Sports

Hyslip hits century mark


Published: January 31, 2008

BOYS HOCKEY

John Hyslip had big shoes to fill this season, and the stats indicate he has done just that.

The senior center scored a goal and an assist in Andover's 4-0 win over Wakefield on Wednesday. That gave him 100 points for his career. Former linemate Tucker Mullin reached that mark a season ago.

On the season, Hyslip has six goals and a team-best 17 assists. He had 14 goals and 26 assists in his breakout junior season a year ago.

Freshman Paul Russell added two goals and Cam Smith had a tally in the game.

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George Flanagan scored a pair of goals, giving him a team-high 12 for the season as Andover bested Chelmsford, 4-2 on Saturday. John Hyslip had a goal and two assists while Cam Smith stayed hot with his 10th goal of the year. Paul Russell, Joe Kuta and Kevin Drew each had an assist.

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Andover played CAL foe Lynnfield to a 2-2 tie last Monday. George Flanagan and Cam Smith each had a goal and an assist while John Hyslip had two assists. Nick Drew made 20 saves for the Warriors.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Shannon heats up, leads Warriors

Tristian Shannon just seemed to feed off the physical play.

The 6-foot-3 senior scored 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, both team highs, as Andover crushed archrival Lawrence 74-56 on Friday night.

"Tristian's motor tonight was at another level compared to everybody else on the court," Andover coach Dave Fazio said. "Any time you go into Lawrence and win, it's a good win. It's always tough."

Shannon teamed with frontcourt mate Zach Burdeau to dominate under the boards. Burdeau scored 13 points of his own. Guard Derrick Beasley stayed hot with 13 points while Greg Cook had 11 and sixth man Chris Abreu had nine for the winners.

"It's physical; it's usually like that when we play Lawrence or Central (Catholic)," said Shannon, whose team is 8-5. "You can't really get sidetracked. You need to focus on what you need to do."

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Greg Cook scored eight points to help Andover best Billerica 63-31 last Tuesday. Tristian Shannon scored a team-high 11 points while Sean Ehlbeck had seven for the winners.

GIRLS TRACK

Relay sets record, gives Andover MVC title

Andover coach Peter Comeau admitted he was shocked

"I am stunned they could run that at a (slow) track like that," Comeau said. "The kids were all smiles after."

His 4x400 relay team of Vanessa Singleton, Kayley Pettoruto, Melissa Knapp and Colleen Shannon gave reason for their teammates to smile, shattering the league record by seven seconds in leading the Golden Warriors to a 44-42 victory over Haverhill in the meet to decide the Merrimack Valley Conference Large title last Wednesday.

"I knew that if we could get it to the (4x400) relay we would have a very good chance of winning," said Comeau. "Those four girls are the best in the state. I felt comfortable."

They ran the race in 4:10.2, beating the Hillies by 4.6 seconds and flying past the previous league record of 4:17.

For the winners, Jess Forster won the high jump with a 5-2, Mallory Cayon took the 50 hurdles, Knapp took the 300 and Shannon won the 1,000. Christina Muccio's 6.1 in the 50 broke the previous league record, but Haverhill's Sam Stabile beat her in the race.

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The Andover team of Colleen Shannon, Vanessa Singleton, Melissa Knapp and Kayley Pettoruto ran the 1,600 in 4:12.83, the seventh best time in the nation this year and good for victory at the McIntyre Relays on Sunday. They also teamed to take second in the 4x400 relay, recovering after a dropped baton.

The Golden Warriors also took second in the 4x50 yard hurdles with a team comprised of sisters Jess Forster and Rosie Foster, Mallory Caynon and Nicole Johnson in 31.39 seconds.

BOYS GYMNASTICS

Davidovits leads Andover to fifth

Aaron Davidovits quickly deflected any personal accomplishments.

"It's pretty much everyone," said the senior. "The new guys are at the stage of where the older guys were a year ago. They're all getting better equally."

But it was Davidovits that scored two thirds and a fifth to lead Andover to a fifth-place finish at the seven-team Salem Invitational on Saturday.

