Wrapup

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Photo courtesy of JEFF HALL Nick Murphy Nordic skates his way to first place in the 10th annual Souhegan Invitational on Saturday at Legacy Park in Bedford.

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WRESTLING MEET OF CHAMPIONS

Milford’s Kilgore comes up short in 189-pound final

Merrimack’s Tyler Baulier was the area’s sole champion at Saturday’s Meet of Champions, which had been shifted from Londonderry High School to Nashua North on an emergency basis as Londonderry’s gym was in use as a shelter.

At 215 pounds, Baulier pinned Steven Dwight of Manchester Memorial at the 3:22 mark, and led the Tomahawks to an area-best team finish in sixth place with 58 points.

Timberlane dominated the meet and nearly tripled the second-place score with 265 points. Baulier’s teammate Mike Trask also made the finals, but lost by pin-fall at 125 pounds.

Josh Kilgore of Milford was the only other area wrestler in a final, losing a 6-4 decision at 189 pounds. Matt Christie of BG finished third at 171, teammate Zach Zemos was fourth at 112.

SWIMMING NEW ENGLANDS

Souhegan’s 200 medley relay team wins title

Souhegan and Nashua North’s swim teams used a “home pool” advantage to have big days at the New England Championships at UNH. The Sabers’ girls 200 medley relay team of Olivia Wons, Mallory Sullivan, Alyssa Peterson and Kelsey Hinrichs won the event and set a school record in the process, narrowly missing the meet record. Hinrichs, Sullivan, Peterson and Emily Rego also set a school record and broke the previous meet record in the 200 free relay, while finishing second. Hinrichs also took third in the in the 100-meter freestyle and the fourth in the 50 freestyle, while Sullivan took fourth in the 100 breast stroke. Souhegan’s boys team was led by Andy Disco, who finished second in the 200-meter backstroke and 100 breaststroke.

Nashua North’s Alexander Hennessy was the area’s only other winner, taking the 50-meter freestyle. Hennessy added a third in the 100 free and helped the Titans to a second-place finish in the 200 meter free relay. North’s 400 freestyle relay team of Jennifer French, Tessa Brouillard, Halley Lizotte and Abigail DeWitt finished second, and French individually finished second in the 200 freestyle.

Bishop Guertin was led by Aron Reynolds, who finished third in the 100-meter backstroke and 200 intermediate as well as joining Cody Gilchrist, Ryan Conceicao and Sam Burnett to finish second in the 200 medley.

NORDIC MEET OF CHAMPIONS

Murphy takes fifth for Sabers at Bear Notch

Nick Murphy of Souhegan had a strong showing at the Nordic Skiing Meet of Champions at Bear Notch Ski Touring Center in Bartlett on Tuesday, picking up a fifth place finish in both the Classic Race and the Skate Race.

In the Classic Race, Murphy finished with a time of 14:55. Keene’s Sam Read won the race with a time of 14:11 and he was followed by Kennett’s Sean Doherty (14:21), Inter-Lakes Austin Hart (14:35), Bow’s Dylan Lucas (14:45) and Murphy.

The same five finished atop the board in the Skate Race with Doherty winning with a time of 12:29 and Reed finishing second at 13:27. Hart was third with a time of 13:38 while Lucas finished just ahead of Murphy with a time of 13:39.