Softball

Concord 18, Nashua North 0, 5 inn.

Key players: Concord – Maggie Taylor (WP, 4 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 K; hit, walk, sacrifice, 2 RBI), Avery MacDonald (1 IP, 0 H, 3 K; 4-for-4, 4 runs, 2 RBI, SB), Bailey Cassin (3-for-3, 2 doubles, triple, 3 runs, 2 RBI), Andie Moreira (2 hits, walk, 3 runs, SB, RBI), Tess Bolduc (triple, sacrifice, 3 RBI), Kiley Taylor (hit, walk, RBI), Jaylyn Wessling (hit, 2 runs), Anna Leon (hit, walk, 3 runs), Cam Dubois (walk, run), Ella Chrabolowski (2 runs, RBI)

Highlights: Concord earned its third straight victory and played its second straight error-free game, using a combination of strong pitching and relentless offense. From the leadoff spot, MacDonald had a hit and scored in each of her four plate appearances to spark the offense.

Coach’s quote: “Super happy with the team’s effort and attitude. We knew North’s been struggling, but we didn’t take anything for granted and stayed focused on playing our game.” – Concord assistant Sandy Smith

Records: Concord 4-3; Nashua North 0-6

Coe-Brown 16, Kingswood 4

Key players: Coe-Brown – Kylie Bieniek (10 K; 5-for-5, 3-run HR), Ari Fenton (2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI), Reilly West (2-for-4, walkoff hit), Addy Coffin (2-for-4), Haile Comeau (2-run, defense in CF)

Highlights: Bieniek had a perfect day at the plate and struck out 10 Knight batters as the Bears beat previously undefeated Kingswood via the 10-run rule.

Coach’s quote: “I love this team’s in-game fight, they really work for each other.” – Coe-Brown’s Dave Allis

Records: Coe-Brown 3-1; Kingswood 5-1

Baseball

Bow 11, Hanover 0, 5 inn.

Key players: Bow – Peyton Larrabee (5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K, 3 BB; hit, run, 2 RBI), Dillan Abbate (2 hits, run), Owen Webber (hit, 2 runs), Clayton Nazdan (triple, 2 runs, 3 RBI), Owen Cray (double, RBI), Brady Lover (2 runs, RBI)

Highlights: The Falcons jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first inning and Larrabee tossed a one-hitter to end the game early.

Coach’s quote: “Great way to end the week. Pretty complete game for both offense and defense. Scoring eight in the top of the first set the tone. Peyton had what he needed to control the game from there with a complete game shut out. Great way to end the week.” – Bow assistant Dennis Ordway

Records: Bow 6-2; Hanover 4-2

Boys’ Lacrosse

Merrimack Valley 8, Manchester Memorial-Central 6

Key players: MV – Jake Demers (3 goals, assist), Conner Hanson (2 goals), Mike Heine (goal, assist, 7 ground balls), Matt Lauren (goal, assist), Colin Reardon (goal), Tyler Carter (2 assists), Brady Rathbun (assist, first varsity point), Carter Lankhorst (12 faceoff wins, assist, 7 ground balls), Mike Kingsbury (11 saves)

Highlights: The Division II Pride’s defense settled in after D-I Memorial-Central took an early lead, and came back to secure the victory.

Coach’s quote: “We have been talking a lot about doing the little things well and keeping our mental game in check. An early lead from Manchester challenged us on both, but I could not be more proud of the way these guys rebounded, together, battled back, and took the W.” – MV’s Sean Gill 

Records: MV 3-3; Manchester 1-6