Sports

O'Connell, Knights trip Pentucket


Published: July 3, 2009

Summer Basketball

North Andover clipped Pentucket, 60-46, with help from Tom O'Connell's game-high 16 points last night in Hoops for Hope action.

In other games:

Salem 43, Dracut 37

S — Alex LaRosa 19; D — Aaron Barbosa 12

Andover 78, Westford 35

A — Joe Bramanti 15; W — Alex Preckol 18

Pelham 37, Londonderry 33

P — Stephen Spirou 20; L — Mike Colby 14

Central Catholic 48, Greater Lawrence 40

C — Mile Alvarez 15; GL — Yeltsin Bolon 20

Lynn English 67, Acton-Boxboro 62

LE — Ryan Woumn 19; AB — Kevin LaFrancis 18

North Andover 60, Pentucket 46

N — Tom O'Connell 16; P — Mike Brennan 11

Lawrence 74, Pinkerton 41

L — Luis Vasquez 15; P — Chad Park and Chris Light 8

Nashua South 65, Lowell 44

N — Jake Nelson 18; L — Alex Mitchell 17

Methuen 63, Timberlane 44

M — Mike Gorman 18; T — Terry Matatall 11

Local stars selected to Agganis games

Several area athletes will be competing in the annual Agganis All-Star games in Lynn.

Chris Carmain of Methuen, Tim Wheeler of Central Catholic, Kevin Singer of North Reading and Darren Hartwell of North Reading will be playing in the baseball game on July 12 at 2 p.m. at Fraser Field.

Hartwell will also be playing in the football game on July 15 at Manning Bowl at 7 p.m. The other local gridders competing are Demetri Brown of Lawrence, Matt Fiore of Pentucket, Ramon Heredia of Lawrence, Matt Kumph of Georgetown, Sean Cairns of Methuen and Matt Gordon of Methuen.

Kirsten Daamen of Pentucket will be playing in the basketball game on July 13 at 6 p.m. at Lynn English. Her coach will be a familiar face, Pentucket coach John McNamara.

Track & Field

Another record for Parascandola

Londonderry junior Becca Parascandola beat her own area heptathlon record to capture the USATF Junior Olympics Region 1 Championship Meet. She rolled up 4,476 points to eclipse the mark of 4,381 she set to win the state heptathlon. The next highest in the region was 4,133 by Salem's Lisa Trickett in 1985 and Pinkerton's Bree Robinson with 4,113 in 2007.

Parascandola, who set the area high hurdles record this spring, will compete in the heptathlon at the Junior Olympics in Greensboro, N.C., July 27-Aug. 2.

Londonderry's Rachel Moburg also qualified for Nationals with a second-place time of 2:18.98 in the Young Women's 800 meters.

Photos

Carl Russo/Staff Photographer

Lawrence’s Jesse Hiraldo, middle, battles for the ball against Pinkerton’s, Rick Murray, left, and Austin Foskitt during last night’s Hoops for Hope action at Andover High. Luis Vasquez’s 15 points led the Lancers to a convincing 74-41 win.