Local Roundup: Veteran Austin Backstops Sunapee Baseball Win

Hopkinton, n.h. — Senior catcher Will Austin formed an effective battery with a pair of young pitchers to help the Sunapee baseball team to a 13-1 victory at Hopkinton on Monday afternoon.

Pitchers Gabe Hastings and Darren Hulton split duties on the hill for the Lakers in the mercy rule-shortened defeat of the Hawks.

Sophomore Hastings, making his first varsity start, surrendered a first-inning run but was otherwise solid. Hastings limited Hopkinton to two hits with three strikeouts over three innings for the win.

Hulton closed out the win with three shutout frames, fanning four and walking one. In addition to contributing two hits and two runs to the offense, Austin threw out a would-be base-stealer at second base and picked two Hawks off first.

Matt Nangeroni drove in three runs, Will Palin had a two-run triple and Nick Ducharme went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Lakers, who go to Derryfield on Wednesday.

Mascenic 6, Newport 1

Newport — The Vikings broke open a tight game to hand Newport a loss in its season opener.

Tigers starting pitcher Kyle Fish allowed two runs in the first inning and then settled down into the sixth when he ran up against the 75-pitch mark with a runner on third base. With new NHIAA rules on pitch counts enforcing three days’ rest for throwing more than 75 pitches, Fish departed. The Vikings were opportunistic and took control for good with four runs in the frame.

Sophomore Tony Robertson was 3-for-3 in his varsity debut for Newport. Fish struck out four while pitching to contact and letting the strong Tigers’ defense help to limit the Mascenic attack.

The Tigers host Mascoma on Wednesday.

Otter Valley 12, Windsor 1

Windsor — Justin Smith’s RBI single put the Yellowjackets in front, 1-0, in the second inning, but it was all Otters after that.

Windsor starting pitcher Adam Stapleton went 3⅔ innings, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks while striking out two. Brandon Tillman scored for the Jacks (1-1), who play host to Springfield on Thursday.

John Stark 13, Lebanon 5

Weare, n.h. — A trio of Raiders had their first varsity hits, but Lebanon dropped to 0-3 to start the season.

Kyle Pelletier, Joe Dupree and Jaret Armstrong all collected their first base hits for the Raiders. Joah Moss pitched three innings of relief. Derek Griffin started on the mound and took the loss.

“We’re young and working at it. They jumped out early, but we battled back a bit. We’ve got a long way to go, but we hung in there. It’s a work in progress,” Lebanon coach Doug Ashey said.

The Raiders host Hanover on Wednesday.

Monadnock 6, Mascoma 3

Swanzey, n.h. — The Royals stayed step for step on opening day with the defending NHIAA Division III state champions.

“Other than some first-inning jitters, we played really well,” Mascoma coach Guy Serviss said. “It’s a loss, but this is an OK loss. We played really well, and it was our first time seeing live pitching outside all spring.”

Starting pitcher Tyler Findley went the first three innings, striking out three while allowing four runs, two of which were earned. The Huskies led, 4-0, after the first inning. Derek French and Micah McCullough combined for three innings of relief work.

Tyler Warner led the Mascoma offense with a pair of hits along with a run. The Royals visit Newport on Wednesday.

Softball

Sunapee 14, Hopkinton 1 (5)

Contoocook, n.h. — Katie Frederick hit for the cycle and pitched the first four innings of a combined no-hitter to help the Lakers (2-0) over the Hawks.

Frederick struck out seven and Hannah Cooney added a strikeout in an inning of work to close out the no-no. Frederick also delivered four RBIs and four runs scored. Younger sister Ellie Frederick added a triple. Faith Larpenter was 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs.

Sunapee visits Derryfield on Wednesday.

Moultonborough 14, Woodsville 10

Moultonborough, n.h. — The Engineers led, 7-2, through two innings but couldn’t stifle the Panthers’ bats for long.

