Girls’ Cross Country

Belmont 5th at Gilford Early Bird

Key players: Bishop Brady – Eloise Burns (10th, 23:11), Teresa Lavoie (16th, 25:04); Belmont – Adeline Takantjas (26th, 26:49), Lyla McSheffrey (29th, 26:56), Rebekah Edgren (31st, 27:01); Winnisquam – Bella Dalzell (73rd, 32:40); Gilford – Maria Tilley (1st, 21:21)

Highlights: Burns, a freshman, finished 10th out of 87 in Bishop Brady’s first race of the season, a 5K at Gunstock. Only six of the 16 teams competing had enough runners to register a team score. Hanover (29 points), Gilford (46), Newfound (62), Prospect Mountain (104), Belmont (115) and Kingswood (184) were the scoring teams. Brady and Winnisquam both had four runners compete, one shy of qualifying for a team score.

Boys’ Cross Country

Bishop Brady 6th, Belmont 10th, Winnisquam 11th at Gilford Early Bird

Key players: Bishop Brady – Jorge Guerra (22nd, 20:06), Earl Mitchell (37th, 21:37), Lee Putnam (44th, 22:09); Belmont – Brayden Townsend (38th, 21:39), Wyatt Divers (43rd, 22:07); Winnisquam – David Swain (42nd, 21:59), Lazar Arbutina (22:51); Mascoma – Gunner Currier (1st, 17:24)

Highlights: The Giants finished sixth out of 16 teams at the season-opening Gilford Early Bird Invitational run at Gunstock. Guerra was the top local runner in the 5K, finishing 22nd out of 119 runners. Hanover (30), Mascoma (59), Portsmouth Christian (94), Kingswood (148), Gilford (175, fifth on the tiebreaker), Bishop Brady (175, sixth on the tiebreaker), Inter-Lakes (193), White Mountains (214), Laconia (227), Belmont (249) and Winnisquam (251) were the top 11 team scores.

Golf

Bishop Brady 78, Derryfield 70, Coe-Brown 65, Sanborn 56

Key players: Bishop Brady – Cam Fortier (38, 24 points), Peyton Cone (20 points), Mady Savary (19 points), Aiden Boule (15 points), Alex Pelletier (15 points), Luke Bedard (15 points); Coe-Brown – Alex Myslinski (23 points), Joe Fenton (18 points), Grant Hardy (13 points), Will Marshall and Colby Strum (11 points)

Highlights: Fortier earned medalist honors in Thursday’s match at Apple Hill Golf Club. Myslinkski was second and Cone was third.

Coach’s quote: “Really proud of the team putting up consistent rounds.  Nice to see Fortier and Cone on the medalist list. Great work by all teams out there today, close matches.” – Bishop Brady’s Jason Bird

Records: Bishop Brady 7-2; Derryfield 7-2; Coe-Brown 2-4; Sanborn 0-6

Souhegan 184, Merrimack Valley 203, Timberlane 210

Key players: MV – Isaak Davis, Trevor Cote, Logan McCullen

Highlights: The Pride split a match at Souhegan.

Coach’s quote: “This was a great improvement from the first match. We just need to continue building in the right direction.” – MV’s Joe Dougherty

Records: Souhegan 5-0; MV 2-3; Timberlane 1-4

Boys’ Soccer

Belmont 3, Mascoma 3

Key players: Belmont  – Owen Waldron (goal) Nicolas Loeper (goal, assist) Brady Thurber (goal), Keegan Martinez (assist)

Highlights: Belmont had the lead 3-1 with five minutes to go and gave up two unanswered goals to end the match in a tie.

Coach’s quote: “Tough game to end up with a tie, we need to learn how to finish a game strong.” – Belmont’s Michael Foley

Records: Belmont 2-0-1; Mascoma 2-0-1

Girls’ Soccer

Coe-Brown 5, Milford 0

Key players: Coe-Brown – Bella Lapierre (3 goals), Ellie Escabi (goal), Jaymee Bartlett (goal), Jennifer Noni (2 assists), Maggie Escabi (assist), Sadie Scruton (4 saves), Amanda Thomas (defense), Cam Buchanan (defense), Abbey Franke, Jaelyn Demers, Lizzy Joy

Highlights: Lapierre found the back of the net in the third minute of the game, and Maggie Escabi, Noni and Franke maintained possession in the midfield to allow the Bears to control the game. Ellie Escabi finished a free kick from sister Maggie and sophomore Bartlett scored her first varsity goal.

Coach’s quote: “Total team effort and the type of game we needed on short rest. So proud of how the girls took our messaging and attention to details seriously. Great execution of the game plan tonight.” – Coe-Brown’s Josh Hils

Records: Coe-Brown 3-0; Milford 1-2

Kearsarge 0, Campbell 0

Key players: Kearsarge – Nadia Speigel (defense), Madden Huff (defense), Ellie Wimer (transition game in midfield)

Highlights: Kearsarge and Campbell tied in a back-and-forth battle between two Cougar teams. Good defense dominated in a clean, physical match.

Coach’s quote: “Huge game for the girls. They took a big step forward after a rough start to the season. They worked hard from whistle to whistle, played solid defense and created some good chances.” – Kearsarge’s Dave Smith

Records: Kearsarge 0-2-1; Campbell 2-0-1

Field Hockey

Mascenic 2, Hopkinton 1, OT

Key players:  Hopkinton – Autumn Meier (goal), Ryan Barrett (assist), Maddie Ceriello (7 saves)

Highlights: The Hawks fell in their season opener in overtime.

Coach’s quote: “We played hard, but could not come up with the win tonight. As a team we look forward to our games next week and look to put some wins on the board for our team.” – Hopkinton’s Kate Hohenberger

Records: Mascenic 2-0; Hopkinton 0-1

Kearsarge 7, Monadnock 0

Key players: Kearsarge – Tori Wooten (3 goals, assist), Riley Grace, Ava Valle, Stella Syversten

Highlights: Three freshmen starters – Adella Monnatt, Payton MacMichael and Raegan Billado – had a strong varsity debut in the midfield as the Cougars opened the season with big win.

Coach’s quote: “The team felt ready for our first game and everyone was eager to take the field. It was great to see our hard work from preseason takeoff.” – Kearsarge’s Chelsea Williams

Records: Kearsarge 1-0; Monadnock 0-1