Here is a look at the eighth week of scheduled games for Old Rochester Regional High School spring athletics.
Baseball: The Bulldogs closed out their regular season with three big wins this week, one of which clinched a co-conference championship. The boys started out their week with a 4-3 victory over GNB Voc-Tech. Thanks to an RBI from Jordan Menard, ORR broke a 3-3 tie to earn their fifteenth victory of the season. The win would prove pivotal, as the boys’ next win, a 19-3 victory over Case, secured a co-SCC Championship with Fairhaven. Had the boys lost either game, Fairhaven would have secured the title outright. Luckily for ORR that didn’t happen, thanks to strong performances by Bryant Salkind and Will Hopkins, each of whom recorded four hits for the Bulldogs. From the mound, James Leidhold dominated, striking out six and only allowing one hit over the first four innings. The co-championship marks the second straight year the Bulldogs have had at least a share of the title. Finally, ORR closed out their week and season with a 2-1 victory over Coyle-Cassidy. Their final regular season record is 17-3.
Boys’ Tennis: The boys’ tennis team closed out their regular season with a 5-0 shutout over Dartmouth this week. Though the Bulldogs beat out-of-conference Dartmouth earlier in the season, at that time Dartmouth was missing three varsity players, raising some questions as to if ORR could really beat the Division 1 team. They proved more than capable this week, thanks to wins from Owen Sughrue (first singles), Alex Bilodeau (second singles), Sam Pasquill (third singles), Josh Lerman and Maxx Wolski (first doubles) and Stephen Burke and Jahn Pothier (second doubles). The boys finish their season with an 18-1 record, an SCC Championship, and a hopeful playoff bid that has yet to come.
Girls’ Tennis: The girls’ tennis team finished their season with a tough 3-2 loss against Bishop Stang. The girls got wins from Olivia Bellefeuille (third singles) and Sophie Church and Katelyn Bindas (second doubles), but were not able to secure that needed third point to claim the victory over the Lady Spartans. Though the girls’ regular season ends on a sour note, they look to get back on the more positive side of things during their upcoming state tournament run.
Boys’ Lacrosse: The Bulldogs started their week off with a tough loss to out-of-conference Sandwich, but managed to turn things around with a 9-8 victory over Dartmouth. The win was largely in part to Gerald Lanagan, the ORR senior goalie who recorded 12 saves including one in the final minute that secured the ORR lead until time expired. Offensively, the boys were led by Ethan Lizotte (three goals), Thomas McIntire (two goals), and Landon Goguen (two goals). Pat Kiernan and Ryan Manning also scored in the boys’ 16th victory of the season. The boys received the number two seed in the Division 3 South Tournament, and will look to start their postseason march against Cardinal Spellman on Monday.
Below are the overall spring team records, followed by the conference records in wins, losses, and ties as of May 31.
Baseball: (17-3-0) (14-2-0); Softball: (8-10-0) (8-8-0); Boys’ Track: (6-2-0) (6-2-0); Girls’ Track: (8-0-0) (8-0-0); Boys’ Tennis: (18-1-0) (14-0-0); Girls’ Tennis: (14-5-0) (13-3-0); Boys’ Lacrosse: (15-2-0) (7-1-0); Girls’ Lacrosse: (12-5-1) (7-3-0).
By Michael Kassabian