SPORTS ROUNDUP: Skaters make tourney

Max Turcotte's pair of goals powered Holliston boys hockey to a 4-1 non-league win at Littleton last Saturday night, clinching a state tournament berth for the Panthers.

Turcotte got the Panthers on the board first early in the second period off an assist from Matt Dracoules. After Littleton knotted the score at 1-1, Turcotte put the Panthers ahead 2-1 early in the third period off assists from Dracoules and Mike Sancomb. Drew Ballenger and Owen Palmatier also scored. Goalie Jamie Losanno made 13 saves for Holliston (10-8-1).

Ballenger, a junior wing, netted the game-winning goal in the second period and sophomore goalie Brad Arvanitis made 34 saves for the shutout as Holliston stunned Westwood 1-0 in a Tri-Valley League matchup at the Canton Rink last Wednesday.

Holliston (5-7-1 TVL) recorded its first victory over Westwood in Rick LeBlanc?s five-year tenure on the Holliston coaching staff.

Ballenger knocked in a rebound during a power play midway through the second period with Bedard and Chris Losanno earning assists.

"It was our whole team," said LeBlanc. "We just battled. It was a great defensive effort."

WRESTLING

Led by individual champions Kevin Tomasetti and Jordan Paecht, Holliston finished fourth in last Saturday?s Division 3 Central sectional meet at Wayland High.

Tri-Valley League rival Norton won the team title with 218 points followed by Wayland with 200, Tyngsboro with 199 and the Panthers with 180.

Tomasetti placed first at 113 pounds and Paecht followed by winning at 120. Bob Evans (138), Alex Mitchell (170) and Donny Murphy (285) were runners-up. Robert Mejia (145) and Maro Fakhory (220) finished third for the Panthers.

Holliston coach Paul Capobianco was happy his team qualified seven wrestlers for the Division 3 state meet slated Tuesday and Wednesday in Wakefield.

"As a team, coming in fourth, though, I?m disappointed," said Capobianco. "But I thought that Norton, Wayland and Tyngsboro obviously wrestled better than we did."

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Kylie Lorenzen and Catherine Tehan combined for 31 points and 27 rebounds as Holliston rallied in the fourth quarter to top Medway 53-49 in a closely contested Tri-Valley League game last Friday night.

Lorenzen scored 18 points, including eight in the fourth quarter when the Panthers rallied from a 42-39 deficit after three periods, grabbed 10 rebounds and limited Medway?s co-MVP Sarah Hope to three second-half points. Tehan recorded 13 points and 17 rebounds.

Hope finished with 19 points for Medway, which jumped out to a 13-2 lead and led 15-14 after one quarter.

Sophomore Heather Leger added nine points and four steals for Holliston, which led 31-26 at he half.

"It was an amazing game, back and forth," said Holliston coach Kristen Hedrick. "Both teams played tough. It was a battle at both ends of the court."

On Monday, senior Stephanie Berard hit a game-winning jumper with 0.6 seconds left as Holliston (13-6) rallied in the fourth quarter to top Stoughton 52-50 in a thrilling first-round matchup at the Sharon Tournament.

With the game tied 50-50, Holliston took control of the ball with 21 seconds left, brought it down the court before Tehan rebounded a missed shot and kicked it out to Berard, who netted the game-winner for her only points of the night.

Lorenzen scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Lindy Kyger had 14 points, including four 3-pointers. Heather added eight points for Holliston, which trailed 22-21 at the half and 34-31 after three quarters.

Holliston improved to 13-6 (12-6 in the TVL).

In a TVL matchup last Tuesday, Lorenzen scored 18 points and Kyger followed with 17, including three 3-pointers, to lead Holliston to a 52-29 romp past Dover-Sherborn.

Tehan had 11 points for Holliston, which led 27-20 before breaking it open with a 9-0 run to start the third quarter.

BOYS BASKETBALL

In Holliston?s season finale last Friday night, senior center Chris Miller had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead the team, but the Panthers fell 68-39 to Medway in a Tri-Valley League game.

Matt Jeye added eight points for Holliston, which finished the season 6-14 overall and 5-13 in the TVL. The Panthers trailed 34-17 at halftime.

Senior guard Brian Barone scored 14 points and Miller added 11 points for Holliston in a 68-54 loss to Dover-Sherborn in a TVL game last Tuesday.

Holliston trailed by 20 points in the third period before closing the quarter by scoring nine straight points to make it 50-39.

INDOOR TRACK

Freshmen Sydney Snow finished fourth in the 600 meters in 1:40.67, while classmate Madison Ward placed fifth in the high jump with a leap of 5-feet even to lead Holliston?s girls team in the Division 3 state meet last Thursday at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Holliston's girls placed 20th (8.5 points) while the boys finished 27th with three points.

Holliston's best finishes on the boys? side came from the 4x800 team of senior Matt Simonelli and juniors Ryan Leonard, Jack Boyd and Ryan Moser, which finished seventh, and senior Evan Vasilauskas, who placed eighth in the 55-meter hurdles in 8.31.

SWIMMING

Nina Sparre finished seventh in 200-yard freestyle and ninth in the 100 free to lead Holliston at the Division 2 state championship girls meet at Springfield College last Saturday.

Sparre joined Danielle Potemri, Kristen Ydoate and Carolyn Banak on a 200 free relay that finished 24th. Holliston placed 24th as a team with 21 points.

In the Division 2 championship boys meet at Harvard University on Sunday, Charlie Doyle was 21st in the 50 free and Neel Sekar was 25th in the 100 backstroke.

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