Girls U15
The Bedford Cannons U15 girls team won its division at the New Hampshire Youth Lacrosse Festival on June 8.
The first win was against topseeded Cocheco, 10-6. Nine players scored, including Danielle Ayers, Julia Murphy, Morgan Linehan, Callie Santos, Jenna Mead, Sarah Pallatroni, Jess Lambert, Alex Fink and Caitlin Heaps. Mead also played well in goal.
Then then Cannons came from behind to beat perennial powerhouse and second-seeded Derry, 11-8. Five straight goals and solid goaltending from Sarah Curran turned the game around. Erin Hendrickson scored, as did Pallatroni, Heaps, Linehan, Ayers, Murphy and Santos.
Boys U15A
At the New Hampshire Youth Lacrosse Association year-end festival, the Cannons fought back from a 3-1 second-half deficit to tie Amherst, then avenged an earlyseason loss with a convincing 6-1 win over Derry.
Nathan Larrivee, Johnny Miller and Shane Tracy scored in the 3-3 tie with Amherst. Larrivee and Jared Hornsby earned assists. Tommy Vailas, James Wyatt, Tom Brigham, David Phelps and Sam Kollmorgen provided strong midfield support. Alex Ewing, Mason Murphy and Jake Grande played well defensively in front of stingy goalkeeper Jimmy Hall.
The Cannons collected 45 ground balls and fired 29 shots in the contest with Derry. Jordan Garron scored twice, and Hornsby, Larrivee, Trevor Harnsberger and Mike Astarita also tallied.
Hornsby, Pat Lemay, Tracy and Garron dished assists. Nate Harrington, Matt Poremba and David Lademan led the defense in front of Hall, who made seven saves in goal.
Then on Father’s Day weekend, the boys won three of four games in the Granite State Lacrosse Festival in Amherst.
The Cannons defeated Hollis- Brookline in game one, 7-4, before dropping the afternoon contest to Seacoast by the same score. The next day, the locals beat Nashua, 5-4, and capped the festival with their best game of the season in the afternoon, beating a very good Maine Select team, 5-4.
Max Heald joined the rest of the group in turning in a strong performance to close the season. The Cannons finished with a 12-6-1 record.