Fairlee
Raptors senior Ryan Landgraf medalled with a 1-under-par 33 on the front nine as Rivendell narrowly defeated Hartford, 166-170.
It’s the third straight win this season for the Raptors over Hartford, which had bettered the Hurricanes during the teams’ first match at Lake Morey on May 5.
Since then, the Raptors have grown wiser, according to Rivendell coach Justin Bonnett.
“We’ve started to make smarter decisions, managing the course better,” Bonnett said. “Some of our guys have been laying off the driver and focusing on getting it on the fairway. We’ve been getting a lot more confident on our home course.”
Sam Kamel (37) was three shots behind Landgraf, tying the Hurricanes’ top golfer, Sam Dwyer.
Hartford had the next two highest scores, from Kody Wessel (39) and Brandon Chiasson (41).
Chiasson had the shot of the day when he hit for birdie from 100 yards away on the eighth hole.
“We’re talking about a football field (in length) to get into a very small hole,” Bonnett said. “That’s pretty impressive.”
Jacob Perkins (47) and Tanner Siemons (49) also scored for the Raptors.
Hartford visits Windsor on Monday. Rivendell’s next match will be its fifth of the year against the Hurricanes, this time at the Quechee Club on Tuesday.
Sunapee
Sunapee was matched up with the only team that pinned a loss on the Lakers in a 3-2 game on opening day. Since that day Sunapee has won 11 straight, out scoring the opposition 129-34.
On Thursday, Laker hurler Cole Cruz gave up a leadoff single and had not allowed another hit, striking out six and walking five. He had thrown 87 pitches.
The only run of the suspended game came in the second inning, when Keir Lucas walked and, following two bunts, came around on an error.
Wilton-Lyndborough (7-5) used ace Christian Seeley, who had allowed the unearned run through four innings with four hits and three strikeouts.
After the Lakers finish their game today, they will have little time to rest as they are playing Derryfield on Saturday in Cooperstown, N.Y.
— Poody Walsh
Wells River
Ilsley’s single to left field scored Jack Stimson, who’d singled earlier in the inning.
Stimson finished 2-for-3 for Oxbow.
Ilsley gave up six hits and two walks while striking out two in 3 innings for the O’s. He was relieved by Hayden Tomlinson, who walked two and struck out four while earning his first win of the season.
Lebanon
The Raiders face Hanover today at Dartmouth College’s Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, hoping to avenge the Marauders’ 10-8 win in Lebanon in April.
Plainfield, Vt.
Pitcher Kevin Kingsbury struck out seven and walked two, allowing three hits and a pair of earned runs.
Whitchester was carried offensively by Ben Harvey (2-for-3, triple, three RBIs), Isaac Hodgdon (2-for-3, double, two RBIs) and Troy Walker (2-for-4, double, three RBIs).
Lebanon
Abbey Brann and Morganne Young tallied the lone hits for the Raiders, Brann driving in Sudney Broughton for Lebanon’s lone run.
Kristen Anderson struck out two and walked one in the loss for the Raiders (2-11).
Wells River
Freshman Madison Fornwalt went 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double and a triple, finishing with six RBIs for the O’s.
Bailee Wheeler (double, two RBIs) also smacked four hits, while Corrina Oakley was 3-for-5 with a triple, double and three RBIs.
In the circle, Fornwalt walked 14 while giving up three hits and walking six in a complete game.
Sunapee
While any game over five innings can be recorded as a complete game, both teams agreed to try to finish the game this afternoon, according to Lakers coach Bonnie Cruz.
“We won’t know until (this morning),” Cruz said. “We have to run it by the NHIAA.”
Plainfield, Vt.
Lindsey LaPerle went 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs scored, Avery Palmer went 3-for-4 with four runs and Amelia Mattrick was 3-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs for Whitchester.
Mattrick platooned with starting pitcher Laura Vaillancourt in the circle.
Woodstock
Daniel Robinson scored twice and Jackson Wood (assist), Jack Arthur, Cullen McCarthy, Patrick Potter, and Patrick Bald had one apiece for the Wasps (6-5). Lucas Piconi added an assist.
Coleman McKaig made eight saves in net for Woodstock.
Lebanon
Kendra MacDonald scored four times and Elle Brine notched three goals, two assists for Lebanon, which drew within 11-10 following an hour-long rain delay in the second half.
Caroline Wren scored twice and Katie Berthasavage once for the Raiders, while Brooke Falzarano had a single assist.
The Raiders host Campbell today on their annual “Not In Our House” game, a fundraiser for WISE, a Lebanon-based domestic violence prevention and education organization.
Five Hartford athletes competed at the individual state tennis tournament Thursday.
Christine Miller lost to St. Johnsbury’s Audra Shield-Taylor 6-4, 7-6 in the first round of the girls tournament at The Bridges Resort in Warren, Vt. Naomi Hematillake lost to CVU’s Elysa Killkelley 6-2, 6-0 as well.
For the boys, at Leddy Park and Appletree Park in Burlington, Danny Nguyen defeated Burlington’s Elnur Delahmetovic 6-0, 6-1 in the first round before falling to South Burlington’s Marco Cepeda 6-1, 6-1, in round two.
Doubles pair Riley Kehoe and Spencer Rugg lost to Mount Mansfield’s Espen Peterson and Billy Bruce 6-0, 6-4 in the opening round of the doubles tournament in Burlington.
Lebanon
Jacob Peress, Terran Campbell, Noah Didehbani, Ben Ask all won singles matches 8-0, while Owen Johnston led 7-6 when his match was called due to rain.
Campbell and Peress (8-1) won in the lone doubles match completed.
Lebanon hosts Plymouth today with a chance to finish the regular season undefeated.
Keene, n.h.
Hanover
Rine Uhm (8-1; 8-2), Izzi Davis (8-0; 8-0), Margaret Werner (8-1; 8-1) and Mindy Wu (8-0; 8-1) all earned a pair of singles wins.
Ellen Lamm (8-5) and Bri Laycock (8-2) rounded out Hanover’s singles wins in the first match while Grace Li (8-0), and Emma Watson (8-0) did so in game two.
Uhm-Davis (8-0; 8-1) and Werner-Lamm (8-2; 8-0) swept their doubles matches. Hanover’s Laycock-Wu won 8-1 at No. 3 doubles in match one and Li-Watson lost an 8-5 match in the nightcap.
Hanover will likely be seeded second in the upcoming NHIAA Division II tournament, situated behind only 14-0 Portsmouth.
Hanover
Starting pitcher Duncan Robinson earned a first-team spot for the third year in a row and was joined by relief pitcher Patrick Peterson and shortstop Thomas Roulis. Robinson ranked third in the Ivies in earned-run average (2.36), Roulis batted .384 in league play and Peterson went 2-0 with three saves as Dartmouth’s primary closer.
Freshman utility man Rob Emery made the second team. Junior first baseman Michael Ketchmark, sophomore second baseman Dustin Shirley and senior outfielder Nick Ruppert received honorable mention.