CRAIG NETS NINE GOALS TO KEY CHELMSFORD WIN
Billerica rallies to defeat rival Lions in MVC baseball clash
Catherine Craig was on cloud nine after her performance Tuesday.
Craig dominated offensively with a career-high nine goals, one assist and five draw controls to power the Chelmsford High girls lacrosse team to a 2212 non-league victory over Wachusett Regional.
Katherine Morin (4 goals, assist) and Julianna Lanzillo (3 goals, 3 assists) also had huge afternoons (4-1). Contributing to the win were Caroline Pitts (2 goals, 6 draw controls), Ava Balan (goal, 3 assists), Taija Bell (goal, assist) and Reese Hughes (5 draws, goal) and Alyson Roark (goal).
BILLERICA 9, BURLINGTON 4 » The Indians captured the non-league victory after increasing their lead after a 6-4 edge at halftime.
Samantha White made 13 saves for Billerica (2-3). Sophia Jannoni led the offense with two goals and three assists, while Cora Lankowski and Audrey Toce also had two goals. Collecting a goal each for the winners were Giovanna Gulinello, Sara Macleod and Cassie Gallagher. WOBURN 16, TEWKSBURY 5 » Ava Nordbruch found the back of the net twice, but Tewksbury dropped the non-league battle. Adding a goal each for the Redmen were Emily Picher, Mckenzie Hickey and Sarah Doherty. LOWELL 5, LOWELL CATHOLIC 3 » In a low-scoring non-league matchup, the Red Raiders received three goals from Jackie Peirce to post the win.
Scoring a goal each for Lowell were Quinn Mcdonald and Alita Gulizia. Strong defense was played by Erin Asselin, Bella Goncalves, Princess Onyenwe and Alanna Cohen. Sara Skaff made seven saves.
ALGONQUIN 11, NM 10 » Grace Chiota, who recorded her 100th career point in the game, broke a 10-10 tie for Algonquin to sink the Patriots.
North Middlesex received a terrific performance from Bella
Young, who tallied a game-high seven goals. Scoring three goals for the Patriots (1-4) was Sophia Caldwell.
CENTRAL 16, WEYMOUTH 8 » Central Catholic remained undefeated as Kerri Finneran led the way with six goals and three draw controls.
Central (6-0) only led 7-6 at halftime before pulling away. Kierstyn Zinter was superb again with four goals and four draw controls. Jackie Tattan chipped in with three goals. Abby Yfantopulous (goal, 2 assists, 4 draw controls), Nicolette Licare (2 goals, assist) and goalie Anne Cashman (9 saves) also starred.
Softball
GR. LOWELL 21, NORTHEAST 0 » Amaya Flood was the winning pitcher, allowing just one hit in the CAC clash.
Paige Matte swung a hot bat, finishing with seven RBI. The Gryphons (4-0) scored 16 runs in the top of the third. Matte hit a grand slam, Cora Wilder homered to left field to score two runs and Flood added a solo home run. Wilder added a solo home run. Makayla Thyne played great defense with a double play from right field. NASHOBA REG. 18, DRACUT 2 » The Middies were overwhelmed during a semifinal game of the Sheryl Jones Tournament in Hudson.
Baseball
WA 2, ACTON-BOXBORO 1 » In a well-played Dual County League game in Westford, the host
GROTON » Mark Ottesen, 55, 3:37:51; Karla King, 41, 4:30:35; Maggie Jiser, 22, 5:03:09; Abigail Hoey, 5:06:04.
HUDSON, N.H. » Kimberly Doherty, 38, 3:33:17; Liam Mcneil, 21, 4:19:26; Suzanne Barker, 53, 4:29:10; Laura Mclaughlin, 41, 5:00:52; Cory Minichino, 34, 5:28:42; Dianne Smigliani, 56, 6:12:04.
