Local roundup: Lebanon girls lax toughs out another Kearsarge win
Sydney Gonyea
Modified: 5/20/2021 11:06:22 PM
NORTH SUTTON, N.H. The Lebanon High girls lacrosse team escaped Kearsarge with a second straight hard-fought win on Thursday afternoon, an 8-6 nailbiter over the Cougars in summer-like conditions.
The win is the second this week for the Raiders (9-3) over Kearsarge following an 11-10 win in Lebanon on Tuesday. Catherine Cole led a balanced effort for the Raiders with three goals and an assist.
“Overall, it was a great team effort. It’s a lot to play two tough games in three days against the same team,” Lebanon coach Sara Ecker said. “The girls came out focused and read to play today, having made some adjustments at practice yesterday.”
HANOVER The Hanover High boys tennis team won the second of three straight matches this week to close the regular season, beating visiting Derryfield, 8-1, on Tuesday afternoon at the Storrs Pond Recreation Area courts.Coach Jarrod Shaheen was.
Local roundup: Marathon match caps Wasps’ tennis win
Staff Reports
Modified: 5/15/2021 1:45:50 PM
WOODSTOCK The Woodstock High boys tennis team won its third straight contest on Friday at home, defeating Burr & Burton, 4-3.
Woodstock (5-2) won one doubles match by forfeit. Otto Nisimblat and Jake Singelais cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win in the other. Nixon Malik won his singles match, 6-4, 6-3.
But the highlight of Woodstock’s victory was Cooper Dorsogna’s singles encounter. He fought for more than two hours to outduel Burr & Burton’s Christo Buckley, 4-6, 6-3, 10-6.
Wasps head coach Dave Miles said the match featured long, hard-fought rallies, particularly in the tiebreaker.
Local roundup: Patience pays for Windsor softball
Kate Murphy
Modified: 5/1/2021 10:25:59 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION Patience proved to be a virtue for the Windsor High softball team on Saturday.
The Yellowjackets (3-2) combined seven hits with 15 walks and used them to earn a 19-3 win over Hartford in a five-inning Southern Vermont League softball contest at Hartford High School. As for the hit parade, Hannah Wood, Paige Kleefisch and Kate Murphy led the way by driving in three runs apiece. Wood and Murphy both went 2-for-3, and Kleefisch delivered all of her RBIs with a three-run homer in the third inning.
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.