Hopkinton and Derryfield had to wait two years for their championship rematch, so an hour-long storm delay during the game itself wasn’t going to dampen their spirits. Hopkinton was in the middle of a comeback and trailed by just a goal in Tuesday’s.
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The Pembroke Academy boys’ lacrosse team got off the bus in Peterborough and promptly gave up the first two goals of Wednesday’s Division II playoff game against ConVal. After that, it was all Spartans.PA goalie Adam Omundson stopped the next nine.
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Kearsarge s Berhan Kidane competes at the 2021 Division III boys track & field championships on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at Gilford High School. Kearsarge trailed Newport by four points when the meet was suspended after 16 of 18 events due to thunderstorms. The final two events, triple jump and high jump, will be completed on Saturday. Kidane is one of three competitors left in the high jump and is also still competing in the triple jump, as is Newport’s Marius Edwards. Kidane did finish third in the long jump. BEN CONANT Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
High Schools: Hopkinton girls’ lacrosse starts fast, holds off MV for 21-11 win
Published: 5/19/2021 9:50:00 AM
The start of Tuesday’s game was just about perfect for the Hopkinton girls’ lacrosse team – the Hawks scored nine unanswered goals on their home turf against Merrimack Valley. The Pride could have packed it in from there, but MV came back to cut the deficit down to just three goals by halftime.
“The girls knew they couldn’t allow Merrimack Valley to keep that momentum and get back in the game, and in the second half they did just that,” Hopkinton coach Mike Zahn said.