Page 14 — THE CONWAY DAILY SUN, Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Kennett golfers eye tourney bid BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — The state tournament may not be until next week, but for the Kennett High golf team the playoffs begin this week. The Eagles head into their fi nal two matches of the season on the verge of clinching a top 12 finish and a team bid to the championships. “I don’t think there’s any question that this is the biggest week of our season coming up,” Joe Soraghan, Eagles’ head coach, said. “They realize how close we are to qualifying.” Kennett went 2-1 last Tuesday to improve to 10-7 on the season and into 12th place in the competitive 25-school Division II standings. Played in Wolfeboro, host Kingswood took the top spot with fi ve golfers combing to score 199. Kennett shot 213 to defeat Portsmouth, 226; and Laconia, 269. “I talked with the Kingswood coach and he said it was the best score they’ve shot in years,” Soraghan said. “They’re really have a very good season and have a ton of kids playing in their program.” see GOLF page 17
Raiders are in first BY CHARLIE TRYDER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Academy field hockey team fi rmly grasped its hold on fi rst place in Class B western Maine fi eld with three more wins last week. With wins over Lake Region, Sacopee Valley and Falmouth, the Raiders ran their record to 6-1. At Lake Region on Sept. 17, Maddy Smith opened the scoring six minutes into the game. The fi rst half ended 1-0, but three and a half minutes into the second stanza Christina DiPietro scored on an assist from Michaela Frost, and the with 36 seconds left in the game, Sage Hennessy scored unassisted on a breakaway. At Sacopee Valley on Sept. 19, the Raiders were tested to the fi nal moments of the game. After battling for through 59 scoreless minutes, Ellen Bacchiochi scored the only goal on a corner with 32 seconds left to give the Raiders a 1-0 win. On the corner, Smith passed to Hennessy, who drove the ball across the cage. Bacchiocci ran onto the ball and connected perfectly on the moving ball and drove the ball into the back of the net. Coach Dede Frost realized the value of this win,. “Sacopee is a crossover game was the second place team in Class C. We got a lot of points from a strong C contender. They are looking for a state championship there.” see RAIDERS page 16
Quarterback Jesse "The Gunslinger" Wheeler was 5-5 on the drive that tied Friday’s football game.
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Kennett beats Hanover in incredible fashion, again; Gillette kicks winning FG BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — Kennett High has Hanover’s number when it comes to football. If last year’s incredible fi nish (a Logan Spoor field goal with one second left) didn’t convince Marauders fans of that, Friday night probably sealed the deal once and for all. The Eagles rallied from a 7-0 defi cit to score 10 points in the final minute Friday night in incredible fashion at Gary Millen Stadium to top Hanover 10-7 and improve to 3-1 in Division IV play. For the Marauders it was a bad case of deja vu all over again. “I’ll tell you the same thing I told our kids after ball game, I’m so proud of the way they handled all of the adversity that came their way and hung in there to the very end and it paid of for us,” Mike Holderman, Eagles’ head coach, said, Sunday. “(Laughing) The script wasn’t to wait until the last minute and then score 10 points to win it. It’s a huge win for our program. “This was a heavyweight battle between two very even football team,” he added. “Both teams went back and forth all night, it was everything we expected. I’m so proud of how we persevered.” Trailing 7-0 with 4:29 to play, KHS got the ball on its own 11 yard line. The Eagles put together a nine-play, 89-yard march to the Land of Six, that was picture perfect. Quarterback Jesse “The Gunslinger” Wheeler was 5-5 on the drive, including a key 23-yard strike to Chris Krug following a KHS penalty, that culminated with 16-yard touchdown
pass to the sure-handed Mike Lautenschlager with 1:09 to play. “Jesse for some reason, a lot like the whole team, just seemed to come out of the gate a little late,” Holderman said. “He hung tough though and when it counted he made the throws and took us down the field.” Now down 7-6 it was decision time: go for two and the possible win or kick the extra point and take your chances in overtime. “Going for two was never a thought in my mind,” Holderman said. “I didn’t want to have to rely on one play to win or lose the football game. We’d battled for 47 minutes to nally fi score and I was happy to take my chances in overtime, or at least I thought we’d probably head to overtime.” Senior Connor Gillette split the uprights for the successful extra point to knot the game. Hanover got the ball with minute to play on its own 30-yard line. On the fi rst play, sophomore quarterback Shawn Callavaro went down with a knee injury and was forced to leave the game. Instead of turning to a freshman back-up, who was actually on the Kennett sidelines as a ball boy, the Marauders moved senior wide receiver Dan Gorman to emergency quarterback and set him up in shotgun formation. Instead of running out the clock and starting essentially anew in overtime, Gorman heaved a long pass down the sidelines. see FOOTBALL page 19