Memory Lane

June 08, 2008 01:44 am

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10 YEARS AGO LAST WEEK

Timberlane girls track is awarded Class I state championship after a scoring error is detected in incomplete long jump results. The extra two points push the Owls to a tie for first with Monadnock. A half-dozen Owl athletes ran a victory lap on their home track at midnight in celebration. ... Pole vaulters Courtney MacLaren (Londonderry) and Courtney Walker (Pinkerton) clear 10 feet to tie a state record at Class L meet. ... Pelham baseball (18-1) crushes Hills-Deering 15-2 in the first round of the Class M tournament. Derek Miller strikes out seven in just three innings of mercy rule-shortened work. ... Amy Mannarini of Londonderry wins state title and breaks school record in 300-meter hurdles with a 45.91 a the Class L meet. ... Pinkerton senior lacrosse stars Tony Senia (defense) and Andy Brown (offense) are named New Hampshire Division 1 Players of the Year. ... After winning the Eastern Mass. Class A title the day before, with the seniors adding on graduation ceremonies that night, Haverhill commutes to the Eastern State Championships just outside of New York City. Derek Vater wins the javelin (197-2) and the 4x200 relay team of Matt Huberdeau, Mike Howell, Matt Daniels and Peter Crapsey places second. ... Sanborn basketball and baseball coach Mike Rowinski announces he is stepping down and moving to Michigan. ... Baseball standout Omar Pena of Haverhill is named MVP of the Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star game. ... Former Lawrence High head football coach Kevin Bradley takes the reins of the two-year-old Greater Haverhill Highlanders semi-pro team. ... Haverhill's Carlos Pena of Northeastern University is selected 10th overall by the Texas Rangers in the Major League Baseball Draft, the highest spot ever for a local baseball player. ... Lori Porter scores on an infield grounder in the bottom of the seventh inning to give third ranked Timberlane a 5-4 win over No. 11 Plymouth and a berth in the Class I title game. ... Ken Bean resigns as the Georgetown baseball coach after 10 seasons at the helm.

20 YEARS AGO LAST WEEK

Lawrence's Bob LeFebre scores the winning run as Florida Southern defeats Sacramento State, 5-4 in 12 innings, to win the national Division 2 baseball championship. ... Greater Lawrence's boys tennis team wins the Commonwealth Conference league meet behind Doug Parker, David Saindon and Gary Roy. ... Haverhill's Kerry Horgan wins a pitching duel over Dracut's Kim Page, 1-0, as the Hillies improve to 18-1. ... Andover's Dave Bettencourt is named MVC Large School baseball Coach of the Year while the Golden Warriors' Scott Wallace and Steve Surette earn All-MVC honors. They are joined by Methuen's Dave Bueno, Lawrence's Shawn Phillips and Central Catholic's John Daileanes. ... MVP Clement Chun captures the 100 and long jump and places third in the triple jump to power North Andover to the Cape Ann League Open title. ... Sue Santagati (220 and 100) and Chris Recesso (330 and 110 hurdles) are double winners for Andover, which wraps up an unbeaten regular season. ... Gary Grant and Jay Dzioba stroked four hits apiece as Jimmy's Pizza opens its Merrimack Valley Men's Baseball League season with an 8-4 win over Relief's Inn. ... Kamal Asar scores the winning run as North Andover comes from behind for a 5-3 win over Haverhill in Northeast Baseball League action. ... Pete LeFebre and Erin O'Connell are named Lawrence High Senior Athletes of the Year. ... Led by sophomore Cate Doherty, Andover's girls tennis team is unbeaten at 15-0. ... After hitting .372 with 21 runs batted in, Derry's Stephen Brien is elected tri-captain for Plymouth State. ... Salem's Paul Hackworth and Dave Wholley win three events each in the Meet of Champions. Wholley sets a school record with a 13-6 in the pole vault. ... Methuen's boys and girls track teams win Class B titles, adding to a legacy including 13 indoor and outdoor crowns over the past dozen years. ... According to head coach Dave Bettencourt, Andover's baseball team won its first tournament game ever, 7-2 over Chelmsford. Steve Surette scatters nine hits to pick up the win. Andover followed two days later with a 9-8 upset of Division 1 North's top-seeded Revere in a 31/2-hour marathon. Third baseman Steve Howes snags a blast down the line to end the contest. ... Mike O'Neil fires a complete-game four-hitter to lift Pentucket to a 10-2 tourney-opening win over Pope John, then Brian Walker follows with a nine-inning gem to oust previously unbeaten Boston Latin, 8-2, in the Division 3 North quarterfinals. ... Central Catholic graduate Dean Borrelli, a junior at UMass, is chosen in the 20th round of the Major League Baseball draft by Oakland. ... A six-run fifth inning sparks Methuen's softball team to a 9-2 opening round victory over Wakefield. Karen Zraket and Julie Green each belt key triples to lead the way. ... Unbeaten Salem advances to the Class L title game against Merrimack by downing third-seed Manchester West. Sue Foulds improves to 14-0 with just one earned run and 25 hits allowed in 97 innings.

50 YEARS AGO LAST WEEK

Central track star Dick Camuso is awarded a scholarship at Georgetown University valued at $8,000. Camuso is the Central record holder in the 100, 200, 440, 880, 600 and broad jump. ... Andover basketball and baseball coach Bob Collier confirms rumors he would resign when he is announced as the director of guidance at Pentucket Regional. ... Dick Lynch is named Methuen's top basketball player and Bill Goetrich is named the top athlete in the town's East End in a ceremony by the Methuen Booster Club. ... Bill Goetrich shows he's worthy by throwing a complete-game eight-hitter and striking out 12 as Methuen tips Oliver Ames 4-1 in the first round of the state tourney. ... Mike Byron hurls a one-hitter and Dick Sanborn cracks a two-run homer as North Andover whips Tewksbury 9-0 in Lowell Suburban League action. ... Andover defeats Methuen and North Andover to retain the "Little Three" track title. North Andover's Bruce Elliott high jumps 5-83/4, Andover's Dave Simpson puts the shot 46-3 and Andover's Burt Damon broad jumps 20-8 to set new meet records.