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Local roundup: Falcons pile up MASCAC honors

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Good news rolled into the Fitchburg State athletic offices on Tuesday and did so in bulk.

Four Fitchburg State track and field athletes earned weekly conference honors and 124 Falcon student-athletes were named to the MASCAC Fall/Winter All-Academic team.

Junior Taban Manyok was named MASCAC Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week, while senior Eric Shimiyimana was selected as the Field Athlete of the Week and freshman Liam Bourassa was tabbed Rookie of the Week. In addition, Fitchburg State junior Makany Camara was named MASCAC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week.

Manyok collects his third consecutive weekly accolade after taking top honors in the 1,000 meter with a personal best and DIII New England qualifying time of 2:37.89 as well as finishing second in the mile with a time of 4:36.45 for the Green and Gold at the Wesleyan Indoor Invite on Saturday.

Shimiyimana picks up his fourth weekly honor of the season after placing second overall in the triple jump with a DIII New England qualifying mark of 13.45, while adding a third-place effort of 6.15 meters in the long jump. The fourth-year Falcon capped the day by finishing seventh in the 60 with a time of 7.64 seconds.

Bourassa earned his first weekly accolade after taking top honors in the shot put with a toss of 13.01 meters, while adding a seventh- place toss of 10.98 meters in the weight throw at the Wesleyan Indoor Invite.

Camara nets her second weekly honor on the year after finishing second in the high jump with a mark of 1.52 meters for the Green and Gold on Saturday.

The Fitchburg State indoor track teams return to action Saturday as they compete at the 2023 Panthers Invite at Plymouth State University.

In addition to showing off its athletic abilities, Fitchburg State saw its student-athletes excel in the classroom, with Falcons representing 124 of the 1,218 MASCAC academic honorees. To land a spot on the MASCAC All-Academic team, student-athletes must have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based grade point average during the Fall/Winter semester.

The Fitchburg State athletes named to the All-Academic team are below.

Men’s basketball: Aidan Finn, Clifford Fuakye, Dayne Allen, Frederick Siayor, Jordan Polanco, Joshua Okoroji-Schaeffer, Matthew Tanis, Mikal Garcia, Tajahn Joyner.

Women’s basketball: Amricyan Fernandez-Scherington, Ephemian Bailey, Juliana Davis, Lindsay McDonald, Morgan Genness, Rylie Harlow, Stephanie Hart.

Women’s cross country: Diana Marquez-Frias, Kathleen Messer.

Field hockey: Carley McCaie, Emma Ganley, Grace Kerr, Jenna Morse, Jessica Morse, Lena Kassel, Lena Spadafore, Olivia Narkevicius, Samantha Rozum, Sophia Piper, Sophia Yates, Joyce Arbia.

Football: Amzie Hinkley, Calvin Guillaume, Cameron Monette, Christopher Emslie, Dylan Cosner, Elijah McKnight, Frank Opoku, Giancarlo Marazzo-Henry, Jakob Lufkin, John McGarry, Keyshawn McCurdy, Logan Perez, Nicholas Notenboom.

Ice hockey: Anthony Ceolin, Antoine Gignac, Brendan Walk, Cameron Isabelle, Christian Halbig, Cole Archambeault, Egan Wolford, Gene Bouthiette, Hunter Fortin, Jack Johansen, Jack Saavedra, Jeremy Maillet, Joseph Gilbert, Joshua Miller, Matthew Radder, Michael Macchioni, Nolan Sargent, Oliver Cookson,
Rece Bergeman, Samuel Rennick, Toivo Kramer, Trenton Skaggs, Wyatt Wilmshurst.

Men’s indoor track: Chris Morales, Ryan Parisi, Zion Barber-Amado, Cole Donelan, Aidan Cattelan, Andrew Bedard, Benjamin Sacramone, Brady Madigan, Cameron Davis, Nathaniel Felix.

