May 6, 2010
HS notebook: Smooth sailing in Maine
by Roger Brown/
The marquee high school boys lacrosse program in Maine? It has to be Yarmouth.
The Clippers stretched their winning streak to 24 games by beating rival Cape Elizabeth 8-4 on Monday. The victory also stretched Yarmouth’s Class B record to 4-0 and its home unbeaten streak to 67 contests.
Back-to-back goals by Cape Elizabeth made it a 6-4 contest midway through the third quarter, but Yarmouth answered with fourth-quarter goals by David Dietz and Colby Shields.
“They’re the best team in the state right now, and you’ve got to knock them off in order to get respect,” Falmouth coach Mike LeBel told the Portland Press Herald following a loss to Yarmouth last week.
The Yarmouth/Cape Elizabeth game was a matchup of teams that have met in five of the last seven Class B state championship games. Yarmouthhas prevailed in three of those five contests: 2004, 2008 and 2009.
Yarmouth’s last home loss came in 2002, when it dropped a 16-6 decision to Cape Elizabeth. Since then the Clippers are 68-0-1 at home. The tie came against Kennebunk in 2002.
Yarmouth’s Stephen Petrovek, a senior attackman, led all scorers with five goals and two assists. Petrovek collected 56 goals and 35 assists last season.
Cape Elizabeth, which dropped to 2-2, received a team high three goals from Teddy Smith. The Capers are winless in their last six games against Yarmouth.
Girl power
The Winnacunnet (Hampton, N.H.) girls prevailed in a battle of unbeatens when they defeated Bishop Guertin (Nashua) 12-9 Monday.
Winnacunnet’s Julia McVane scored three goals in the victory, including the 100th of her high school career. Winnacunnet (6-0 in Division II) also received three-goal performances from Holly Linseman and Katie Duchany.
BG held a 7-3 lead, but McVane’s 100th goal tied the game with seven seconds to play in the first half. Winnacunnet also scored the first four goals of the second half. The loss dropped BG’s record to 7-1.
Winnacunnet will play at Bow – the only other unbeaten team in Division II – on Friday.
Duxbury suffers first loss
St. John’sPrep avenged a loss to Duxbury (Mass.) in last year’s Division I state title game by posting a 12-7 victory over the Dragons on Saturday. Both teams are now 11-1.
The Eagles scored eight unanswered goals to take a 9-1 first-half lead and held a 9-2 advantage at halftime.
St. John’s Prep ended Duxbury’s 99-game in-state winning streak during the regular season last spring. It was Duxbury’s first loss to a Massachusetts opponent since an 8-7 setback to Beverly in the 2003 Division I championship game.
Noteworthy
►The Essex (Vt.) girls scored the first nine goals in the second half and handed Burlington its first loss of the season by posting a 12-9 victory Saturday. It was a 9-9 game at halftime. Burlington dropped to 4-1. Essex is now 5-1.
Julie Pearl and Jamie Panton each scored three goals for Essex (5-1). Olivia Steimke scored a game-high six goals for Burlington (4-1).
►The Deerfield Academy boys, who are ranked fourth nationally by MaxPreps, raised their record to 11-0 with a 10-6 victory over Hotchkiss on Saturday. Deerfieldhas outscored its opponents 165-42 this season.
►Tina Seng scored a game-high eight goals as the Classical (Providence, R.I.) girls beat Scituate16-7 in a Division III contest Monday.
►The Fairfield (Conn.) Ludlowe girls raised their record to 6-1 by beating Staples 13-12 in overtime Friday. The 6-1 start is the best in the program’s history.
