Madden MVP; 5 Others Chosen as Hutchinson Tourney All-stars
Bellingham’s Wyatt Callery was selected to the Hutchinson Tourney all-star team.
By KEN HAMWEY,
Bulletin Sports Writer
Hopedale’s Patrick Madden was named the Most Valuable Player of the 18th annual Barry Hutchinson Memorial Basketball Tournament.
The Blue Raiders’ senior captain scored 26 points in the tourney’s opening round against Wellesley, enabling the Dual Valley League team to advance to the final where it defeated Wayland, 42-27, to claim the tourney championship. Madden’s three-pointer early in the second quarter of the final put him in an elite category — he became a 1,000-point scorer. That field goal gave him 1,001 points.
Madden, a 5-foot-9 guard, was joined on the all-star team by teammate Keigan Murphy, his partner in the backcourt who grabbed 14 rebounds in the title-winning game against Wayland.
Tourney runner-up Wayland placed two on the all-star cast — Josh Lewis-Guy, a 5-10 guard, and 6-2 forward Owen Williams, whose 11 points against Bellingham in the opening round, played a key role in the Warriors victory. Rounding out the squad were Wellesley forward Spencer Briggs, who scored 23 points in the Raiders’ consolation-game triumph over Bellingham; and Wyatt Callery, Bellingham High’s center who scored 11 points in the opening round against Wayland.
All the players received plaques and Hopedale’s team was presented the c
