They don’t have track and field facilities of their own, but that didn’t prevent the Hopkinton girls from piling up points, winning seven of 18 events and sweeping the relays to claim the Winnisquam Invitational title on Saturday in Tilton.
Freshman Cailey Stockwell won the 400 meters (1:05) and the 3,200 (12:30), while older sister, junior Sydney Stockwell, and senior Megan Ellsworth each won one individual event and contributed to two winning relays, helping the Hawks top the nine-team event with 151 points.
The Winnisquam boys’ team won five events on the track and the Hillsboro-Deering boys’ team scored the majority of its points in the field to split second place with 88 points each, narrowly trailing the victors from White Mountains (98 points).
But it was the Hopkinton girls’ team scoring the most points out of any squad on either side, with Ellsworth claiming a victory in the 100 (14.12 seconds) and Sydney Stockwell winning the 800 (2:34).
Ellsworth also finished second in the 200 and ran on the winning 4×100 (56.11 seconds) with Jessie Carney, Sophie Sullivan and Maxine Asmussen, and the winning 4×400 (4:36) with Asmussen, Sydney Stockwell and Anna O’Reilly.
Syndey Stockwell joined Emma Rothe, Cate Westbrook and Sophie Potter on the winning 4×800 (10:59)
Carney also scored individually in three events – the javelin (second), 300 hurdles (second) and 100 (third), while O’Reilly (second 800, second 1,600), Potter (second 100, fourth high jump), Asmussen (third 200) and Sarah Daniels (third shot put) also had top finishes.
Faith Gosselin won the 1,600 (5:40), finished third in the 800 and ran on the third-place 4×400 with Jasmine Piper (fifth 800), Alexis Poole (fourth 200) and Shannon Goodwin to lead the host Bears, who finished third with 53 points, behind runner-up Inter-Lakes (117).
Goodwin (second discus, third javelin) and Rebekah Persson (fourth javelin, fifth shot put, fifth discus) led Winnisquam in the field events.
White Mountains (50), Prospect Mountain (49), Berlin (47), Woodsville (24), Hillsboro-Deering (21) and Franklin (17) rounded out the team scores on the girls’ side.
Kaylea Davison finish third in the 400, fifth in the 200 and ran on the third-place 4×800 with Tempest Przybyla, Emma Curley and Alaina McGillicuddy to lead H-D, while Olivia Wattendorf finished fourth in the 300 hurdles, sixth in the 100 hurdles and ran on the third-place 4×100 with Eternity Butler (sixth long jump), Jasmyn Long (sixth 200) and Hannah Croteau (fifth 100 hurdles) to lead Franklin.
On the boys’ side, Winnisquam scored the bulk of its points in the distance events and relays, with sophomore Dylan Robert winning the 1,600 (4:52) and finishing second in the 800, right behind teammate sophomore Riley Mann (2:14.54).
The duo contributed to two victorious relays with the 4×400 (Mann, Robert, Evan Griffin and Leighton Morrison) winning in 3:55 and the 4×800 (Robert, Mann, Griffin and Jack Richard) winning in 9:05.
Senior Hunter Hinxman won the 200 (24.19 seconds), finished third in the pole vault, came in fifth in the 100 and ran on the third-place 4×100 with Griffin, Eric Young and Xoren Powell.
Young (third javelin, fourth pole vault), Richard (fourth 3,200), Griffin (sixth 400) and Morrison (sixth triple jump) also scored individually for the Bears.
Juniors Ben Ketterer and Charles Veitch led H-D’s scorers, with Ketterer finishing second in the long jump – half an inch behind the winner – triple and 100.
Ketter also anchored the second-place 4×100 alongside Jordan Berrocales (fourth 100, fifth 200), Riley Jones (fifth 110 hurdles) and Cameron Jones.
Veitch won the shot put (42-2½), finished third in the triple jump, fourth in the discus and fifth in the long jump.
Zachary Camp (second 400, third 800) and Tiarnan Burke-Smith (fourth 110 hurdles, fifth 300 hurdles) were the other top scorers for the Hillcats.
Inter-Lakes (76), Prospect Mountain (56), Hopkinton (51), Berlin (45), Franklin (35) and Woodsville (2) rounded out the nine team scores.
The Hopkinton boys were bolstered by their second-place 4×800 of Theodore Mollano (second 3,200), Nick Simpkins, Shepyrd Murdough (third 1,600) and Michael Eggers (sixth 1,600), as well as the third-place 4×400 of Thomas Hoffmann, Daniel Miner (second javelin), Simpkins and Murdough.
Andrew Beckwith (second 100 hurdles) and Simon Page (fifth 1,600) also scored for the Hawks.
Samuel Tuck won the 100 (11.95 seconds) and finished fourth in the 200 and long jump, while Simon Pitman (shot put, discus) and Aidan Collum (110 hurdles) picked up third-place finishes to lead Franklin.
The Bow boys’ track team had some strong finishes in both the track and field events, leading the Falcons to sixth place at the 12-team Bobcat Invitational at Oyster River.
Joe Rychwalski (second 200 fourth 100), Kirpal Demian (second 1,600), Nick Detrio (tied second high jump), Jonathan Routhier (third javelin), Colin Lessard (fourth 3,200), Jackie Zou (fourth long jump), Ben Neff (fifth 1,600), Izak Furr (fifth long jump) and Sam Berube (sixth 3,200) were Bow’s scorers that contributed to the Falcons’ 50 points.
