Bedford Sports Talk

Friday, January 20, 2012

BASKETBALL

Fourth-grade girls travel

The Bedford fourth-grade girls travel team finished the opening week with two victories. After an opening season loss to Merrimack, 22-7, the girls came back strong with two victories.

At Derry the girls won 31-10 and followed it up against Pelham in a 25-24 victory in overtime. The girls struggled early as they got down 10-0 against Pelham. The team pulled together and played great defense the rest of the way. Ella Natale controlled the boards while Sophia Lathram and Alli Morgan played shut down defense. Amanda Jonas led the offense with 11 points and Torrance Ayotte added eight points.

Third- and fourth-grade girls

The Bedford Hills ladies defeated The Inside Scoop 23-9. Maeve Jackson and Giavanna Allsop saw great defense and hustle. Katie Hirnak kept the Scoopers in the game in the first half with contributions on both ends of the court while Emily O’Brien supplied the energy.

TRM Microwave outlasted NH Orthopedic Center 13-10. TRM’s offense was lead by Torrance Ayotte and Rachael Noble. Isabelle Wiggins and Morgan Koellmer also each scored a basket for TRM. Brianna Rainey, Abby Gilligan, and Brooke Gould led NH Orthopedic offensively, while defensively, Paige Adams came up with many key steals.

Oztek Corp fell victim to the Crazy Monkeys 28-6. Anna Caron and Carolyn Tierney had outstanding games for Oztek with tough defensive efforts combined with offensive contributions. The Crazy Monkeys had strong team defense, sparked by Isabella Kraskinski and Emma Pate leading the way.

Fifth- and sixth-grade girls

Active Body Studio had another strong offensive performance on the way to a 20-10 win over Precision Letter Corp. Mary McGuire lead ABS with 10 points while Erica Gettings contributed six. Chloe Adams and Molly Kraus played strong defense. Precision Letter Corp. had balanced scoring with Molly Elrick scoring four points and Hannah Rinko contributing three.

It was a close contest throughout the game with New Hampshire Motor Speedway edging out Groundskeepers Unlimited 14-12. NHMS was lead by Lexi Hawtin with eight points and Stephanie Ropes contributed four. Groundskeepers Unlimited had balanced scoring from several players with Grace Rooney leading the offense with four points.

Bedford Self-Storage jumped out to an early lead and held off a second-half charge by defeating Youth League Management 18-12. Corrie LaBelle lead BSS with eight points with Jennifer Appleby contributing six. Leading the offense for YLM was Katelyn Helton with four points and Sofia Anderson playing strong defense.

Seventh- and eighth-grade girls

Abigail Ramsay’s 11 points led BARC’s offense to a victory over Pension Design Services 25-15. Rachel Wells and Isabelle Clark’s tough defense and offensive scoring stood out among a complete team effort by BARC. Rachel Larrivee lead Pension Design with seven points. Emily Peach knocked in six second-half points to spark a come back that fell short.

Sojourn Partners defeated Arbors of Bedford 22-10. Louisa Berman and Abby Peters had good baskets for Arbors while Autymn and Alicia LaLiberte played great defense. Sydney Ford and Meghan Glock each had four points to led Sojourn’s offense.

Phi Slamma Jamma defeated Rock 101 21-15. Meghan Foley led all players with nine points, followed by Kira Fahmy with six, and Phi Slamma Jamma got great floor leadership from Annie Sasso and Emily Curran. Kat Cusack led Rock 101 with five points.

BASEBALL

Donate equipment

Do you have any new or used baseball or softball equipment you are looking to donate or get rid of? Ricky Salvatore is collecting it for his Bar Mitzvah Social Action Project and donating it to the most needy places around the world. You can drop your equipment off in one of the bins at The Bedford Little League Complex, Swenson, or Selvoski Baseball Fields. Please feel free to call 472-3170 or e-mail him at rscatch9@comcast.net.

GSBL logo contest

Do you have what it takes to create a new logo for Granite State Over-30 Baseball League? As part of the GSBL’s 20th year celebration, the league is paying $100 for a new logo. The winning logo will be selected by the league board from all submissions, and in the case of a tie, the executive board will decide.

The creator of the winning submission will receive $100 in cash as payment for the logo. The new logo doesn’t have to contain the wording “The Granite State Over-30 League” but should at least say “GSBL” if the full league name is not incorporated into the logo. The new logo is encouraged to be in the tradition of existing red, white and blue league logos, if possible (see examples at www.gsbl.net), but it can deviate from the traditional elements, if necessary.

Only the winning submission will become property of the league. Logo submissions should be made by April 7 by sending the logo as an e-mail attachment to saraceno21@aol.com (in 3 different sizes if possible, small, medium and large). Please let John Saraceno know if you have any questions at saraceno21@aol.com or by calling 571-8361.

BASKETBALL

Rockettes looking for players

The Granite State Rockettes girls basketball club will hold tryouts for the spring 2012 season at Southside Middle School at 140 South Jewett Street in Manchester on Jan. 22. Interested players may fill out an application at the door or contact Steve Signor at 668-6511 or send an to e-mail coachsignor@gmail.com. A copy of birth certificate is required with application.