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Sabers Soccer Team Scrimmage
SHS Girls Soccer
Sabers Notch First
Win, 3-1 Over Bedford
AMHERST – The Souhegan Girls
Soccer team opened their season on
Friday August 27th against a strong
Bedford team. Led by captains
Shelby Belak, Kelsea Bemis, Taylor
Cordts, and Emily Hagen this year’s
Saber team is excited after an impressive preseason.
Five new Freshman players, Taylor Behn, Alexandra Clark, Shannon
Disco, Peyton Kent, and Madison
Learned will all play integral roles
as the team looks to play a quick, attacking style game. Our defense will
be anchored by senior goalkeeper
Holly Bourassa. Returning players
Audrey Wesson, Agnes Chretien,
Sara Christensen, Erin MacDonald,
Caroline Stone, and Tess Ryan will
be joined by new players Ashley Ireland and Mary Schmidlein to fill out
this year’s squad.
In the opening match the Sabers
set the tone early when Kelsea Bemis took an Erin MacDonald pass
and buried it in the Bedford net after only 19 seconds had elapsed. The
Sabers kept up the pressure and Kelsea Bemis notched her second goal
of the night at the 20 minute mark.
Bedford was able to score, to bring
the match to 2-1 at halftime.
The Saber girls started the second
half with a renewed energy, and kept
consistent pressure on the Bedford
defense. At the 60 minute mark,
Peyton Kent placed a great corner
kick right in front of the Bedford
net, and Madison Learned kicked
it in to notch her first career SHS
goal. The team was able to keep the
pressure on for the remainder of the
game, and secure a 3-1 win.
The coaching staff was extremely pleased with the efforts of all the
girls, who were able to work together as a team to earn a good win.
Senior Dalton Colen looking to make the long pass.
AMHERST – The Souhegan Saber Boys soccer team has wrapped
up their 1st week of training. The
annual scrimmages with Greely High School from Cumberland,
Maine were again quite successful.
Friday evening the Greely Boys Soccer team arrived and played one half
of soccer against Bishop Guertin and
one half against Souhegan. Greely
student-athletes are hosted by soccer families in the community on a
semi-annual basis. Even years Greely comes to Amherst/Mont Vernon,
and odd years SHS heads to Maine
for a similar arrangement.
On Saturday morning SHS hosted Merrimack, Manchester Central,
Con-Val, St. Thomas, Manchester
West, Milford, as well as Greely for a
scrimmage festival. Playing against
Souhegan’s girls soccer team get
off to a great start with a win vs
Bedford.
Bill Dod Courtesy photo
Sophomore Sam Leedy concentrates on making an accurate pass.
numerous opponents in one day can
help teams test out personnel, systems, and get surprising challenges
against unknown opponents.
2010 Mini Golf Classic
Amherst Recreation Track and Field
USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Championships
Sacramento, CA – In June,
eight members of the Amherst Recreation Track and Field Team qualified to attend the 2010 USA Track
and Field National Junior Olympic
Championships. Mikayla Hickey and Frank Irizarry were able to attend the National
Junior Olympics, which were held
in Sacramento, California on July
27th. Mikayla ran the 100 Meter Dash and the Long Jump. She
came in 11th place nationally for
the Long Jump and is now ranked
in the top 5th percentile nationally
out of 2,000 girls. For the 100 meter Mikayla is ranked in the top 16th
percentile nationally. Frank participated in the Triathlon and achieved
23rd place nationally. Congratulations to both Mikayla and Frank! The Amherst Recreation Department would like to congratulate all
of the Track and Field athletes who
participated in the Regional Junior
Olympics at Bowdoin College in
Brunswick, Maine on June 26th and
27th. Eight members of the Amherst Recreation Track and Field
Team qualified to attend the USA
Track and Field National Junior
Olympic Championships in Sacramento, California on July 27th.
About 50 local kids and young
adults participated in the Amherst
Recreation Department’s Track and
Field program this spring and summer. Amherst Recreation’s Track
and Field Program, affiliated with
USA Track and Field, gives team
members the opportunity to participate in a variety of events, such
as running, hurdles, long jump, high
jump, javelin, triathlon, discus and
more. Participants compete in local and regional meets; and the top
three finishers in each event at the
regional championships qualify to
participate in the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field
Championships.
2010 Mini Golf Classic at Ponemah Green was Saturday Aug.31st.
The Winning Group with a score of 31 was: (L to R) Jake Rose, Alex
Fogelgren, Patrick Fogelgren and Ben Vaughn.
The following athletes qualified to attend the National Championships this year:
Mikayla Hickey – 1st Place Long Jump
KJ Schelling – 1st Place High Jump
Savannah Behn – 2nd Place Javelin
Frank Irizarry – 2nd Place Triathlon
Sarah Hurd – 2nd Place High Jump
Caelan Behn – 3rd Place Discus
Anna Johnston – 3rd Place Discus
Cameron Behn – 3rd Place 200 Meter Hurdles
For more information on the Amherst Recreation Department’s
team sports and other programs, visit www.amherstrec.org.