Davidovits took third in the vault (8.1) and all-around (40.2) while placing fifth in the floor (7.1).

"Our big goal today was to get our team score up," said Davidovits. "And the scores did improve."

Chris Chu also made strides. He matched his season-high with a 6.0 on the floor

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Andover's Aaron Davidovits took second place in the all-around with a seconds on the floor, parallel bars, vault and rings, but the Golden Warriors were downed by defending state champion Braintree 155.6-119.6 last Monday. Chris Chu scored a season-high 6.0 on the floor as well for the Warriors

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Fantini notches double-double

Camille Fantini posted a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds to lead Andover, which edged Billerica 47-44 on Friday. Williams-bound sharpshooter Laura Renfro scored a team-high 14 points while Lauren Hughes had nine points and was a force on defense.

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Meghan Thomann scored 10 points as Andover cruised past Lawrence, 63-31, last Tuesday. Camille Fantini scored a team-best 14 points, Natalie Gomez-Martinez had nine points and Ilana Cohen had eight for the winners.

BOYS TRACK

Crawford, Warriors cruise

Brendan Crawford and Kerrick Stevens went 1-2 in the 300, Rob Martin won the 600 and they teamed with Mark Vetere to win the 4x400 relay in 3:49.3 to lead Andover to a 50-30 win over Haverhill last Wednesday. Chris McConnell won the 50, Andrew Pallotta took the 50 hurdles and John Bigelow was first in the high jump for the Golden Warriors.

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Andover's 4x50 yard relay team of Chris McConnell, P.J. Farnham, Kerrick Stevens and Matt Vetere placed 6th in 22.75 at the McIntyre Relays on Saturday.

BOYS SWIMMING

Mullen tallies two wins

Devon Mullen won the 200 freestyle in 1:59.71 and the 100 freestyle on 53.79 to lead Andover to a 97-83 win over Haverhill on Friday. Mike Bakies won the 200 IM and swam on the winning 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams. Yubo Liu won the 100 butterfly and Peter Li took the 100 backstroke for the winners.

BOYS SKIING

Heath, Andover roll

Eric Heath took first in 20.49 to lead Andover to a 104-31 downing of Masconomet on Friday. Gavin Lynch (20.69), Nick Binder (20.70), Peter Webster (20.71) and Nick Sherman (20.89) went 2-3-4-5 for the Golden Warriors.

GIRLS GYMNASTICS

St. Cyr takes vault, paces Andover

Lauren St. Cyr won the vault with a score of 8.9 as Andover defeated Billerica 138.05-137.4. Rachel Mattison scored an 8.9 on the uneven bars for the winners.

GIRLS HOCKEY

Shields, Andover tie Arlington

Andover's Katie Shields scored a goal as the Golden Warriors played Arlington to a 2-2 tie last Wednesday. Laura Drew scored the other goal and Heather Paonessa, Meaghan McCarthy and Sarah Oteri each had an assist.

AWARDS

Miller takes "Fortnight"

Junior center Jesse Miller of the girls basketball team was named this week's "Player of the Fortnight."

"Jesse has really come on strong since the beginning of the season," says girls basketball coach Jim Tildsley. "She knows her role on the team well. We're happy with how she's developing as a player."

Boys Basketball

Andover 74, Lawrence 56

Andover (74): Shannon 6-1-14, Cook 4-0-11, Polanco 2-4-9, Burdeau 6-1-13, Abreu 2-5-9, Beasley 6-1-13, Arnold 1-0-2, Haak 0-1-1, Baroni 1-0-2, White 0-0-0, Hutchins 0-0-0, Fazio 0-0-0, Ehlbeck 0-0-0. Totals 28-13-74

Lawrence (56): Alicea 2-3-7, Nieves 4-4-13, Ramos 2-1-5, Pimentel 1-6-8, Fortunato 4-1-9, Veras 1-1-3, Escoto 4-3-11, Simms 0-0-0, Berroa 0-0-0, Perez 0-0-0. Totals 18-19-56

