Softball

Coe-Brown 9, Oyster River 5

Key players: Coe-Brown – Madeline Lovett (3-for-4, 2 HR, double, 4 RBI), Brook Orluk (2-for-4; defense at SS), Bella Pelletier (sacrifice bunt), Kylie Bieniek (WP, 8 K)

Highlights: After trailing early, Haile Comeau led off with a double in the third inning, and Pelletier sacrificed her over to third. Bieniek hit a deep sacrifice fly to tie the game up. The Bears scored six runs in the fourth inning, led by Lovett’s first home run, to defeat Oyster River in a rematch of last year’s Division II final.

Coach’s quote: “This was the ‘biggest’ second game of the season I have ever seen. Two great teams battling it out, a school rivalry with a lot of players that know each other. I’m proud of the girls for their fight.” – Coe-Brown’s Dave Allis

Records: Coe-Brown 2-0; Oyster River 1-1

Merrimack Valley 13, Bow 0

Key players: MV – Caydence Allberg (6 IP, 1 H, 4 K; 2-for-4 RBI), Ryleigh Perry (4-for-4, 3 RBI), Kayla Smith (3-for-4, outstandng defensive plays), Mady Boelzner (3-for-4)

Highlights: Allberg controlled the circle, allowing just dddone hit in six innings, and her teammates scored runs in the first, second and fourth innings, followed by six runs in the fifth inning to put the game out of reach.

Coach’s quote:  “Solid win against a quality Bow team. We continue to make contact with contributions from 1-9 and play good defense.” – MV’s Kevin O’Brien

Records: MV 4-0; Bow 3-1

Bishop Brady 5, White Mountains 2

Key players: Bishop Brady – Payton Bryson (3-for-4, HR), Abby Tyrell (triple), Rowan Wood (double)

Highlights: The Giants brought their record to .500 and scored more runs on Monday than they had in any game so far. 

Coach’s quote: “Good solid team win. Brady played some of its best defense of the year. Abby Tyrell and Madison Mundy combined for the win from the circle.” – Bishop Brady’s Shane Baron

Records: Bishop Brady 2-2; White Mtns. 0-3

Baseball

Bow 6, Merrimack Valley 0

Key players: Bow – Nate Kiah (WP, 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 8 K, 0 BB), Troy Konstantakos (save, 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K, 1 BB), Jake Reardon (2 hits, 2 RBI), Owen Cray (2 hit, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Dillan Abbate (hit), Trevor Cartor (hit); MV – Matt Herrmann (3-for-3), Eli Wormald (3 IP, 1 ER)

Highlights: The Falcons scored five runs in the third inning and outhit the Pride, 6-5, to come away with the victory.

Coaches’ quotes: “Offensively we showed better ball contact and patience at the plate today, wrapping six hits around eight walks. Nate had a great day on the mound, no runs allowed and four scattered hits; only allowing two hits out of the infield.” – Bow assistant Dennis Ordway

Belmont 11, Derryfield 1, 5 inn.

Key players: Belmont – Wyatt Divers (CG, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K; 1-for-4, RBI, 2 runs, SB), Jaxson Embree (1-for-2, RBI, 2 runs, 2 HBP, SB), Anakin Underhill (1-for-3, RBI, 2 runs, HBP, SB), Michael Collette (2-for-2, double, walk, 2 RBI, 2 runs), Wyatt Bamford (1-for-3, walk, 2 RBI), Brayden Townsend (2-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 SB, walk, run) 

Highlights: Belmont trailed 1-0, but tied the game on a Townsend RBI single in the second inning. The Raiders scored seven runs in the fourth inning and three in the fifth for the walk-off victory.

Coach's quote: “Wyatt Divers was in control all day against a very good hitting Derryfield team. Divers had full control of his secondary pitches and could place pitches where he wanted. He did a great job of keeping Derryfield off balance.” – Belmont’s Matt LeBlanc

Records: Belmont 3-1; Derryfield 0-2

White Mountains 2, Bishop Brady 1

Key players: Bishop Brady – Owen Thornton (LP, 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 K, 7 H), Winn Thomas (2 hits, run), Luke Bedard (double, RBI), Max Guerra (hit), Kolt Gaudreault (hit)

Highlights: Brady jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks to an RBI double by Bedard in the top of the third that scored Thomas, but the Spartans scored single runs in the bottom of the third and fourth innings and the Giants couldn’t plate anymore of their own.

