May 11, 2008 01:22 am Baseball
Surging Pentucket, which has won five of its last six games, scored 13 runs in the second inning and ripped Ipswich 23-3. Peter Creamer, who is hitting .600 over six games, was 3 for 3 with three RBIs for the Sachems (7-4), Bobby Disorbo was 2 for 4 with four RBIs and Sean Milley went 4 for 5 and scored four times. Justin Bolla kept his streak alive for getting at least one hit and RBI for every game. ... Whittier romped over Notre Dame of Lawrence twice, 16-0 and 19-1, with both games going just five innings. Ethan Mooradian pitched hitless ball in the opener and four pitchers allowed just one hit in the second game. John Tannian, John Campbell and A.J. DeRoche all had home runs and DeRoche had five RBIs for the two games.
Thayer defeated Brooks 5-3. Andover's Danny Conway had two hits for the Green and White.
Mike Ciummei's two-run homer in the first proved to be the game's only offense in Phillips' 2-0 win over Deerfield, in the first game of a doubleheader. The Big Blue (12-2) won the second game, 4-2, behind the six-inning pitching of J.R. Santaniello. Preston Atteberry pitched five innings of shutout ball in game one and Glenn Stowell earned a save on both ends of the doubleheader. Jack Walsh and Ryan McCarthy each had two hits in the game two victory. ... Georgetown scored in the first inning but that was it in a 9-1 loss to Masconomet. Andrew Barba had an RBI hit for the Royals (8-6).
Softball Brooks' Hart fans 19
Britt Hart struck out a career-high 19 batters and hit a solo home run as Brooks steamrolled Thayer 11-1. Kristen Sullivan of Salem, N.H., who leads the team in hitting, was 2 for 4 and scored three runs and freshman Andrea Missert was 2 for 3 as Brooks improved to 8-5. ... Phillips Academy senior Michelle Hollebeke, pitching the most innings of the year, won both ends of a doubleheader sweep, 15-0 over Stoneleigh-Burnham and 8-3 over Deerfield. Hollebeke improved to 7-1 with three innings of work in the first game and six innings in the second game. 15-0, Sarah Onorato of North Reading, who came into the day hitting .605, was 6 for 8 with four runs scored for the Big Blue (10-3), Emily Cokorinos was 4 for 8 with three RBIs and Stephanie Clegg was 3 for 5 with four RBIs and four runs scored.
Girls Track Record-setting Poretta second
Pentucket's Alanna Poretta broke a 24-year old school record when she ran a 5:06.51 in the mile, placing second at yesterday's Massachusetts Coaches Invitational meet. Poretta's finish topped her previous personal-best by four seconds. Pentucket's 4x400 relay team finished 10th as Courtney Spurr, Julia Quatrini, Andrea Attenasio and Poretta completed the event in 4:21.43.
Boys Tennis Skinner, Brooks fall Brooks got blanked by Thayer Academy. Alex Skinner of Bradford played well at No. 1 singles, but lost his first match of the season.
Girls Lacrosse Duke powers Brooks in win Brooks outlasted Thayer 12-11 to improve to 11-1 on the year. Chapin Duke led the scoring with five goals and both Katie Herter and Margaret Klein chipped in with three goals apiece. ... Phillips fell on the wrong side of an 11-3 decision to Loomis. Goalie Kaitlin Gaiss was busy all day and made 24 saves. The Big Blue falls to 7-4.
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