THETFORD — It took the entire regular season, but Thetford Academy baseball finally had its home opener on the final day of its regular season, defeating Montpelier, 10-6, on Thursday afternoon.
All season long, the Panthers were forced to play on the road due to wet and poor home field conditions.
“We were excited to be playing at home in front of our home fans,” Thetford head coach Phil Chaput said. “It was nice to finally get into our routine at home. The players were all excited.”
The excitement showed, particularly at the plate, where Thetford racked up 11 hits. Jake Colby went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, two doubles and two RBIs. Aiden Cudhea scored a run and a three-run double. Dylan Kuban also helped the Panthers’ offense, going 2-for-2 at the plate with two runs scored, and two walks. John Moore had a double and two runs scored.
Kuban also got the nod on the mound, pitching the first five innings and allowing three hits and one earned run. Alex Emerson relieved Kuban for the final two innings with two strikeouts, three walks, three hits, five runs and four earned runs.
Thetford (9-4) next plays in the VPA Division-III playoffs; seedings will be announced on Monday.
WEST CANAAN — Despite a loss in the season finale, Josh Evans pitched a complete game with zero walks, the first no-walk outing by a Mascoma pitcher this season.
The Royals had four hits. Alex Jenness went 2-for-3 with two singles. Michael Evans went 1-for-3 with a double. Brendan Murphy hit 1-for-3 with a single.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Daren Holton pitched a complete game with six strikeouts, four hits, one earned run and one walk to help the Lakers get a win in upstate New York.
Holton also went 2-for-4 at the plate and scored a run. Jordan Chappell went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Garrett Rumrill scored a run as a pinch runner.
Sunapee (14-2) is awaiting its seeding for NHIAA Division IV playoffs.
MANCHESTER Vt. — Hartford couldn’t get the bats going falling on the road as part of a five-games-in-six-days span.
Hartford (4-8) travels to Rutland on Friday.
Hartford 17, Burr & Burton 5
MANCHESTER Vt. — All nine Hurricanes got hits in a road victory.
Bianca Severance had a bases-clearing double and Samantha Gibbs notched a bases-clearing triple.
Gibbs also pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts.
Hartford hosts Mill River on Saturday in its regular-season finale.
THETFORD — Lily Vaughan led the way on the mound with six strikeouts and one walk in a complete-game effort in the Panthers’ home opener, which, as with baseball, was delayed because of wet field conditions.
Jade Jamieson and Shannon Hayes went 2-for-3 at the plate. Bethany Maxfield, who usually plays outfield, played a strong game at third base, coach Jesse Souila said.
Thetford (3-8) travels to White River Valley on Saturday.
WEST CANAAN — Sam Pecarao got the nod on the mound and pitched a complete game with 13 hits allowed in Mascoma’s season finale.
Catcher Paige Jette made tough plays behind the plate for Mascoma and Alayna Miller made great catches in the outfield.
HANOVER — The Marauders got the win over rival Lebanon in a game played at Dartmouth Softball Park.
Becca Wilson pitched a complete game shutout, and everybody in the starting lineup got a hit as part of an 11-hit effort. Izzy Kachikis went 3-for-3 and scored two runs and had one walk. Bri Elder scored two runs.
Hanover (2-13) will travel to Plymouth on Friday for its season finale.
SUNAPEE — Ellie Frederick’s 3-for-4 at the plate including a home run and two runs scored wasn’t enough to propel Sunapee past Newport.
Kathryn Hastings went 2-for-3 at the plate. Miah Hamm had an RBI single.
Newport’s Lacey McNeel pitched a complete game on the mound, giving up six hits, four runs (two earned) and striking out eight. McNeel also went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs.
Sunapee (10-6) will have its first round playoff game on Wednesday.
Hartford 15, Milton 0
MILTON Vt. — Zoe Pfeiffer scored a hat trick among Hartford’s many goals on the day.
Tayler Simmons scored two goals and added two assists. Emily Ricker scored one goal and one assist. Alice Dwyer, Greer McCarty, Abby Vanderpot, and Riley Slusser each scored one goal. Carolyn North and Daisy Phelps each scored two goals and Caroline Hamilton added three assists.
Emi Harlow made five saves in net.
Hartford (9-5) hosts Woodstock on Saturday for senior day.
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Despite trailing 6-3 at the half, Hanover fought back to take a 9-7 lead but couldn’t hold onto it the whole way.
Maddie McCorkle scored a hat trick and also had 14 draw controls. Jasmine Lou also scored three goals. Caroline Adams scored twice and Miranda Galbraith scored one.
Allison Lichtenstein made seven saves in goal.
Hanover (9-7) is awaiting seeding for NHIAA Division-II playoffs.
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — The Raiders dropped their third consecutive game and will miss the NHIAA Division II playoffs for a third consecutive season. Plymouth finished the regular season 7-7.
Izzy Peress scored three goals, Emma Hansen and Ashlyn Taber each had a goal and an assist and Zou Soule and Katie Berthasavage each scored once. Megan Gradigan had an assist and Lena Nowell made 16 saves for Lebanon (6-7), which hosts Belmont (1-11) on Friday in its season finale.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Dartmouth sophomore Max Frye will move on to the quarterfinals of the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA men’s Outdoor Track & Field East Regional.
Frye — the Ivy League champion in the event — ran a 51.85 at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium on Thursday afternoon, securing one of the 24 bids to earn a spot in Friday’s quarterfinal round (7:15 p.m.).
Frye claimed third in his heat, the final of the automatic berths from that section.
Ben Ose also competed in the meet; the senior cleared his first two heights, but was done in by the third, leaving him at 4.96 meters, a mark that did not earn one of the qualifying spots.
Garman finished 21st in the high jump, clearing 1.70 meters on her first attempt before stalling out on the next height (1.75 meters).
HANOVER — Four Dartmouth players were honored by the ivy League on Thursday, with seniors Sean Sullivan and Steffen Torgersen on the first team.
Torgersen was a unanimous selection at third base, starting all 41 games while leading the Big Green with a .344 average (seventh in the Ivy League) and .438 on-base percentage (sixth).
Sullivan, a second baseman, hit .301 with a .395 on-base percentage.
Outfielder Matt Feinstein was a second-team selection and reliever Max Hunter was named an honorable mention.
Harvard junior outfielder Jake Suddleson was named the Ivy league player of the year, Penn junior right-hander Christian Scafidi the pitcher of the year and Penn shortstop Josh Hood a unanimous choice as the rookie of the year. Bill Decker picked up coach of the year honors after leading Harvard to its first Ivy League title in 14 years.