Coach’s quote: “Overall it was a well-played baseball game. Owen gave us another great effort on the mound but we have to do a better job with the bats, you won’t win a lot of games scoring one run.” – Bishop Brady’s Skip Foy

Records: White Mtns. 4-0; Bishop Brady 3-1

Newfound 4, Hillsboro-Deering 3

Key players: H-D – Joel Belanger, Seth Dalphond.

Coach’s quote: “It was a good bounce-back game after games against two of the top teams in the division. Tough loss, but good to see the bats get going. Joel Belanger pitched a great game on the mound and freshman Seth Dalphond was key at the plate with two hits and a walk.” – H-D’s Robert Armstrong

Records: Newfound 4-0; H-D 0-3

Campbell 7, Hopkinton 3

Key players: Hopkinton – Travis Windhurst (1-for-2, walk, 2 runs, SB), Cody Charron (1-for-3, run, RBI), Tad Stokes (1-for-2, RBI)

Highlights: The Hawks took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a Charron RBI-single to center field and a Mike Pantano sacrifice fly to right field to plate Charron. Campbell battled back, scoring one run in the third and fourth innings. The Cougars would score another run in the sixth inning to make it 3-2, before Hopkinton tied the game, 3-3, on a well-executed squeeze by Stokes to scored Windhurst.  In the top of the seventh Campbell hit a pair of two-run singles by  to put the Cougars up by the final score of 7-3.

Coach’s quote: “Another game where we got started early offensively and put the pressure on the other team to score, while giving our pitcher some breathing room on the mound. Now we need to work on keeping a lead or increasing our lead when we have them and finishing the late innings strong.” – Bow’s Billy Chavanelle

Records: Campbell 2-0; Hopkinton 0-4

Winnisquam 11, Inter-Lakes 2

Key players: Winnisquam – Ethan Carter (first varsity win, 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K, 1 BB), Justin Tardif (2-for-3, 3 runs, Carter Lloyd (2-for-3, 2 walks, 3 runs, 2 RBI), Brady Colby (2-for-3, triple, 3 RBI)

Highlights: The Bears scored 10 runs over the first three innings to build a 10-0 lead. Winnisquam has already surpassed last year’s win total.

Coach’s quote: “It was nice to jump out to a big lead early. I thought we swung the bats well, had a couple of big hits and some loud outs. We took advantage of some errors and worked counts well.” – Winnisquam’s Fred Caruso

Records: Winnisquam 3-1; Inter-Lakes 0-3

Boys’ Lacrosse

Windham 15, Concord 7

Key players: Concord  – Jaden Haas (15 faceoffs wins, goal, 2 assists), Brayden Beauregard (3 goals, assist), Tyler Morin (goal, assist), Liam Yeatman (goal), Eugene Conn (goal), Harry Snow (10 saves), Grady Brown (2 saves)

Coach’s quote:  “Team battled hard, but it came down to fundamentals and communication. A tough loss, but now we have more to work on.” – Concord’s Jeff Smith

Records: Windham 3-1; Concord 1-2

Coe-Brown 10, Hopkinton 8

Key players: Coe-Brown – Gilbert Bean (3 goals, 3 assists), Sam Frye (2 goals, assist), Joseph Fenton (goal, assist), Garrett Ward (2 goals) Hopkinton – Merrick Chapin (3 goals, 4 assists, 4 ground balls), Owen Buss (2 goals, 3 ground balls), Ozzie Rosenholm (11-for-18 faceoffs, 5 ground balls), Brayden Crawford (8 ground balls, 5 caused turnovers), Nolan Staples-Roy (6 ground balls, 4 caused turnovers), Kaleb Huse (3 ground balls, 5 caused turnovers), Jacob Lanman (13 saves, 0.565 save %)

Highlights: The battle for the top spot in the Division III standings was tight throughout, with multiple lead changes and with no team ever leading by more than three goals. Coe-Brown led at halftime before Hopkinton made a push early in the second half to take the lead, but the Bears scored some goals late in the game to secure the victory. Coe-Brown is in sole possession of first place in D-III, while the Hawks drop to sixth.

