The Dublin School girls' lacrosse team captured its first Southeastern New England Independent Schools Athletic Association (SENE) championship with a 12-4 win over St. Andrews (R.I.) in the championship game Wednesday at The MacDuffie School in Granby, Mass.

The two teams had met twice this season, with St. Andrews coming out on top both times by scores of 9-8 and 11-9. In the championship game, St. Andrews took a 1-0 lead, but Dublin four consecutive goals to build a 4-1 lead. 

St. Andrews cut the lead to 4-3 heading into the halftime break, and then scored first in the second half to tie the game at 4. However, that would be their last score, as Dublin put on a dominating performance to secure the victory. 

The Wildcats won draws, methodically built their offense and thwarted any attempts by St. Andrews’ offense with pressure in the midfield and tenacious defense. It all added up to an 8-0 run over the final 20-plus minutes to earn the title as SENE Champions.

Senior Erika Fantauzzi led the Wildcats with five tallies to end the season with 48 goals. Senior Abbie Switzer and sophomore Holland Calcutt each scored three goals, while junior Campbell Meyer scored one to go with her control of the draws throughout the game. 

Juniors MadiLefebvre, MekoyaSandback, and Zoe Ortiz led the defense, and sophomore goaltender Adelaide DeForest made five saves.

According to head coach Brooks Johnson, senior captains Fantauzzi, Switzer, Sophie Mascielo and Kiara Robles will be missed. 

“Their leadership, skill and performance have been inspirational throughout their careers at Dublin School,” he stated.

TRACK AND FIELD

ConVal relay team sets another record

ConVal’s boys’ and girls’ track teams hosted the Last Chance Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 19. The meet is so named because for many athletes, it is their final opportunity to achieve a performance that qualifies them to compete in the state championship meet on May 26. For some, the meet is their final competition as high school athletes.

ConVal’s boys finished fourth of 11 teams, scoring 58 points. The girls finished sixth of 11 teams, with 45 points.

For the boys, the highlight was the 4x100-meter relay team of juniors Jack Harris and Anthony Cadwallader, along with sophomores Kendrick Edwards and Elliot Featherstone, breaking the school record on their way to a first-place finish in 44.81 seconds. This was the third time this season the relay team broke the school record. Kendrick also won the long jump, with a leap of 19-feet, 8-inches. Cadwallader scored in two other events as well, finishing fifth in both the 100-meter dash (11.98 seconds) and the high jump (5-feet, 4-inches). Harris pole-vaulted 10-feet, 6-inches, which earned third place.

Sophomore William Simard finished second in the 3,200-meter run in a personal-best time of 9:59.12 and third in the 1,600-meter run, in 4:46.82.

Other scorers for ConVal included junior Jamie Post, who finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (17.87 seconds) and sixth in the 1,600-meter run with a personal-best time of 5:00.71. Three ConVal boys scored points in the shot put, with sophomores Maxx Telofski earning third place with a personal-best distance of 39-feet, 1.25-inches, Roman Cadwallader placing fourth with 39-feet, 1/2-inch and Bishop Benham placing sixth with a personal-best 37-feet, 10.5-inches.

For the girls, junior Aida Davis scored in three events, finishing second in the 400-meter run in 1:03.72 and fifth in the 200-meter run in 29.36, as well as leading off the 4x100-meter relay team that placed fifth in 1:00.07. Her 4x100-meter teammates are senior Brianna Decker along with freshmen Whitney Adair and Maisie Michaud. Brianna also placed fourth in the triple jump, with 27-feet, 1.25-inches.

Junior Tasha MacNeil swept two events, winning the javelin with a throw of 97-feet, 11-inches and the shot put with a throw of 28-feet, 3-inches. Elise Robbins won the pole vault with a jump of 8-feet, 6-inches.

The girls and boys both finished third out teams in a meet at Conant on Tuesday, May 16. 

Harris pole-vaulted to first place with a personal-best jump of 10-feet, 7-inches. Junior Elise Robbins jumped 8-feet, 9-inches for first place in the pole vault. The boys 4x100m relay team set a school record with a 44.94 sprint.  Harris also finished third in the 100m dash, in 12.24 seconds. On the girls’ side, the 4x100m relay team of Davis, senior Sophie Hatmaker, Michaud, and sophomore Eliza Bull raced to second place to finish in 58.14.

Simard easily won the 1,600m with a sub-4:40 run. Telofski finished third in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 38-feet, 6-inches. Junior Jake Alonso finished third in the 800m run in 2:39.24.

McNeil finished first in the discus (76-feet, 10-inches) and javelin throw (97-feet, 3-inches). Junior Jenna Deshane finished third in discus, with a throw of 75-feet, 11-inches, Decker won the triple jump with a jump of 27-feet, 10-inches.  

In the boys’ triple jump, Post leaped 34-feet. 3.5-inches for second place, while senior Ryan Charron earned third place with a jump of 34 feet. Post also finished third in the 110m hurdles in 17.94 seconds and third in the 300m hurdles, finishing in 45.44 seconds.

Davis ran a personal-best 1:03.44 to take second place in the 400m dash and then followed up with a first-place finish in the 200m dash with a time of 28.44. Bull was third in the 200m, in a time of 29.94 seconds. Cadwallader grabbed first place in the 200m dash with a 24.84 finish time. Featherstone was right behind in second place in 24.94. Sophomore Josh Decker cruised to a second-place finish in the 3,200m with a time of 11:50.84.

Freshman Charley Pyle-Cunningham jumped 12-feet, 7-inches in the long jump, and Edwards jumped 18-feet. 7.5-inches, obtaining a second place finish. Anthony Cadwallader completed a high jump of 5-feet, 4-inches, which earned third place.

The boys 4x400m relay team of Charron, juniors Ryan O’Connor and Post and  freshman Mason Deschenes finished third in 3:59.74.

SOFTBALL

ConVal wins senior game

ConVal softball’s senior game on Wednesday began with heartfelt speeches to their six seniors from underclassman and ended with an 11-4 victory over Milford. 

Senior ace Lily Mandel, who is committed to play Division III softball at Keene State College in the fall, went the distance, striking out 12 and allowing six hits, pushing her team to 9-4 on the year. Head coach Amanda Hinton stressed the importance of the win, as many teams in Division II have similar records. ConVal is currently in sixth place with a week of regular season games remaining.

“Hopefully this win will move us positionally into a better spot in the standings,” said Hinton.

ConVal’s offense gave Mandel lots of run support, scoring in every inning except the fourth ConVal came out swinging with three runs in the bottom of the first on hits by Sam Henderson (2-4, two RBI), Morgan Bemont (2-4, three RBI) and Olivia Riley (2-4, two RBI). Bemont, who is headed to American International College to play Division II softball, put the game out of reach with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.

Senior Sam Henderson was proud of her team’s performance, and felt it was especially sweet on Senior Night.

“It’s so great to be able to win on Senior Night, especially against a team we’ve always struggled with,” said Henderson. “We came together as a team and we kept the energy up the entire game.” 

The Cougars suffered a setback Friday night against John Stark Regional High School, losing 9-0.

-- Maddie Carpentiere

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