The Big Three Award

The Big Three Award

The Big Three Award is given to the top 1, 2, 3 combo in the state. When Danny Ainge brought in Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett in the summer of 2007, the Celtics instantly became the most popular team in the NBA. The Celtics jumped right out of the gate as they won 30 of their first 34 games behind the brilliance of Pierce, Allen, and Garnett. The reason why I chose to write about THIS big three and not the recent is because all three players meshed together. Ray Allen is the shooting specialist who will go down as maybe the greatest shooter ever in the NBA. Garnett is the crafty low post scorer who will certainly make the Hall of Fame when he is done, and then you have Paul Pierce who can shoot, pass, and slash to the basket. I’d like to make a shout out to Paul Pierce as he surpassed the 20,000 point mark last night in their win against the Bucks last night. The thing that really sets them apart from the other big three is that they know their role. The three all met in the summer before their championship run to make a compromise. They all realized that the number of shots that they’d take would go down, and they accepted their roles to make a championship team.






And the winner is……….




Scarborough
Nick Morris, Tom Hague, Zach Brown

All three runners had great seasons as Scarborough won its fourth state title in the last six years. Nick Morris had a phenomenal year as he won the state meet running a time of 16:25.8 while Tom Hague placed sixth (16:48.3) and Zach Brown, who had an off day, placed 22nd (17:26.7). The thing that is remarkable about this “big three” is that they all have run under 17 minutes more than once. At the Festival of Champions “the big three” were all placed in the top 20. Morris led the way that day as he placed 6th (16:36.44) while Tom Hague (16:51.67) and Zach Brown (16:56.99) placed 12th and 16th respectively. They were the reason why Scarborough was so dominant this year, and look for all of them to have great races at the New England Championship’s next Saturday.

Rest of the Top Five

2. Gorham
Logan Marshall, Jeremy Earl, Andy Turner

3. Caribou
Christain Sleeper, DJ Flynn, Celeb Chapman

4. Falmouth
Tim Follo, John Lake, Tom Edmonds

5. Cape
Thomas Bottomley, Reid Douty, Leo Ledman