basketball

Nashua boys biddy

Saints 51, Sonics 26

 High Scores for the Saints were Sean Dezurick with 10 and Chris Fischer and Austin Brucks with six apiece. For the Sonics it was Matt Savoia and Michael Riley with 6 and Pat Sullivan with five. Playing great defense for the Saints was Austin Brucks with 5 block shots and for the Sonics Jordan Buckmire

Saints 40 , Celtics 23

High scorers for the Saints were Dylan Gamache was 12 and Devon Lamert with five. For the Cetics Peter McMcManus with seven and Tilale Patel with six. Playing well defensively for the Saints was Spencer Durand and for the Celtics, Caden Daigle 

Jazz 35, Thunder 28

Cristian Lowell led the Jazz with 12 points as the Thunder battled from behind at the half. Kevin Genoa of the Thunder led all scorers with 18 points. Jacob Roy, Shane Sicurella and Anthony Martucci contributed to the win with excellent all-around play

Pistons 53, Jets 33

The Pistons were led by Brinton MacDonald with 13, Jack Dinsmore with 12, and Trey Legraw with six. Anthony Mele also played well for the second unit, scoring 5 points.  The Jets had strong performances from Dennis Martinez and Tyler Bernard

Sonics 45, Royals 44

The Sonics built an early lead and then withstood a furious rally to defeat the Royals. Patrick Sullivan had eight points and Aaron Silva had seven points and both were outstanding on defense. Brian Inzerillo came off the bench to add 10. The Royals received balanced scoring with Bill Louisdor scoring 12 points and Ken Jerez and Zavier Rumardo each adding eight points apiece

Good team defense and a balanced scoring attack helped the Globe Trotters defeat a scrappy Nationals team by a score of 32-29. The Trotters were led in scoring by Pedro Campos and Sam McCarthy with seven each, Mike Coffin had five and Pat McCarthy contributed four points. The Nationals were led in scoring by Devin Leonard with 12, Max Fay had five and Nick Iannuzzo contributed four points.

Nationals 37, Cougars 24

he Nationals defeated a determined Cougars team by a score of 37-24. Both teams played a good man-to-man pressing defense. The Nationals were led in scoring by Nick Iannuzzo with 10, Devin Leonard had eight and Max Fay contributed four points. The Cougars were led in scoring by Sean Murphy with nine, Jeremiah Pena had five, Noah Ouellette and Matt Franco contributed four points each.

Warriors 48, Pistons 15

Spencer Bergeron led the Warriors with 21 points to a win over the Pistons. Jack Barnes added 10 points and Cyrus Forcier six points for the Warriors. Defense was led by Ronnie Silva and Illya Scott. Shane Legraw and Anthony Mele played well for the Pistons.

 Warriors 33, Satellites 17

Jack Barnes had 14 points for the Warrios as they defeat the Satellites. Spencer Bergeron added 10 and their defense was led by Dominick Paladino, Rocco Restalli, and Keniel Maldonado. Steve Lambert led the Satellites with four points

Stars 49, Bullets 29

Chad Olivieri, Brendan Murphy, and Tommy Doucette all helped the Stars jump to a 13-2 lead. Zack Merideth, Ethan Carta-Ducharme, and Connor Coy brought the Bullets right back to tie it up after the two quarters. Brandon Bickom had five in the fourth and the Stars pulled away with it.

Stars 43, Bucks 20

Chad Olivieri put in 14 and got the Stars off to a strong start as the Stars put on an effective press in the first quarter. Jack Fahey added 13 as the Stars got some fast-break points in the third. Derrick Downing, Jake Fong, Brandon Lee , and Hunter Law all played quite well. Jake Fitzpatrick was the Bucks high scorer with nine points

Sharks 35, Lakers 34

The Sharks prevailed in a hard-fought game over the Lakers on the strength of 16 points from Justin Howard. Larry Lassiter was a force on the boards with 10 rebounds and eight points.

Jazz 31, Sharks 44

The Sharks made it two in a row with a win over the rival Jazz. Cameron Novotny was outstanding, scoring 13 points and playing exceptional defense. Tyler O’Brien, Justin Howard, Cameron Klein and Cam Paquette all were impressive on the defensive end, which made it hard to score on a determined Sharks team. Larry Lassiter and Andrew Morin each had four points.

Bullets 49, Lancers 33

The Bullets were led by Noah Cardin with 12 points, Connor Duval with eight points and Patrick McDonnell with seven points. The Lancers got 11 points from John Champa and seven points from Harper Niven in a losing effort.

