Local roundup: Hanover softball nets first victory of season
Staff Reports
Modified: 4/26/2021 11:23:00 PM
NORWICH Every Hanover High softball player scored at least one run as the Marauders picked up their first victory of the spring season in a 22-10 defeat of Fall Mountain on Monday afternoon.
Hanover (1-4) entered the bottom of the fifth with a two-run lead and scored nine times in the frame to force the mercy rule. Freshman Sage Johnson drove in senior Grace Lewandowski on a sacrifice for the walk-off win.
Senior Emilee Jones pitched all five innings for the Marauders. Junior Izzy Kachikis went 4-for-4 with four singles, four runs scored and one stolen base.
Mascoma pitcher, catcher have joined forces for nearly a decade
Now Mascoma High seniors, Mara Isham, right, has been pitching softballs to Paige Jette, left, since the two were in elementary school.
Mascoma High senior pitcher Mara Isham winds up for a delivery during her elementary school softball days.
Now a Mascoma High senior, Paige Jette has been catching deliveries from teammate Mara Isham, not shown, since the two played elementary school softball.
Mascoma coach Chris Thurston watches pitcher Mara Isham and catcher
Paige Jette perform their workout in the high school parking lot at
practice on Thursday, April, 22, 2021, in West Canaan, N.H. ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Local roundup: Lebanon girls tennis overtakes Bow
Kaeley Skakalski
Modified: 4/19/2021 10:25:34 PM
LEBANON The Lebanon High girls tennis team got its season off to a flying start on Monday, stopping the state runner-up the last time the NHIAA had a Division II tournament.
Kaeley Skakalski won a singles tiebreaker and fought off five match points in her doubles match with partner Keira Hines, giving the D-III Raiders two key points in a 6-3 win over D-II Bow at the Carter Community Building Association courts. Crisi Patel also contributed wins in singles and doubles for Lebanon (1-0). Bow reached the finals of the D-II tourney in 2019, losing to Portsmouth.
Local roundup: Mascoma softball sweeps Lebanon
Mara Isham
Modified: 4/14/2021 10:09:54 PM
Staff Reports
WEST CANAAN Don’t tell anyone around the Mascoma High softball team that the offense will be the last thing to come around after a year away from the diamond.
Two days after putting up double digits in a season-opening win at Lebanon, the Royals made it a sweep with a 10-8 victory over the Raiders on Wednesday. Mascoma (2-0) slapped out nine hits and got two-hit performances from four batters two of whom delivered home runs to get the win.
“The girls have shown up this week, stepping up to the plate and filling the holes left by seniors who were touring colleges,” Mascoma coach Chris Thurston said. “Now we are looking forward to next week’s games against Hanover, when the team is back to full strength.”
Local roundup: Hanover’s Stocken shuts down Sunapee
Wes Stocken
Modified: 4/13/2021 9:50:02 PM
NORWICH The Hanover High baseball team rode six innings of four-hit Wes Stocken pitching and made the most of limited offensive opportunities to earn a 3-2 win over Sunapee on Tuesday at the Dresden Athletic Fields diamond, completing a two-game sweep of the Lakers.
Stocken, a junior, struck out four, walked one and didn’t allow a run after Sunapee (0-2) scored in the top of the second inning to erase an early Hanover run. Junior Josh Bucci worked the seventh for the save, allowing an unearned run.