starting Defenseman 1957-1958
  • Eastern Mass League Champions
  • Boston Record American and Sunday Advertiser All-Scholastic Team
  • Most Valuable Player
  • Played every minute of every hockey game
  • Cathill Americans Trophy for Outstanding Player

Golf:

  • Shot 31 at age 13
  • Placed 2nd at Jaycee Golf Tournament
  • Captain golf team Junior and Senior Years
  • Club Champion at Natick Country Club 1959

Track:

  • Placed 5th in 300 Meter Dash at State Track Meet at Boston Garden

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Joe Pryor

Best All Around Athlete 1963

Football:

  • Bay State League All-Star Junior & Senior Years
  • Boston Globe All Scholastic 1962
  • Boston Herald All Scholastic 1962
  • Patriot Ledger All Scholastic 1962
  • Selected as one of only 33 students for the
  • National High School All American Football Team

Basketball

  • Bay State League Most Valuable Player 1962-1963
  • Bay State League All Star Junior & Senior Years
  • Most points scored in three-year varsity career: 866 points
  • Most point scored in 2 tournament games: 33 points

Baseball:

  • Bay State League All Star Junior Year
  • Varsity Career Pitching Record: 15-1
Mike Kane

Wrestling:

  • Captain 1988-1989 Team
  • Natick’s First State Champion 1989
  • Division 1 State Champion 171 lbs. 1989
  • 5th Place New England Wrestling Championships 1989
  • Division 1 Central Sectional Champion (Outstanding Wrestler Award) 1989
  • Boston Globe All-Scholastic 1989
  • Boston Herald All Scholastic 1989
  • Middlesex News Wrestler of the Year 1989
  • 15-0 Dual Meet Record 1989
  • Montgomery Memorial Award – Natick High School’s Most Dedicated Athlete 1989
  • Member of the 1989 Massachusetts Junior National Wrestling Team
  • 3rd Place Division 1 Central Sectional Championships 171 lbs. 1988

Football:

  • Bay State Conference All-Second Team Offensive Guard 1988
  • Natick Football “All Decade Team” – 1982-1992 – 1st Team Offensive Guard – Natick Bulletin

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Frank Varrichione

Football:

  • Member of the 1947 team with a record of 8-0-1
  • First team in NHS history to finish with an undefeated season.
  • Midland League Champions 1947
  • Finished fourth in the state wide Class “C” ranking
  • Started as a 14 Year old sophomore
  • 3 Year Record of 19-6-2
  • One of the most feared linemen of his time
  • Awarded scholarship to Notre Dame in 1951 under legendary coach Frank Leahy

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