School was back from break and it was a packed week of athletics at Whitman-Hanson Regional High.
Baseball (3-5) opened the week with a 3-1 victory over Hingham in 10 innings on Monday, April 25. Ethan Smith knocked in the winning runs in the extra frame. Cam Beltramini picked off two runners at first base and threw out another trying to steal from his catching spot in the win. … On Wednesday, W-H fell to Hanover, 3-1. Aidan Barry, Connor Sottak and Braden Kain combined on the mound to hold Hanover to one earned run. … On Friday, Pat Cronin’s club fell to Silver Lake, 3-1, in eight innings. Evan Yakavonis tossed seven innings and gave up just one unearned run for W-H.
Softball (1-7) fell to Hingham, 11-4, on Monday, April 25. Annie Cook and Lauryn Meade both went 3 for 4 at the dish in the loss. … On Wednesday, the Panthers dropped a 15-3 decision to Hanover. Cook, Meade and Olivia Turocy all had multiple hits in the defeat. … On Friday, the Panthers were beat by Silver Lake, 10-1.
Boys’ lacrosse (2-7) lost to Scituate, 13-3, on Thursday, April 28. Bobby Hunter, Connor McCarthy and Owen Wolford had W-H’s three goals.
Girls’ lacrosse (1–5), despite four goals from Ella Nagel, dropped a 9-6 decision to Quincy on Tuesday, April 26. … On Friday, W-H fell to Dartmouth, 16-4. Maddy Allen had two goals in the loss.
Boys’ tennis (4-4) opened the week with a 5-0 setback against Hingham on Monday, April 25. It’d rebound. … On Wednesday, the Josh Lopes’ team topped Hanover, 3-2. Winning for the Panthers were the first doubles duo of Tristan Baker and Zachary Lindsay (6-1, 7-5), Mateo Santalucia (6-4, 6-4) in No. 3 singles and the second doubles team of Daniel McDevitt and Brady Wright (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) to snap a 2-2 tie and give W-H the victory. … On Friday, the Panthers rolled past Silver Lake, 4-1. Santalucia (6-0, 6-0), McDevitt and Wright (6-4, 6-4) and then Lindsay and Baker (6-4, 6-6, 7-5 tiebreaker) all won again, while second singles player Will Mulligan (5-7, 6-1, 6-4) also came out on top.
Girls’ tennis (0-7) fell to Hingham, 5-0, on Monday, April 25. … On Wednesday,
W-H lost a 4-1 match against Hanover. Its lone point came from No. 3 singles player Alyson Tobias (7-5, 6-4). … On Friday, the Panthers fell again, 4-1, but this time to Silver Lake.