Saturday Seacoast Roundup: Oyster River girls win Manchester Invitational
MANCHESTER – The Oyster River High School girls cross country team placed five runners in the top 20 and easily ran away with the Manchester Invitational Girls Large School championship on Saturday.
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Oyster River had a team score of 59, while Champlain Valley (83), Hanover (153), Cumberland (174) and Glastonbury (240) rounded out the top five, respectively.
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Exeter (338) was 10th, Dover (568) was 21st, and Portsmouth (652) was 25th.
Oyster River’s Haley Kavanagh placed fourth overall in a time of 19 minutes, 17.1 seconds.
Kavanagh was followed by teammates Mackenzie Cook (fifth, 19:21.1), Haley Bezanson (13th, 19:42.5), Madelyn Cook (18th, 19:58.4) and Neely Roy (19th, 20:00.9).
Exeter was led by Eli Cross (22nd, 20:06.2), Alexis Paterna (27th, 20:14.1), Brianna Paterna (84th, 21:43.5), Molly Kells (100th, 21:57) and Claire Wilhelm (118th, 22:29).
Dover was led by Anique Poulin (21st, 20:05.7), Janelle Poulin (123rd, 22:41.4) Lily Fiorenza (137th, 22:54.7) and Lily Glode (159th, 23:39.3).
Portsmouth was led by Sophie Cosgrove (70th, 21:18), Ava Barrows (147th, 23:17), Chloe Carter (155th, 23:32), Kelsey Campbell (174th, 24:10) and Liv Russo (189th, 24:47).
In the Boys Large School race, Portsmouth (603) was 23rd, Exter was (615) was 25th, and Winnacunnet (873) was 34th.
For Portsmouth, Nolan Peters placed 17th (16:50), Theo Beattie was 111th, (18:31), Will Hart was 150th (18:55), Oliver Fitzpatrick was 163rd (19:04) and Nico Ranalli (19:20) was 178th.
Exeter’s Spencer Mann was 75th (17:57.4), and Winnacunnet’s Andrew Martin-Biggs was 81st (18:02).
BOYS SOCCER
Winnacunnet 1
Spaulding 1
HAMPTON - Owen Janetos, on an assist from Nate Dillon, scored for Winnacunnet in its Division I loss.
Winnacunnet goalie Sully Duffy had six saves. Dillon Fredette scored for Spaulding.
Kennebunk 1
Marshwood 0
KENNEBUNK, Maine - Marshwood goalie Orrin Culp Dechant had five saves in this Class A South loss.
GOLF
St. Thomas Aquinas sweeps four-team match
DOVER - Ryan Allard and Cooper Choate both shot a 2-over-par 37, leading St. Thomas to a four-team Division II sweep at Cocheco Country Club.
St. Thomas had a team score of 193, beating Oyster River (199), Kennett (213) and Alvirne (222).
Kendall Wishart shot a 39 for the Saints, while Andrew McMorrow and Joe Mollica each shot a 40, and Finn Perry and Cooper Miller both shot a 41.
FIELD HOCKEY
Cony 5
York 0
AUGUSTA, Maine - The Wildcats fell to 3-2 on the season with this Class B loss.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Seacoast Roundup: Oyster River girls win Manchester Invitational
