HAWKS COME FROM BEHIND TO BEAT PROSPECT MNT 7-5 IN 9 INNINGS

Alton, NH.   The Prospect Mountain bats started the game on fire collecting 6 hits and 5 runs off of Jay White in the first 3 innings.  White settled down and shut out Prospect over his last 3 and 2/3 innings on the mound.  The Hawks trailed 5-1 going into the top of the 5th  when Steve Auger got the Hawks going with a walk Nate Greabe reached on a error and after a McManus walk the Hawks scored runs on an RBI single from Jake Nelson and a RBI from Matt McCormack.  In the 6th inning Liam McNicholas stroked a double down the line and scored on another Greabe rbi single.  The 7th inning saw the Hawks tie the game when Colin O'Keefee executed a perfect safety squeeze plating Sam Bonifant.  In the top of the 9th the Hawks pushed 2 runs across RBI singles by Steve Auger and Nate Greabe.  Sam Bonifant came in to pitch in the bottom of the 7th and pitched 2 1/3 innings to pick up the win.  The Hawks had 36 chances in the field and did not make an error.  Nate Greabe went 3-6 with 2 rbi's, Steve Auger and Jake Nelson also had 2 hits each.

MCMANUS'S AND HAWKS' BATS COME ALIVE

Sam McManus collected 3 hits including a double and a rbi and Matt McCormack went 2-3 with a double and 3 rbi's.  Steve Auger (2-3) double and  an rbi and Sam Bonifant  had a hit and 2 rbi's to help lead an 11 hit Hawk attack.  Bonifant went the distance on the mound earning the win while giving up 7 hits and striking out 1 in 5 innings of work.  He finished the outing throwing 52 pitches.

HAWKS WIN BATTLE AT SOMERSWORTH 6-4

The Hawks struck for 2 runs in the 1st inning but saw a Somersworth 3 run homer in the bottom of the 1st. Trailing 3-2, the Hawks scored the tieing run in the top of the 3rd when Jake Nelson collected his 2nd hit of the game with an rbi single plating Nate Greabe.  The score stayed 3-3 until the Hawks scored 3 runs in the 6th with 2 outs. The rally started when Jay White struck out but reached 1st base when the ball got past the catcher.  Frankie Beane had a basehit into centerfield and Steve Auger hit a double over the left fielders head to score both pinch runner Liam McNicholas and Frankie Beane.  In the bottom of the 6th White allowed a Somersworth Homerun but completed the inning leaving the mound with a 6-4 lead.  Sam Bonifant came in and struck out 3 hitters in the bottom of the 7th.  Highlights on the day, Jake Nelson had 3 of the Hawks 6 hits and the team make 0 errors for the game.  Hawks play Campbell Monday 

GREABE HELPS LEAD HAWK TO 12th VICTORY

Senior, Nate Greabe went 3-5 at the plate knocking in 4 rbi's and had a perfect day in the field recording 5 assist as the Hawks rolled past a depleated Derryfield squad 16-0.  Liam McNicholas picked up the win on the mound pitching 4 scoreless innings striking out 4 while walking only 1.  Harry Legier went 2-2 with 2 rbi's and pitched the final inning in relief.  Steve Auger reached base all 3 times hitting a triple and scoring 3 times.  Matt Gleason had a hit and 2 rbi's and finally, Anthony Andrew also collected his first varsity hit.  Hawks travel to Somersworth Friday.

AUGER AND HAWKS HAVE BIG DAY

Hawks 9 Bow 2

Steve Auger got the Hawks going in his first at bat ripping a single down the left field line and scored moments later on a rbi double by Jake Nelson.  Auger finished the day 2-3 with a double, 2 HBP, 3 Stolen bases and 2 runs scored.  The junior also recorded 7 put outs in the field to go along with an assist.  Nelson also collected 2 hits and a rbi.  Sam Bonifant pitched 7 strong innings and went 2-3 at the plate with an rbi.  Finally, Colin O'Keeffe had a key hit and two rbi's in the 4th inning to help the Hawks break open a close game.  The Hawks improve to 11-1 and travel to Manchester Wednesday to face Derryfield. 

