High School Wrapup

Thursday, January 28, 2010

JAN. 26

BOYS BASKETBALL:

SOUHEGAN 61, H/B 44

Devin Gilligan had 15 points and Ryan Redmond 10 as the visiting Sabers, who led 29-18 at the half, raised their record to 6-3.

Trevor Nierendorf led the Cavs, who fell to 3-6, with 17 points while Miles Tobin added 10.

GIRLS BASKETBALL:

BEDFORD 57, MILFORD 49 (OT)

Taylor Sacco scored five points in the final minute-plus of regulation to send the game into overtime for the Spartans, but they were outscored 11-3 in the extra period to fall to 1-8 on the year.

Sacco finished with 14 points while Dina Pitsas led the Spartans with 15.

Bedford’s Molly McGowan led all scorers with 20, including six in overtime.

GIRLS BASKETBALL:

SOUHEGAN 64, H/B 61

In a game that went back and forth throughout the fourth quarter, Souhegan sophomore Jane White put the Sabers ahead for good with a basket with 1:37 left, then made two clutch free throw with eight seconds left.

Jackie Jones had 11 of her 16 points in second half Souhegan, who also got 16 points from junior guard Christan Wojtas.

White was also in double figures with 12 for the Sabers (8-1).

Hollis/Brookline (8-1), which suffered its first loss of the season, had four players finish in double figures, led by sophomore guard Katie Stopera with 16 points.

Kelly Morgan added 14 for the Cavs, while Julia Stopera and Sultana Svirk had 13 each.

JAN. 23

WRESTLING:

PELHAM 42, MILFORD 36

Connor Borne (130 pounds), Joe Albina (160) and Josh Kilgore (189) all recorded pins for wins of their respective matches only to watch their team suffer a six-point loss in Pelham.

BOYS HOCKEY: BELMONT/GILFORD 5, SOUHEGAN 4 (OT)

Quinn Carroll scored two goals and assisted on two more and goalie Eric Hayden made 37 saves, but the Sabers dropped to 4-4 on the season with an overtime loss at Conway Arena.

Ben Rafferty (one goal, one assist), Dan Conroy (one goal), Carson Burke (one assist) and Steve Bailey (one assist) joined Carroll in Souhegan’s scorebook.

Belmont/Gilford scored the game-winner with 5:20 left in the extra session.

JAN. 22

BOYS BASKETBALL:

SOUHEGAN 70, CON-VAL 55

The Sabers (5-3) snapped a three game losing streak with a convincing win over the Cougars (1-7) in Amherst. Nick Hession had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds while Devin Gilligan had a team-high 21 points. Jake Nelson added 14 points off the bench while DJ Petropulos also scored in double figures with 10.

BOYS BASKETBALL:

MILFORD 74, MERR. VALLEY 43

Jamie Holder scored 10 of his 17 points in the third quarter and Mike O’Loughlin had a game-high 22 points to lead the Spartans (7-1) to a victory over the Pride (4-4).

Kyle Nelson added 11 points in the win while Dan Desmaris had seven.

GIRLS BASKETBALL:

WLC 58, CONCORD CHRISTIAN 28

Marika Thompson scored a team-high 10 points and Hannah Crosby added nine of her own to lead a balanced Warriors attack. Brittany Tyler stepped up from junior varsity to score seven, while Kalie Randlett and Sammi Blais chipped in with six each.

BOYS BASKETBALL:

WLC 63, CONCORD CHRISTIAN 42

Aaron Davis scored a game-high 16 points, while A.J. Gersky and Tory Rysnik scored 12 each in the Warriors’ 21-point win at home. Davis drained three 3-pointers in the win, while Steven Heck chipped in offensively with eight points for the Warriors.

JAN. 21

BOYS BASKETBALL:

WLC 49, HINSDALE 44

Tory Rysnik and Steven Heck recorded double-doubles to lead Wilton-Lyndeborough to a 49-44 win over Hinsdale in Wilton.

Rysnik finished the night with a team-high 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Heck poured in 10 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. Kyle Jennings chipped in with seven assists in the win.

GIRLS BASKETBALL:

WLC 45, HINSDALE 36

Marika Thompson scored 10 points, while teammates Alex Bosquet and Sam Broderick chipped in with seven each as the Warriors took a road win.

