16 - January 6, 2012 Windham Defeats Pelham in Girls Hoops


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submitted by Coach John Duffy On Thursday, December 15, the Pelham swim


team traveled to Goffstown to compete in a four team match against Goffstown, Windham and Derryfield. The meet started off with the Women’s 200 Medley Relay. The team of Emily Lamport, Katie Parks, Lauren Tocco and Ashley LaBonte just missed their best time, finishing with a time of 2:37.44. In the Women’s 50 free style, Ashley LaBonte


swam a 34.90, Katie Parks finished with a time of 35.04 and Valerie Tocco swam a 35.16. The three swimmers captured sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively in the event. First time swimmer Caitlin Merrill swam her first 50 free race finishing with a time of 40.36. As to her debut, Caitlin is very strong in the water the team is confident that her times will improve. In the Men’s 50 freestyle Brandon Hannon’s time of 27.36 was good enough to capture fourth place in the meet. Tommy Lynch swam a 28.61, capturing seventh and Zach Johnson, trimming .07 seconds off his best time with a 29.06, captured eighth position in the meet. In the Women’s 100 Freestyle, Lauren Tocco grabbed fourth place with a time of 1:15.66,


the game’s pace at the start,” Windham coach Joe Mason said. “I think when we started focusing on communicating and doing the things we needed to do on the defensive end, our defense started to settle down and that became a turning point for us.”


In the second half, the score remained close until the Jaguars were leading 32-29 and then went on a 9-0 run in the final minutes of the third quarter. The run was highlighted by the Jaguars making a three-pointer in three consecutive offensive possessions. Clairee Putnam hit the first two threes and then Kelsey Schiebel knocked down the other.


Leading 41-32 at the start of the fourth,


Windham outscored Pelham 17-6 to seal the victory. Windham’s record improved to 3-1 in Division 2 (7-1 overall) with the win, while Pelham dropped to 1-3 in division play. Putnam scored a game-high 17 points to lead


by Chris White The Windham and Pelham girls’ basketball teams met for the first time this season on Tuesday, January 3, at Pelham High School. Despite a strong first quarter effort by Pelham, Windham eventually took the lead in the second quarter and then held off the Pythons for a 58-35 victory. Pelham came out ready to play and held a 12-6 advantage after one quarter. The Jaguars responded, though, holding the Pythons to only two points in the second quarter. The Jags took an 18-14 lead into the half. “Pelham came out ready to play and dictated


Windham in scoring, while Schiebel dished out five assists. On the boards, Kerry White brought down 10 rebounds for the Jags and Brianna Angelini gathered eight. Other Jaguar scorers included Bernadette Connors (nine points), Kelsey Schiebel (eight points), Ashley Adamson (seven points), Amanda Schiebel (six points), White (four points), Angelini (four points) and Madalina Jeans (three points). Windham also connected on seven shots from behind the three-point arc. Putnam (three), Kelsey Schiebel (two), and Connors (two) all hit threes for the Jags.


Becca DeBaldo led Pelham in scoring with 13 points, while Hannah Paitchel and Gina Grimes chipped in seven points apiece. Also scoring for Pelham were Jordan Parece (four points), Brenda Pietrillo (two points), and Kathryn Mostone (two points). Paitchel, Grimes, and DeBaldo all hit threes for the Pythons.


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submitted by Alex Ward JVs win opener: Breton’s buzzer beater lifts Jaguars to first win Windham Junior Varsity Boys basketball started their season off on a high note Friday, December 16, by winning their opening contest against Lebanon. Windham had possession on the opposite end of the court with six seconds left in regulation. Andrew Kalil pushed the ball up court quickly and found an open Zach Breton just inside the three-point line. Breton drained a game-winning jumper with one second left in regulation to lead Windham to a 51 to 49 victory. Breton elevated his game in the fourth quarter scoring six of his eight points. Andrew Kalil led Windham with 14 points. Joe Frake chipped in eight points. Evan Todd and Zach Hennessey added six apiece. Strong defense was played by


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Ashley Labonte captured 6th with a time of 1:19.89 and Madeline Avina captured seventh with a 1:25.42. The Men’s 100 Freestyle featured Tommy Lynch


grabbing third place while knocking .52 seconds off his personal best, posting a time of 1:05.92. Jared Hannon captured fifth with a time of 1:10.70 and Kevin Ciampa captured seventh with a time of 1:25.42. All three men are promising swimmers, and many foresee more improvements as the season progresses.


