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Handicapping The Local High School Tournament Games…

a peppy betting application revolves around massachusetts high private school sports. it tends to pick up in intensity after the nfl season is over, and serves to fill a nice rescind in a bettor’s late-winter life.

A lot of bookies won’t take action on schoolchildren… but a lot will, so we here at CCToday will do our darndest to make sure that you don’t get rooked like a chess piece…. cuz Suckas Gotz To Know.

Remember… always bet carefully on games that can be thrown by someone giving a kid a pair of Timberlands… unless you’re the one giving out the Timberlands.

Here are some marquee matchups, and how we’re betting them.

Point spreads are good as of 2-29-08, 9 AM.

Division 1 North Boy’s Basketball

East Boston at Charlestown (-17)

Charlestown is a state power in basketball… which is kind of funny because it’s a heavily Irish town, with a black neighborhood occupying roughly the same footprint as the Sagamore Christmas Tree Shop. As recently as 2005, none of their players actually lived in Charlestown. Charlestown is 21-0, Eastie is 16-4, and a 17 point spread is too good for them. Take the Townies.

Malden at Central Catholic (-10)

Malden (14-6) is a tough town, but Central (19-2) gets to recruit more heavily. I’ll take CC to win, but I’ll give Malden (one of my teams used to call the Malden YMCA a home court, as we were too ghetto to have our own court… we even played one game outdoors) the benefit of the doubt, thinking that this one might be close.

Cambridge at Everett (-3)

Ev is 19-1, while the ‘Bridge is 15-3. This game may actually be superior than ones you’ll see in Division 2 college ball. My gut says Cambridge, but that itty-bitty point spread is talking to this columnist. Ahhh…..ummmm… Cambridge.

Lexington at Lowell (-8)

Suburban kids go into the city = Never Good. 19-1 vs 16-4. Lowell, by even twice that spread.

Division 1 South Boy’s Hoop

Madison Park at Brockton (-14)

Rock City is 19-2, while Maddy is a humble 10-8. I don’t think Maddy will win, but I think they’ll beat that spread.

North Quincy vs Framingham (-5)

15-7 at 14-6. I’ll take NQ, almost entirely because of the spread.

Taunton at BC High (-10)

Taunton is 12-6, while BC High is 17-3. Unless someone on Taunton goes off for 35 or so, I’ll tolerate that fat spread and take BCH.

Weymouth at Newton North (-6)

15-7 at 15-5. I have a cousin in Weymouth, so I choose them.

Girls Division 1 South Hoops

North Quincy at Franklin (-7)

Franklin was 17-3 in a weak conference, while NQ went 13-5 playing more urban schools. I’d take them (NQ) as 7 point favorites, and I’d leap at them as 7 point underdogs. I also lived in Quincy briefly, so I’m going Homer here.

New Bedford at Brockton (-3)

15-5 at 16-4… this one should be a slobberknocker, but I’ll take Rockton holding off New Beddy to beat the spread.

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Weymouth at Barnstable (+1)

The bookies disrespect 16-4 Barney, while giving 13-5 Weymouth a little too much credit. Few carrots are dangled before the bettor more effectively than a Home ‘Dog, and I’m taking the bait. Go Barney!

If Barnstable wins, the semifinal game is Sandwich at Barnstable. 12-6 Sandwich sits over the supine corpse of Marsh Vegas (Sandwich beat Marshfield 53-38 last night) as we speak, simply waiting for their sisters from the mid-Cape to make it a date.

Divison 2 South Girls Hoop

Notre Dame at Bishop Feehan (-14)

20-0 meets 14-7…. bet Feehan.

Whitman-Hanson at Wellesley (-6)

Even all these years after high school Buy Soma…Duxbury girls can’t root for Whitman-Hanson girls, let alone bet on them to win…. UNLESS they’re playing the team that knocked Duxbury out, at which point I hope they pound those sluts. Gimme that W/H, baby! 17-4 at 17-3, incidentally.

Dighton-Rehoboth vs. Walpole (-3)

Walpole (18-2) is always good, so look for them to stomp a mudhole in 16-4 D/R.

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Medfield at Silver Lake (-12)

Monponsett is in the SilverLake (18-2) school district… kinda. I choose them over bumbling (13-7) Medfield, even with that cruel spread.

Divison 3 South Boys Hoop

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