Newport
Enjoying its senior day to the fullest, the Newport High baseball team won its third straight game to keep its NHIAA Division III state tournament hopes alive in a 10-4 win over Pelham at Bates Field on Friday. Dawson Campbell, one of four seniors on first-year coach Jon Hamel’s roster, threw a complete game with eight strikeouts and joined fellow seniors C.J. Lawrence, Noah Wade and Tyler Maheu in making key offensive contributions.
Hamel opened up the top of the Newport dugout to employ a public-address system for pregame recognition. It became a jukebox the rest of the game, with the Tigers (4-9) rockin’ and rollin’ their way to another victory.
“If they were allowed to pay with headphones on, they’d be a whole other team,” Hamel remarked.
Campbell, Lawrence and Maheu all had multiple-hit games for Newport. Wade provided a couple of runs as well for the Tigers, who swept a doubleheader from Hinsdale on Monday.
The top 20 teams make the D-III tournament. Seemingly out of contention a week ago, Newport is now 22nd with three games to play, a game behind 20th-place Hopkinton, which took a 5-8 mark into a game with White Mountains on Friday.
“We got back to having fun and playing loose,” Hamel said. “Winning solves a lot of things.”
Newport will look to continue its late-season surge at Mascoma on Monday.
Sunapee
Cruz fanned nine over 4 innings on Thursday. Lucas took care of the remaining 2 on Friday, striking out a pair.
Sunapee heads to Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, N.Y., this afternoon for a game with Derryfield.
West Canaan
Mascoma answered a four-run Franklin sixth with four runs of their own, keyed by RBI hits from Johnny Raymond and Ty Warner and a two-run Anthony Sperry double. Raymond doubled home two more runs in the seventh and scored on a passed ball as Mascoma closed to within two runs, but the Royals didn’t get another batter on the basepaths.
The Golden Tornadoes tagged Mascoma pitching for four home runs on the day. The Royals host Newport on Monday.
Jaffrey, n.h.
Noah Spaulding threw 3 innings of three-hit, three-walk, two-strikeout ball to stabilize the Cards. Junior Coby Hussey then made his varsity debut on the mound and retired the Orioles in order in the sixth and seventh with a strikeout.
Hussey had a big day at the plate as well, going 4-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Spaulding was 2-for-4 with a double, and Zach O’Brien and Login Barry both added RBI base hits.
The Cardinals entertain Fall Mountain today.
Orford
Wing powered a pair of home runs as part of a five-hit day for South Royalton, scoring four runs as well. Rachel Moore earned the win, walking six but allowing no hits over five innings.
Cierra Longto led Rivendell with three hits, Shaunna Simmons added two and both scored twice. Megan Olney added a hit, and Heather Dexter and Kirstyn Binford provided runs.
The Royals visit Blue Mountain on Tuesday. Rivendell hosts Whitcomb-Rochester on Monday.
Sunapee
Down 6-5 in the home sixth, Olivia Hamilton tripled and scored on a Rachel Malanga RBI to tie the contest. Meghan Frederick blasted a two-run tater to put Sunapee ahead for good, and Lexie Hamilton followed with a two-run blast of her own two batters later for insurance.
Katie Frederick, Thursday’s starter, completed the game on the rubber with a strikeout-fly out-strikeout seventh for the Lakers, who meet Epping on Tuesday.
Newport
Samantha McNeel led the assault, going 4-for-4 and coming up a home run shy of the cycle. Carl made the most of it, shutting Pelham down until allowing a few late walks.
“The team carried the energy of the (senior day) ceremony and never looked back,” Newport coach Sam McNeel said. “This is the team I expected us to be all year, but (we) just haven’t been able to put it together until today.”
Newport visits Mascoma on Monday.
Springfield, Vt.
Hartford managed just three hits on the day, from Emily Ballou, Kayla Lancor and Rachel Loseby, with Loseby providing the Canes’ only RBI. Pitcher Brooke Hurd kept the game close, allowing just four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.
Hartford entertains Otter Valley on Monday.
Enfield
Mascoma (0-13) hosts Newport on Monday.
Jaffrey, n.h.
Girls Lacrosse
Lebanon
Brine buried a career-high eight goals and added two assists, while MacDonald finished with four goals and six helpers in the rout. Brine’s big day brought her to 51 goals on the year, briefly putting atop the Upper Valley scoring chart.
Caroline Wren added two scores and an assist, Brooke Falzarano set up a pair of goals, and Izzy Walker and Katie Berthasavage provided Lebanon’s other goals.
Elizabeth Jones knocked aside nine of the 12 shots she faced. The Raiders host Laconia for their senior game on Tuesday.
White River Junction
Amanda Locke scored twice for the Canes, with Shayla Prior, Michaela Ricker and Emily Ricker providing the other goals. Alice Dwyer and Emma Libbey posted assists, and Stevenson combined with Jaden Sanborn on eight saves.
Hartford (1-11) wraps its campaign with a pair of road games, visiting Harwood on Tuesday and Stratton Mountain on Thursday.
Hopkinton, n.h.
Stevens plays a makeup contest at Pelham on Monday.
Lebanon
Jacob Peress and Terran Campbell set the tone at the top, with Peress earning an 8-1 win at first singles over Nic Mele and Campbell following with an 8-0 shutout at No. 2 over Gabe Fagan. Noah Didehbani, Ben Ask and Noah Ryder added singles wins, and Lebanon swept doubles without surrendering a game.
Lebanon coach Mike Haxton said he expects the Raiders to earn the No. 2 seed in next week’s NHIAA Division II tournament, losing a tiebreaker with 14-0 Oyster River for the top spot. The Raiders are likely to open the tourney on Tuesday with a rematch against Plymouth.
Concord
No. 3 Aidan Biglow claimed an 8-2 decision over the Crimson Tide’s Adam Bryant and joined John He for an 8-6 decision at second doubles for Hanover’s only points. Matty Siegel “played some of his best tennis all season,” coach Jarrod Shaheen said, in a tiebreaker loss at fourth singles, and Jasper Meyer nearly pulled off a comeback at fifth singles before taking an 8-6 defeat.
Set as one of the eight teams in next week’s D-I state tournament, Hanover closes its regular season today by completing a match at Keene that was halted by inclement weather on Thursday.
Woodstock
Grace Frazier and Morgan Hartman, moved up one slot in the lineup, both won first-set tiebreakers en route to singles wins. Kenzie Biele and Sarah Findeisen won in straight sets, as did the first doubles pairing of Emma King and Elise Geschardt. The Mounties forfeited the other two points.
Woodstock will open the D-II tourneyat home either Tuesday or Wednesday, according to coach Tom Hopewell.