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©copyright 2008 The Amherst Citizen
Published March 6, 2008
In their final meet of the season Souhegan had a strong showing at the NE High School Championships at Roger Williams University in Bristol RI Saturday night. Souhegan girl’s 200 Free Relay team of Marissa Soucy, Kelsey Hinrichs, Alyssa Peterson and Mallory Sullivan came in 3rd while the 400 free relay team of Marissa Soucy, Annie Bacher, Kelsey Hinrichs and Mallory Sullivan came in 7th. Kelsey Hinrichs took 8th in the 100 free and 9th in the 50 free and Mallory Sullivan came in 9th in the 100 breast. Coming up from the 12th position in the meet the boys team of Mike Disco, Andy Disco, Kevin Wons and Spencer Davis raced into 3rd place in the 200 Medley Relay and broke the school record for the event. In the 400 free relay the same team came in 6th and again established a new school record for the event. Mike Disco came in 3rd in the 100 free and 5th in the 100 breast while Andy Disco took 4th in the 100 back.
Souhegan Roars Back Over Pembroke (6-4)
Playoff hockey arrived at the Cyclones Arena in Hudson last night and the skating sabers of Souhegan high school came back from an early (0-2) deficit to defeat Pembroke Academy (6-4).
With five minutes remaining in period one, Robbie Maguire finished off a nice passing play by Cole Johnson and Geoff Crawford to get the black and gold on the board (1-2).
Paul Caso would then tip home an Alex April blast (2-2) with .22 seconds left in the first stanza.
Just 31 seconds into the 2nd period Caso would convert again from April in this spirited affair. With 3 minutes remaining in the period Caso got hooked on a breakaway, but with the delayed call Adam Mendenhall wristed home Casos rebound to put SHS up by two (4-2). Pesky Pembroke would not go away as Marc Racine blasted a slapper past Nate Downer (30 saves) with under a minute to play (4-3) in the second stanza.
Mendenhall would strike again converting a give and go with Caso to put SHS up (5-3).
Racine and the Spartans of Pembroke again came back to close the gap to one (5-4) with 9:15 remaining in regulation time. Souhegan was determined to win this game as Caso quickly responded to the P.A. tally converting a pass from Mendenhall to close the scoring (6-4) at 8:32 of period three.
Coach Coughlin gave credit to a complete team effort following the win, “I thought that everybody contributed to this win. It was high school playoff hockey at it’s best”.
Souhegan (15-3 record) advances to the semi finals at Concords Everrett Arena on Wednesday at 5 PM vs Laconia.
Hampshire Hills Swimmers Compete at New England Age Group Championships
Hampshire Hills Swimmer Alexander Bedard of Amherst, competed at the 12&Under New England Age Group Championship Swim Meet at Attleboro High School in Attleboro, MA February 21st-24th, 2008. Qualifying in 11 out of 12 events (competing in 9) Alex posted personal best times in 7 of his 9 events in his age group. Of those events he swam he made (top 16) in the following events:
100 yard Freestyle (16th), 50 yard Backstroke (13th), 100 yard Backstroke (10th), 50 yard Breastroke (16th), 50 yard Butterfly (16th), 100 yard Butterfly (11th), 100 Yard IM (13th)