Xaverian in a sentence

Colvin Callahan’s goal in overtime propelled Xaverian (4-0) to a 2-1 win over Hingham in the High School Hockey Holiday Classic championship game, capping off Cole Pouliot-Porter’s 29 saves in net.

It felt like Xaverian would run away with after a pair of 4-yard Hasselbeck touchdown runs in the second half, but Everett kept fighting back.

Xaverian led at halftime, 14-12, but Prep took the second-half kickoff and drove right down the field.

After starring at Xaverian, where he was named the 2014 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year, he turned in a standout college career at Northwestern.

Among the varsity high school programs scheduled to play are Canton, Westwood, Xaverian and Stoughton.

Hasselbeck is the third Gatorade Massachusetts Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Xaverian Brothers High School.

In Catholic Central action, Will Baltas recorded a hat trick to lead St. John’s (S) to a 3-1 victory over Xaverian.

Xaverian Brother Daniel Conaghan died Sept. 21 at Nazareth Home.

Xaverian’s tenacity was on full display in the fourth quarter.

Save after save from both netminders kept their schools in it, all serving as an excitable pretense to the decisive blow – a Matty Ryan power play goal to help Xaverian (6-1-2) eventually claim a 3-1 win in front of a packed crowd at the Canton Ice House.

Xaverian went on to win a hard-fought game, 28-22, but paid a big price, The starting backfield tandem of Shayne Kaminski and Kenny Kern went down with ankle injuries in the first half.

Guests were serenaded by the sounds of three high school bands, from James Madison’s marching band, Fort Hamilton’s color guard, and Xaverian’s multi-instrument ensemble, which provided the musical soundtrack for the kickoff ceremony.

Xaverian Brother Kenney Gorman, right, tutored Pablo Ortiz, left, and Emilce Mora, center, in English as a Second Langugage Oct. 14 at Doors to Hope.

Xaverian’s Ryan Pomposelli scored on the power play with 4:37 left in the second to cut into the deficit, but BC’s Brian Bulger got it back just 10-seconds later making it 5-1.

Del George served as an assistant coach at Xaverian under Lou Piccola starting in 2011, a year in which the Clippers won the city championship.

Gardner, meanwhile, was the complete defensive package for Xaverian, always finding ways to shut down the opposition’s top scoring threat while being a groundball machine on faceoffs.

On Saturday, the Xaverian varsity hockey team followed both of these directives that are seemingly instilled into every product that leaves 800 Clapboardtree Street with a diploma.

The last time Wellesley and Xaverian baseball met back on May 30 in Westwood, 19 runs were scored in an offensive showcase.

The top of the fourth inning was when the momentum really began to swing in Xaverian’s favor, as Langan struck out a pair of batters to begin the frame before allowing a walk and a base hit to put men at first and second with two away.

The food was simple, and the Xaverian Brothers who ran the school insisted on strict discipline; corporal punishment was common.