Rutland
Playing their first varsity games, the two sophomores combined to reach base seven times and help the Hartford High softball team to a season-opening 19-8 win over Rutland on Tuesday. Beaucage went 3-for-5 with two doubles and six RBIs for the Hurricanes (1-0), while Ballou got on base four times, including twice on hits, and scored four runs.
The duo fronted a Hartford assault that sent 15 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs in the top of the sixth inning to blow open what had been an 8-7 Hurricane lead. Beaucage had the key blast, a bases-loaded double that helped put the result out of reach.
Brooke Hurd took the win for Hartford and helped herself in the process. Hurd threw a complete-game seven-hitter, fanning three, walking two and surrendering four earned runs. Hurd also delivered three hits and drove in two runs.
Hartford heads to neighboring Woodstock on Thursday.
Manchester
Wilson threw all five innings for the Marauders (0-1), striking out one. “It was our first game, and we struggled from the beginning,” Hanover coach Jessica Belley said. “After the third inning, we started to come together and we were able to get around on the pitcher and make plays in the field.”
The Marauders’ four-game road trip to start the campaign continues today at Goffstown.
Windsor
Windsor coach Phil Hathron gave Becca Rumrill her first start in the circle and Rumrill performed well, striking out two and yielding five walks. Brattleboro amassed 19 hits, “and some of them found holes,” Hathorn said. “But others dropped in that we could have made plays on, and we will once we get more confidence.”
Brooke McKeen had a hit and scored twice for Windsor, which also got a hit and an RBI from Rumrill, a run batted in from Alyssa Russo and a hit and a run from Emily Williams.
The Yellowjackets entertain Thetford on Thursday.
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
White threw a complete game for the O’s, fanning seven with two walks and one unearned run. He also singled, doubled and drove in a run, getting three hits and one RBI of support from teammate Hayden Tomlinson as well.
Oxbow is off until visiting Williamstown on Tuesday.
South Royalton
Justin Brock went 2-for-5, Nicholas Howe scored three runs and drove in another on a 3-for-4 day and Stephen Paige included two doubles on a 4-for-5 performance at the plate, driving in two runs and scoring three for South Royalton. Scoskie made the most of the assistance, striking out nine against three walks.
Robert Ingham and Dominick Small mopped on the mound, each tossing an inning to close out the win. Kyle Spaulding, in his role as courtesy runner for SoRo’s pitchers, ran the bases well and scored twice.
South Royalton takes on Whitcomb-Rochester at the Rochester School on Thursday.
Rutland
Hunter Perkins and Jordy Allard permitted just two hits over their combined seven innings of mound work. Perkins struck out 10 against one walk, and Allard fanned two and walked two in his two frames. Jake Perkins, returning to athletic action after sustaining a knee injury during football season last fall, joined Allard and Tyler Hamilton in producing Hartford’s three hits.
That’s all Rutland’s Andy Kenosh allowed in notching a complete-game win. Kenosh walked two and struck out five, escaping a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh to secure a victory in a well-played game.
“Our approach at the plate was great; we hit a handful of balls well,” Hartford coach Jarrod Grassi said. “Codi Smith hit an absolute rocket at their center fielder at one point. Ten feet either way, and we score runs. But that’s baseball.”
Hartford opens its home schedule at the Maxfield Sports Complex on Thursday against Windsor.
Woodstock
Owen Tarleton singled and Luc Issa drove in one run and scored another for Woodstock. Hunter Balch and Cody Chase pitched for the Wasps, who head to Randolph this afternoon.
Hanover
Molly Seibel produced a four-goal, three-assist game to power Hanover, which also picked up three goals and an assist from Maddie Lyons as well as single strikes from Cate Wagner and Amelia Lubrano. Perrin Milliken chipped in an assist, and goalkeeper Katelyn Hurd made five saves.
Hanover goes to John Stark on Monday.
Randolph
Jacob LaPerle, Peter Tallman and Seth Bent all scored three goals for Randolph, with LaPerle adding an assist as well. Jacob Kaplan contributed two goals and two helpers for the Ghosts, who host Milton on Monday.
Newport
Moeykens swept the 100-meter dash in 11.30 seconds and the 200 in 24.56 to front the Jacks. Jacob Tucker won the long jump (18 feet) and Ben Millard took the 300 hurdles (56.44) to counter the host Tigers, who grabbed two wins from Peter Thibault (discus, 101-9; shot put; 37-9) and one each from Ethan Houde (high jump, 5-2), Tyler Currier (800 run, 2:24.47) and Tyler Sharron (110 hurdles, 18.94).
Hannah Achilles (1,600 and 3,200), Katey Comstock (discus, shot put) and Kylie Bourque (200 dash, long jump) all were double winners for the Windsor girls, but a slew of second- and third-place results helped Newport take the day. Vanessa Olivares followed Comstock in both events for key points, and Emma Kibbie (200), Claudia Biron (3,200), Anna Pysz (high jump), Selena Coronis (long jump) and Bethany Boone (1,600) all produced runner-up points. Keagan Halleck ran unopposed in the 300 hurdles for the Tigers’ sole victory.
Boys team scores: Windsor 88, Newport 81, Hinsdale 61, Mount Royal 36, Wilton-Lyndeborough 36.
Girls team scores: Newport 87, Windsor 66, Wilton-Lyndeborough 59, Mount Royal 32, Hinsdale 18.
North Sutton, n.h.
Jones, a senior, claimed the 3,200-meter run in 10 minutes, 43.23 seconds for the Royals and added a third place in the 1,600. Sheldon Farnsworth contributed a second in the long jump for Mascoma.
Smith’s victory came in the shot put (42 feet, 2 inches) for the Cardinals, who also received a pair of runner-ups from Ethan Sweet in the triple jump (37-2½) and 200 dash (24.67).
Lizotte swept to victories in the 100 dash (13.30) and 400 dash (1:06.08), which joined a victory from teammate Olivia Barcelou in the 300 hurdles (57.57). Mascoma enjoyed second-place efforts from Elizabeth Jones (3,200 run), Olivia Salamy (long jump) and Haily Bissonnette (shot put).
Boys team scores: Kearsarge 90, Winnisquam 46, Campbell 42, Stevens 37, Hopkinton 36, Mascoma 22, Derryfield 21, Franklin 10.
Girls team scores: Winnisquam 60, Campbell 50, Stevens 49½, Kearsarge 46, Derryfield 25, Mascoma 18, Hopkinton 10½, Franklin 9.
Lowell, Mass.
Dartmouth’s Jack Korzelius scored four goals and teammates Richie Loftus and Wiley Osborne contributed two each in a seesaw affair. Korzelius cut into a 10-8 Lowell lead just 20 seconds into the fourth following a faceoff win and Loftus tied the game with 9:06 to go, but the River Hawks’ Nicholas Pino popped in his third goal of the night with 7:47 left for the decider.
Freshman Joe Balaban played the whole game in the Dartmouth net, making six saves.
Hanover
The college announced the appointment on Tuesday. Holder joins the Big Green after six years as head coach at Georgetown. The Hoyas under Holder’s eye set more than 60 school records and earned nearly as many all-Big East Conference selections during his time there. The league also named Holder its co-coach of the year last season.
Prior to Georgetown, Holder spent five years as an assistant at his alma mater, joining in four Ivy League championships with nine NCAA qualifiers and eight All-Americans.
Holder was a two-time all-Ivy performer with the Tigers, setting the school mark in the 400 freestyle and serving as captain as a senior.