Coach’s quote: “We had some shining moments today, but also made some costly blunders. We will use these lessons to seal up holes in our game. Coe-Brown played clean lacrosse and earned the win.” – Hopkinton’s Deacon Blue

Records: Coe-Brown 4-0; Hopkinton 3-1

Girls’ Lacrosse

Windham 14, Concord 6

Key players: Concord  – Sydney Brown (3 goals), Sadie Pelletier (2 goals), Malie Ramshaw (goal), Tadu Sirois (11 saves), Emma Pelletier (assist), Amelia Crumrine (assist)

Coach’s quote: “Three away games to start the season, need to build the confidence of the girls and we will start improving.” – Concord’s Mike Zahn

Records: Windham 2-1; Concord 0-3

Pelham 14, Pembroke 6

Key players: Pelham – Ella Desmond (5 goals); Pembroke – Kendall Purtell (3 goals), Bailey Gatchell (2 goals), Laila Al-Shawafi (goal), Faith Young (2 assists)

Records: Pelham 2-0; Pembroke 0-3

Boys’ Tennis

Prospect Mountain 7, Bishop Brady 2

Key players: Bishop Brady – Teddy Yap (8-6 at No. 1)

Highlights: The Giants picked up one win in singles and one in doubles, but Brady fell to the Timberwolves.

Records: Prospect Mtn. 6-0; Bishop Brady 1-3

Girls’ Tennis

Bow 7, Goffstown 2

Key players: Bow –  Katie McCabe (8-3 win at No. 1), Makaylie Laws (8-1 win at No. 3), Alexis Pelletier (8-4 win at No. 5), Grace DeCosta (8-1 win at No. 6)

Highlights: The Falcons led 4-2 through singles and swept the doubles matches to secure the victory. DeCosta and Sierra Scull had a match-clinching 8-4 victory at No. 3 doubles. Laws and Maddy Desrosiers won 8-5 at No. 2 and McCabe and Lilly Gula won a thrilling 9-8 (8-6) match in a tiebreaker.

Coach’s quote: “It was a huge win for us. We got good play up and down the ladder, as all seven players had a part in at least one point.” – Bow’s Steve Langevin

Records: Bow 2-4; Goffstown 2-3

Kearsarge 8, Conant 1

Key players: Kearsarge – Tucker Dragon (8-3 win at No. 1), Anela Branco (8-0 win at No. 2), Shilor Poliquin (8-1 win at No. 3), Kira Gauntt (8-1 win at No. 4), Claire MacCreighton (8-0 win at No. 5), Felicity Kane (8-3 win at No. 6)

Highlights: The Cougars swept singles and won No. 2 and No. 3 doubles on Friday afternoon for a decisive victory. Sydney Connolly and Karlie Jundt won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles. Bella Palumbo and MacCreighton won 8-5 at No. 3.

Coach’s quote: “A huge Cougar team shout out to Felicity who fell and broke her wrist halfway through her match.  She showed true Cougar grit as she finished the match and helped secure the victory for her team.” – Kearsarge’s Bubba Williams

Records: Kearsarge 4-2; Conant 2-2

Kearsarge 8, Moultonborough 1

Key players: Kearsarge – Tucker Dragon (8-5 win at No. 1), Anela Branco (8-4 win at No. 2), Shilor Poliquin (8-0 win at No. 3), Kira Gauntt (8-6 win at No. 4), Claire MacCreighton (8-0 win at No. 5), Luna Landers (8-2 win at No. 6)

Highlights: The Cougars swept all six doubles matches to secure Monday’s victory early. Dragon and Poliquin won at No. 1 doubles, 8-5, while Branco and Gauntt won 8-1 at No. 2.

Coach’s quote: “Another solid team effort this afternoon. dThe girls are starting to hit their stride as they approach spring break. A little time away for a week should bring them back refreshed and ready to take on the second half of the season. The goal is to return to the playoffs, which has eluded them the last couple seasons.” – Kearsarge’s Bubba Williams

Records: Kearsarge 5-2; Moultonborough 2-3