3-pointers: A — Cook 3, Polanco, Shannon; L — Nieves

Andover (8-5, 5-3 MVC): 22 11 23 18 — 74

Lawrence (5-8, 3-6 MVC): 16 10 11 19 — 56

Andover 63, Billerica 31

Andover (63): Arnold 0-3-3, Polanco 1-3-5, Hutchins 0-0-0, Torres 1-0-2, Fazio 0-4-4, Ehlbeck 2-3-7, Cook 3-0-8, Beasley 2-2-6, Shannon 5-1-11, White 2-0-5, Abreu 1-0-2, Burdeau 2-0-4, Baroni 1-0-2, Haak 1-2-4. Totals

Billerica (31): Shea 0-0-0, Nickerson 0-1-1, Ellis 0-0-0, Amaral 1-1-4, Higgins 0-7-7, Benort 0-1-1, Connor Elmore 0-1-1, Lentine 0-0-0, Mastrullo 1-2-4, Bradanese 1-2-4, Cotreau 2-1-5, O'Connor 0-0-0, Sean Elmore 1-2-4. Totals

3-pointers: A — Cook 2, White; B — Amaral

Andover (8-5): 8 20 17 18 — 63

Billerica (2-8): 6 6 8 11 — 31

Girls Basketball

Andover 47, Billerica 44

Billerica (44): Nolan 1-1-3, Dellano 0-3-3, Collins 3-2-8, Croke 1-0-3, Jacobs 0-1-1, Hebert 1-0-3, McGinnis 6-0-12, Arsenault 3-1-7, Brooks 2-0-4. Totals 17-8-44

Andover (47): Thomann 2-0-6, Alois 0-0-0, Cohen 2-4-8, Shoemaker 0-0-0, Hughes 4-1-9, Driscoll 0-0-0, Renfro 6-2-14, Fantini 3-4-10. Totals 17-11-47

3-pointers: B — Croke, Hebert; A — Thomann

Billerica: 5 12 11 16 — 44

Andover (12-2, 7-1 MVC): 8 9 19 11 — 47

Andover 63, Lawrence 31

Lawrence (31): G. Lopez 1-0-3, Clark 2-0-6, Santiago 0-0-0, Quinones 0-0-0, Francisco 1-0-3, Moore 0-0-0, Mendez 0-0-0, K. Lopez 3-2-8, Brenz 1-0-2, Hernandez 1-2-4, Grier 2-0-5; Totals 11-4-31

Andover (63): Calabro 1-0-2, Gomez-Martinez 4-0-9, Heinrich 0-1-1, Thomann 4-0-10, Alois 2-0-4, Cohen 2-2-8, Shoemaker 2-0-4, Hughes 3-0-6, Driscoll 0-0-0, Renfro 1-0-3, Fantini 5-4-14, Cooney 0-0-0, Miller 1-0-2; Totals 25-7-63

3-pointers: L — Clark 2, Francisco, G Lopez, Hernandez; A — Thomann 2, Cohen 2, Gomez, Renfro

