Sports
Weekly Sports Roundup, April 18-24
The Wakefield spring sports season continued last week despite some rainy conditions. Here's a look at how the locals fared.
Three weeks into the spring campaign, and Wakefield High has yet to have a week of sports untouched by inclement weather.
Rainy conditions scuttled much of the Warrior athletic schedule this week, but it wasn’t a complete washout. Wakefield High student athletes were able to get in many of the games planned for last week. Here’s the rundown.
Warrior baseball takes thriller, salvages win from tough week
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The Warriors (2-4, 2-3 ML) fell to Belmont on April 18 by the score of 6-4, as Belmont’s Matt brown went 4-for-4 to throw an early wet blanket on Wakefield’s already soggy week.
Woburn was next on the agenda, as the Tanners travelled to Wakefield for an April 21 tilt.
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The Warriors were able to persevere and earn a 7-6 extra-innings win over Woburn in Middlesex League play.
The week ended with a trip to Winchester, and an 8-3 loss for the Warriors.
The Sachems earned their first win of the season against Wakefield, despite Joe O’Neill’s RBI single in the fourth, and another Wakefield run in the fifth.
Softball routs Belmont, splits pair for the week
The Lady Warriors (1-5) softball squad split it’s two games this past week, defeating Belmont in blowout fashion, 18-0, on April 18 at Belmont, while falling on the road to Winchester on April 22.
Lacrosse continues fine run
Wakefield (3-4) girls lacrosse built on its first win of the season—earned against Burlington on April 16—and swept both its matches this past week. The Lady Warriors beat Middlesex League foes Watertown on April 18 and non-league rivals Malden on April 20.
The Lady Warriors got the week off on the right foot against Watertown in a back and forth battle between ML rivals. Wakefield squeaked out a 17-16 win on the strength of 7 goals from junior Samantha Morris. Junior netminder Stephanie Wallace recorded a season-high 17 saves.
Next was a date with the Golden Tornadoes of Malden at Landrigan Field.
Casey McAuliffe scored four goals, as the Lady Warriors downed Malden 15-6. Juniors Alana DiNapoli (3 assists), Morris and Paige Maguire all pitched in during the victory, while Wallace nearly equalled her efforts against Watertown, collecting 14 saves.
On the boys side of the field, the Warriors won both their matches during the week as well.
April 18 they welcomed Salem to Landrigan Field, and handed the Witches a 13-5 non-league loss.
Mike Dellanno (4 goals, 2 assists) led the charge, while Alec Brown (3 goals, 4 assists), Ryan Doherty (2 goals, 1 assist) and Corey Davis (2 goals) also chipped in. Andrew Finocchio, Ryan Dalton and John Sartell all added goals for the Warriors. Sam Bridges made 10 saves between the sticks.
Next was a visit from the talented Mustangs of Medford on April 20.
The Warriors won 12-5 behind 3 goals and 4 assists from Brown. Dellanno (2 goals, 4 assists), Doherty (3 goals, 1 assist), Finocchio (2 goals, 1 assist) and Davis (2 goals, 1 assist) all weighed in on the matter as well for Wakefield.
Bridges turned away 10 Medford shots on the game.
Boys and girls track continues to struggle
The Wakefield boys track squad dropped its third meet of the year, falling 84-52 against the Woburn Tanners on April 20.
On the girls side, Woburn won 79-52.
Rebecca Quirk continued her fine season for the Lady Warriors, turning in a mile-winning time of 5:37, while Patty Malone captured the flag in the long jump (14-3) and the 100 meter hurdles, posting a devastating time of 12.8 seconds.
Freshman Kelly Ledoux-Walsh won the two-mile race for Wakefield with a time of 13:24.
The Wakefield girls next competed at the Nashua Invitational, and turned in a respectable performance, finishing seventh out of 20 teams.
Rachel Wong won the 200 meter hurdles for the Lady Warriors, posting a time of 27.6 seconds.
“I could not have been more proud of the way the girls showed up to compete at this meet,” said Wakefield head coach Karen Barrett. “The girls that competed today all worked hard to meet the qualifying standards and we were all very proud of the team for placing seventh.”
Boys and girls tennis falter
The Wakefield girls were swept by Burlington this past week, while the boys met the same fate at the hands of the Red Devils.
Connor Miller, Pat Sullivan, Ethan Barkalow, Zachary Semel and John Hanron all played well for the boys in the losing effort.
