HS Roundup: North baseball, South girls lax lead win parade
Shu Grosso, shown last season, helped the Merrimack girls tennis team to its third straight win on Friday. (Courtesy photo)
Some local high school teams are on a streak. Good ones.
The Nashua North baseball team has won three straight, while so has the Merrimack girls tennis team. The Hollis Brookline baseball nine is now 4-0, while the Nashua South girls and Bishop Guertin boys lacrosse teams are a combined 11-0.
Here’s the good news for many:
BASEBALL
NASHUA NORTH 8,TIMBERLANE 6
The Titans (3-2) picked up a team win and getting their third straight win. Colin Holbrook had two hits, a RBI and a run scored with Ryan Bourgeois collected a double, a RBI and two runs. Kenny Reel came in to grab the save with bases loaded in the sixth inning. Reel also added to the offense with two RBIs and a run. North and Salem tangle today at Holman at 10 a.m.
CONCORD 7, NASHUA SOUTH 5
The Panthers (4-1) couldn’t defend their home field and came out with their first loss of the season. Isaiah Hedquist, River Hart and Leo Kopiko each had two hits and a RBI. Grant McCubrey struck out five in four innings.
South takes on Pinkerton today at Holman at 4 p.m.
HOLLIS BROOKLINE 15, CONVAL 5
The Cavaliers (4-0) mark their fourth straight win on Friday. Leading the offense were Alex Razzaboni (homerun, two RBIs), Paul Vachon (three hits, four RBIs), Torin White (double, two RBIs), Eoin Sheehy (double) and Padge MacSeain (double, two RBIs).
Jack Lager got the win striking out four batters in four innings and Charles Hale pitched three scoreless in relief striking out two. HB visits Oyster River on April 30.
MASCENIC 9, CAMPBELL 2
The Cougars (5-1) first loss of the season was infected by errors and an ineffective offense. Campbell visits Mascenic on May 2.
SOUHEGAN 18, KENNETT 7
The Sabers have now scored 44 runs in their last three games after managing just one run vs. Hollis Brookline a week ago, and enjoyed their second 10-run inning of the week , breaking this one open with 10 in the fifth. They outhit Kennett 10-6 and took advantage of six Eagle errors.
Now 5-1, Souhegan hosts fellow Divsion II contender St. Thomas on Monday.
EPPING 12, WILTON-LYNDEBORUGH 2
(Thursday)
Warriors freshman pitcher Colby Collins only gave up two hits into the fifth, but WLC’s defense suffered. Now 2-3, the Warriors host Newmarket on Monday.
SOFTBALL
BISHOP GUERTIN 23,PORTSMOUTH 4
The Cardinals (4-2) take a win against the Clippers in dominant fashion. Bailey Doyle grabbed the win allowing four hits and striking out eight.
Maddy Bowen, Torey Hart (double, triple) and Michaela Bowen paced the offense with four hits each.
BG visits Manchester Central on Monday.
CONCORD 13, NASHUA SOUTH 1
The Panthers (0-4) remain winless after a road loss to Concord. South hosts Pinkerton on Monday.
HOLLIS BROOKLINE 6, CONVAL 5
The Cavaliers (4-1) clinched the win after a seventh inning comeback. Kailey Disco struck out 11 on the mound and hit a double. Ava Imbrogno had a RBI, Savannah Duquette hit a single and a double, Olivia Colantuonio added a single and Abigail Guay tallied a RBI.
HB hosts ConVal on May 2.
CAMPBELL 4, MASCENIC 2
The Cougars (6-0) hot streak continues with a close against Mascenic. Theresa Ivas allowed three hits, two runs and struck out 11 over seven innings. Morgan Brunier brought in two runs and Haley Hebert had sac fly.
Campbell visits Mascenic on May 2.
KENNETT 5, SOUHEGAN 2
Liv Harnish went the distance in the circle for the Sabers, striking out 15 while allowing only eight hits, but it wasn’t enough to keep Souhegan from dropping its fourth straight (1-5). Harnish also had an inside the park home run.
Isabelle Brandt had a great performance behind the plate for Souhegan, which hosts Kingswood on Wednesday.