Women’s indoor track: Cassandra Israelson, Grace Casale, Makany Camara, Olivia Kephart, Trishannah Scott, Emily Russo, Abigail Murphy, Courtney Brouillet, Erin Donelan, Jenna Aubuchon, Lilah McAndrew, Maria Burnett, Marjorie Veliotis, Skye Goba, Sophie Geremia.

Men’s soccer: Bennet Jorgensen, Brian Doyle, Collin Robson, Edward Paiva, Francesco Campione, Juan Sambrano, Kenny Cherry, Luke Speers, Rizkhan Muhwezi.

Women’s soccer: Abaigeal Gilman, Adrianna Westcott, Alisha Praileau, Allison Gough, Charlotte Meixsell, Jessica St. George, Katie Moran, Kayleen McCormack, Kendra Peretzman, Madison Hippert, Regina Pallotta, Sera Gagnon, Sophia Moore, Taylor Rodriguez, Taylor Senecal, Zoe Chrisostomides.

Volleyball: Alissa Olmsted, Catherine Goodearl, Emily Gelinas, Meredith Taylor, Samantha Mirra, Shianne Harewood, Stephanie Sardella, Sariah Dyer.

Boys basketball

Fitchburg 55, Shrewsbury 31: Omar Rodriguez had 17 points to lead the Red Raiders to a road win, while Victor Kukta added 10 points in the victory.

North Middlesex 67, Westboro 55: Brian Morse led four Patriots in double figures with 17 points. Mike Reardon added 12 and Jake Steinmann and Cade Callahan each had 10.

Girls basketball

Shrewsbury 56, Fitchburg 30: Shamarie Rodriguez led the Red Raiders (1-13) with 12 points. Ella Kitchin added eight points in the loss.

The Lunenburg High girls basketball team was defeated by Tyngsboro on Tuesday. (Courtesy Tyngsboro Athletics)
The Lunenburg High girls basketball team was defeated by Tyngsboro on Tuesday. (Courtesy Tyngsboro Athletics)

Westboro 62, North Middlesex 41:  The loss drops the Patriots to 4-9.

Marlboro 58, Oakmont 54: Victoria Mays scored 14 points to lead the Spartans (5-7).

Tyngsboro 55, Lunenburg 40: The Blue Knights drop to 1-11 with the loss.

Local roundup: Bernardians break through at Div. 2 tourney

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The St. Bernard’s golf team made quite a splash at the Div. 2 West tournament at The Ranch Golf Club on Tuesday.

The Bernardians third with a team score of 323 to advance to the Div. 2 State tourney Oct. 25 at Maplegate Country Club. Patrick Ginnity carded an even par 72 to advance as to the individual tournament as well.

Colin Majowicz added a 79 for the Bernardians and Adam Bosco carded an 82.

Leominster ended up in fourth, three strokes behind St. Bernard’s, just missing out on reaching the state tourney.

Blue Devils sophomore Luke Grebinar tied for second, while junior Daniel Simons tied for seventh, qualifying as individuals for the Div. 2 state championship tournament.

Belchertown took the Div. 2 Central title with a 313, while Pope Francis (319) was second.

Div. 3 Central: Ayer Shirley claimed fourth at Blissful Meadows Golf Club in Uxbridge with a team score of 333, finishing behind Dover-Sherborn (302), Hopedale (322) and Blackstone Valley Tech (331).

Div. 1 West: North Middlesex’s Andrew Peterson carded an even-par 71 at Franconia Golf Course in Springfield on Monday to take third, while the Patriots’ Shawn Amari shot a 75. As a team, North Middlesex placed third with 305 points on Monday to qualify for the Div. 1 state tourney Oct. 25 at the Renaissance Golf Club in Haverhill.

Minnechaug (298) claimed the team title with Northampton (303) in second.

Div. 3 West: Monty Tech collectively carded a 358 to tied for third, but missed out on the state tournament courtesy of the tiebreaker on Monday at the Country Club of Wilbraham.

The Bulldogs’ Michael Cannon tied for sixth at 86 to advance to the Div. 3 state tournament at The Ledges Golf Club in South Hadley, while teammate Brett Cherubini carded an 88 to tie for 11th.

