The High 5 Athletes for Friday, March 23, is the state champion Danvers High boys ice hockey team. The Falcons completed a Cinderella-like run with an amazing comeback victory over Boston Latin in last Sunday's Division 2 State Final at the FleetCenter. The Falcons improbably rallied from one-goal deficits not once, not twice -- but three times against mighty Latin. Then, with 51 seconds left, Bryan Duggan gave Danvers its first lead of the game. The Falcons made that lead stick for those forever-long final ticks of the clock, and the state championship plaque was theirs. It was just rewards for one of the most consistently strong programs in the state. See Mike Lynch's Report "They left everything on the ice in that third period," Falcons coach Kevin Flynn said. "The only lead we had was for those final 51 seconds, but those are the ones that count the most, I guess." What adds to the tale is the story of Duggan, who was speared in the first period and wasn't sure if he would return. "But I wasn't going to go out like that," Duggan said -- and returned to score the game-winner. High 5, a weekly look at a Massachusetts high school athlete, is in its 16th year of providing Channel 5 viewers an indepth look at one of the Bay State's finest. Check here every week to see who Mike Lynch picks to win this week's award. Previous High 5s:

• March 9, 2001: Framingham hockey sniper Katie Cox
• March 2, 2001: Dana Hall School fencing team
• Feb. 16, 2001: Westford Academy basketball star Jessalyn Deveny
• Feb. 9, 2001: Keefe Tech wrestler Billy Rimbach
• Feb. 2, 2001: Charlestown point guard Antonio Chatman
• Jan. 26, 2001: Melrose basketball star Quiana Copeland
• Jan. 19, 2001: Norwood three-sport star Alfred Fincher
• Jan. 12, 2001: Braintree basketball star Jade Leitao
• Jan. 5, 2001: Woburn wrestler Michael Parziale
• Nov. 24, 2000: Savio Prep running back Stephen Grillo
• Nov. 17, 2000: Belmont High senior soccer star Laina Ceddia
• Nov. 10, 2000: Woburn golf team
• Nov. 3, 2000: Fitchburg quarterback Jason Twomley
• Oct. 27, 2000: Marian soccer striker Kristin Goddard
• Oct. 20, 2000: Walpole field hockey goalie Christine Buckley
• Oct. 13, 2000: Malden running back Rick Bethelmie
• Sept. 29, 2000: Brockton football coach Armond Colombo
• Sept. 22, 2000: Braintree football team