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Local roundup: Leominster falls in round of 16

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The 16th-seeded Leominster High boys soccer team saw its season come to an end on the road Wednesday, falling 2-1 to No. 1 Concord-Carlisle in the Division 1 round of 16.

The Blue Devils end the 2023 campaign with a record of 12-5-3.

Ashland 1, North Middlesex 0: The 12th-seeded Patriots fell in the Division 3 round of 16 to No. 5 Ashland, ending their season at 12-5-3.

Tahanto 2, Ayer-Shirley 1: Colm Fallon netted the lone goal for the Panthers (13-6-2) in their Division 5 round of 16 loss.

Girls soccer

Nashoba 6, Marlboro 1: Maddie Dempsey had a hat trick for the second-seeded Wolves in their Division 2 round of 16 victory.

Cohasset 7, Lunenburg 1: The 14th-seeded Blue Knights were bested by No. 3 Cohasset in a Division 4 round of 16 game, closing the fall at 13-6-1.

Women’s basketball

Wentworth 62, Fitchburg State 47: The teams traded buckets to open the contest as juniors Morgan Genness  and Rylie Harlow connected on buckets for Fitchburg State, while freshman Samantha Jones notched a jumper for Wentworth.

Junior Maddy Foster  netted a layup for the Leopard to trim the deficit to 13-12 before Falcons junior Kathryn Hart buried a 3 and classmate Stephanie Hart added a jumper to push the lead to 18-12.

The hosts extended the lead to 20-16 as Harlow registered another layup, but the Leopards battled back to reduce the lead 24-23 in the second quarter. The Green and Gold upped the lead to 28-23 on baskets from Stephanie Hart and junior Caileen Hurley before junior Brianna Carroll knocked down a 3-pointer for Wentworth to make the score 28-26 going into the break

Wentworth went on a 10-2 run to start the third frame, led by Carroll’s back-to-back 3s for a 36-29 advantage. Fitchburg State answered back on a Kathryn Hart jumper, but the Leopards closed out the frame on a Amoddio jumper for the 48-38 edge.

The Leopards took the largest lead of the contest at 60-38 with sophomore Reagan Madonia sinking a jumper before the Falcons capped the scoring on a 3-pointer from senior Olivia Almeida and layup by sophomore Aliza Som, but the hosts couldn’t pull even.

The Falcons were led by Harlow’s 14 points, four steals and three assists, while Som added seven points, three boards and three steals.

Men’s soccer

Fitchburg State senior Joshua Atemkeng and freshman Dante Ramadan have been named to the 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Men’s Soccer All-Conference Teams

Atemkeng was named to the MASCAC First Team as a defender for the first time in his career. As a defender and a leader, he stood out this past season by anchoring the Falcons back line.

Ramadan was named to the MASCAC Second Team at midfield. Offensively, he had three points, with one goal and one assist in his freshman 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.

Local roundup: Falcons grounded by Lions

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The Fitchburg State women’s basketball team dropped an 89-70 decision to Eastern Nazarene College on Wednesday.

Fitchburg State (2-10) raced out to an early 9-0 lead to start the contest as sophomores Ephemian Bailey, Stephanie Hart and Rylie Harlow notched buckets, while classmate Morgan Genness added a 3.

Eastern Nazarene rallied to knot the score at 9 as sophomore Ahidali DeHuelbes connected on a layup. The Lions went on to take a 21-18 lead on a 3 from junior Delaney Walker, but the Falcons trimmed the lead to 23-20 with freshman Juliana Davis registering a layup.

Fitchburg State battled back to tie the contest at 25 in the second with Harlow burying a 3 pointer, but DeHuelbes gave the hosts a 33-29 advantage with layup.

The Falcons answered as senior Lindsay McDonald notched a bucket to trim the lead to 38-32 before Eastern Nazarene grabbed a 40-32  lead at the break.

Following the intermission, Eastern Nazarene built a 69-49 edge by the end of the third quarter. The Falcons battled in the fourth, but were unable to erase the deficit.

Fitchburg State was led by Davis, who had 17 points, seven rebounds and one assist, while  Bailey added 16 points, six boards, two assists and two blocks.

The Falcons return to action on Saturday as they host MCLA in a MASCAC matchup at 2 p.m.

Girls basketball

North Middlesex 54, Lunenburg 37: Senior Julia Landry scored a game-high 17 points for the Patriots (1-3), while classmate Gabby Durham contributed 14 points and junior Isabella Young added 11.

Leading the way for Lunenburg (0-5) was Erin Peplowski with 11 points, while McKenzie Martell added eight points in defeat.

Worcester Tech 54, Fitchburg 36: Beautiful Sanchez led the Red Raiders (1-4) with 15 points. Gianna Calderon added seven points in the loss, while Gianexis Santiago chipped in with five.