Sports
Box Scores: Strong Start For Brookfield Sports Teams
Girls Volleyball rallies for the win; Boys Cross Country dominates meet while Girls earn split; Girls Soccer scores tough victory; but the Field Hockey team drops its opener.
The Lady Bobcats rallied for a thrilling 3-2 victory to open their season against Housatonic at Brookfield High School (BHS) yesterday. They lost the first two games in tough fashion, falling 25-22 and 26-24, but stormed back winning games three and four 25-20 and 25 -14 to set up the dramatic fifth game 15-13 win.
The team was led by Jamie Bickelhaupt, who had 14 kills, 10 digs, five aces and two blocks. Kathryn Marron added 13 kills, six digs and two blocks while Meghan Heron recorded 18 assists.
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HOUSATONIC 25 26 20 14 13 — 2
BROOKFIELD 22 24 25 25 15 — 3
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RECORDS: Housatonic 0-1; Brookfield 1-0
The boys team dominated its first meet of the year at home by placing 10 runners in the top 11 of the field. Spencer Mannion led all runners with a time of 16:59 and Dan McArdle was second with a time of 18:04.
Finishing fourth through 11th were Ben Lofink (18:04), Collin Lennon (18:40), Jack McKeaver (19:06), Adam Fox (19:07), Chris Peterson (19:20), Jacob Mayerson (19:24) and Tyler Mannion (19:31).
BROOKFIELD 18, IMMACULATE 45; BROOKFIELD 15, NOTRE DAME 50; BROOKFIELD 15, KOLBE-CATHEDRALÂ 50; IMMACULATE 15, NOTRE DAME 50; IMMACULATE 15, KOLBE-CATHEDRAL 50; NOTRE DAME 19, KOLBE-CATHEDRAL 42 (3.04 miles at Brookfield)
The girls team placed four runners in the top 10, but fell to Immaculate in their first meet of the year at home. The Lady Bobcats were led by sophomore Hannah Lyon, who placed fourth with a time of 22:31.
"I was pretty impressed overall and very impressed with my sophomore leading the pack," girls cross country coach Beth Delaney said.
Following Lyon were captain Sam Carlucci with a time of 22:38 (fifth), captain Aileen Tobin with 22:42 (sixth) and Lily Maliszewski with 26:38 (ninth).
IMMACULATE 21, BROOKFIELD 35; IMMACULATE 15, NOTRE DAME 50; IMMACULATE 15, KOLBE-CATHEDRAL 50; BROOKFIELD 15, NOTRE DAME 50; BROOKFIELD 15, KOLBE-CATHEDRAL 50 (at Brookfield)
Note: Kolbe did not enter enough runners to qualify in the standings
The Lady Bobcats scored the only goal of the match in the first half and held on to win their season opener at SWC rival Weston yesterday 1-0.
BROOKFIELD 1 0 — 1
WESTON 0 0 — 0
RECORDS: Brookfield 1-0, 1-0; Weston 0-1, 0-1.
GOALS: BKF — Millar. ASSISTS: BKF — Vetter. SHOTS: BKF — 11; WSN — 4. SAVES: BKF — Vetter: 3; WSN — Hannah Hutchins: 4.
The Lady Bobcats fell 3-1 on the road in their season opener at non-conference foe Watertown.