Nashua girls biddy

The Tigers prevailed in a well played competitive game by both teams. Shardai Spearman, Marisa Gaudette both with 10 points, and Lexi Correa four points made some tough baskets at the end to pull out the victory after numerous lead changes throughout the game. Molly Dee, 14 points, led all scorers.

gymnastics

Local boy at national event

Local gymnast Nicholas Merryman placed sixth a group of top young gymnasts sent to the 2010 Future Stars National Championships held annually at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Col.

Merryman’s performance on nine events in a group of 56 boys qualified him to again be selected to the 2010-11 U.S Junior National Development Team. He was the sole New Hampshire participant and the top finisher in the New England region, which sent five boys to the national meet in the 11-year-old division this November. He placed first in the nation on the pommel horse and flexibility, and second, third and fourth on parallel bars, still rings, and horizontal bar, respectively.

The Future Stars Program was designed by USA Gymnastics (USAG) to “identify promising young athletes and assist with their further education and development” into an elite class who will comprise the National Men’s Team representing the U.S. at international competitions and the Olympics. A Hollis-Brookline Middle School student, Merryman is competing as a first-year Level 9 gymnast for the 2010-2011 season (with one silver medal All-Around performance already in December). He was the top Level 6 and Level 7 gymnast in New England in 2009 and 2010.

NEGTC Boys compete

The New England Gymnastics Training Center of Hudson boys competitive team competed in their first meet of the 2010- 2011 season at the Legend’s Holiday Invitational in Middleton Mass. More than 200 gymnasts competed from 15 different gyms.

Boys scores by levels and age:

Level 4 8-9 Age Division

Jacob Perron of Litchfield placed fourth with an all-around score of 81.700. He received a 13.2 on Floor (sixth) ;11.0 on Pommel (sixth); 15.3 on Rings (third);14.8 on Vault (third); 13.2 on P-Bars (ninth); 14.2 on H-Bars (11th).

Level 5 10-11 Age Division

Jonathan Furlong placed seventh with an all-around score of 83.700. He received a 15.1 on Floor (second); 14.0 on Pommel (seventh); 13.4 on Rings (ninth); 14.3 on Vault (seventh); 13.3 on P-Bars (eighth); 13.6 on H-Bars (12th).

Level 5 12+ Age Divison

Cyran Willis placed fourth with an all-around score of 70.800. He received a 9.4 on Floor (fourth ); 12.1 on Pommel (third); 12.2 on Rings (fourth );13.9 on Vault (third); 12.4 on P-Bars (third); 10.8 on H-Bars (fourth).

?Level 6 8-9 Age Division

Cole Marchand of Hudson placed seventh with an all-around score of 78.900. He received a 14.8 on Floor (fifth); 12.4 on Pommel (eighth); 11.1 on Rings (10th); 14.1 on Vault ( fourth); 12.6 on P-Bars (seventh); 13.9 on H-Bars (third).

Level 6 10-11 Age Divison

Ian Christiansen of Hudson placed seventh with an all-around score of 78.000. He received a 10.0 on Floor (ninth); 13.9 on Pommel (10th); 13.0 on Rings (ninth);13.9 on Vault (fifth); 13.1 on P-Bars (fourth ); 14.1 on H-Bars (eighth).

Level 7 12 + Age Division

Andrew Sevigny of Nashua placed third with an all-around score of 76.100. He received a 13.8 on Floor (third); 9.9 on Pommel (fourth); 14.0 on Rings (third); 14.5 on Vault (third); 12.4 on P-Bars (sixth); 11.5 on H-Bars (fourth).

Colby Routhier of Nashua placed seventh with an all-around score of 66.100. He received a 9.4 on Floor (ninth); 11.4 on Pommel (third); 13.0 on Rings (ninth); 12.8 on Vault (eighth); 10.1 on P-Bars (ninth); 9.4 on H-Bars (eighth).

Colton Rice of Hudson placed ninth with an all-around score of 61.600. He received a 9.3 on Floor (10th); 9.9 on Pommel (fourth); 12.0 on Rings (10th); 12.2 on Vault (10th); 8.2 on P-Bars (10th); 10.0 on H-Bars (seventh).

Level 8 14-up Age Division

Cody Rice of Hudson placed seventh with an all-around score of 52.200. He received a 11.7 on Floor (third); 11.2 on Rings (fifth); 11.7 on Vault (sixth); 8.4 on P-Bars (seventh); 9.2 on H-Bars (sixth).

The boys competitive teams are coached by Jacob Pitts, Tony Cariello, Barry Roger and Jodi Turner.

swimming

YMCA in Winter Classic

The Greater Nashua YMCA swim team again traveled to White River Junction for the UVAC Winter Classic. Including the distraction of the UVAC Splash Park, with current channel and 110-foot waterslide, the team competed with the Upper Valley Aquatic Club and 10 other swim clubs from around New England.

