High schools: Concord girls’ lax picks up first win, Tide softball handed first loss in pitchers’ duel

Published: 04-25-2024 9:09 AM

Girls’ Lacrosse

Concord 20, Nashua North 7

Key players: Concord – Emma Pelletier (8 goals, 5 draw controls), Sofia Payne (6 goals, 2 assist), Sarah Leuci (3 goals, 10 draw controls), Sydney Brown (goal, assist), Ava Philbrook (goal, assist), Malie Ramshaw (goal, assist), Charlotte Dill (defense), Lilly Merrill (defense), Emelia Raimo (defense), Lexi Magee (defense)

Highlights: Concord led 9-5 at halftime and dominated the draw.

Coach’s quote: “I was very pleased with how the girls transitioned the ball through the midfield. Their ability to move the ball as a team on offense, and get a quality shot off, was also impressive.” – Concord’s Terry Anderson

Records: Concord 1-4; Nashua North 0-6

Boys’ Lacrosse

St. Thomas 18, Concord 7

Key players: Concord – Carter Dougherty (5 goals, 2 assists), Will Chorlian (2 goals), Braden Beauregard (2 assists), Jaden Haas (assist), Tyler Morin (assist), Logan Shimer and Harry Snow (goalies)

Records: St. Thomas 3-1; Concord 2-6

Softball

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Londonderry 3, Concord 0

Key players: Londonderry – Elisabeth Kearney (7 IP, 2 H, 17 K); Concord – Delaney Duford (double), Andie Moreira (single), Maddy Wachter (6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER)

Highlights: Londonderry broke a scoreless tie with a pair of runs in the fifth inning after some hard hits in the gaps.

Coach’s quote: “Great pitchers duel through a scoreless four innings. We were swinging the bat, but its hard to score with only four base runners. Hats off to Kearney, she pitched a great game.” – Concord’s Duke Sawyer

Records: Londonderry 5-1; Concord 5-1

Baseball

Londonderry 15, Concord 9

Key players: Concord – Mitch Coffey (3.2 IP, 1 H, 7 K; hit, 2 runs), Alex Turant (2 hits, run, 2 RBI), Trevor Craigue (2 hits, 2 runs, RBI), Dawson Fancher (hit, 2 RBI), Brett McDonough (hit, run), Joey Mangone (hit), Noah Chrabolowski (hit, run, RBI), Alex Lewis (run), Matt Jenness (run)

Highlights: Concord was down 15-2 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, but plated seven runs and had the bases loaded when the Lancers recorded the final out.

Coach’s quote: “Great bottom of the seventh inning. This team does not quit. Love the compete level and we will keep working off of that.” – Concord’s Scott Owen

Records: Londonderry 6-1; Concord 2-6

Bow 6, Lebanon 5

Key players: Bow  – Sean Guerette (win, 5 R, 3 H), Brady Lover (hit), Dillan Abbate (hit), Colby Smith (hit), Caleb Szafran (hit)

Highlights: The Falcons went up 4-0 in the first inning, led 5-0 through two innings and held on from there.

Records: Bow 4-1; Lebanon 2-2

John Stark 5, Oyster River 1

Key players: John Stark – Chase Philibotte (win, 4 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 10 K), Aiden Harris (2-for-4, 2 RBI, run), Deltyn Williams (save, 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K; RBI single), Hayden Pond (great defense in CF), Joey Dykstra (1-for-2, walk, HBP, run, stolen base)

Highlights: Generals got a clutch two-run single from Harris in the first to get things started then added three in the third, highlighted by Williams’ and Ben LaBrecque RBI singles.

Coach’s quote: “Chase battled wildness today, but his breaking ball kept him in it and Deltyn was solid in relief. Had a few clutch hits and definitely our best defensive game to date.” – John Stark’s Dennis Pelletier

Records: John Stark 5-0; Oyster River 3-3

Souhegan 18, Pembroke 7, 5 inn.

Key players: Pembroke – Devin Riel (2-for-3, double, 2 runs), Josh Goyette (2-for-3, run, 2 RBI), Sean Bonisteel (hit), Zac Bemis (hit), Josh Maccarone (hit), Evan Purtell (first varsity hit), Eric Maccarone (hit)

Highlights:  Pembroke scored five runs in the top of the first inning, but Souhegan responded with eight in the bottom of the frame and 10 more in the third to close out the victory in five innings.

Records: Souhegan 5-2; Pembroke 2-2

Girls’ Tennis

Keene 9, Pembroke 0

Key players: Pembroke – Gabby DeMarco (No. 6 singles)

Highlights: DeMarco played in her first singles match, losing a competitive 8-4 match at No. 6.

Coach’s quote: “Keene is a strong team. We were fortunate to get to play when the rained stopped and the courts dried.” – Pembroke’s David Goulet

Records: Keene 3-1; Pembroke 0-5

Boys’ Track

Winnisquam 3rd

Key players: Winnisquam – Brendan Goodwin (3rd 200, 5th 100), David Swain (2nd 1,600), Avery Woods (2nd 300 hurdles), Carl Edwardson (3rd triple jump), Taber Haggett (3rd javelin), Dylan Griffin (4th javelin), Ari Booth (5th long jump, 5th triple jump), Wade Fournier (5th 300 hurdles, tied 6th high jump), Henry Osmer (6th 400), Kyle Voight (6th 300 hurdles), 4x400 (1st), 4x100 (2nd)

Highlights:  The Bears finished third out of nine teams in a meet at Kennett. Kennett (102), Fryeburg, Maine (96), Winnisquam (66.33), St. Thomas (54), Plymouth (47), Kingswood (41.33), White Mountains (37), Berlin (27.33) and Gorham (5) were the team scores.

Girls’ Track

Winnisquam 2nd

Key players: Winnisquam – Lauren MacDonald (1st shot put, 1st discus, 2nd javelin), Victoria Kelly (1st javelin, 1st 300 hurdles, 3rd 100 hurdles), Denessa Williams (3rd 200), Zariah Moore (3rd long jump), Leah Morrison (3rd triple jump), Devin Timmons (4th shot put, 5th discus, 5th javelin), Vanessa Power (4th discus)Kaiden Robb (5th 400), Kyra Russell (5th shot put), 4x100 (2nd)

Highlights:  The Bears finished second out of eight teams in a meet at Kennett. Kennett (104) narrowly beat Winnisquam (96) for first, while Plymouth (68), Fryeburg, Maine (57), Kingswood (46), Berlin (36), St. Thomas (21) and White Mountains (17) rounded out the team scores.