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Local roundup: Wolves falter in loss to Doherty

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The Nashoba Regional softball team couldn’t hang onto a late lead against Doherty Monday as the Highlanders rallied to force extra innings and ultimately came away with a 5-2 victory in eight innings over the Wolves in a CMADA Class A tournament quarterfinal in Bolton.

Nashoba (16-3) will play a consolation game in the CMADA tournament to close out the regular season, facing either Tantasqua Regional or Wachusett Regional.

Holding a 2-1 lead entering the top of the sixth, Nashoba allowed Doherty (10-7) to push across the tying run. The Highlanders plated three more runs in the top of the eighth inning to propel the visitors from Worcester.

Nashoba pitcher Hannah Reardon went eight innings and allowed five runs on 12 hits while striking out 10. Teammate Kylie Doherty drove in both Nashoba runs with a solo homerun in the fourth inning and an RBI single in the fifth inning.

Monty Tech 2, Oakmont 0: The Bulldogs (16-3) saw Bridget Divoll scatter five hits and strike out four as they advanced in the CMADA Class C tournament.

The Bulldogs opened the scoring as Danielle Belliveau led off with a double in the bottom of the first and later scored on a single by Jessica Mueller. The lead doubled in the third as Holli Blood led off with a single, went to second on a hit batter and advanced on a wild pitch. Blood came home on a ground out by Divoll.

Emily Walker had two hits for the Bulldogs.

Olivia Souers pitched a solid game for the Spartans (8-10), allowing two runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking a pair.

Clinton 10, Lunenburg 2: Sarah Viveiros scored both of Lunenburg’s runs as the Blue Knights fell in a CMADA Class C quarterfinal.

West Boylston 13, St. Bernard’s 1: The Bernardians drop to 4-12 with the loss in the CMADA Class D quarterfinals.

Volleyball

Leominster 3, Burncoat 0: The Blue Devils (16-3) won their CMADA quarterfinal match by set scores of 25-19, 25-17 and 25-17.

Daniel Caetano had 21 kills, 16 service points, eight digs and a block in the win, while Andy Truong had 35 assists, seven service points and a kill. Isaias Anziani chipped in with16 digs, five service points and two assists for Leominster, which hosts Keefe Tech Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Acton Boxboro 3, Ayer-Shirley 0: Set scores were 25-8, 25-14 and 25-12.

Senior outside hitter Santiago Salazar had four kills in defeat for the Panthers (4-11), while junior setter and middle hitter David Batchelor had four blocks and two assists.

Girls lacrosse

Notre Dame 12, Lunenburg 8: Caitlin Ware netted a hat trick for the fifth-seeded Blue Knights in a CMADA Class B quarterfinal loss to No. 4 Notre Dame.

Boys tennis

Nashoba 5, South 0: Victor Xu, Philip Baykov and Jesse Gjeltema swept the singles matches for the Wolves (13-4) without dropping a game in the CMADA Class A quarterfinals. The first doubles team of Tyler Brown and Alex Jangro was also victorious, while Leo Lima and Brian Quill-Schuffels earned a win in second doubles action.

Boys lacrosse

St. Bernard’s junior Josh Hoecker reached a milestone in Saturday’s 10-4 loss to Assabet Valley Tech. With four goals for the Bernardians (9-8), Hoecker reached the 100-goal mark for his career, finishing the contest at 102.

College track and field

Fitchburg State’s men’s outdoor track and field team had three members named to the 2023 U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Regional Team as announced by the USTFCCCA on Friday.

Freshman Liam Bourassa (Shirley, Mass.), junior Taban Manyok and classmate Eric Shimiyimana were selected to the 2023 USTFCCCA All-Region Team (East).

Bourassa, a Shirley native, notched a personal best throw of 62.61 meters with a fourth-place effort at the 2023 New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA), hosted by Northeastern University.

Manyok was also solid for the Falcons, taking the 2023 MASCAC crowns in the 10,000 meter (33.08.73), the 3,000 meter steeple chase (9:59.85) and the 5,000 meter (16:07.66) as well as guiding the Falcons 4×400 meter relay to the 2023 MASCAC title with a time of 3:28.89.

Shimiyimana captured the MASCAC title in the triple jump with a mark of 13.61 meters, while setting the Fitchburg State program record in the triple the jump with a mark 14.18 meters at the 2023 DIII New England Championships.

Bourassa returns to action later this week, competing in the javelin at the 2023 NCAA DIII Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, starting Thursday in Rochester, N.Y.

Local roundup: Bernardians power past Tigers

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The St. Bernard’s boys lacrosse team defended its home turf in a 15-13 victory over Tyngsboro in Fitchburg Tuesday afternoon.

Josh Hoecker paced the Bernardians (8-7) with five goals and three assists, while Chase Courtemanch (four assists) and Quinn Carlson (assist) each scored three times.

Liam Buckley added a pair of goals in the victory.

Girls lacrosse

Tahanto 12, Oakmont 11: Ella Dellasanta and Maryl Hooper each had three goals to pace the Spartans (4-5), while Addie Collette and Meghan Heffernan each scored twice. Dani Burke added a goal and Annika Sallila made 10 saves in defeat.

Baseball

Lunenburg 2, North Middlesex 0: Dylan Adamson was 2-for-3 and scored a run, while Sean Delaney was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Blue Knights (5-8).

Brady Reardon, Jackson Hendley and Colin Lake each had a hit for the Patriots (7-9).

Softball

Blackstone Valley Tech 13, Monty Tech 11: Alyssa Rabb suffered the loss for Monty Tech (12-3) as she allowed 13 runs (12 earned) on 20 hits, walking three and striking out four.

