Here's a round up of recent Stoneham High School sports action.
It was a critical week for a pair of Stoneham athletic teams, with two Spartan units earning confidence boosting results. Girls basketball goes 1-1 on the week Head coach Sara Mills’ charges didn’t get the week off to a great start in a tilt against perennial powerhouse Reading. The Rockets went on to a 64-34 victory despite 12 points from Sam Trant, eight points from Olivia Gaughan and five markers from Grace Macura. Junior Stephanie Bramante and Britney Fucci each did an outstanding job covering top Reading threat Olibia Healey, according to Mills. “All in all we just lost to a better team,” said Mills. Things got better on Friday in a tilt with Woburn, which the Spartans won by a 54-37 decision. Macura led the way with 17 points, Trant …
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Spartans baseball threatens in the top of the seventh, but can't push home tying run in 3-2 road loss.
The top of the seventh inning began promisingly on Friday for the Stoneham High School baseball team, but the game ended with frustration after the Spartans failed to capitalize on two straight walks to start the frame. Wilmington reliever John Keough walked the first two batters of the frame, but then notched the first out of the inning on a sacrifice bunt, and stranded two runners in scoring position to polish off the 3-2 win with two straight strikeouts. After falling behind 2-0 in the opening inning, Stoneham scored twice on wild pitches. The second run was scored by Ben Allen, who ran home to tie the game in the top of the third. But Wilmington took the lead back in the home half of the inning and never let up, dropping the Spartans …
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