MHS Va RSIT y SPORTS SCHEDULES

p.m. boys and girls track MIAA divisional meet at Fitchburg State University 4:30 p.m. softball vs. Medford at Columbus Park Softball Field, Medford 6:30 p.m. baseball vs. Salem at Haverhill High p.m. softball vs. Ipswich at Bialek Park, Ipswich 6 p.m. boys lacrosse vs. Melrose at Marblehead High Piper Field Saturday, May 27

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SPRING

BY JOE MCCONNELL

The Marblehead High spring track teams came away with a couple of victories against neighboring Salem at home on Monday, May 15, which also closed out the regular season.

The boys (3-3-1) won going away, 88-40, while the girls (5-2) also dominated their longtime Northeastern Conference rivals, 94-14.

Girls high jump

Keira Sweetnam (5-0) won the high jump.

“It was a tough jumping day because of all the swirling winds, which forced jumpers to adjust in order to take off properly, but Keira still had a successful day,” said coach Nolan Raimo.

Campbell Crane (4-4) ended up second.

Girls long jump

Claire Davis won the long jump with a leap of 156.5, which caps an incredible regular season for her, according to Raimo. She has won most of her long jumps, with hopefully more to come in the postseason meets, the coach said.

Ana Vina de Garnica (14-5) was third.

Boys long jump

Thomas Carlson (18-10) won the long jump.

“Thomas has been nursing a hamstring injury throughout most of the spring, and jumping around 19 feet is a good sign for the postseason,” Raimo said.

Colin Hart (17-5) came in fourth, Claudio GusmaoGonzalez (15-0) fifth and Casey Gransbury (14-0) seventh.

Girls triple jump

Sweetnam and Davis were battling for the top spot, which Sweetnam (33-8) won, and Davis (33-3) was credited with a close second.

Elise Burchfield (31-4) completed the sweep in third place. Morgan Zion (31-0) finished fourth.

“The headwinds and crosswinds at the triple-jump pit made it difficult, but seemingly these jumpers had no problem (mastering the weather),” said Raimo.

Boys triple jump

Gusmao-Gonzalez (32-4) finished second. Seth Cushinsky (29-11, personal best) was third.

Girls shot put

Rachael Albert

Pimentel and Rowan Sherpwell in second doubles, 6-1, 6-1.

Morris Rapaport, who played on the Lynn English tennis team in 1941, attended the St. Mary’s match. The team’s sportsmanship award is given in his honor every year at the banquet following the season.

The Marblehead boys went right back to work the next day to defeat Salem, 5-0, despite resting six of their top seven players, reinforcing once again the considerable depth on this year’s roster.

Sophomore Etan Farfel beat senior Jackson Werten, 6-0, 6-0 in first singles. Sophomore Anthony Vizy then topped senior Matt Quikennan in

(28-5) continues to be impressive throwing the shot put to win the event once again.

Hannah O’Brien (22-1) came in third.

Boys shot put

Justin Gonzalez (37-0, a personal best by more than a foot) picked up the five firstplace points for his teammates.

Alex Hersey (36-6) came in second.

Asher Oren (32-6) completed the sweep in third place.

Lycurgus Cohen (31-4) was fourth.

“This group of shot put throwers was relatively new to the event at the beginning of the season, but nonetheless their progress this year has been great to see,” Raimo said.

Girls discus Albert won for the second time on this day — something she has done quite frequently this spring — with a discus throw of 99-4.

O’Brien (76-0) finished second.

Samantha Clock (52-10) was fourth and Siena Day (50-4) fifth.

Boys discus

Angelo Knight (84-1) finished second. Graham Firestone (81-3) was right behind him in third place. Tucker Crane (790) was fourth and Alexander Humphreys (70-7) fifth.

Girls javelin

Sierra Leinberry racked up another win in the javelin with a throw of 73 feet.