INDOOR TRACK:

SABERS’ PERET SHINES

Fifteen schools consisting of a little more than 400 athletes participated in Souhegan High School’s non-scoring meet at the Hampshire Dome on Wednesday night.

This was the last chance for athletes to improve their marks or qualify for further meets during the season, and many did just that.

Mike Peret had another outstanding day for the Sabers, setting a school record in the 55 meter dash with a first place time of 6.4 seconds – the fastest time in Class I this season. He followed that performance with another Class I-best run of the season in 36.9 for first in the 300-meter run. He also won the high jump at 5 feet, 10 inches.

Also on the boys’ team, Dennis Elverson qualified for the Class I meet with a seasonal-best 38.8 in the 300 meter.

On the girls’ side, Angela Blume added her name to the Class I qualifiers in the 600 meters with a personal-best of 1:47.9, as did Csilla V’amos with a respectable 11:28.1 in the 3,000-meter run. Kelsey Knight lowered her Class I time in the hurdles with a 9.1, and Jade Humphreys qualified in the 300 meters with a personal-best of 45.0.

The girls’ 4x800 team of Blume, Molly Mirhashem, Arianne Bennett and Hillary Wilson improved their seeding for the Class I meet by running a 10:44.3.

ALPINE SKIING:

SABERS SECOND

Souhegan High School and Hollis/Brookline High School finished second and third, respectively, in both ends of a ski meet at Crotched Mountain. Derryfield captured first in both sides.

Locals finishing in the top 15 for the boys were: Milford’s Ben Lambert (second); Souhegan’s Tucker Brown (fourth), Scott Doyle (sixth), Alexander Kempf (10th) and Joe Cici (14th); and the Hollis/Brookline duo of Evan Cooke (seventh) and Pat Doyle (12th).

Locals finishing in the top 15 for the girls were: Souhegan’s Evelyn French (second), Tori Brooks (fifth), AJ Newell (sixth), Mary Leger (ninth) and Emily Ballentine (10th); and Hollis/Brookline’s Haley Farwell (11th).

JAN. 20

NORDIC SKIING: SOUHEGAN

TEAMS SWEEP AT PLYMOUTH

Nick Murphy won the boys 5K race with a time of 14:15 and Marissa Ashcraft finished second in the girls race to lead the Sabers nordic ski teams to a win in four-team meet held in Plymouth.

On the boys’ side, the Sabers won with a team score of 391 points and they were followed by Kennett (380), Plymouth (360) and Kingswood (349).

In addition to Murphy winning the boys’ race, his teammates took home five of the other nine top places.

Anthony Caruso (16:02), Brant Mullens (16:41) and Alex Rodd (16:56) took home third through fifth place while Jack Chapman (eighth overall) and Matt Benoit (10th) were the other two top 10 finishers.

In the girls’ meet, the Sabers finished with 388 points, followed by Kingswood (370), Plymouth (364), and Kennett (100). Overall, the Sabers had six skiers in the top 10 with Ashcraft finishing second with a time of 19:34.

Rachel Springmann (20:28, third), Pia Marciano (21:54, fifth), Megan Lynch (22:35, sixth), Katherine Benoit (23:29, seventh) and Christina Clemence (23:52, 10th) also finished in the top 10 for Souhegan.

BOYS HOCKEY:

SOUHEGAN 5, CON-VAL 3

Quinn Carroll scored three goals and added an assist and goalie Erik Hayden stopped 27 shots to lead the Sabers (4-3) to victory at Conway Arena.

Ben Rafferty and Joe Stacey scored the other goals for Souhegan while Carson Burke and Evan Dressel each had an assist. Captain Steve Bailey played well on the defensive end while Jesse Brill played well up front in the win.

JAN. 19

BOYS BASKETBALL:

PELHAM 44, SOUHEGAN 36

Souhegan rallied from a 14-point first-half deficit to pull within one (33-32) with six minutes left, but Pelham put it away down the stretch to hand the Sabers (4-3) their third straight loss.

Devin Gilligan had 11 points and was the only Souhegan player in double figures as the Sabers shot just 29 percent from the floor and turned the ball over 26 times.

Junior forward Stephen Spirou had 14 points to lead the winners, and junior forward Michael Lombard added 11 points and 11 rebounds.