LITTLETON » Sean Mcdonough, 41, 2:48:51; Lilly Chen, 52, 4:02:32; Peter Floss, 61, 4:13:44; Rachel Bennett, 39, 4:51:28; Marc O’meara, 54, 5:03:16; Kimberly
Alley, 57, 5:09:20; Erich Manser, 5:12:48. LOWELL » Paulo Amaral, 2:46:50; Tony Ly, 3:01:11; Stephen Gendron, 36, 3:25:26; Chunrong Qin, 50, 3:35:48; Fil Faria, 59, 3:47:33; Brad Smith, 4:31:05; Chrissy Larocque, 27, 4:35:19; Margaret Kennedy, 39, 4:39:54; Ken Goodin, 69, 5:04:41; Kathleen Teixeira, 43, 5:04:45; Sarah Guerin, 28, 5:17:15; Allison Moylan, 28, 5:18:08; Melissa Prentiss, 37, 5:18:18; Steve Kanaracus, 79, 5:28:12; Maya Johnson, 33, 5:28.50; Kristin Davis, 44, 5:29.59.
PELHAM, N.H. » Brooke Paradis, 27, 4:12:31; Adrienne Keane, 64, 4:44:26; Christopher Byrne, 37, 5:06:51; Chris Benjamin, 27, 5:08:08; Stephen Giuffre, 36, 6:24:27. PEPPERELL » Andrew Bragg, 54, 3:21:41; Aaron Ouellette, 46, 3:51:22; Sydney Ting, 20, 5:39:58. SHIRLEY » Daniel Beard, 40, 3:07:03.
TEWKSBURY » Chris Orlando, 27, 2:36:44; Lucas Parsons, 29, 2:54:09; Nichole Staude, 37, 3:05:12; Tammy Chow, 33, 3:20:58; Allyson Casey, 45, 3:23:08; Lauren Charbonnier, 36, 3:26:08; Kevin Christie, 66, 3:43:12; Trish Bourne, 3:49:21; Lisa Maciel, 53, 4:16:04; Kathy Charbonnier, 63; 4:18:23; Carmela Taveras, 61, 4:24:08; Nick Wilson, 36, 4:24:50; Michael Doherty, 54, 4:28:29;
Jennifer Dillon, 38, 4:31:45; Jessica Lebrun, 38, 4:50:59; Jonathan Duggan, 48, 4:56:20; Kelly Golini, 24, 4:57:02; Kayla Pierce, 34, 4:58:48; Courtney Curtin, 20, 5:53:40; Jacob Desantis, 29, 5:58:22; Brittany Hoefer, 31, 6:23:01. TOWNSEND » Kerrie-ann Briguglio, 53, 3:56:30; Brian Crane, 59, 4:25:03. TYNGSBORO » Rodney Andre, 54, 3:56:29; Jessica Gendreau, 24, 4:49:22; Matthew Durkin, 29, 4:55:01; Gina Pedro, 31, 5:32:40. WESTFORD » Xianrong Wang, 42, 2:32:10; Shihui Yu, 41, 3:23:31; Luping Quan, 54, 3:27:36; Kevin Tang, 60, 3:58:31; Bethany Lessard, 39, 4:29:09; Dante Demarco, 57, 4:56:25; Edward
Pawlowski, 33, 5:01:41; Scott Graham, 65, 5:02:22; Alison Balloni, 38, 5:15:43; Hannah Rosenstein, 25, 5:24:15; Delaney Mccarthy, 23, 6:15:10; Gerard Ottaviano, 66, 6:26:35. WILMINGTON » Blake Raymond, 38, 2:49:58; Christopher Montgomery, 3:07:12; Nathaniel Olson, 40, 3:28:29; Jill Chisholm, 52, 3:30:10; Jessica Sryhalaleck, 47, 4:15:00; Keith Mcdonald, 40, 4:17:56; Nancy Lively, 58, 4:33:01; Kelli Pertler, 38, 4:54:39; Daniel Buckelew, 41, 5:04:30; Minda Qyrfyci, 44, 5:08:24; Andrew Amendola, 40, 5:20:16; Brittany Desiato, 5:32:03; Jamie Spinazola, 25, 5:34:46; Alison Cizowski, 41, 5:38:43.