Division 3 Team Places 5th at
Championships
Golfers and Sponsors Wanted for
Boys & Girls Club Golf Classic
(L to R) Kyra Parenteau, Mikayla Hickey and Lizzi Hart.
Seawolves Break Records at Open
Championships
Paul Amato, Lew Dokmo and John Siemienowicz practice for the Helicopter
Ball Drop Contest to be held at the Dan Bouchard memorial Golf Classic at
the Amherst Country Club on Wednesday, September 15.
9&10 Boys 200 Medley Relay & Free Relay (Aidan, Connor, Alex, & Nick)
(L to R): Back - Coach Timothy Thompson (Wilton), Chiara Secules (Hollis), Katrin Hayward (Pepperell, MA), Sara Heard(Hollis), & Kelsey Hinrichs
(Amherst). Front Row Tyler Owens (Hollis), Kenny Regan (Hollis), Mike
Disco( Amherst), Andy Disco (Amherst) Not pictured - Zoe Daudier (Milford)
& Kaitlyn McManus (Milford)
CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Hampshire Hills Seawolves brought 10
swimmers to the 14&Under and
Open championship meets held at
Blodgett pool at Harvard University
on the weekends of July 22nd-25th
& July 30th-Aug. 2nd. The team
produced 61% best times for meet as
well scoring 164 points which placed
Kaitlyn McManus (Milford)- 100 Breast, 200 Free, & 200 IM
them 18th overall at the meet (the
Christine Black (Amherst) - 100 Breast
highest ever showing for the team).
9&10 Boys 200 Medley Relay & Free Relay - Nick Jordan (Amherst), Aidan
Daudier (Milford), Connor Donoghue (Amherst), & Alex Meagher(Brookline)
A total of 10 individual & 4 relay
records
were broken at the 14&U/
The Seawolves practice at Hampshire Hills Sport & Fitness which is loOpen
meets.
At the 14&u meet
cated in Milford, NH. They will begin their next season starting the third
there
was
3
team
records by Zoe
week in September.
Daudier (Milford) in the 50/100/400
The Hampshire Hills Seawolves competed in the Granite State Swimming Association Championship on the weekend of August 7th & 8th,
This meet was held at the Jenny Thompson Pool in Dover, NH. Bringing 25
swimmers to the meet the team compete against team almost twice their
size and managed a fifth place showing for thier efforts in the Division 3.
The team posted 50% best times at the meet. The following swimmers won
their events:
free. In the most contested event at
the Open meet the Disco brothers’
broke the 100 Breast record a total of 4 times at the meet (going to
Andy at the end). Mike Disco (Amherst) broke the 50 Free(2x) & the
200 Breast. Kelsey Hinrichs (Amherst) took down the 50/100/200
Free as well. Andy Disco (Amherst)
also broke the 200 Back.
The Seawolves practice at Hampshire Hills Sport & Fitness which is
located in Milford, NH. They will
begin their next season starting the
third week in September.
AMHERST – The Boys & Girls
Club of Souhegan Valley is holding its 4th annual Dan Bouchard
Memorial Golf Classic at Amherst
Country Club on Wednesday, September 15. All proceeds from this
event go directly to the Boys & Girls
Club, whose critical mission is to
provide a positive place for area kids
when they are not in school, and
help them reach their full potential.
Registration for this Best Ball
SCRAMBLE begins at 8:00 a.m.,
with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start. Milford’s Chief of Police Fred Douglas
and Amherst‘s Chief of Police Peter
Lyon will be on hand to help kick off
the event. The cost is $150 per player, or $500 per foursome, which includes breakfast, golf, an on-course
lunch, and a cook-out afterwards.
Following the cook-out is a live auction featuring the “renowned” auctioneer Steve Desmarais.
Adding to the festivities, this year
the Club will introduce a HELI-
COPTER BALL DROP contest with
a $1000 cash winner. Immediately
after the golf event, and before the
cook-out, the helicopter will hover
along the 9th hole and drop numbered golf balls onto a target area.
The winner of the contest will be
the one with the ticket number of
the ball that is closest to or first in
the golf cup located at the center of
the target.
Ball Drop contest ticket sales will
continue through the morning of
the event. A single ticket may be
purchased for $10, or 3 tickets for
$25. Tickets are available for purchase at the Boys & Girls Club at 56
Mont Vernon Road in Milford.
Please contact Cory Sullivan at
the Boys & Girls Club at 672-1002
x18 or golf committee chair Lew
Dokmo at 673-0395 for registration
& sponsorship forms, auction item
donations, Ball Drop tickets, or further information.