In the last duel meet of the season the Manchester Essex girls ski team found out they are sending three skiers to the state meet later this month. Captain Megan Jones was the star for Manchester Essex winning Wednesday's race at Ski Bradford; the first place finish on Wednesday clinched 3rd place overall in the league as a whole. Each skier races against the entire conference in every meet, with the top 12 average scores from the year qualifying for the states, each skier can drop its worst score.
Alex Marshall finished seventh on Wednesday and sixth overall for the conference placing her in states.
The most dramatic finish, however, was from Lizzy White, who sat in 13th in the league coming into Wednesday's race but a strong 11th place performance on Wednesday jumped her into 12th qualifying her for the state race.
"Megan has been an excellent captain to the tam and Alex has been an unbelievable help to the younger racers," head coach Tim Wonson said. "And Lizzy needed to ski one of her best races to make the cut and she did exactly that and more."
BOYS BASKETBALL
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The Hornets improve to 14-2 on the year with a resounding win that saw them just miss the century mark. It was the usual suspects providing the offense for Manchester Essex as Sean Nally led all scorers with 25 points. Joe Burgess scored 18 points on four three pointers while Chris Bishop had 17 and Taylor Ketchum had 10.
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The Fishermen (1-14) went with a youth movement in the second half Tuesday with strong results. The Freshman back court of Drew Muniz and Devon Murray chipped in 11 and 10 points respectively. Sophomore Drew Shairs had 10 while junior Jason Vizena had nine.
"Winthrop shot the lights out early, nobody was going to beat them tonight," Gloucester coach Bill Cahill said. "I was happy with the way our Freshman and Sophomores played, they got some serious playing time in the second half and showed some bright signs."
GIRLS BASKETBALL
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The Hornets fall to 4-11 with the loss. Leanne Ciccone led the scoring with nine points, Carolyn Heslop chipped in five.
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The Vikings (4-11) came all the way back from 10 down in the fourth quarter to cut the score to one, but Mt. Alvernia hit a couple clutch free throws to seal the deal. Abby Hood led the scoring with 18 points, Amanda Chamlers had 12.
