The Wilmington High baseball team fell short of qualifying for the state tournament.
But the Wildcats ended their 2023 season on a high note Monday by capturing the championship of the Dick Scanlon Memorial Tournament on their home field with a thrilling 5-4 win over Pentucket Regional.
Austin Harper earned tournament MVP honors. He was the winning pitcher in the championship game and showed fortitude by going the distance after a tough start. He allowed four runs in the top of the first but then put up six zeroes.
Wilmington rallied by scoring twice in the first and then tallying three runs in the fourth to edge Pentucket.
Center fielder Eric Spinney went 2-for-3, drove in a run and scored a run. Second baseman Brett Ebert went 1-for-3 with an RBI, while left fielder Michael Dynan went 1-for-1 and also drove in a run.
Harper finished with six strikeouts, walked two and scattered seven hits in going the distance.
The championship was especially gratifying for Wilmington head coach Matt McManus, who played at WHS under Scanlon. Also named to the all-tournament team were Mike Monteforte, Jacob Spinney and Aydan Balter.
Boys lacrosse
Dracut 13, Andover 10: The Middies closed out an outstanding regular season with an impressive MVC victory. Dracut will enter the state tournament with a 14-4 record.
Boys tennis
Bedford 8, BG 1: The Cardinals fell in the semifinal round of the NHIAA Division 1 tournament. No. 1 singles player Nick Xie capped his tremendous season by winning 8-6.
College baseball
White to NCAA’s: Having taken care of business in the America East tournament, Nick White and the University of Maine baseball team knew they were headed to the big dance.
Now, the Black Bears know exactly they’ll be heading for the NCAA Regionals.
Maine will be in the Coral Gables Regional, squaring off with No. 9 Miami on Friday, with Texas and Louisiana joining the Black Bears and Hurricanes in the group.
The Black Bears earned their first trip to the tournament since 2011 with a 6-1 drubbing of Binghamton on Saturday. White, a North Middlesex Regional grad and former Leominster American Legion Post 151 standout, went 2-for-3 with a run scored in the win.
In three America East tourney games, White was 5-for-12, with a home run, three RBI and a run scored. His efforts led to the Pepperell native being named to the America East All-Tournament team.
Eramo honored: Fitchburg State senior Vinny Eramo (Shirley) was rnamed to the 2023 D3 Baseball All-Region team as announced by D3 Baseball.com.
Eramo led all Falcon honorees after being named to the D3 Baseball.com All-Region (Region 2) First Team.
Eramo picks up his first All-Region accolade, rewriting the Falcons record book after concluding the 2023 campaign with a .395 batting average with 58 hits, 11 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs, 37 runs scored, 55 RBI, 18 walks and 13 steals.
He set the Falcons’ single-season records for RBI, home runs and total bases as well as setting the school’s program record career home runs (22) and total bases in a career with 280. He was also selected to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) All-Conference First Team.
Summer baseball
Billerica Lou Thompkins will hold tryouts for summer baseball teams on Sunday, June 4 at 5 p.m. at the Locke baseball fields for 18 and under, 15 and under and 13 and under teams. Contact Brian Roberts for more information: bkrobers1@gmail.com or at Billerica Little League by calling (978) 670-1549.
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