Bromfield’s varsity teams had their ups and downs this spring, but as the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association season came to a close, several made it to district and state finals, as previously reported by the Press, and one freshman athlete made it as far as a New England regional championship. Here’s the rest of the story:
Track and field: After qualifying for the June 8 New England High School Outdoor Championships in New Britain, CT, freshman triple-jumper Amy Hunter placed 24th out of 32 entrants with a jump of 34 feet 6.5 inches. Though more than two feet shy of her 36-09.00 jump at All-States, hers was the best of the three other ninth-graders who qualified.
Boys Tennis: Following its narrow 3-2 defeat of Western Division 3 champ Mt. Greylock, the boys tennis team made it to State Division 3 finals this year on June 15 at Clark University for the first time since 2010. Senior Drew Banker won his match, but the team fell 4-1 to defending Division 3 state champion Martha’s Vineyard.
Girls Tennis: After making it to the Central Division 3 semifinals, the third seeded girls tennis team lost to second seed Sutton in a close 3-2 match.
Girls Lacrosse: Finally, not to be overlooked, the girls varsity lacrosse team defeated rival Grafton in the first round of the Central Division 1 playoff, but lost its quarter-final match against third seed Shrewsbury, 20-6, on May 31.
Boys tennis ended the season as the state runners-up. Front row, from left: Charlie Friedrich, Adam Lorenz-Kruk, Kevin Sun, Lucas Hikock, Jaymie Davis, Drew Banker, and Nick Hildreth. Back row, from left: Assistant Coach Drew Tracey, Jack Quinn, Sam Zajac, Dan Poustovalov, David Etzel, Andrew Moore, Ryan Kennedy, Ben Roop, and Coach Ryan Venditti. Missing: John Cooper and James Authier. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)
Left: Julia Foley runs the 200m dash. She went on to place fifth with a time of 0:33.29 at the Hershey qualifier meet in Concord, June 14. (Photos by Daniel Shrives)
Right: Lindsey Thornton runs in the 800m. She finished the race in 2:49.79 to take first place in the Girls 11-12 bracket of the Hershey qualifer meet.
The Harvard U15 lacrosse team won the Patriot League Youth Lacrosse League Division 1B tournament on June 16 by beating Arlington in overtime 14-13. Pictured on ground: Matias Smalanskas (left) and Josh Stolzfus. Front row, from left: George Colarullo, Matt Alfieri, Joe Lehner, Matt Thornton, Dmitri Dutkewych, Mitch Sampson, Coach Joe Gatto, Jack Armstrong, Michael Thornton, Coach Kevin Lehner, and Ben Rotker. Back row: Shane Bilodeau (on shoulders of Nick Evans), Ross MacMahon, Yanni Papathanasiou, and Jamie Aciukewicz. Missing from photo: Goalie Leo Farrell, Joey Calabresi, Matthew McCarthy, Joseph Mitchell, Cameron Pappas, Matthew Spallone, and Zachary Sclar (Courtesy photo)