“This is always a great trip for the team. UVAC is a terrific facility and competing with so many quality teams helps focus the swimmers on proper technique,’’ head coach Corey Sullivan said.

Fifty-two Storm swimmers achieved personal best times during the meet. Charles Loucraft led the charge on personal improvement by setting seven best times in (Boys 9-10) freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Sister Alice Loucraft (Girls 8U) also scored a handful of best times in five events. Katherine Brennan (Girls 13-14), Julia Krawiec (Girls 11-12), and Katie Szum (Girls 11-12) all set six new personal best times.

Eric Howard qualified to compete in the 100-backstroke at the YMCA National Championships in Fort Lauderdale next April while also qualifying for the New England championships in five events (Boys 15-over 100-freestyle, 100-backstroke, 100-breaststroke, 100-butterfly, and 200-individual medley). Julia Krawiec also qualified to compete in the 50-freestyle at the New England YMCA Championships in March.

Others who swam New England YMCA Championship qualifying times at the UVAC meet include Anastasiya Ausiannikava (Girls 11-12 50-freestyle), Alyssa Peterson (Girls 15-over 100-butterfly), Jordan Tierney (Girls 15-over 50- and 200-freestyle), Andrew Chaviano (Boys 11-12 50-freestyle and 200-individual medley), Tyler Howard (Boys 13-14 200-freestyle and 100-backstroke), Bryan-Norris Laborera (Boys 11-12 50-freestyle and 50-butterfly), and Carl-Nico Laborera (Boys 13-14 200-freestyle).

Top performances at the Winter Classic include Eric Howard, who broke Storm team records in winning events in (Boys Open) 100-backstroke and 100-butterfly, while claiming three third-place finishes. Kerry McCann broke her own team record in (Girls 11-12) 400-individual medley. Charles Loucraft smashed the team record in (Boys 9-10) 100-butterfly. Tyler Howard (Boys 12-13) broke the team record for 200-freestyle. Finally, Khristoffer Ortiz broke his own team record for (Boys 15-over 200-butterfly).

The Storm’s next meet is the New England Senior Championships at Boston University. For more information about the Greater Nashua YMCA and the Storm swim team call 598-1533 or go to www.nmymca.org.

hockey

Cyclones go 3-1

After a slow start losing to the Red Rangers 6-1 in NEHL action, the Cyclones turned it around and dominated the remainder of the weekend. In game two against a strong Hanover team, the Cyclones found themselves down 2-0 early, but then they found a spark with Joey Paige scoring assisted by Davin Granahan. A few minutes later, Mitch Pelletier knocked in the tying goal unassisted.

In the second, Granahan knocks in a great rebound from a shot made by Paige off a pass by Brendan Martin. Then in the third, Nate Newton passed it out of the defensive zone to Paige who made a great pass to the right winger Connor Berry who went top shelf for the score. Pelletier then scored the open netter, to give them the 5-2 victory.

In Sunday’s first game against the Portland Pirates, Quinn Tucker and Martin were on fire going 2-1-3 and 2-0-2. Pelletier went 1-2-3 with one of his assists on Eric Langley’s goal. Paige, Dominic Frederico and Granahan also earned assists. The defense also got into the action with Bobby Haverty and Danny Shea both earning assists. The play of the game though was a save of the game made by Curtis Wirbal who out of nowhere jumped out to make a glove save on what was thought a sure goal.

The best game of the weekend was the last one against the number one GSL team, the Seacoast Spartans. Seacoast scored first, but that would be all because of the terrific defensive play of Eric Pica and Michael Zogin. Granahan scored unassisted in the second and in the third and Paige did it again, making a great pass to Martin, who got the game winner. Jack Moro was strong between the pipes late in the third when Seacoast put on the pressure pulling their goalie for the extra man.

Squirt 2’s

After making their mark all season as a strong defensive team, the Squirt 2’s offense erupted for a 9-5 victory over Twin City. Nick Dapolito led the way with his first career hat trick, Steve Licata added two goals and two assists, while Andrew Cavanagh netted two of his own and made a fantastic play behind the Twin City net to set up a third.

Ian Morse and Elise Yabroudy rounded out the scoring, with Ryan Cox adding two assists and Isaiah Kepnes and Philip Recchia earning one apiece. Recchia’s was a nice rush with a perfect flip pass to open ice to set up a break away goal for Licata. The Panthers play today in the Groton tournament.

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