Around the Granite State: Dover boys lacrosse comes back for win

The Dover High School boys lacrosse team fell behind early, but came back for an 11-6 win Friday night over Nashua South.

Cooper Ketcham led the Green Wave (7-7) with three goals and three assists and Parker Ketcham had two goals and three assists. Tobey Desroches also scored three goals and Logan Carter had two goals and an assist.

Ben Tower chipped in with an assist and Owen Wood was 11 of 19 on faceoffs.

Dover trailed 2-0 early, but a 6-0 run helped put the Green Wave on top going into halftime. The Panthers (6-6) came back to cut the lead to one, 6-5, but Dover pulled away for the win.

No. 3 Pinkerton 22, Windham 2

Matt Gormady had five goals and seven assists to lead the Astros to a win over the Jaguars.

Kyle Ushkevich also had five goals for Pinkerton (No. 3 in the MerchSquared.com/NHHSSports Coaches Poll) and Dylan Stingel added three goals and an assist.

Gavin Burwell and Landon O’Donnell played well in goal while Nate Smith, Zack Kelly, Caleb Hobden and Spencer Chalmers were solid defensively.

No. 8 Merrimack 12, Souhegan 4

Max Giles scored five goals and had an assist as the Tomahawks got the win over the Sabers.

Peyton Connelly had a goal and dished out three assists while Henry Tobin had two goals and two assists for Merrimack (9-5 in D1).

Hudson Rousseau added a goal and an assist while Gabe Gorman and Sean Anderson each had a goal and Samarth Chandra had his first varsity goal. Cayden Dine and Colby Smith had an assist apiece.

Mason Tremblay had 12 saves while Landon Leblanc and Nathaniel Bergen played well defensively.

Souhegan (2-10 in D2) got two goals from Ayden McGrath while Brendan Silva and Matt Mullen had a goal apiece. Sean Reardon finished with 21 saves.

Concord 14, Nashua North 7

Jaiden Haas had six goals and was 13 of 16 on faceoffs for the Crimson Tide in a win over the Titans.

Liam Yeatman added two goals and three assists while Ben Ryder had two goals. Eugene Conn, Brayden Beauregard and Chad LaRiviere had a goal apiece while Ryan Stephenson scored his first varsity goal.

Sean Mulkerron had two assists while Daniel Colby and Noah Wyatt played well defensively. Grady Brown had six saves and Henry Snow finished with nine saves.

North got three goals from Nico Bottari while Nick Wilkinson and Dylan Noble had two goals apiece. Josh Parsons made 23 saves.

No. 9 Londonderry 13, Manchester 7

Owen Huard had five goals and an assist and Colby Walden had two goals and four assists to lead the Lancers against the Kings.

Trey Campbell added three goals and Blake Thompson had three assists while Brody Campbell scored twice. Odin Delorey had a goal and an assist while Cam Ayotte and Parker Lewis each had an assist for Londonderry (8-4).

Broch St. Gelais made seven saves and Austin Callahan was solid on groundballs. Drew Allen, Griffin Cunningham and Walden combined to win 65 percent of faceoffs.

No. 2 Bedford 23, Salem 9

Brody Helton had four goals and six assists to lead the Bulldogs past the Blue Devils.

John Purnell scored seven goals for Bedford (9-4) while Bennett Matthews had four goals and an assist and Luke Purnell had two goals and two assists. Evan Capello also scored three times and Sebastian Wright had a goal and two assists.

Brian Riccio and Jacoby DeJesus had a goal apiece while Parker Gupta had two assists and Teddy LaPointe had one. Ethan Conn made three saves and Matt Benn had eight while Dylan Riccio and Finn LaMarche combined to win 25 of 33 faceoffs.

Salem got two goals apiece from Ryan Todd, Cole Whittaker and Logan Smith. Henry Griffin had a goal and an assist and Colin Salkovivitz also scored.

Girls Lacrosse

No. 4 Exeter 12, No. 6 Souhegan 11

The Blue Hawks trailed the Sabers by a goal going into the fourth quarter but were able to come back for their third one-goal win of the week.

Riley Benevides had four goals and two assists to lead Exeter (11-3) while Phoebe Christenson had three goals. Grace McIlroy scored twice and Claire Wilhelm had a goal and two assists.

Hailey O’Kane and Karli Scherpf each had a goal and an assist and Racquel Battle added an assist. Molly Byrne finished with 11 saves.

Souhegan (6-3) got four goals from Libby Kennedy while Izzy Stevenson had two goals and two assists. Lanai Hickman also scored twice and Emmy Curran had a goal and an assist.

Abby Giannetti also scored a goal and Averie Curran had two assists. Nat Heimarck, Maddy Bacon, Eva Stiles and Sophie Jacobs played well for Souhegan and Emma Crisman made four saves.

Merrimack Valley 9, Goffstown 7

Morghan Dodge had four goals for the Grizzlies but they came up short against the Pride.

Sydney Lavoie had two goals and an assist and Peyton Duff also scored. Trinity Lunn recorded an assist while Ella Colettie had seven groundballs and four draw controls and McKenna Kelly made nine saves.

Coe-Brown 15, ConVal 4

Alexis Muse recorded her 400th career save as the Bears rolled to a win over the Cougars.

Natalie George led Coe-Brown with four goals while Avery Keefe and Ellie Escabi had three goals and an assist apiece. Carolyn Clawson, Addie Roy, Morgan Readel, Brooke Kozlowski and Rose Beam also scored while Alexis Thomas and Kenzie Silva had an assist apiece.

ConVal got two goals from Allie Burgess while Grab O’Brien and Hanna Daniels each added a goal.

Kingswood 19, Spaulding 5

Izzy Orrell had 17 saves, including the 800th of her high school career, but the Knights were able to pull away in the second half for the win over the Red Raiders.

Sarah Lin had three goals for Spaulding while Naomi Brake and Brooke Libby each had a goal. Sydney Cormier also had an assist.

No. 3 Winnacunnet 21, Manchester Memorial 3

The Warriors got goals from 15 players, with Ari Rizzo leading the way with three scores.

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