Lawrence (3-9): 7 4 7 13 — 31

Andover (11-2): 11 17 20 15 — 63

Boys Hockey

Andover 4, Chelmsford 2

Goals: A — George Flanagan 2, John Hyslip, Cam Smith

Assists: A — Hyslip 2, Flanagan, Paul Russell, Joe Kuta, Kevin Drew

Saves: A — Nick Drew 13; C — Aaron Dwyer 13

Chelmsford (4-7-3): 1-0-1 — 2

Andover (10-2-2, 4-1-1 MVC): 0-1-3 — 4

Andover 4, Wakefield 0

Andover (9-2-1): 1 2 1 — 4

Wakefield (5-4-3): 0 0 0 — 0

Goals: A — Paul Russell 2, Cam Smith, John Hyslip

Assists: A — George Flanagan 2, Kevin Hitchko 2, Hyslip, Smith, Matt Perry

Saves: A — Nick Drew 15; W — 28

Andover 2, Lynnfield 2

Andover (8-2-2, 3-1-1 MVL): 1 1 0 — 2

Lynnfield: 1 1 0 — 2

Goals: A — George Flanagan, Cam Smith

Assists: A — John Hyslip 2, Flanagan, Smith

Saves: A — Nick Drew 20; L — 26

Girls Hockey

Andover 2, Arlington 2

Arlington (9-2-2): 0 0 2 — 2

Andover (8-4-1): 1 1 0 — 2

Goals: A — Katie Shields, Laura Drew

Assists: A — Heather Paonessa, Meaghan McCarthy, Sarah Oteri

Saves: AR — Kim Heyward 8; AN — Megan Pettoruto 25

Boys Track

Andover 50, Haverhill 30

Andover placers:

50 yard dash: 1. Chris McConnell (A) 5.5, 3. Santi Costello 5.9; 50 hurdles: 1. Andrew Pallotta (A) 7.3, 2. Andrew Osborne 7.4; 2-Mile: 2. Nick Schumacher 10:28; 300: 1. Brendan Crawford 35.2, 2. Kerrick Stevens 35.6; 600: 1. Rob Martin (A) 1:20.4, 2. Connor O'Neil 1:23.0, 3. Matt Vetere 1:23.2; 1,000: 2. Michael Primes 2:30.0, Chris Goodwin 2:31.6; Mile: 3. Andrew Speen 4:52.8; SP: 3. Varun Bhandari 40-31/2; HJ: 1. John Bigelow 5-11, 2. Costello 5.9, 3. Osborne 5.7; 4x440: 1. Andover (Crawford, Stevens, Martin, Mark Vetere) 3:49.3

Records: Andover 4-2

Girls Track

Andover 44, Haverhill 42

Winners:

50 yard dash: 2. Christina Muccio 6.1, 3. Bizzy DiTroia 6.5; 50 hurdles: 1. Mallory Cayon 7.4, 3. Jess Forster 7.7; 2-Mile: 3. Molly Van Doren 12:07.2; 300: 1. Melissa Knapp 39.5, 2. Vanessa Singleton 39.9; 600: 2. Kayley Pettoruto 1:31.8; 1,000: 1. Colleen Shannon 2:53.3; Mile: 3. Casey Harrison 5:36.6; SP: 2. Rachel Licciardi 27-8. 3. Nadelson 27-4; HJ: 1. Forster 5-2, 3. Carolyn Damphousse 4-10; 4x440: Andover (Singleton, Pettoruto, Knapp, Shannon) 4:10.2

Records: Andover 6-0, Haverhill 5-1

Swimming

Andover 97, Haverhill 83

Area winners:

200 medley relay: (Peter Li, Mike Bakies, Paul Hunter, Peter Saunders) 1:54.15; 200 freestyle: Devon Mullen (A) 1:59.71; 200 IM: Bakies (A) 2:14.12; 50 freestyle: Hunter (A) 23.53; 100 butterfly: Yubo Liu (A) 1:00.56; 100 freestyle: Mullen (A) 53.78; 100 backstroke: Li (A) 1:02.59; 100 breaststroke: Nick D'Innocenzo (A) 1:00.54; 400 freestyle relay: (Bakies, Mullen, Liu, D'Innocenzo) 3:37.06

Records: Andover 7-1

Boys Skiing

Andover 104, Masconomet 31

Meet results:

Top finishers: 1. Eric Heath (A) 20.49, 2. Gavin Lynch (A) 20.69, 3. Nick Binder (A) 20.70, 4. Peter Webster (A) 20.71, 5. Nick Sherman (A) 20.89, 6. Nevin Clay (M) 20.92

Records: Andover 5-1, Masconomet 2-4

Gymnastics

Salem Invitational

Top team results: 1. Burlington 159.6, 2. Braintree 159.2, 3. Salem 153.8, 4. Lowell 130, 5. Andover 122

Andover placers (top 6): Floor: 5. Aaron Davidovits (And) 7.1; Vault: 3. Davidovits (And) 8.1; Rings: 5. Jeff Sirois (And) 5.2; All-Around: 3. Davidovits (And) 40.2