Adelyn Cruickshank (64-0), Mia Mabry (51-10) and Siena Day (45-9) rounded out the second singles, 6-0, 6-1.

Senior co-captain Jack Wykes maintained the same winning script against Dewa Trisna in third singles, 6-0, 6-1.

Sophomores Bacon and Winocour teamed up to defeat Mark Quikennan and Brooks Workman in first doubles, 6-0, 6-0.

Sophomores Quinn Fletcher and Ben Zaltsman closed out another varsity win, defeating Rillan Workman and Will Towne in second doubles, 6-0, 6-1.

The Magicians, playing their third consecutive match in as many days, beat a formidable Masco team at home, 5-0. It was Senior Day, and co-captains Jimmy King and Jack Wykes were honored before the Chieftains match for their contributions to the program the last four years. They then

Marblehead throwers coming in third through fifth place, respectively.

Boys javelin

Asher Oren was victorious with a throw of 106-6, which is quite good considering the gusty headwinds, according to Raimo. Knight (101-10) came in second.

Phineas Jakious (93-0) was third and Graham Firestone (846) fourth.

Boys 400-meter hurdles

Ryan Thompson ran away from the field in his first official 400-meter hurdle race with a time of 61.7.

“Ryan is an accomplished 400-meter runner, and his transition now to the hurdles was seamless,” said Raimo.

Magnus McCarthy (66.1) was credited with a second-place finish. Tomasso Santoni (68.2) was third, Marc Grazado (68.3) fourth, Nate Jendrysik (76.7) fifth and Logan Doody (80.1) sixth.

Girls 100/110-meter hurdles

Elise Burchfield ran into a headwind but still won with an impressive time of 18.3.

Crane (21.7) and Sierra Leinberry (22.1) completed the sweep, with Addison Rotigliano (22.5) coming in a close fourth.

Boys 100/110-meter hurdles

Hersey (16.0) completed the regular season undefeated in this event. Errol Apostolopoulos (16.8) was second.

Grazado (19.4) came in third and Santoni (20.2) fourth.

Girls 100 teamed up to prevail in second doubles that went to a third set tiebreaker.

Ariella Kahn (14.2) led the way with a first-place finish.

Junior Mika Garber topped Masco’s Mark Trull in first singles, 6-0, 6-0. Junior Jost Eggebrecht won a straight-set second singles match against senior Kyle Trull, 6-0, 6-1. Farfel experienced similar results against junior Jack Eaton in third singles, 6-1, 6-0.

Sophomores Janock and Vizy were victorious over Justin Sagnior and Parker Kurtz in first doubles, 6-3, 6-0. The aforementioned King and Wykes persevered against Kai Hird and Carson Bakunas in second doubles, 3-6, 6-2, 10-8.

In sub-varsity play, Fletcher lost a singles match, 6-2. Bacon and Winocour were leading 5-1 when the match was abruptly

The Marblehead girls are wrapping up the regular season schedule this week with four road games.

Needing just two wins to clinch a Division 2 state tournament berth, they have already taken on Danvers and Malden Catholic on Monday and Tuesday, after the Current’s press deadline, then it was off to Medford’s Columbus Park on Thursday to face the Mustangs, starting at 4:30 p.m. against the Witches.

The Cape Ann League Ipswich Tigers will then provide the competition the next day with a game beginning at 4 p.m.

If all goes well, the youthful Magicians will win at least two of those four games to qualify for the postseason that begins next week.

Slater Johnson (57.3, personal best) accounted for third. Colin Hart (60.5) was fourth.

Girls 800

Max Arbo (3:07.9) ran well while running alone in this middle-distance event.

Boys 800

James Marcey (2:29.5) achieved a personal milestone while also snagging a secondplace finish after a great kick heading to the finish line.

Crane (15.8) was a last-second addition to the varsity 100, and she still finished an impressive fourth.

Boys 100 Jacob Bobowski (11.7) sprinted to a first-place finish.