Lenox took the team crown at 340.

Field hockey

Lunenburg 2, Narragansett 0: Bethie Boone and Caitlin Ware scored to lift the Blue Knights (12-2).

Malden Catholic 5, St. Bernard’s 0: The Bernardians fall to 0-12.

Boys soccer

Gardner 3, Lunenburg 0: The Wildcats (11-2-1) spoiled Senior Night for Lunenburg (9-4-1) as Ricardo Ruiz netted a pair of goals for the Wildcats and Elvis Camejo scored the other goal for Gardner.

Girls soccer

Gardner 1, Lunenburg 0: The loss drops the Blue Knights to 6-5-3.

Nashoba 2, North Middlesex 0: The Wolves improve to 6-5-2 while the Patriots fall to 5-8-1.

Volleyball

Hudson 3, Ayer Shirley 0: Set scores were 25-11, 25-13 and 25-12.

South Lancaster 3, Monty Tech 0: Set scores were 25-12, 25-12 and 25-17.

Men’s soccer

Plymouth State 3, Fitchburg State 2: Prince Banangoy netted his first collegiate marker for Fitchburg State (1-12-1, 0-4-1 MASCAC) and Gabriel Teixeira potted his team-leading fourth goal of the season in defeat. Senior Collin Robson turned aside eight shots for the Falcons.

Local roundup: Fitchburg State blanked by Mitchell

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The Fitchburg State men’s soccer team suffered a 2-0 road setback to Mitchell College Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action.

Mitchell broke a scoreless stalemate with just six seconds remaining in the opening half when senior Nicholas Ghiradi settled a loose ball in front of the net and buried a shot into the right side of the net for his second marker of the season.

Following the intermission, the Mariners doubled their advantage in the 57th minute of action with newcomer Flavio Alvarado receiving a feed from Ghiradi and deposited a shot into the upper left corner for his team-leading fifth goal of the campaign.

Fitchburg State (1-10-1, 0-3-1 MASCAC) threatened at the 69:13 mark with newcomer Lucas Barbosa  putting a shot on frame, but Mitchell goalkeeper Dylan Kinsella turned the shot aside to preserve the lead.

Sophomore Luke Speers stopped four shots for the Falcons.

Boys soccer

Lunenburg 4, Tyngsboro 4: Tim Smith scored twice, while Cole Keefer dished out a pair of assists for the Blue Knights (8-3-2). Mason Keefer added a goal and an assist, while Eltaher Kholief netted Lunenburg’s other goal.

AMSA 5, Monty Tech 1: The Bulldogs fall to 0-7-2.

Girls soccer

AMSA 4, Monty Tech 0: The loss drops the Bulldogs to 2-8.

Field hockey

North Brookfield 3, Monty Tech 2: Anneliese Kusske and Lindsay Blauser netted markers for Monty Tech (9-4-1).

Leominster 7, Shepherd Hill 1: The Blue Devils improve to 11-2.

Lunenburg 3, Fitchburg 0: Caitlin Ware scored twice and Maddie Salovardos potted a single goal for the Blue Knights (10-1). Malia Ruggiero made two saves in the victory.

Jill Souza made six saves for Fitchburg (5-5-2).

Golf

Monty Tech 166, Blackstone Valley 167: The Bulldogs (12-0) capped an undefeated regular season with the victory at the Highfields Country Club, led by Ryan Hebert and Michael Cannon, who carded matching 6-over 41s.

Volleyball

North Middlesex 3, Leominster 0: Set scores were 25-17, 25-14 and 25-13.

Nora Tesini had three aces, three kills and three blocks in the win, while Bella Perritano had six kills and three aces.

Local roundup: Wolves swept by Algonquin

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The Nashoba Regional girls volleyball team couldn’t slow down visiting Algonquin Regional on Monday evening.

The visiting Titans cruised to victory over the Wolves in three straight sets by scores of 25-15, 25-23 and 25-13.

