Concord 7, Bishop Guertin 0
Key players: Concord – Delaney Duford (1-for-4, run), Andie Moreira (2-for-3, 3 runs), Sarah Taylor (1-for-3, 2 runs, 3 RBI), Maddy Wachter (2-for-4, RBI), Kennedy Craigue (1-for-2, RBI), Lily Hackett (1-for-2), Olivia Crawford (1-for-3, run), Kryslin Stearns (RBI sacrifice)
Highlights: Wachter gave up one hit and struck out 18 to set a new CHS record for strikeouts in a seven-inning game.
Coach’s quote: “It was the Maddy Wachter show at Memorial field Monday night, striking out 18 of the 23 batters faced to set the CHS record. Nine hits scattered up and down the Tide lineup and seven runs scored was more than enough to secure Concord’s fifth straight shutout.” – Concord’s Duke Sawyer
John Stark 10, Pembroke 0
Key players: John Stark – Ava Rivers (3-for-4, HR, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Kira Linstad (2-for-4, run, RBI), Liv Hargreaves (2-for-4, 2 runs; 7 IP, 10 K), Eva Grolljahn (1-for-3, triple, run), Haley Stafford (1-for-3, run, RBI), Katie Lorenz (1-for-3, triple); Pembroke – Eliza Carignan (6 IP, 5 K), Tiana Jenkins (2 hits), Kyleigh Burtsell (hit)
Highlights: John Stark came out swinging with four singles and a homer from Lexi Boudreau to take a five-run lead. In the fifth, Rivers and Hargreaves singled, and Lorenz drove them home on a triple.
Coach’s quote: “Today was a great celebration of Liv Hargreaves breaking the John Stark career strikeouts record. Both Liv and Izzy Nelson (previous record holder) only pitched three years each because of the missed 2020 season.” – John Stark’s Denis Kolehmainen
Records: John Stark 9-3; Pembroke 5-8
Bow 6, Merrimack Valley 5
Key players: Bow – Hannah McGonigle (1-for-3, grand slam; 5 IP, 4 K, 1 ER), Caly Poitras (1-for-3, game-tying walk; 2 IP, 2 ER, K), Lauren Oppold (1-for-4, game-winning RBI single), Amelia Clark (2-for-3, 2 runs), Ella Roos (doubleplay from CF to home); MV – Kalee Keyser (2-for-4, run), Liv Seeley (2-for-3, run), Livie Lacasse (7 IP, 4 H, 5 K)
Highlights: The Pride led 4-0 in the fifth inning, but back-to-back errors loaded the bases and McGonigle tied the game up at 4-4 with a grand slam. Bow fell behind again, 5-4, in the seventh inning. In the bottom half of the frame, Clark singled on a slap and Kiah reached out an error. McGonigle was intentionally walked to load the bases, Poitras earned a full-count, game-tying walk and Oppold drove home the game-winning run on a walk-off single to right field.
Coaches’ quotes: “We felt confident going into this game based on the contact we made earlier in the season, we just needed some of those hits to fall. We definitely made it more interesting than it needed to be with early errors and unearned runs, but it wouldn’t be Bow softball without some seventh-inning drama. The team did an amazing job upping the energy near the end of the game. At the end of the day, every single player did the job they were assigned whether on offense or defense.” – Bow’s Jen Boyden
“Good high school game, many twist and tuns. We will regroup for (our) game at Hanover.” – MV’s Kevin O’Brien
Records: Bow 8-4; MV 6-5
Bishop Brady 4, Raymond 1
Key players: Bishop Brady – Payton Bryson (12 K; 3-for-3, HR, 3 runs), Ava Archambault (three two runners out trying to steal)
Highlights: Bryson hit a solo home run to right field, extending Brady’s 2-1 to 3-1, while freshman Archambault’s clutch arm behind the plate prevented Raymond base runners from advancing.