BOYS LACROSSE
BISHOP GUERTIN 20, SOUHEGAN 4
The Cardinals (5-0) dominance wreaked havoc on the Sabers (3-2) Friday afternoon. Brady Dumont (two assists), Quinn Cepiel (two assists) and Aiden Laurendeau (two assists) each collected a hat trick.
Tim Kiely (three assists), Connor Bouvier (assist), Connor Guibord and Kevin Broderick scored two goals apiece. Finishing off the scoring were Riley Gwinn, Emerson Warren and Ryan Jolicoeur with one goal each. Connor Hughes tallied two assists with Caleb Yeung, Carter Jozokos, Kyle Mach, Mitchell Lynch and Daniel Woodford each grabbing one assist.
BG visits Merrimack and Souhegan visits Bedford on Monday.
MERRIMACK 12, NASHUA NORTH 3
The Tomahawks (1-2) made it look easy with a decisive win over the Titans (0-5). Kyle Dunn led the offensive unit with three goals and six assists. Jackson Forbes scored four goals, Matthew Todd had two goals and an assist, Alec Vietry added a goal and three assists and Ryan Rezendes scored a goal.
Aidan Ward and Alex Griffin made four and one save respectively. North’s Alec Jenkerson scored a goal and Devyn Lavoie made six saves.
Merrimack hosts Bishop Guertin and North visits Nashua South on Monday.
LEBANON 12, MILFORD 6
The Spartans (0-4) continue to look for their first win a Friday road loss to Lebanon. Logan Barnhill scored four goals and Chuck Urda tallied two goals. James Brew made eight saves in net; while Luca DeRosa and Tyler Descoteaux played well defensively. Milford hosts Stevens on May 2.
ST. THOMAS 16, HOLLIS BROOKLINE 1
The Cavaliers drop to 1-4 after their fourth straight loss. Connor Cook scored on a Tommy Anderson assist. Tucker Luter made five saves in net.
HB visits Bedford on Wednesday.
GIRLS LACROSSE
NASHUA SOUTH 16, CONCORD 7
The Panthers (6-0) offense continues to click on all cylinders by defeating Concord for the second time in as many days. Kaitlyn West (three assists) and Ella Benzekri (seven draw controls) each had six goals.
Maddy Matylewski (assist), Morgan Uzdanovich, Kylie Dawe (three assists, six draw controls) and Maren Lowell (two assists, three draw controls) had one goal apiece. South’s defensive unit was led by Soleil Dubois, Bailey Carroll, Nessa Reeder and Keira Walsh (three saves).
South hosts Nashua North on Monday.
HOLLIS BROOKLINE 22, WINNACUNNET 10
The Cavaliers (5-1) were no strangers to finding the back of the net in Friday’s win. Alyssa Hill’s eyes were all over the field collecting six goals and eight assists. Paige Mello scored five goals and added an assist; while Sabrina Hill (assist) and Abbie Ogren each had a hat trick.
Bella Haytayan added two goals and an assist to the effort. Cailean Roy (assist), Ireland Stark and Juliette Ogren had one goal apiece. Nicole Heiter, Daniella Allanach, Julia Vella and Kaitlyn Castriotta led the defensive unit.
HB visits Portsmouth on April 30.
OYSTER RIVER 19, ALVIRNE 2
The Broncos record falls to 0-4 after getting beat on their home field. Elsa Ferullo and Halle Miller scored the goals with Alex Kruger making 10 saves in goal. Alvirne hosts Timberlane on May 2.
GIRLS TENNIS
MERRIMACK 5, MANCHESTER MEMORIAL 4
The Tomahawks go into the break in the best way possible, a three-match winning streak.
Shu Grosso (8-0), Katie Costa (8-2), Colette Hutchinson (8-5), Sarah Zebuhr (8-4) and Gross/Zebuhr in doubles (8-0) all came out on top.
Now the 3-5, the ‘Hawks must wait until May 2 to try to make it four in a row when they host Manchester Central.
BOYS TENNIS
GOFFSTOWN 6, SOUHEGAN 3
The Sabers suffered their first loss of the season, falling to 5-1. Owen Van Hooser won 8-0 at No. 6 singles for Souhegan, while he also teamed up with Samuel Bartle for a win at No. 3 doubles, 8-4. The No. 2 doubles team of Josh Goddard and Connor Firmin also wo 8-3.
The Sabers’ next match isn’t until May 2 when they host Portsmouth.

