Softball: 2021 Varsity Maine All-State team
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Chantelle Bouchard, Biddeford junior, catcher: Bouchard swept the SMAA awards this year, earning honors as defensive player of the year, offensive player of the year and player of the year. She helped the Tigers to the Class A state title game by hitting a team-high .513 with six home runs, 36 RBI and 20 runs. She had a .976 fielding percentage.
Jaycie Christopher, Skowhegan junior, shortstop: A smooth fielder, Christopher was a big reason the River Hawks won the Class A state title. Batting second in the lineup, she led the team in hits, batting .602 with 10 doubles, one home run, 32 runs, 22 RBI and 21 stolen bases. Christopher has verbally committed to play basketball at Boston University.
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Girls’ lacrosse: Lily Schwartzman, Kennebunk
The state s most prolific scorer was laser-focused on the Rams winning their first Class A state title.
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A season that began in a 10-day quarantine – lifted just prior to the first game after three players had tested positive for COVID-19 – ended with championship hardware after Kennebunk went 16-0 and claimed its first Class A girls’ lacrosse state title.
It seemed appropriate that senior captain Lily Schwartzman cradled the ball in the netting of her stick for large chunks of the final minutes, literally running out the clock on a 9-8 victory over two-time defending champ Falmouth at Fitzpatrick Stadium.
Boys’ lacrosse: 2021 Varsity Maine All-State team
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Holden Anderson, Windham senior, midfield: One of nine boys’ All-America selections in Maine, Anderson was one of the best in the state taking faceoffs, winning 82 percent against a tough schedule. He scored 12 goals, to go with 18 assists and 108 ground balls as a two-way middie. He will continue his career at Vassar College.
Alex Callahan, Scarborough senior, defense: An All-America selection, the sturdy 6-foot-1 defender excelled and earned respect against the state’s best teams. Callahan had 33 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers. He will continue his career at Seton Hill, a top Division II program in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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Boys’ lacrosse: Archie McEvoy, Cape Elizabeth
The senior attack was the unquestioned leader and quarterback of the undefeated Class A champions explosive offense.
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With the ball, Archie McEvoy could be a magician, feinting one way and then using a small sliver of space to rifle a pass to a teammate or pick the open spot in the net for his own shot.
But it was what the Cape Elizabeth senior did without the ball that may have been most important.
Cape Elizabeth senior captain Archie McEvoy talks with his coach, Ben Raymond, at halftime of a game against York in April.