Here is how the teams stand with a couple of weeks remaining in the regular season:

Cross Country – Both Boys and Girls competed in the Festival of Champions in Belfast on September 30th.  This annual event drew over 1,700 runners, with teams from out of state participating along with many Maine schools.  The Boys place 16th.  Luke Laverdiere ’18 won the race, besting 932 other runners in the 5K race.   He missed breaking the course record by four seconds.  The Girls made a strong showing, placing fifth.  Sophia Laukli ’18 finished 2nd, followed by Anneka Murrin ’18 in 9th place.

Field Hockey:  8-2 record, 2n in Heal Points behind York.  Big game against York tonight.

Football:  0-5 record.

Golf:  5-5 record.

Boys Soccer:  9-0 record, 1st place in Heal Points

Girls Soccer:  10-0 record, 1st place in Heal Points?

Volleyball:  8-1 record.

 

As the mid-point of the 2017 fall sports season approaches, most of the YHS teams are enjoying winning records.  Here is a run-down:

Boys Soccer – The team is off to a great start in quest of its 4th consecutive Class B Championship.   With a record of 6-0, they have outscored their opponents by a 34-5 margin.  Their 7-0 victory over Poland on Tuesday gave Coach Mike Hagerty his 250th victory as YHS coach.

Girls Soccer – The girls are keeping up with the boys as they seek to defend their 2016 State Championship.  They have outscored their opponents 41-2 while compiling a 7-0 record.  Senior captain Sara D’Appolonia scored seven goals in one game, four in another.

Football – The team has lost its first three games.  Already young and small, injuries to several of the older, bigger players have hurt their performance.

Field Hockey – The team sports a 6-1 record, only losing to York, a team which has won over 50 consecutive games.  The girls will face a new challenge, however, as Coach Amy Ashley has just left YHS to become the Athletic Director at Cheverus, where she worked for eight years before coming to Yarmouth.  In addition to field hockey, Amy coached softball, raising both programs to new heights.  She also worked as the administrative assistant to Athletic Director Susan Robbins.  She will be missed, but we all wish her well in her new position at Cheverus.

Volleyball – Despite losing four key players from the 2016 team, the 2017 version is doing very well, with a 5-1 record at this time, only losing to Cape Elizabeth.  Coach Jim Senecal has developed a strong program, this year led by the Bennett sisters,  Skylar ’19 and Kaitlyn ’21, 

Golf – Coach Brad Youngs has a relatively young, inexperienced team.  Despite this, they have a record of 5-3 at this point.

Cross Country – Both the boys and the girls are doing well.  Led by Luke Laverdiere ’18, the boys have won two meets, and placed fifth in the Southern Maine XC Classic on September 9, an event in which twenty-two teams participated.  Laverdiere won that race, as well as the two WMC meets.  The girls, led by a trio of seniors, Anneka Murrin, Sophia Laukli, and Greta Elder, placed third in the Southern Maine XC Classic, and have also won their first two WMC meets.  Of course, the biggest news on the cross country front is that Bob Morse has retired after 40+ years as coach of the Clipper teams.  YHS track coach John Rogers has replaced him.

 

Baseball Wins State Championship

 

Saturday, June 17^th was a busy day for supporters of Yarmouth High sports, as three teams were playing in State Championship games. Some fans took in all three games.   The girls lacrosse played at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland at 10:00 am, followed by the boys lacrosse at 12:30 pm. Unfortunately, both those teams lost.

 

So the faithful headed to St. Joseph’s College in Windham to watch the baseball team take on Old Town in the Class B final. The team did not disappoint, defeating the defending champions 3-0 behind the pitching of Gibson Harnett, who needed only 75 pitches in the victory.

 

The team finished the regular season with an 11-5 record, making them the 9^th seed in the Class B South tournament. In the preliminary game, they travelled to Leavitt, winning 8-1. Next came a trip to Carrabec/Madison, where they knocked off the #1 seed 5-4. On Saturday , June 10^th they had a shorter trip to Cape Elizabeth, where they won 2-0. At last able to play on a neutral field, they won the Class B South regional at St. Joseph’s by beating York 5-3.

 

Quite a season for Coach Marc Halsted and his team, who play a very aggressive brand of baseball. They had just enough of everything: hitting, fielding, base-running, and pitching. Harnett pitched his best baseball in the play-offs, finishing his career with twenty-one scoreless innings. So the Gold Glove sits on the counter in the Main Office today, the first time for baseball since 1995.

 

Here at the results of the other teams:

 

SOFTBALL: 12-4 regular season record. Lost to Wells in the Class B South Semi-finals. Very young team which exceeded Coach Amy Ashley’s expectations.

 

BOYS LACROSSE: 6-6 regular season record, losing most of those games to the top teams in Class A and Class B South. Cruised through the Class B North play-offs, outscoring opponents 41-5 in three games. Lost to perennial champion Cape Elizabeth 16-7. Coach David Pearl was pleased with team’s improvement over the season.

 

GIRLS LACROSSE: 12-0 regular season record. Sailed through three rounds in the Class B North tournament, outscoring opponents by a 54-12 margin. But Kennebunk found a way to slow down our offense in the championship game, where YHS lost 5-4. A disappointing conclusion to a great season for Dorothy Holt’s team.

 

BOYS TENNIS: Coach Mark Marstaller’s team played under the radar all season, compiling a 7-5 regular season record. The team, led by six seniors, came alive to win the Class B South tournament, defeating York, Morse, and Cape Elizabeth to reach the State Championship. On June 10^th they travelled to Colby College to face Camden Hills. The dream run came to an end, as Camden Hills prevailed 5-0.

 

GIRLS TENNIS: 7-5 regular season record. Reached the Class B South semi-finals, where they lost to eventual state champion Greely.   Lana Mavor ’19 won the State Individual Championship.

 

TRACK: Both teams were competitive in the regular season. In the State Class B Meet, the boys finished 4^th, while the girls finished 9^th. There were some outstanding performances by individuals at the State Class B Meet.

 

Luke Laverdiere ’18 won three events: 800m, 1600m, and 3200m

Taj Garvey ’18 won the 400m

Eric Labrie ‘19 placed 5^th in the 200m

Michael Hagerty ‘17 placed 3^rd in the shot put

 

Abby Hamilton ’17 placed 2^nd in the 3200m

Paige Reinfelder ‘19 placed 4^th in the pole vault

 

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