May 07, 2008 10:37 pm It may have taken over four hours to complete, but the Rockport Vikings couldn't think of a better way to spend a Tuesday night, as they defeated Triton, 6-5 in 11 innings. The victory sent the Vikings over .500 with a 6-5 record. In the bottom of the 11th, senior Matt Hendy doubled to right, moved to third on a passed ball and scored the winning run on a walk-off single by senior Cory Emerson (three hits). "It was a huge win," said Rockport head coach John Parisi. "We had lost three games in a row but we were playing well. We couldn't put it all together but tonight we had good defense and quality pitching. We didn't hit the cover off of the ball but we managed 10 walks so we showed great patience at the plate." Cory Emerson started on the mound and struck out nine in five innings. Senior Derek Osmond relieved him and struck out eight over his six innings of work while also picking up the win. Osmond and junior Dave Campbell had two hits while senior Eric Juncker added a hit. Down 5-3 going into the home half of the sixth, sophomore Mike Emerson walked, Campbell reached on an error then Osmond drove them both home with a two-run single. The victory was especially sweet for the Vikings since Triton had hung an ugly 25-1 loss on them last season. SOFTBALL Gloucester 8, Lynn English 0 Gloucester (9-4) inched within one win of clinching a state tournament berth behind a strong effort from Jill Lukegord. The senior fired a shutout on the mound, striking out six and walking just one. She also added three hits at the plate, including two doubles. Junior Lani Gannon and sophomore Addy Blakely notched two hits each. Triton 3, Rockport 1 Andrea Rovedo stole home for the lone Vikings (4-7) run. Tia Nelson had two hits and struck out eight while only allowing three hits on the mound. Allie McManus also added a hit. GIRLS LACROSSE Manchester Essex 13, Georgetown 9 The Hornets got back to .500 with the victory, as they improved to 4-4. Haley Irwin led the way with four goals and junior Annie Osborne, who recently came back from injury, added two goals and two assists. Simone Bodmer-Turner also had two goals and two assists and sophomore Hillary Doucette tallied a pair of scores. BOYS TENNIS Manchester Essex 5, Ipswich 0 The Hornets put forth a dominant effort en route to improving to 6-2. Ravy Uong won at No. 1 singles (6-0, 6-0), Sam Cohen took No. 2 singles (6-0, 6-3) and Leo Daley captured No. 3 singles (6-2, 7-5) for Manchester Essex. Erik Ferm and Peter Gudonis took No. 1 doubles (6-0, 6-0) and Willie Baun and Erik Kimball captured No. 2 doubles (6-0, 6-2). Gloucester 4, Lynn English 1 The Fishermen ran their record to 3-6 behind singles wins from Spencer Gaston (No. 1, 6-3, 6-1) and Chase Kelly (No. 3, by way of forfeit). Mike Asaro and Sam Heany-Bell teamed up to win No. 1 doubles (6-0, 6-1) and Mike McGovern and Brian Hand took No. 2 doubles (6-4, 6-1). GIRLS TENNIS Manchester Essex 5, Ipswich 0 The Hornets improved to 7-1 by sweeping every match against the Tigers. Brittany Collens won in No. 1 singles (6-3, 6-0), Annelise Eaton captured No. 2 singles (6-1, 6-0) and Hannah Daley took home No. 3 singles (6-3, 6-3). Courtney Pasquine and Amelia Cohen won No.1 doubles (6-4, 6-0) and Hannah Gurley and Ally Howlett won No. 2 doubles (6-0, 6-0). Wilmington 3, Rockport 2 Sara Littlefield won in No. 2 singles (6-1, 2-6, 6-3) and the team of Tasha Radzinski and Emma Littlefield won in No. 1 doubles (6-4, 6-2), but the Vikings still dropped to 1-10. BOYS TRACK Gloucester 84, Winthrop 43 The meet was held at Peabody High School due to Winthrop's unusable track and the Fishermen took advantage of the shorter commute. Mario Peritore captured the shot put (46-7) and the discus (136-6) to lead Gloucester (4-1), while John Brancaleone (two mile, 11:20), Luis Hernandez (100, 11.4), Austin Souza (mile, 4:45), Liam Anastasia-Murphy (400, 52.1), John Ryan (800, 2:12) and Anthony LaRocca (200, 23.5) also won. ULTIMATE FRISBEE Rockport 15, Andover 0 Rockport remained unbeaten, improving to 6-0. Jake Moss dished out five assists and Ross Bracket and Max Quirk led the way defensively in the shutout.
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