Cerne, Owls toppled Exeter for title

10 years ago last week

Avenging a regular season defeat, Timberlane snapped Exeter's 26-game winning streak in a 28-14 victory for the state Division 2 title. Matt Cerne had 305 all-purpose yards, an interception and a touchdown for the Owls, who knocked off the two-time defending champs before 3,000 fans. ... Phillips downed Salisbury, 14-13 to take the Class A New England Prep crown. Luke McArdle had two TD receptions in the victory. ... Eagle-Tribune MVP Connie Brown, a freshman, led Andover's swim team to its first-ever state championship. ... In the EMass Division 2 title game, North Andover dominated for most of the night but fell, 2-1, to Duxbury. Jim DiStefano scored in the second half for the Scarlet Knights, who suffered their first loss of the season (21-1-1). Despite losing to Greater New Bedford, Duxbury advanced because GNB received five yellow cards in the semifinals. ... Unbeaten Westford blanked Pentucket for the Division 2 North girls soccer title. Jill Rice and Andrea Ireland were quelled on several strong scoring opportunities. ... North Reading's Ashley Harmeling scored twice to lead Phillips in a 3-0 victory in the first round of the New England Prep Class A girls soccer tournament. ... In Class B, Brooks advanced by blowing out Rye, N.Y., 5-0, on goals by Kerry Nugent, Brittany Lonero, Kate Lombard, Allison Caffrey and Beth Kittredge. Later, Brooks edged Governor Dummer, 2-1, on penalty kicks to advance to the finals. Amy Tharp, Erica Wolfe and Caffrey converted their penalty kicks. ... Timberlane's Mike Sorter was boys' Class L soccer co-Coach of the Year. ... Lawrence's Freddie Gibbs, Danny Isola and Victor Perez were named to the All-MVC cross country team while Fernando Braz was voted the MVC Division 2 Coach of the Year. ... Tricia Hamblet's 20-foot jumper at the buzzer earned Northern Essex a 63-61 season-opening victory over Dean. ... Andover's Dick Loschi was named Division 1 Coach of the Year by the Eastern Mass. Girls Soccer Coaches Assoc. Andover's Amy Axelrod (Division 1), Pentucket's Andrea Ireland (Division 2) and North Reading's Mia Giannone and Central's April Boettcher (Division 3) made the all-division teams. ... Behind Tom Welby's first career shutout, Merrimack College's hockey team defeated Boston College, 2-0. ... Before over 6,000 Lowell Lock Monsters hockey fans, Haverhill 9-year old Janessa Cammarata wowed the crowd with an impressive figure skating performance. Cammarata skated with Olympic gold medal winner Tara Lipinski earlier in the year at the Great Skate IV at Merrimack College. ... Former UNH football great Andre Garron was named Londonderry's director of planning and economic development. ... Salem's Cindy Marcin was named new softball coach at Haverhill High. ... Central Catholic hoop standout Scott Hazelton signed with defending national champion UConn. ... Ending his family's 27-year run of sports participation, record-breaking quarterback James Perry, the youngest of seven children, plays his final football game for Brown. He went out a champion, leading the Bears to the Ivy League title.

20 years ago last week

Led by 126 rushing yards and four TDs from David Tucker, Andover dominated North Andover, 41-0. Scarlet Knight quarterback John Gaffny suffered a broken rib on the first series of the game but played until halftime. ... Despite fielding only 17 players, 3-7 Georgetown upset 6-2 Manchester, 3-0 on P.J. Lynah's 23-yard field goal, his first and only attempt of the season. After the game, meetings were held to determine whether the undermanned Georgetown program will continue. ... Ed Janvrin passed and ran for a score to lead Whittier to a 34-0 decision over Tyngsboro. ... Sanborn's Alan Magnusson was named Class I boys soccer Coach of the Year. ... Marc Spencer, Bill Drohen, Kevin Murphy and Keith Cutler represented unbeaten Haverhill on the All-MVC golf team. ... After Northern Essex broke out to a six-point halftime lead, N.H. Vo-Tech College forfeited the game, choosing not to continue after discovering its locker room was broken into during the first half with money, IDs, clothes and a half-used bar of deodorant being stolen. In its next contest, the shorthanded Knights struggled through the final six minutes with just four players on the court but still had enough to down Avery Point, 89-82. Jeff LaFrance had 29 points to lead NECC. ... Led by a game-high 33 points from ex-NBA player Bob Bigelow and 25 more from former Central Catholic and UMass Lowell standout Bobby Licare, Cedardale defeated TV Langen of West Germany, 106-98.

40 years ago last week

Sophomore quarterback Randy Hart and receiver Ray Preston connected for three TDs and Hart threw for 265 yards in a romp over Central Catholic. But Paul St. Onge was a force with 75 yards rushing and three touchdowns as Haverhill later whipped the Lancers. Dennis Godfrey added a 40-yard point-after kick set up by Haverhill penalties. ... Bruce Thompson scored Salem's touchdown in a 16-6 loss to Winnacunnet. ... Gerry Williams (2 TD passes, TD run) got Georgetown back to the .500 mark, defeating Manchester, 24-14 in a game played in Kingston, N.H. ... Sanborn was expected to continue competing in football. Twenty-five of its 35 enrolled boys participated last season. ... Tommy Peterson (44 points on 19-of-26 shooting) and Northern Essex clobbered Emerson, 128-72 at Haverhill High.

Cushing's Alsup a portrait in courage

Former Haverhill High star Mark Comeau added to his 1,000-plus yard rushing totals as his 87-yard, two-touchdown effort led Cardinal Cushing Academy of West Newbury to a 25-6 victory over Berwick (Maine) Academy back in November 1969. CC improved to 7-0.

Despite losing a leg after being hit by a car the summer before, Kevin Alsup entered the game as a reserve lineman for the Cardinals and plans to participate in track in the spring.

A computer malfunction threatens to keep Cardinal Cushing from playing in the national prep school Super Bowl game in Miami as its daunting statistics couldn't be entered for analysis against other squads.

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