“Jacob has always had an impressive acceleration out of the blocks, but he’s made progress this season on the back half of his sprint races,” Raimo said.

Michael Carlson (12.4) was third and Isaac Brenneman (12.8) fifth. Girls 200

Cora Gerson (28.8) came through with a first-place finish. Morgan Zion (29.7) was second.

Olivia Vanden Heuvel (30.3) stepped down from the 400 at the last minute to run the 200 and accounted for a third-place finish and another point for her teammates.

Boys 200

“David Di Constanzo (24.0) was the favorite going into the 200, and he was able to hold off Errol for the victory,” said Raimo.

Apostolopoulos (24.8) settled for second. Gabe Bayramian (26.9) stepped down from the 800 to run the 200 and ended up fifth.

Girls 400

Ariella Kahn (67.5, personal best) was another double winner for the girls team on this day with a first-place finish in this sprinting event.

Maren Rowe (69.5) ran a sub70 to finish second. Grace Rowe (74.8) was third.

Boys 400 In preparation for the decathlon later on this season, Hersey (55.2) won the 400 stopped, with twilight hovering over the courts.

Foukal’s squad then closed out a busy week on the road at Brookline, where they lost to the non-league Warriors, 5-0.

Garber lost to Devin Nahata in first singles, 8-2. Eggebrecht fell to Peter Khudyakov in second singles, 8-0. It was more of the same in third singles, when Farfel dropped an 8-2 decision to Owen Esker.

Janock and Vizy were defeated by Ravin and Kiran Bhatia in first doubles, 8-0. King and Winocour did the same against Grady Ames and Anish Shrivastana, 8-0.

In sub-varsity play, Bacon and Zaltsman lost, 8-0, while Fletcher was on the short end of a competitive singles match, 8-3.

Luke Roth and Quinn Sullivan recorded the lone Marblehead

Zach Plum (2:36.8) finished just off the podium in fourth place. Harrison Curtis made his way through the two-lap race in 2:58.1.

Girls mile

Maren Potter (6:16.1), Martha Heffernan (7:07) and Emma St. George (7:19.3) swept the mile.

Boys mile

The boys also swept the mile, with Peter Sullivan (5:30) taking first, followed by David Alpert (5:41.4) and Zach Pike (5:47.1).

“Among the JVs, Sam Tanger (5:53.4) ran a great race to break the six-minute barrier, thanks in part to Nate Assa’s pacing,” said coach William Herlihy. “Nate was next with a time of 5:56.6, while Jeremy Sorkin completed the course in 6:16.9.” win among all three levels on this day in a JV doubles match, 6-3.

Boys 2-mile Jonah Potach (12:17.9) got his first win of the season in this long-distance event.

“Despite some excellent eye black, Will Cronin had to drop out of this race just 1 mile in due to leg fatigue,” said Herlihy.

Girls 4x100 Mia Mabry, Cora Gerson, Morgan Zion and Abigail Ross came together at the last second to participate in this event, and despite not practicing any handoffs they were still able to run an impressively combined time of 58 seconds.

Boys 4x100 Michael Carlson, Ethan Horgan, Joe Proulx and Isaac Brenneman raced to a secondplace finish while also cracking the 50-second mark in 49.9.

Boys 4x400 Will Cronin, Jeremy Sorkin, Peter Sullivan and James Marcey (4:42.5) were the victors in this relay.

Graydon Waller and Nico Altonian (6-2), T.J. Kelly and Jeffrey Kucharsky (6-5), Evan Murtagh and Adam Loughlin (6-2), Travis Ehrhardt and John Bender (6-1) and Connor Dunleavy and Nico Altonian (6-0) were beaten in their JV doubles matches.

Marblehead is wrapping up the regular season this week with three more non-league road encounters against ManchesterEssex (May 22), HamiltonWenham (May 23) and Boston College High School (May 24).

The locals, ranked eighth out of 51 Division 2 teams in the latest power rankings, will begin the postseason the following week.