Haydenettes head to world match
The Lexington-based Haydenettes are preparing to represent the United States at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in London, Ontario, this month after recently winning their unprecedented 16th national title in Colorado Springs. "This was an incredible win for the team," said coach Saga Krantz , a Belmont resident.
"Their training, focus, and athleticism, along with an enormous measure of guts and will, gave them the gold."
The Haydenettes finished with an overall score of 201.04 to outdistance runner-up Miami University of Ohio.
The other coaches of the team are Dede Wilson of Rindge, N.H., and Ron Kravette of Andover.
Lowell wins N.E.
wrestling crown
Lowell became the first Massachusetts school to win the New England Wrestling Championship since Carver, in 1993. The Red Raiders totaled 73 points -- 20.5 better than runner-up Salem, N.H. The only individual winner was sophomore Sean Boyle, who triumphed at 112 pounds, but seven of his teammates figured prominently in the scoring by advancing to semi-final action. Other individual winners included Aaron Kalil, at 119 pounds, and Trevor Dearden, at 125, both from Salem, and Derek Sickel of Timberlane, at 171 pounds. . . . Belmont Hill won the New England Independent School Wrestling Association championship and crowned four individual champs -- Greg Karelitz of Wayland at 119 pounds, Nick Boghos of Wakefield at 130, Juan Jurado of Cambridge at 140, and George Sullivan of Dover at 160. The team is coached by Don Bradley of Burlington, named NEISWA Coach of the Year.
Track & field gold
harder to dig up
Gold was tough to come by for area athletes in the New England Track & Field Championships. Only Grace Watson of Belmont in the high jump, Acton-Boxborough's 4x200 relay team of Casey Hsiung, Jill Crowley, Jill Shorey, and Natalie Crutchfield; and Matt Sullivan of St. John's Prep and North Andover brought gold back home to the Bay State.
Methuen narrows
field for coach
Methuen is still looking for a head football coach but is getting closer to finding a successor to Glen Gearin. Twenty-seven hopefuls applied , and the list has been pared to nine. Athletic director Jim Weymouth hopes to have his coach in place this month.
Campus Corner
The University of Massachusetts and the Pepsi Cola bottlers of the Merrimack Valley have agreed to a partnership that will establish scholarships for women's athletic programs at UMass and jump-start an effort to establish a scholarship endowment. In exchange, Pepsi receives exclusive pouring and vending rights for the entire campus. . . . Senior Bentley co captain Lauren Moore of Nashua has been named third-team All-Northeast-10 Conference. Moore, who reached the 1,000-point career plateau this season, leads the Falcons in scoring with 12.4 points per game and also contributes 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and a steal a game. Moore also leads the conference in three-point accuracy (.435).
UMass- Lowell goalie Nevin Hamilton of Ashland is the Hockey East Rookie of the Month for February. The freshman netminder went 4-2-1 with a 1.52 goal-against average, posted three shutouts, and allowed just one goal in the first four games of the month. . . . Janneke Quirk of Winchester was a member of the Connecticut College women's cross-country team that earned NCAA Division 3 All-Academic honors from the United States Track & Field and
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