Danielle Belliveau went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI, two runs scored and three stolen bases, while Jess Mueller had three hits, including a double, and drove in two. Bridget Divoll and Haley Fleming each had two hits and two RBI.

Volleyball

Ayer-Shirley 3, Whittier Tech 2: The Panthers (4-9) won 17-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-15 and 17-15.

Freshman outside hitter Lukas Biddle had five kills and two aces and junior outside hitter Miles Pyatt added seven kills and a pair of aces.

Boys track and field

Monty Tech 110, Assabet 26: Ethan Thevenin (long jump, 200), Kyle Gendron (triple jump, javelin), Christian Altomonte (2 mile, 800) and Dante Tessier (discus, 400) were double winners for the Bulldogs. Felix Echavaria won the shot put, Tucker Smith was first in the high hurdles and Colin Locke took the mile.

Girls track and field

Monty Tech 92, Assabet Valley Tech 34: Katie Daykin took first in the long jump, triple jump and 200 and was part of the winning 4×100 relay team for the Bulldogs. Cece Hall won the 100 m dash and javelin and was second in the 200, while Alexis Angelini claimed the discus and shot put.

Bella Sayarath won the 400 hurdles and was part of the 4×100 relay along with Kylee McAllister, who also won the 100 hurdles. Bailey Tetreault won the 400 and Holly Beaman was first in the 800 and second in the mile.

Girls tennis

Quabbin 5, North Middlesex 0: Madison Wilson and Megan Mellin battled in first doubles action for the Patriots (2-12), but fell 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-7) to Farrah Wojcik and Haley Ayer.

College track and field

Fitchburg State freshman Liam Bourassa was named both Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Men’s Outdoor Track Rookie of the Week and Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.

The Shirley native and first-year Falcon earns his fourth and fifth weekly accolades on the season after placing fourth overall in the javelin with a personal best throw of 62.61 meters for the Falcons to earn All-NEICAAA honors at the 2023 New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association Championships this past weekend, hosted by Northeastern University.

In addition to his outdoor exploits, Bourassa won MASCAC Indoor Track and Field Rookie of the Week honors twice during the winter season.

Five Falcons honored for sportsmanship

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The 2022-23 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Winter Sportsmanship Teams were announced by the league office on Wednesday, recognizing 27 MASCAC student-athletes.

Among the 27 conference student-athletes honored for their outstanding sportsmanship were five Fitchburg State student-athletes: senior Benjamin Sacramone (men’s indoor track), junior Erin Donelan (women’s indoor track), senior Joshua Miller (ice hockey), senior Mikal Garcia (men’s basketball) and sophomore Stephanie Hart (women’s basketball).

The MASCAC Sportsmanship Team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement, regardless of their overall performance or statistics for the team.

A student-athlete from each institution is selected by their coach to be placed on the Sportsmanship Team.

Falcons pile up weekly track honors

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Fitchburg State senior Abigail Murphy was recently tabbed Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, while freshman Skye Goba was recently named Rookie of the Week. On the men’s side, junior Taban Manyok was named Track Athlete of the Week and senior Eric Shimiyimana was selected Field Athlete of the Week.

Murphy guided the distance medley relay team to a 14th-place time of 12:59.72 to set a new school record in the process, surpassing the previous mark of 13:05.07 in 2012, while adding a 21st place effort overall in the 1,000 meter with a personal best time of 3:11.65 at the DIII New England Championships over the weekend.

Goba was also part of the distance medley relay team and finished 24th in the 1,000 meter with a time of 3:11.65  at the 2023 DIII New England Championships.

Manyok notches his sixth weekly accolade of the season after placing 15th in the 5,000 meter with a time of 15:32.09, while adding a personal-best of 8:42.60 in the 3,000 meter to take 16th overall in the event. He also led the 4×800 meter relay team to a 15th-place finish with a season-best time of 8:21.32, running the anchor leg in 1:59/07 at the DIII New England Championships.

Shimiyimana earned his seventh weekly accolade of the year after placing fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 13.78 meters to earn All-DIII NE honors at the DIII New England Championship.

Select members of the Fitchburg State men’s and women’s indoor track and field team await a possible bid into this weekend’s NCAA DIII National Championships.

Local roundup: Falcons rally, but fall in OT

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It seemed like the goals weren’t going to come for Fitchburg State.

And for two periods Thursday night, Salem State held the visiting Falcons off the scoreboard.

But after the guests netted a pair of goals in the final 20 minutes and forced overtime, the well ran dry and the host Vikings were able to sink the Falcons in overtime, earning a 3-2 MASCAC victory.

Keagan O’Donoghue netted the winner 1:24 into OT.

Trailing 1-0 entering the third, Antoine Gignac pulled the Falcons even just 10 seconds into the third, scoring off a Joshua Miller assist. And 6:56 later, Cole Archambault put the guests ahead, with assists going to Brendan Walk and Michael Macchioni.

Salem State’s Erik Larsson opened the scoring six minutes into the game and then netted the equalizer for the Vikings with 1:48 left in regulation to force overtime.

Max Macchioni turned aside 42 shots for the Falcons (8-9-3, 6-5-3 MASCAC).

Women’s track and field

The Distance Medley relay team of seniors Abigail Murphy, Lilah McAndrew, Maria Burnett and freshman Skye Goba placed 1oth overall with a time of 13:17.23 at the  All-New England Championships.

With that time, the Falcons ran the fourth fastest time his school history with Goba running the mile, Murphy in the 1,200 meter leg, Burnett the 800 meter and McAndrew handling the 400 meter leg.

Girls basketball

Algonquin 52, Fitchburg 17: Ella Kitching posted six points for the Red Raiders (1-14) and Gianna Calderon added five.

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.