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Cougars rally past Indians
Sokol, Jankins spark
Quaboag to its best
play in years
- WARREN -
By Bob Schron
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
Five seasons. Not since the
Tom Baker, Josh Loughlin,
Corey Tebo years
has the Quaboag baseball team
played this well.
Greg Sokol pitched a masterful
six-hitter and teamed with
star Thomas Jankins to lead the
Cougars to a 5-2 win at Grafton
Monday.
Coming in the aftermath of
the team’s stunning 10-0 win
over Bartlett on Friday, the
Cougars improved their record
to 4-8. With its streamlined
team, Quaboag has become a
contender for a Districts berth,
admittedly still an outside challenger.
It was reported here last week
that Quaboag had a chance to
qualify under the Division 3 70
percent stipulation. This meant
that because of Quaboag’s truncated
D3 schedule as its part in
the Southern Worcester League,
if the team had won over 50 per-
Columnist dies
in car accident
Editor’s Note:
Our long-time
sports columnist
and voice
of the Red Sox,
Carleton Beane,
59, of Holland,
died in a one-car vehicle accident
on Holland Road in Sturbridge
Wedneday afternoon, according
to Worcester District Attorney
Joseph D. Early. No one else
was involved in or injured in the
crash.
All the staff here at Turley
Publications, Inc. are deeply saddened
and shocked by this breaking
news event that occurred at
our presstime.
With extended friends and
family of Carle’s still being notifi
ed, we decided to wait to post
the news online later this week,
and then publish a fi tting tribute
to our beloved friend, mentor and
co-worker in next week’s edition.
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS PHOTO BY PAT LYONS
A Northbridge runner gets caught in a rundown by a Quaboag player.
cent of their games against their
D3 foes, they could get into the
postseason.
However, it’s changed. Because
Uxbridge and Oxford
have dropped down to D3, they
- STURBRIDGE -
By Bob Schron
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
Tantasqua bounced back
from a 4-1 defeat at the
hands of Notre Dame
Friday, winning 5-0 over Auburn
in girls’ tennis.
The Rockets defeated the
boys tennis team, 3-2 in their
match, also on Monday.
Nicole Cormier (6-4, 4-6, 6-
4), Emily King (6-0, 6-0) and
Ashley Mason (6-2, 6-0) were
winners in singles for Tantasqua
(7-4). In doubles, Aberlee
Parker and Samantha Robinson
were winners in three sets
as well as the Warriors’ Narissa
Tremblay and Aubree Hanks-
Wistasek, also in three sets.
In the Warriors defeat in
boys tennis, Connor Munnis
no longer qualify under that
rule.
“We need to get six more
wins or fi nish second in the
SWCL West,” said Guimond.
See COUGARS I PAGE 15
(6-4, 6-2) and the doubles’ team
of Austin Avenisian and James
Murray (6-4, 7-5) took down
wins for Tantasqua (7-3)
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Lady Cougars nicked
by Indians in extras
- WARREN -
By Bob Schron
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
After its unbeaten start,
the defending Division
3 softball champion
Quaboag lost to two of
the best teams in the region,
Uxbridge and undefeated
Grafton.
The Indians edged Quaboag
(9-3, 7-3 SWCL), 2-1 in 10
innings. After a 7-0 start, the
Cougars split their next four.
“We’ve played well enough,”
said coach John Fox.
“But I think we can pick it
back up again.”
Andrea Vulter of the Indians
drove in the winning run,
breaking up a classic pitching
duel.
Things began quickly for
Quaboag, its igniters, Kaitlyn
Ramsey and Ally Sweet getting
the team on the board in
the fi rst. Ramsey led off with
a double and scored on a single
by Sweet.
But then Grafton’s Kendal
Roy stiffened. Roy limited
the Cougars to just fi ve hits
afterward and kept the Cougars
offense off of the board.
In girls lacrosse, led by Melissa
Frio and Cassidy Robert
who each scored three goals,
the Warriors defeated Grafton,
Grafton tied it in the second
on a run scoring single by Michelle
Goulet. Then Roy and
Haley Fountain of Quaboag
would match scoreless frames
through nine innings.
It set the stage for Vulter’s
winning hit.
“Overall it was a good performance
by our team,” said
coach Fox. “Grafton has a
tremendous offense; they’ve
put up 97 runs in 11 games
this season. And Kendal is
also phenomenal, allowing
only eight runs in her pitching
performance. We had our
chances, putting runners in
scoring position in three different
innings. But I thought
our defense really played
well. They also had runners
in scoring position from their
side. But we held them. They
had a runner on third with
two outs in the eighth. They
had runners in scoring position
three separate times with
no outs. We had our backs
to the wall and kept competing.
It was a very good effort
against a very good team.
Not a perfect effort, but a
very good one.”
The Cougars had defeated
Cormier, King, Mason spark Warriors to 5-0 win
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Tantasqua’s Eric Proulx drives this offering to deep center fi eld for a home run.
See SOFTBALL I PAGE 16
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Also scoring for Tantasqua
were Taylor Farland and Savannah
Lundwell who each
scored two, Jess Farland, Alex
Darger, Jessie Frio, Alli Tichy,
Emily Kirker and Georgia
Granger.
Madi Trainor had seven
saves.
The Warriors then were defeated
by Western Mass power
Minnechaug, 17-6. Jessie
Frio, Robert, Lundwell, Jess
Farland, Taylor Farland and
Melissa Frio all scored for the
Warriors, who trailed 10-4 at
the half.
Kandra Densereua played a
superb second half and fi nished
the day with four saves.
In softball, the Lady Warriors
were defeated by St. Peter-Marian
in a slugfest.
See ROUNDUP I PAGE 15
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