Coe-Brown finished ninth with 30.33 points, led by a Porter Heigis victory in the 400 in 52.56 seconds. Heigis also finished sixth in the 100, while Cody Tanguay (tied third pole vault), Anders Larson (third pole vault, tied fourth high jump), Colby Hoffman (fifth 400, fifth triple jump), Tanner Wotton (fifth discus) and Sam Patteson (sixth pole vault) also scored for the Bears.
Winnacunnet (97.33), Portsmouth (83) and Windham (60) had the top three team scores.
On the girls’ side, Portsmouth (131), Oyster River (108) and Winnacunnet (78) were the top three teams, while Coe-Brown (18) and Bow (10) finished ninth and 11th, respectively.
Abigail O’Connor won the 1,600 in 5:30 to lead Coe-Brown, while Samantha Lemay (fourth 800) and Olivia Buzzell (fourth long jump) also scored for the Bears.
Kristina Pizzi (second 400) and the fifth-place 4×100 (Emma Van Ham, Carmen Lafreniere, Isabelle Slocum and Maddie Michaelis) scored for the Falcons.
The Raiders had a productive day on their home track, with the boys scoring 163.5 points to finish first and the girls scoring 90 to finish second in a seven-team meet.
Newfound (100), Mascenic (76.5), Portsmouth Christian (58), Bishop Brady (50) and Gilford (24) were the other boys’ scores.
Gilford (109) won the team title on girls’ side, with Newfound (87), Bishop Brady (70), Portsmouth Christian (57), Mascenic (41) and Laconia (18) rounding out the other team scores.
Belmont won seven of 17 events for the boys, with Lucas Mathieu winning both the 100 and the 200, and finishing second in the javelin. Eddie Mann won the 400 and finished second in the triple jump, while Zach Ennis (800), Mitchell Berry (300 hurdles), the 4×100 relay and the 4×400 relay all picked up victories.
Devin Bricknell (second long jump, third 200), Zack Duclos (second shot put, fourth discus), Bryce Hall (second high jump, sixth long jump), Ben Hillsgrove (second 100), Jacob Cress (third triple jump) and the 4×800 (second) were the other top scorers for Belmont.
Mark Galvin (second 110 hurdles, third long jump), Kelvin Rivas (second 400, sixth 100), Oscar Miller (2nd 800), Joey Bergeron (3rd discus) and Maxwell Brown (3rd 800) led Bishop Brady.
For the Belmont girls, Gabrielle Day (first 200, third 100, sixth long jump), Sana Syed (first 100 hurdles, sixth 300 hurdles), Skylar Ruelke (tied first high jump, third long jump), Alice Riley (second 1,600), Jada Edgren (third 200, third triple jump), Molly Sottak (fourth shot put, sixth discus) and the 4×100 (first) were the top scorers.
Abby Shagena (first triple jump, second 800, second javelin, fifth long jump), Ashlyn Toupin (tied first high jump, second long jump, third discus), Sarah Sponenberg (second 300 hurdles, third 100 hurdles) and Emily Beane (fourth 300 hurdles, fifth 100 hurdles) were Bishop Brady’s top scorers.
Baseball
Concord 3, Londonderry 1
Key players: Concord – Eric Sullivan (6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 4 K), Zach Miles (save, IP, H, 2 K; hit, run), Trevor Smith (hit, run, RBI), Adrian Kennedy (RBI), Sean McDonough (2-for-3, run)
Highlights: The Tide scored two runs in the first thanks to a leadoff hit and steal by Miles and then an RBI single by Smith. Smith advanced to second on a throw home, advanced to third on a passed ball and came home on a Kennedy groundout. McDonough scored on a wild pitch in the second.
Coach’s quote: “Eric Sullivan was great today on the mound. Zach Miles was electric in the seventh. We did not play great defensively, but made plays when we needed to. We were able to get to them early and held on. Great win at Holman Stadium in a playoff atmosphere.” – Concord’s Scott Owen
Records: Concord 12-2; Londonderry 10-3
Girls’ Lacrosse
Concord 14, Dover 3
Key players: Concord – Ananya Nadeau (4G), Mary Martinson (4G), Nicole Toler (3G)
Highlights: The Tide took command of the game after a shaky first few minutes and went into halftime up 7-2. Concord scored the opening goal of the second half and didn’t look back.
Coach’s quote: “I told the girls we had to win the majority of the draws and possess the ball in order to be successful. It took a little longer than I would have liked to get into our groove but the girls did exactly that. We fought hard for every draw and worked the ball until we had a good shot. We executed our game plan and it paid off.” – Concord’s Amanda Bacher
Records: Concord 5-6; Dover 2-7
Coe-Brown 3, Londonderry 0
Coe-Brown 3, Pinkerton 2
Key players: Coe-Brown – Derek Capo (9 kills, 6 blocks vs. Londonderry; 21 kills vs. Pinkerton), Ray Lapiejko (13 assists vs. Londonderry; 34 assists vs. Pinkerton), Spencer Wentworth (4 kills vs. Londonderry), Albert Lapiejko (13 kills vs. Pinkerton)
Highlights: The Bears won back-to-back matches, claiming a victory on Thursday night over the Lancers, 25-14, 25-22, 25-15, and defeating the Astros on Friday, 25-17, 25-23, 15-25, 24-26, 15-11.
Records: Coe-Brown 4-7; Londonderry 2-9; Pinkerton 5-5