BHS Dance Team Wins 7th Straight State Title

Braintree High's Varsity Dance Team won first place in the all styles division at the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association (MSSAA) Fall State Dance Championship, Nov. 20 at Hingham High School. 

This is the seventh consecutive year the team has captured the dance title since the MSSAA sanctioned the competition as a fall State competition in 2008. The Wamps swept the dance competition season in 2012-2013, placing first in the Bay State conference and winning both State and New England titles.

The fall 2013 state championship team includes (pictured above), front: assistant coach Lindsay Coleman, Gabbi Fiedor, Alex Dean, Nicole Coloma, Meg McCarthy, Marissa Balsamo, Claudia McHugh and coach Jamie Campbell.

Middle: Molly O’Toole, Julia Mahoney, Hannah Stewart, Abby Sullivan, Emma DiBona, Emily DiGiusto, Shae Vartanian, Jackie Swan, Danielle Tressler and Sarah Foley.

Back: Felicia McDevitt, Caroline Shadduck, Jane McAvinn, Krista Lowe, Haley 
Norton, Kelly Martin and Keziah Odom.

–Patti DiBona