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Thornton Academy’s Alex Hart heads to the finish line in the 100 meters on Tuesday.
Thornton Academy’s Alex Hart heads to the finish line in the 100 meters on Tuesday.
SACO — Thornton Academy standout Alex Hart picked up four wins to lead the homestanding Golden Trojans to a sweep of Deering, Westbrook and McAuley in a girls track and field meet on Tuesday.

Thornton Academy won the meet with 112 points, followed by Deering with 95, Westbrook with 57 and McAuley with 17.

Hart cruised to wins in the 100, 200 and 400 meters and also won the long jump.

The Trojans would also get three wins from Olivia Libby, who won the 100 and 300 hurdles and joined Samantha Dow, Abigail Leblanc and Allie Gross to win the 1,600 relay.

Sam Curran won the shot put and Isabella Capozzi took home a first-place finish in the discus for the Trojans, who improved to 9-0 on the season.

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Tigers , Spartans compete in quad meet

The host Biddeford Tigers had several athletes bring home first-place finishes in a quad meet with Noble, South Portland and Sanford on Tuesday.

Biddeford received wins from Leia Dorais (1,600), Lani Melton (3,200), Bekah Robertson (pole vault), Paige Boudreau (shot put) and Josie Sheltra (javelin). The Tigers also won the 3,200 relay.

Sanford got a win from Bridget Duckworth in the 400.

Noble won the meet with 164 points. South Portland was second with 117.5 points, Sanford was third with 111.5 and Biddeford fourth with 96 points.

Girls Lacrosse

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Thornton Academy 13, Bony Eagle 7

The Golden Trojans had seven different players score a goal as they pulled away in the second half for a win over Bonny Eagle.

Faith Sinclair led the way with four goals and one assist and Paige LeBlanc also added four goals in the win.

Amanda Cyr chipped in with one goal and one assist and Liz Bell, Jules Grondin, Hannah McAlary and Cat Henaire all added one goal.

Thornton Academy held a slim 7-6 lead at halftime before scoring six unanswered goals in the second half to take control.

The Trojans (3-2) will host Scarborough on Thursday.

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South Portland 17, Sanford 4

South Portland cruised past Sanford Tuesday afternoon.

Maddie Leigh led the Spartans with four goals, while Liz Helmreich added three assists and Julianna Penney another.

Mary Cronin led the game with six goals for South Portland while teammate Maddie Hasson had four and both Jena Leckie and Paige Fleming added two.

Sanford falls to 1-4 on the season and faces McAuley at home Thursday.

Boys Tennis

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North Yarmouth 4, Kennebunk 1

The Kennebunk Rams got a singles win from Mason Burke, but that would be their only victory as North Yarmouth cruised to the win.

Burke won his third singles match by a 6-2, 6-4 count over Dan McVicar.

Kennebunk will host York on Friday.

Girls Tennis

Kennebunk/Well s 5, Lake Region 0

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The visiting Kennebunk/Wells girls tennis team swept Lake Region Tuesday afternoon.

Rosemary Campanella and Jenna Kuun won their singles matches 6-0, 6-0, while Charlie Bigbee won hers 6-0, 6-1.

Olivia Aiken and Amelia Nelson won their doubles match 6-0, 6-3, while Anna Kate Luddy and Grace Mastrangelo won 6-4, 6-2.

Baseball

Westbrook 5, Thornton Academy 1

Westbrook pushed past Thornton Academy thanks to solid pitching and timely hits.

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Zach Ham would get the start for TA, going five innings and allowing two runs on seven hits while striking out two. Andrew Coleman would then pitch 2/3 of an inning in relief, while Brogan Searle- Belanger would pitch the final 1/3 of the inning.

Ham also produced at the plate, knocking in TA’s lone run on a double. Ham and Searle-Belanger each had two hits on the day.

Boys Lacrosse

York 14, Wells 12

Well lost in a high-scoring match to York Tuesday afternoon.

Ethan Marsh led the Warriors with five goals, while Chad Fitzpatrick added 3. Courtland Austin, Evan Whitten, Jack Talevi and Charlie Clough all had one apiece.


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