Coach’s quote: “This is an amazing win for us. Payton threw amazing and gave her team a chance to win the game. We had timely hits to score runs.” – Bishop Brady’s Shane Baron
Records: Bishop Brady 6-6; Raymond 5-4
Concord 18, Bishop Guertin 1, 5 inn.
Key players: Concord – Noah Chrabolowski (win, 1 ER, 2 H, 3 K; 2 doubles, 1 run, 4 RBI), Nater Wachter (grand slam, 2-run single, 6 RBI), Brooks Craigue (2-for-3, 3 runs, 2 RBI), Mitch Coffey and Armen Laylagian (1-for-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Dawson Fancher (hit, 3 runs), Dan Revellese (run, RBI), Kalan Gaudreault (2 runs), Jacob Plante (2 runs)
Highlights: Concord scored 10 runs in the first inning and eight in the third for a decisive, mercy-rule shortended victory. Laylagian hit a two-run single in the first inning, while Wachter connected on his grand slam and Chrabolowski connected on a two-run double. Chrabolowski (two-run double), Wachter (two-run single) and Mitch Coffey (two-run triple) had big hits in the third.
Coach’s quote: “We jumped on the board early with a big innings in the first and the third. We got some great offensive days up and down the lineup. Noah was great in his first varsity start, going all five innings. Our defense was played error free.” – Concord’s Scott Owen
Records: Concord 11-4; Bishop Guertin 10-6
John Stark 3, Pembroke 2
Key players: John Stark – Chase Philibotte (7 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 17 K ), Hayden Nunley (2-for-4, triple, stolen base, game-winning RBI; run), Chris Dustin (2-for-3), Aiden Harris (double); Pembroke – Owen Stewart (allowed 3 R, 6 H; hit, run), Devin Riel (run), Josh Goyette (hit), Andrew Chiavaras (hit), Zac Bemis (hit).
Highlights: The Spartans opened the game with two unearned runs in the first inning, and the Generals quickly cut the lead in half in the bottom of the first. The scored stayed that way until the bottom of the seventh when Stark scored a run on Parker LaClair’s bases loaded walk and walked it off on Nunley’s single.
Coach’s quote: “We struggled to make solid contact all day long. Thankfully, we figured it in the bottom of the seventh to reward Chase with a win. He pitched an incredible ball game, and I don’t recall a Stark pitcher every having 17 strikeouts in a game in my nine years at the school.” – John Stark’s Dennis Pelletier
Records: John Stark 7-6; Pembroke 3-10
Bishop Brady 16, Raymond 4, 5 inn.
Key players: Bishop Brady – Chris Grimbilas (win, 4 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 5 K), Bradyn Mundy (1 IP, 3 K, 0 H, 1 BB), Mike Thresher (2 hits, 2 RBI, run), Bryce Miller (2 hits, triple, 3 RBI, 2 runs, stolen base), Owen Thornton (2 hits, 2 RBI)
Highlights: After Raymond jumped ahead 3-0 in the top of the first, Brady answered with three of its own in the bottom of the inning. Brady added two in the bottom of the second and exploded for nine runs in the bottom of the third to put the game out of reach in a mercy-rule 16-4 victory.
Coach’s quote: “We brought the bats today in a big way. Chris gave us a solid start and Bradyn finished up. They haven’t pitched since opening day, but with four games in a row starting today we had to use our pitching depth so I was pleased with the overall effort. We still have some defensive stuff to clean up though.” – Bishop Brady’s Skip Foy
Records: Bishop Brady 9-1; Raymond 1-11
Conant 5, Winnisquam 4
Key players: Winnisquam – Zach St. Onge (2-for-2, 2 RBI), Nik Puffinburger (2-for-2, 2 RBI), Anthony Boomer (13 K)
Highlights: Winnisquam battled back from a 3-1 deficit, scoring three times in the sixth inning on a two-out, two-run single by St. Onge and an RBI single by Puffinburger. But the Orioles responded with two unearned runs in the seventh for the win.