One of the highlights of the meet was in the


Men’s 500 yard Freestyle (20 lengths). Brandon Hannon swam the 500 in 6:40.75. We walked through how he should swim the event and how he should focus on building up in the last 200 yards. I also thought he would come in around a 7:15.00 or somewhere in that time frame. He swam 35 seconds faster than the team expected. The second highlight of the meet was in the Women’s 100 Breaststroke. Katie parks and Valerie Tocco took first and second place in the meet with times of 1:29.57 and 1:32.33, respectively. I think this is the first time Pelham has captured a one-two finish in an event. Both Katie and Valerie really like this event.


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Zach Hennessey, Joe Frake, and Mark Shamon. JVs improve to 2-0 Windham Junior Varsity Boys got off to a fast start against Merrimack Valley Tuesday night, December 20, and never looked back. The final score of the contest was 57 to 35 with the Windham Junior Varsity boys improving to 2-0 on the season. The Jaguars used smothering defense to finish out the first quarter with an 18 to 4 lead. Led on the defensive end by Tyler Masone, Zach Hennessey, Joe Frake and Clay Gill, Windham finished the second quarter with a lead of 38 to 11. Windham displayed a balanced offensive attack with all players scoring in the contest. Tucker Lippold led Windham with 10 points. Zach Hennessey, Tyler Masone, and Joe Frake added eight points. Mike McDade chipped in with seven points.


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submitted by Cathy Robertson-Souter Traveling to Baltimore, MD, over the weekend of December 9-11, several Windham, Pelham and Salem girls from Phantom Gymnastics in Hampstead competed alongside more than 2,000 gymnasts from throughout the East Coast. The girls faced difficult competition but managed to bring home some snow in time for the holidays - the prize for first through third in each age group and level was a customized, gymnastics snow globe! The girls also picked up a little star dust while in Maryland when the girls of Level 7 found themselves competing against a 9-year-old from West Virginia … who happens to be the daughter of 1984 Olympic gold-medalist Mary Lou Retton! Gracious and outgoing, Retton took photos with several of the girls and offered autographs to the gymnasts following her daughter’s meet. Some of the team highlights include: Level 5: Kacie Blanchet, of Salem, scored a 8.5


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on vault, 8.9 on bars, a 9 on beam and a 9.2 on floor for fourth place in the all-around. Sydney Chretien, of Salem, scored a 8.9 on beam, 9.375 on floor for third place. Emily Jones, of Salem, scored an 8.525 on beam. Level 6: Scarlett Souter, of Windham, took fourth on bars, earned an 8.8 on vault, an 8.725 on beam for third, an 8.775 on floor for second and won a snow globe with second place in the all-around. Elizabeth Aldrich, of


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Salem, scored a 9.175 on beam for first place and an 8.8 on floor for third, took fifth place on bars, and won a snow globe with third place in the all- around. Olivia Faro, of Windham, scored an 8.7 on beam and an 8.65 on floor. Level 7: Gabriella Palermo, of Salem, scored a 9.1 on vault, 9.05 on bars for second, 9.275 on beam for first, a 9.35 on floor for first and came home with a snow globe for first place in the all-around. Ali Otis, of Windham, took second on vault with a 9.25, first on bars (8.7) and floor (9.6), third on beam with an 8.9 and won a snow globe with first place in the all-around for her age group. Olivia Champagne, of Salem, scored an 8.5 on vault, 8.7 on bars for fifth, and a 9.15 on floor for fifth place. Rebecca Heath, of Windham, scored a 9.2 on vault for fifth, an 8.85 on beam, and a 9.25 on floor. Level 9: Sara Fisher, of Pelham, scored an 8.4 on vault, and an 8.65 on floor for fifth place.


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