Baseball = Franklin, 6 @ Stoughton, 2 – Final
– Stoughton scored a run in the bottom half of the fifth to tie the game but the Panthers escaped further damage, leading the bases loaded, and turned that momentum into offense in the next half inning. Senior Ben Shirey drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs to score courtesy runner Joey McEachern (Hunter Malkin walk) but Brian Auciello got a strikeout during the next at-bat to keep the game tied 2-2. Lukas Phillip got Franklin’s big inning started with a double and moved to third on a sac bunt from Matt Miller. Mike Davide’s bunt brought the run home as courtesy runner Brad Morin beat the throw. With two outs and the bases loaded, Franklin senior Henry Digiorgio smacked a base-clearing triple to push the lead to 6-2. The Knights loaded the bases again in the sixth but couldn’t cut into the deficit. Sean Kryzak and Mason Smith each pitched a scoreless inning in relief for Franklin.
Softball = Stoughton, 1 @ Franklin, 6 – Final
– Click here for a photo gallery of this game. – The visiting Black Knights scored a run in the top of the first inning but the Panthers plated six unanswered, including two in each of the second and fifth innings, to take a 6-1 verdict over Stoughton. Franklin had a balanced day at the dish with Katie Dowley, Sarah Boozang (run), Carly Johnson-Pellegri (RBI), Josie Drucker (RBI, run), and Marley Allen (RBI, run) each contributing a pair of hits. Maddie Bergeron (4IP, 5H, 1R, 1BB, 5K) and Sophia Sacramone (3IP, 5H, 0R, 2BB, 1K) combined to keep the Black Knights’ bats at bay. Julie Powers and Caitlin Driscoll (triple) each had two hits for Stoughton.
Boys Lacrosse = Franklin, 14 @ Foxboro, 2 – Final
– Franklin dominated the first half to the tune of an eight-goal lead at halftime and the Panthers used a very good defensive effort to secure a 14-2 win on the road at Foxboro. The Panthers built a 2-0 lead in the first fame before getting the offense going with six goals in the second, and the defense denied Foxboro a chance to get on the scoreboard for an 8-0 edge at the break. Franklin had 11 different players score a goal in the win, including a hat trick from CJ Perro and a pair of goals from Eddie O’Brien. Zach Langevin added a goal and two helpers, and Drew Hansen, Ben Paterson, and Tom Quinn each scored a goal and had an assist. Ryan Cotter had a goal and an assist for the Warriors, Lincoln Moore (goal) and Sully Kenneally (assist) each had a point, and Adam Addeche made 11 saves in the cage.
Girls Lacrosse = Foxboro, 7 @ Franklin, 11 – Final
Ryan Lanigan, founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap:
"When the Franklin girls lacrosse team put its Hockomock League win streak on the line against rival King Philip just under two weeks ago, the Panthers had a sweat out a double-overtime win.
Facing their other big Hock hurdle this season, the Panthers played from in front the whole way.
Franklin scored the first four goals of the game and never trailed in an 11-7 win over Davenport division leading Foxboro to extend its league win streak to 119 straight games.
“It was a huge boost to start strong,” said Franklin head coach Kristin Igoe Guarino. “In the past, we’ve started slow and we’ve been really hard at practice on scoring. The girls really applied what we’ve been trying to work on in practice and really focusing on the details. They did a good job cleaning up our shots and our passing selection. They did awesome right from the start of the first quarter.”
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Boys Tennis = Stoughton, 1 @ Franklin, 4 – Final
– With a sweep in singles action and one more win in doubles, Franklin took down visiting Stoughton by a verdict of 4-1. Senior Jay Gorgas didn’t drop a game in an impressive 6-0, 6-0 first singles win, senior Ahan Shetty emerged from a third set super tiebreak with a 6-4, 2-6, 10-1 win, and junior Dan Reis added a third singles victory by taking a 6-2, 6-1 decision at third singles. The Panthers’ second doubles team of junior Gabe Terry and freshman AJ Trull rolled in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. Stoughton’s all-senior first doubles duo of Thomas Chaw and Anthony Maylack earned a 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 win.
Girls Tennis = Franklin, 5 @ Stoughton, 0 – Final
"Panthers with a 5-0 win at Stoughton today!!
Chloe Essam won her 3rd match in a row while Brooke Taylor improved to 9-1.
Isabelle Simino was impressive in her match.
Dubs
Brooke Daniels & Sydney Tolonen
Lexi Winkler & Smruthie Paladugu
Franklin is now 10-0 "
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