Coach’s quote: “I like the way we battled back against a very good pitcher. But, again, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. We have to play clean games to win. We made four errors and every one of them hurt. Can’t give a good team extra outs. We’ll learn from this and move on.” – Winnisquam’s Fred Caruso
Records: Conant 8-3; Winnisquam 6-5
Concord 16, Nashua North 6
Key players: Concord – Nate Doherty (7 goals, assist), Joey Tarbell (4 goals, assist), Carter Doherty (3 goals, 5 assists), Brody McGonigle (goal, 2 assists), Liam Keenan (first varsity goal), Will Chorlian (assist), Brayden Beauregard (assist), Logan Shimer (15 saves)
Highlights: Concord’s offense dominated possession in the second half after leading 7-5 at the break and Shimer made some big saves to preserve the Tide’s growing lead.
Records: Concord 3-10; Nashua North 4-10
Bow 14, Kearsarge 1
Key players: Bow – Canyon Batchelder (3 goals, assist), Gavin McCabe (goal, 3 assists), Ben Berube (2 goals, 2 assists), Brodie O’Neil (2 goals), Will Bennett (2 goals), Nate Davis (goal, assist), Ryan McCabe (goal), TJ Ingalls (goal), Josh Trott (goal), Luke Labonte (assist)
Highlights: Two Bow High School lacrosse alumni squared off on opposite coaching sidelines, but it was Calkins and the Falcons that came away with the victory over coach Tucker Johnson and the Cougars.
Coach’s quote: “Happy for the boys today. I thought we kept a good, consistent mindset and level of intention with what we did throughout the game. We still haven’t played our best lacrosse, but we’re building closer towards a level of play that we want to be consistent with.” – Bow’s Devin Calkins
Records: Bow 11-0; Kearsarge 1-9
Coe-Brown 11, Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough 5
Key players: Coe-Brown – Jack Matson (8 saves), Joe Fenton (4 goals, 3 assists), Drew Clinch (goal, 2 assists), Gilbert Bean (2 goals), Connor Joy (goal, assist), Connor Strum (2 goals, assist), Landon Midwood (12-for-19 faceoffs, assist), Carson Hodgdon (assist)
Highlights: Coe-Brown hit the gas in the fourth, taking advantage of penalties to build a comfortable lead.
Coach’s quote: “It was good to see the guys come together in the fourth to play a consistent 12 minutes of lacrosse. Every team’s mission is to be playing their best ball as we reach the closing weeks. Today, we took a step forward towards that goal. Moving forward we need to be continuing the growth, approaching every moment of every game as an opportunity for us to step into our potential.” – Coe-Brown’s Tony DePalma
Records: Coe-Brown 7-4; ILM 2-8
Concord 13, Nashua North 2
Key players: Concord – Emma Beaujouan (4 goal, assist), Sarah Leuci (4 goals), Amelia Crumrine (2 goals, assist), Greta Norton (goal, 2 assists), Lily Savoy (goal, assist), Emma Pelletier (goal, 2 assists), Ally McGonigle (2 assists), Taylor Lamb (defense), Jennie Durgin (defense), Leah Foulds (defense), Sophia Branch (defense), Lilly Merrill (attack), Lilly Simpson (attack), Lilly Merrill (attack), Maddy Beauregard (goalie, 7 saves)
Coach’s quote: “The girls maintained possession of the ball throughout most of the game, which made it hard for Nashua to get any momentum going.” – Concord’s Terry Anderson
Records: Concord 3-11; Nashua North 1-12
Merrimack Valley 16, Spaulding 3
Key players: MV – Kaiya Mercier (goal, 5 assists), Colby Magoon (3 goals), Ella Frink (2 goals, assist), Abbey Thompson (2 goals, assist)
Highlights: MV overcame a rough start and the Pride’s offense found its rhythm.
