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Friday, December 24, 2010

Boys Track Wins, Girls Lose Against Hamilton-Wenham

The North Reading track teams faced off with Hamilton-Wenham on Dec. 22, and the boys took away a last-race, two-point victory while the girls fell to an unbeaten Lady Generals squad. The Hornets' next meet is at North Andover on Dec. 28 at 8 a.m.

The North Reading track teams split the day against the Hamilton-Wenham teams on Wednesday,  as the boys won an exciting last-race, two-point victory while the girls lost to the undefeated Lady Generals runners. Earning first-place finishes for the boys were Julius Degenhardt (36.6 seconds) in the 300, Nick Capezzuto (1:22.7) in the 600, Jonathan Murray (38-3 1/2) in the shot put, and Chris Kavanaugh (5-5) in the high jump. With just four second-place finishes to match the four first places, the Hornets were able to gain ground on the Generals by claiming third place points in all but two events; the 300 and high jump. The outcome of the meet came down to the final race of the night, the 4x400 relay. The North Reading team of Degenhardt, …

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Hornets Swimmers Looking to Even Record

After a 1-2 start to the 2010-11 swim season, the North Reading team will look to get back to .500 as they visit the Greater Lowell Gryphons today at 3:30 p.m.

The North Reading swim team has started off the season 1-2, but it will aim to move back to .500 as it travels to Greater Lowell Tech for a match-up against the Gryphons at 3:30 p.m. today. The Hornets first loss came against Maconomet on Dec. 9, where the Sachems took a 68-34 victory. Captains Ryan Bachur and Chris Cullity managed first-place finishes in the meet, with Cullity in the 500 freestyle and Bachur in both the 200 freestyle and 100-fly races. The 200 medley relay team of Talia Coroniti, Bachur, Cullity and Tyler Stanieich also took first place at the meet. The team got its first win of the season in the next meet; a 97-70 win against Manchester-Essex on Dec. 16. North Reading saw more swimmers emerge victorious, and the Coroniti…

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