The ConVal boys' tennis team won four of the seven matches played against Windham Wednesday, but lost 5-4 due to not having a full roster and therefore forfeiting in sixth singles and third doubles.

Wyatt Burbank lost 9-7 at first singles, and Jake Daniels lost 8-3 at second singles, but they teamed up for an 8-5 win in first doubles.

Harrison Bernier won 8-5 at third singles, and Carter Rousseau won his first singles match of the season, 8-1 at fourth singles. They then partnered in doubles for an 8-6 victory.

Mark Khalaf lost 8-3 at fifth singles.

The Cougars lost 6-3 to Kingswood Thursday.

ConVal only won one singles match, as Rousseau came back from 2-5 down for an 8-5 victory. ConVal won both doubles matches, as Daniels and Burbank won 8-5 at first doubles, and Rousseau and Bernier teamed up for an 8-6 win at second doubles.

Forfeits cost ConVal again versus Coe-Brown, as the Cougars won four of the seven matches played, but lost 5-4 due to forfeits at sixth singles and third doubles. Daniels won 8-3 at second singles, and teamed up with Burbank for an 8-5 win at first doubles. Rousseau was an 8-5 winner at fourth doubles and teamed with Bernier for an 8-5 win at second doubles.

Burbank lost 8-2 and first singles, while Bernier fell 8-6 in third singles and Khalaf lost 8-5 at fifth singles.

ConVal hosts Oyster River on Tuesday and Monadnock May 18 before traveling to Goffstown on May 19  to finish the season.

GIRLS’ TENNIS

Conant downs St. Thomas Aquinas

The Conant girls tennis team beat St. Thomas Aquinas 5-4 Wednesday with singles wins from Margaret Winiecki at first singles (8-0), Kelly Williams at second singles (8-6, after having been down 1-5) and Nobley Walker (8-4, after winning the final four games).

The first doubles team of Winiecki and Williams won 8-0, and the third doubles team of Walker and Grace Lewis were 8-5 victors.

Lilly Rennie lost 8-3 at third singles, while Lewis lost 8-2 at fifth singles and Riley Goddard lost 8-0 at sixth singles. The team of Rennie and Goddard lost 8-3 at second doubles.

Conant’s regular third singles player, Jessica Yap, is done for the season, back in the Philippines visiting her family, meaning everyone is now playing up a position, and Goddard will now regularly be in the lineup since the team is down to six players.

Conant coach Glo Morison stated that Winiecki “played beautifully” and will likely be going to the individual state tennis tournament in early June.

After a 6-3 loss to Lebanon Thursday, ConVal swept a doubleheader against Monadnock Friday. In the first match, a 7-2 victory, Winiecki won 8-0 at first singles, Williams won 8-2 at second singles and Rennie won 8-4 at third singles for her first singles win of the season. Walker was an 8-1 winner at fourth singles and Lewis won 8-0 at fifth singles. Winiecki and Williams teamed up for an 8-0 win at first doubles, and Walker and Lewis won 8-1 at fifth doubles. Goddard lost 8-4 at sixth singles, and Rennie and Goddard lost 8-5 at second singles.

For the second match, both teams agreed to stop after one team won five or more games, and Conant took all six singles matches. Winiecki and Lewis were 8-0 winners, while Williams, Rennie and Goddard each won 8-6. Walker won her game 8-2.

At 7-6 on the season, Conant’s final match of the season is Monday at Pelham.

Milford sweeps ConVal

Christine Broderick had a close match at first singles, losing 8-7, as the ConVal girls’ tennis team lost 9-0 to Windham on Wednesday.

Makenna Proctor lost 8-2 at second singles, as did Savannah Bremer at sixth singles. Annabelle DeLisle and GesuSaidova each lost 8-0 at third and fifth singles, respectively, while Abby Shumway fell 8-1 in fourth singles.

The first doubles team of Broderick and Proctor lost 8-2, while the second doubles team of DeLisle and Shumway lost 8-1 and the third doubles team of Bremer and Campbell Maggs lost 8-3.

ConVal also lost 8-0 to Coe-Brown Friday.

TRACK

ConVal teams fall to Milford

ConVal’s boys’ and girls’ track teams both lost a dual meet at Milford on Saturday, May 13. The girls scored 52 points to Milford’s 88, and the boys scored 72 points to Milford’s 102.

Several ConVal athletes won individual events, with four juniors from the girls’ team leading the way. On the track, Elizabeth Petrov won both the 800-meter run (3:16.91) and the 1,600-meter run (7:15.30), while Aida Davis won the 400-meter run (1:05.27). In field events, Tasha MacNeil won the javelin throw (90-feet, 1-inch), and Elise Robbins won the pole vault (7-feet, 6-inches).

On the boys’ side, four individuals and one relay team took first-place finishes. Sophomore Kendrick Edwards won the 100-meter dash (11.27 seconds) and the long jump (19-feet, 5.25-inches). Fellow sophomores Elliot Featherstone (200-meter dash, 24.63 seconds) and William Simard (3200-meter run, 10:57.29) also achieved first-place finishes. Junior Jack Harris won the pole vault with a jump of 10-feet, 1-inch. The boys’ 4x100-meter relay team of Edwards, Featherstone, Harris and junior Anthony Cadwallader followed up their school-record performance earlier in the week with another victory, finishing in 45.32 seconds.

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