Coach’s quote: “We learned in this game that winning the draw control and ground balls is very important. We played very good transition lacrosse and had some nice plays in the attack.” – MV’s Kylee Yam
Records: MV 6-5; Spaulding 1-10
Bow 18, Kearsarge 2
Key players: Kearsarge – Adison Whitty (heart and hustle), Maya Spiegel (grit), Tori Wooten defense)
Coach’s quote: “Challenging to play a team like Bow. Proud of Kearsarge to hang tough during the game. We find ‘wins’ in other ways on days like today.” – Kearsarge’s Katherine Bucklin Stearns
Records: Bow 10-1; Kearsarge 5-6
Bishop Brady 9, Laconia 6
Key players: Bishop Brady – Lydia Tremblay (4 goals), Finley Hollenberg (2 goals, assist), Meg Pellerin (goal), Bree Sanuth (goal), Anna Beauchesne (goal)
Coach’s quote: “We started off flat and made a handful of mistakes that Laconia was able to capitalize on. We came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie it 4-4 at (halftime). The girls came out strong after halftime. We found the back of the net, controlled the draw circle, and communicated on defense. Laconia did not make it easy. I’m proud of this team for stepping it up and making those adjustment against a good Laconia team.” – Bishop Brady’s Alex Sacco
Records: Bishop Brady 3-9; Laconia 0-11
Salem 9, Concord 0
Key players: Concord – Grace Ferguson, Madie Mikkelsen, Sarah Malette
Highlights: Jaelyn Higgins made her varsity match debut, working on recovering at the baseline and full follow throughs on groundstrokes.
Coach’s quote: “We have one match each year where we lose half our players to a National Honor Society ceremony. While I wish that event could be held after the spring sports end, I suppose it’s nice to have smart kids playing tennis.” – Concord’s Greg Malette
Records: Salem 6-6; Concord 1-10
Bow 6, Keene 3
Key players: Bow – Grace Modzeleski, Sudy Chakraborty, Rachel Pelletier (all won both singles and doubles matches)
Highlights: With match tied, 3-3, after singles, the Falcons swept doubles in three tight matches. Chakraborty and Katie McCabe won 8-5 at second doubles, and Jaden Glace and Modzeleski clinched the match with a 9-7 win at first doubles. Rachel Pelletier and Maddy Desrosiers also won 8-5.
Coach’s quote: “This was a big win for us and guaranteed us a home playoff match for the first round.” – Bow’s Steve Langevin
Records: Bow 7-5; Keene 8-4
Portsmouth 9, Pembroke 0
Key players: Pembroke – Emma Parsons, Hailey Ranfos, Abby Collins, Leila Thomas-Guerzon
Coach’s quote: “This was senior day for Portsmouth. (The Portsmouth coach) gave our four seniors flowers. Emma, Hailey, Abby and Leila. That was very nice of her.” – Pembroke’s David Goulet
Records: Portsmouth 9-4; Pembroke 1-12
Lebanon 6, Bishop Brady 3
Key players: B. Brady – Laura Yap (8-4 win at No. 2), Avery Sahr (8-6 win at No. 4), Berta Paniego-Hernandez (9-7 loss at No. 5), Yap and Maddie Cole-Tucker (8-2 win at No. 2 doubles)
Highlights: Paniego-Hernandez trailed 7-4, but came back to narrowly lose her match, 9-7.
Coach’s quote: “Still falling short against the tougher teams, but I’m so proud to see improvements all the way down in my top six.” – Bishop Brady’s Rebecca Killinger
Records: Lebanon 7-5; B. Brady 5-7
Kearsarge 8, Gilford 1
Highlights: The Cougars bounced back after their first loss in nearly two years earlier this week.
Coach’s quote: “Gilford had strong matches in singles, but our team had patience and perseverance to pull away from even games. Doubles had a strong performance and communicated well. A good day overall.” – Kearsarge’s Jay Stadler
Records: Kearsarge 11-1; Gilford 2-7