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September 18, 2008

Scoreboard: Games played Sept. 10-15

Football

Haverhill was dominant in its season opener on the road against Malden, winning 12-0. The Hillies struggled in the first half, but quality efforts by Markis Santiago (six tackles, a sack and a quarterback pressure), Danny Triplett (three tackles) and Alex Aguirre (four tackles) kept Malden to just 59 yards of total offense. Senior captain Isiah Ocasio had 10 carries for 106 yards and scored one of Haverhill's touchdowns. Noel Figuereo had 18 carries for 124 yards. Triplett carried the ball into the end zone for Haverhill's other score.

Whittier Vo-Tech smothered Charlestown, 32-12, to open its season on Saturday, Sept. 13. Tyler Page had eight carries for 96 yards and scored two touchdowns. Also effective for Whittier were backs A.J. Brown (eight carries for 33 yards), Bryan Trickett (five carries for 18 yards) and Carlos Candelario (three carries for 17 yards).

Quarterback Dillon Ryan threw a pair of touchdown passes.

Boys Soccer

Whittier went on an offensive blast against North Shore to win, 7-0, on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Felipe Gulmaraes scored four goals, Jared Nicklas scored two and an assist, and Donovan Neumann had one goal.

Haverhill beat Andover, 2-1, on the road on Thursday, Sept. 11, with goals from Charlie Roche and Ryan McLeod. Haverhill goalie Michael Ferragamo made four saves.

A victory over Methuen, 4-0, followed on Saturday, Sept. 13. McLeod scored three goals and Stallone Mujuru scored the other. Alex Hussein had an assist.

Girls soccer

Haverhill needed just one goal, from Molly Fitzgerald, to beat Tewksbury at home on Thursday, Sept. 11. Brittany Lewis assisted on the play.

But on Saturday, Sept. 13, the Hillie girls fell to Andover, 4-1. Casey Anderson scored Haverhill's lone goal.

Girls Volleyball

Whittier Vo-Tech kept its win streak going on Thursday, Sept. 11, with a shutout over Northeast. Jordan Alper had eight kills and Kendra Hobbs had seven assists. Danielle Ryan served 12 points in the victory.

Haverhill fell to Notre Dame on Friday, Sept. 12, 25-16, 25-14, 20-25 and 25-18. Hannah Davis had nine kills, four aces and a block. Jill Aramian pitched in with six kills and Kately Demers added 19 assists.

Girls Cross Country

Haverhill runner Christine McNaughton broke her sister Colleen's course record on Wednesday, Sept. 10, as the Hillies bested Andover, 15-48. Christine's finish in 19:36 bested her sister's 2005 time of 19:56.

Boys Cross Country

A new course record of 16:33 by Haverhill's Ethan Penney was not enough for the Hillies to overtake Andover on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The Golden Warriors edged the Hillies, 21-38.

Golf

Haverhill topped North Andover, 13-7, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, led by Tim LeBlanc with a 2 and 1 win in his match and Craig Furey's 1-up match victory.

Nick Maccario of Bradford shot a 39 in St. John's Prep's 236-238 win over BC High on Thursday, Sept. 11.

Swimming

Maggie Opolski set a school record — breaking her old one — in the 100 backstroke, helping Haverhill to a season-opening win, 96-79, over Billerica. Maggie swam on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams. Emily Opolski had a win in the 100 butterfly and Stephanie Murray won the 200 IM and 100 freestyle for the Hillies on Sunday, Sept. 14.

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