Algonquin improves to 8-3, while Nashoba drops to 5-4.

Nashoba was led by senior Kylie Doherty with 14 kills and junior Mia Samarjian with 11 digs.

The Wolves return to action on Wednesday afternoon when they host Leominster.

North Middlesex 3, Ayer Shirley 1 >> The Patriots won by set scores of 21-25, 25-16, 25-14 and 25-10.

Jess Allard had three aces and a kill in the win, while Joanne Nolan added 10 assists and an ace and Nora Tesini had six kills.

Monty Tech 3, Bay Path 1 >> The Bulldogs won by set scores of 12-25, 25-10, 25-23 and 26-24.

Meghan Phyfe had eight assists, three aces and two digs in the win, while Skyla Pulver added three kills, three digs and two aces and Jayda DeCarlo had a half dozen blocks.

Boys soccer

North Middlesex 3, North 2 >> Tyler Jastrab and Ron Nolin each had a goal and an assist to lead the Patriots. Jack Harrington also scored in the win.

High school field hockey

Leominster 8, Groton-Dunstable 1 >> After falling behind 1-0 in the first quarters, the Blue Devil offense erupted. Abby Kelly scored twice, Gabby Santucci notched a goal and an assist and Maddie Parker dished out four helpers for the Blue Devils (9-1).

Golf

Bromfield 34, Oakmont 20 >> The loss drops the Spartans to 5-7.

Boys cross country

Algonquin 15, Leominster 50 >> James Connor (19:25) finished ninth to pace the Blue Devils (0-4), while Cam Beaulac (19:49) was 11th and Landon Pelleiter (19:52) took 12th.

Girls cross country

Algonquin 20, Leominster 43 >> Anna Serafini claimed first for Leominster (0-4) in 20:29. Cassandra Dirsa (24:55) was 12th in the loss and Mikayla Kelly (25:00) took 13th.

Women’s soccer

Fitchburg State freshman Adrianna Westcott was named Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) women’s soccer Rookie of the Week on Monday afternoon.

The first-year Falcon earns her first weekly honor of the year after registering one goal and one assist over two contests for the Green and Gold.

Westcott collected an assist in a 4-2 setback to Wentworth on Wednesday afternoon before netting the game-tying goal in a 1-all draw with Bridgewater State on Saturday for the Falcons (4-4-2, 2-0-1 MASCAC).

Men’s soccer

Worcester State freshman and Lunenburg High grad Brady Iovanni was named MASCAC men’s soccer Rookie of the Week on Monday.

Lunenburg's Brady Iovanni has been named MASCAC men's soccer Rookie of the Week. (Courtesy Worcester State Athletics)
Lunenburg’s Brady Iovanni has been named MASCAC men’s soccer Rookie of the Week. (Courtesy Worcester State Athletics)

Iovanni scored a goal and added an assist in the Lancers’ 2-0 win over Westfield State on Friday.

 

Local roundup: Falcons grounded by Leopards

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Knotted at 2 at halftime, the Fitchburg State women’s soccer team couldn’t keep Wentworth down in the second half, falling 4-2 in a non-conference contest at Elliot Field Wednesday afternoon.

Madison Wolf and Emily Hagen scored for the Leopards (5-4-1) in the second half to break a 2-all tie with the Falcons (4-4-1).

Fitchburg State grabbed a 1-0 edge in the sixth minute when freshman Adrianna Westcott put a shot off the post that classmate Alisha Praileau collected and put home for her second tally on the season.

Wentworth knotted the score two minutes later on an own goal before the Leopards took the lead at the 9:58 mark as sophomore Jenny Montville found the back of the net.

The Falcons retied the contest late in the first half as junior Elizabeth Read received a feed from sophomore Katie Moran and lofted a shot into the upper right corner for her team-leading fifth marker of the year.

Junior Skyla Vaudo stopped three shots in the first half for the Falons, while senior Allison Gough added five saves after halftime.

College volleyball

MCLA 3, Fitchburg State 0 >> The Falcons (3-6) dropped their third straight match, falling by set scores of 25-22, 25-19 and 25-19.