Emma Restelli led the Woodsville attack with a pair of two-run, two-out singles. Suzie Bazzell was 3-for-4 with a double. Gabby Taylor added three hits and scored a run. Morgan McHugh had a double and a single.

The Engineers (1-2) visit Gorham on Wednesday afternoon.

Mascenic 8, Newport 1

Newport — Maddie Labrie struck out 16 of the 28 Tigers she faced in what Newport coach Sam McNeel called a “phenomenal” performance for the Vikings.

Newport did get six hits off Labrie but couldn’t string many together. The Tigers got their only run in the home sixth on a Megan Howard triple and Alyssa Burr RBI single. Labrie walked just one and hit one batter.

Mascenic jumped on Newport starter Lacey McNeel for a game-opening home run and plated all of their runs in the first two frames before the Tiger freshman settled down. McNeel went the distance on six hits, fanning four.

Newport’s season-opening homestand continues with games against Mascoma on Wednesday and Fall Mountain on Thursday.

John Stark 17, Lebanon 0

Weare, n.h. — The young Raiders dropped their second straight by double digits. Lebanon hosts Trinity on Wednesday.

Boys Lacrosse

Hanover 16, Nashua North 7

Nashua, n.h. — Jake Acker, Brian Pattison and Brian Seltzer each had hat tricks to help the Marauders improve to 2-1.

Acker added three assists to finish with a team-high six points. Reed Winter had two goals and two assists. Graham Penfield added two goals and one assist. Kyle Rozzi, Eli Silovich and Owen Brooks also scored.

“For the first time this year, we controlled the ground-ball game, which translated into more possessions and a solid victory,” Hanover coach Ryan Gardner said via email.

Goalies Joe Warhold and Mason Winter combined to make eight saves. The Marauders host Pinkerton on Thursday at 5 p.m.

Con-Val 14, Stevens 1

Claremont — The Cardinals’ goal came from freshman Quentin Bicknell during the second half. Con-Val led, 10-0, at intermission. Freshman Tucker Derosier made 17 saves for Stevens (0-2), which visits Bishop Brady on Wednesday.

Boys Tennis

Lebanon 7, Goffstown 2

Goffstown, n.h. — The Raiders won five of six singles matches and improved their record to 5-0.

Jacob Peress and Noah Ryder each won, 8-0, in singles. Terran Campbell won, 8-1, Noah Didehbani won, 8-2, and Graham Chickering won, 8-3. Peress and Campbell partnered for an 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles. Brodie McPherson and Chickering added an 8-4 victory at No. 3.

The Raiders are off until they host St. Thomas on April 28.

College Baseball

Dartmouth’s Sulser Honored

Hanover — Dartmouth senior Beau Sulser was named the Ivy League pitcher of the week on Monday, the fourth award for a Big Green pitcher this season.

Sulser allowed just one unearned run while pitching a complete game in Dartmouth’s 3-1 victory over Brown on Sunday. For the season, Sulser (4-1) leads the Ivy League with a 1.45 ERA with 36 strikeouts and just four walks in 31.0 innings of work. He also leads the conference in WHIP (0.94) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.0).

Castleton 10, Colby-Sawyer 5Castleton 7, Colby-Sawyer 1

New London — The Spartans got revenge from a Colby-Sawyer doubleheader sweep a week ago with a twinbill sweep of their own.

Woodstock alum Doug Avellino had an RBI single in the second inning of the first game for the Chargers. Nursing a 3-0 lead into the fourth inning, things came unraveled for the hosts when the Spartans scored five runs to take control. Chris Mitchell took the loss for Colby-Sawyer.

Avellino scored on an RBI single by Nathan Frongillo to give the Chargers an early 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game. Castleton answered with a pair of runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.

Colby-Sawyer plays a doubleheader at Lyndon State on Wednesday.

Correction

Kyle Pelletier and Jaret Armstrong were among three members of the Lebanon High baseball team who collected their first varsity base hits in the Raiders’ 13-5 loss at John Stark on Monday. Pelletier and Armstrong were misidentified in an earlier version of this story.