The Bradford Huskies, a track and cross country team comprised of fourth- through eighth-graders from the Haverhill and Bradford area, is sending its team to the AAU Junior Olympics in Virginia Beach. The event begins on Sunday, Aug. 1 and goes through Saturday, Aug. 7.
The team was founded in 2009 by Matt Castonguay and Ashley Collins, fifth-grade teachers at Bradford Elementary, and they coached only a cross country team. In 2010, however, they added a track team, and the coaches enrolled all of their students in AAU and United States of America Track and Field (USATF). The team has been attending qualifying meets since May, and scored very highly at the Area 1, New England District Qualifier, held last month at Thayer Academy in Braintree.
The top six from each event in the Braintree qualifier moved on to the National Qualifier Meet, held at Regis College in Weston.
Nineteen of the team's athletes qualified for the Junior Olympics, including Ian Kessel, who placed first in the long jump, Jacob Seavey, who placed first in the high jump, Matt Simulis, Troy Sliney, Ryan McGlashan, Chris Boiselle, Josh Dimattaia, Jordan Gustave, Griffin Woolbert, Cooper Gibbs, Joey Weston, Riley Gilmore, Madeline Kelleher, Dan DelRosso, Abigayle Boiselle, Julia August, Gabrielle Sanchez and Abigail Nauffts.
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Haverhill High School's hockey club is hosting its inaugural golf tournament on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Garrison Golf Course.
Start times are 1 and 4 p.m., and teams will be comprised of two men and two women. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be served in between the two tee times, and there will be team prizes, raffles and closest-to-the-pin contests.
The first 80 people who sign up will play. It is $60 per person, or $50 for Haverhill High School hockey club members and students. The event will sell hockey club memberships — $50 for an individual membership and $100 for a family membership — which may be used for all home hockey games. Tournament sponsorships are aslo available for $50.
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The LPGA's Handa Cup is coming to Wentworth by the Sea Country Club in Rye, N.H. Golf legend Nancy Lopez will be in attendance and will play the course with several other well-known female golfers, including Rosie Jones, Patty Sheehan and Meg Mallon. The event is from Sept. 2-5.
Additionally, fans can purchase raffle tickets to win the opportunity to participate in a pro-am tournament on Sept. 2. Tickets will be sold at The First Tee office as 22 North Road in North Hampton.
Tickets to attend the Handa Cup are $15 per person and can be purchased at thelegendstour.com.
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