Boys soccer

Lunenburg 1, Ayer Shirley 0 >> Tim Smith scored off a feed from Owen Tuttle 12 minutes into the second half to lift the Blue Knights.

Field hockey

Leominster 4, North Middlesex 0 >> Emma Ayala Miller netted a pair of goals, while Nina Marchetti had a goal and three assists and Gray Dallaire added a goal for the Blue Devils (8-0).

Golf

North Middlesex 31.5, Groton-Dunstable 22.5 >> Andrew Peterson carded a 1 under 34 at at Northern Spy Golf Club to lead the unbeaten Patriots (10-0). Jake Miller added a 1-over 36 and Max Caliri finished with a 39.

Leominster 35.5, Oakmont 18.5 >> Luke Grebinar and Daniel Simons each shot 3-over 39s at Gardner Municipal Golf Course for the Blue Devils (9-1), while Steven Mack carded a 40 for the Spartans (3-6).

Wachusett 208, Nashoba 210 >> s Troy Gregg carded a 38 to lead the Wolves (7-3).

 

Local roundup: Falcons earn first win of fall

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An outstanding showing from a Lunenburg native helped lift the Fitchburg State men’s soccer team to its first win of the season Tuesday evening, a 2-1victory over Russell Sage College at Elliot Field.

Forward Gabriel Teixeira netted a pair of first half goals and the Falcons (1-6-1) never looked back, fending off a surge by the Gators. The sophomore scored off a feed from freshman Lucas Barbosa in the 10th minute before the duo hooked up again for a marker in the 23rd.

The Gators (4-3-1) pulled to within one in the 52nd minute courtesy of a Andrew Kraszewski goal, but Fitchburg State goalkeeper Luke Speers shut the door the rest of the way, stopping a dozen shots to earn the victory.

It’s the first victory with the program for head coach Brad Hosey, who took the reins of the Falcons this fall after longtime bench boss Werner Thissen stepped down.

Boys soccer

Fitchburg 6, Tyngsboro 2 >>  Aymane Cherkl and Giovanny Nunez each scored twice, while Jarbin Diego and Kevin Viera added single goals.

Field hockey

Nashoba 3, Westford Academy 0 >> Josie Sarno earned her second shutout of the season, while Abbie Zacchini (two assists), Kayla Flanagan and Ali Vanasse each found the back of the cage in the fourth quarter for the Wolves (3-2-1).

Golf

St. Bernard’s 171, Ayer Shirley 178 >> Patrick Ginnity of St. Bernard’s (5-3) was the medalist, carding a 3-over 38 at Oak Hill Country Club.

The Panthers fall to 6-2 with the loss.

Leominster 38.5, Marlboro 15.5 >> Luke Grebinar and Colby Julsonnet paced the Blue Devils (8-1) while each posting 5-over 40s at Gardner Municipal Golf Course.

Boys cross country

Shepherd Hill 21, Leominster 34 >> James Connor was the top finisher for Leominster (0-3), taking fourth in 21:19. Landon Pelletier (21:47) followed in fifth, while Cam Beaulac (22:02) was seventh.

North Middlesex 21, Fitchburg 51 >> Xander Murray (18:04) and John Masiello (18:06) took the top two spots for the Patriots, while Kingston Aldrich (18:20) was Fitchburg’s top runner, taking third.

Girls cross country

Shepherd Hill 20, Leominster 43 >> Leominster’s Anna Serafini won the race in 21:49, while Cassandra Dirsa (28:36) was ninth and Ava Beaulac (30:19) was 10th for the Blue Devils (0-3).

North Middlesex wins by forfeit >> With Fitchburg fielding just two runners, North Middlesex was awarded victory.

Nicole LeBlanc (22:49), Zoe Aster (24:36), 3. Gracyn Goodfriend (25:00) and Bryden Emerson (26:10) took the top four spots for the Patriots.

Fitchburg’s Brooke Starr was fifth in 28:57.