HAWKS SHUT OUT SOMERSWORTH 8-0

Sam Bonifant needed only 69 pitches to blank the Toppers in 7 innings.  The southpaw recorded 4 strikeouts and walked none while giving up only 1 hit.  On the offensive end Matt McCormack had the big day going 3 for 3 at the plate and collecting 4 rbi's.  Jake Nelson was 2-3 with an rbi and Sam McManus reached base and scored  3 times.  The defense was solid as the infield recorded 14 assist.  Hawks improve to 10-1 and will play Bow, Monday.

HAWKS BEAT FARMINGTON 5-1

Sam McManus pitched 5 strong 3 hit innings striking out 4 and picking up his 3rd win of the season. Liam McNicholas pitched the 6th and 7th innings setting down all 6 batters to record the save.  At the plate Matt McCormack collected 2 hits and had 4 stolen bases on the afternoon while sophomore pinch hitter Wes Rose had a huge 2 rbi double in the 7th inning to help secure the win.  Nate Greabe played well defensively and also had a big double and 2 runs scored.

White and Hawks defense shut down PM 4-0

Hopkinton, April 30th.. Senior Jay White needed only 80 pitches to pick up shis 3rd win of the season as he shutout Prospect Mountain.  Allowing only 4 hits and 1 walk, White stayed ahead of the hitters all day.  The Hawk defense played steady baseball with the outfield recording 8 put outs and the infield recording the other 13 putouts.  At the plate the Hawks scored all 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th behind an RBI walk by Steve Auger, RBI single by Jake Nelson and a 2 RBI single by Harry Legier.  Hawks improve to 8-1 and will travel to Farmington Wednesday.

HAWKS BEAT MASCENIC AT BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

Cooperstown, NY.. The Hawks came out swinging Saturday afternoon, scoring a pair of runs in the top of the first and another in the second to give senior southpaw ace Sam Bonifant all the runs he would need as Hopkinton won going away 7-1 over Mascenic.  The Hawks added a single run in the 4th and then scored 3 in the top of the 7th to break a good game open.  Bonifant cruised for most of the game striking out 6, walking 1, and giving up only 5 hits on the day.  Nate Greabe had a hand defensively in turning 2 double plays and recorded 3 putouts and 3 assist on the afternoon.  At the plate, Bonifant went 2-3 with 2 rbi's, Colin O;Keeffe continues to hit the ball going 2-3 with a sac bunt and a rbi and Jake Nelson had the big hit in the 7th a 2 rbi triple.  Hawks improve to 7-1 and will play home Monday vs Prospect Mountain (6-1).

HOPKINTON 11  NEWPORT 0 

Nate Greabe, Sam McManus and Jake Nelson each reached base 3 times in 5 innings and the Hawks scored runs in each of thier 4  at bats as they blanked the Tigers 11-0.  Greabe ended up 3-3 with an rbi, McManus had a rbi double and 2 walks and Nelson went 2-3 reached on an error and hit a 3 run homer in the bottom of the 4th to help the Hawks 10 run the Tigers.  Sam Bonifant faced 16 Newport batters striking out 7 and Jay White pitched the 5th.  Hawks improve to 6-1 and will now travel to the Baseball Hall of Fame to play Mascenic at Double Day Park Saturday at 5pm.

HAWKS DOWN FARMINGTON 8-1

With senior pitching ace Sam Bonifant a question mark for the Hawks, Liam McNicholas was called upon to pitch his first varsity start. The sophomore delievered  turning in a gem facing 20 Farmington batters allowing only 1 hit (a homerun in the 4th) while striking out 3.  McNicholas got tired in the top of the 6th walking 3 of the 4 hitters he faced but got a double play ball and finished his outing pitching 5 2/3 innings. Bonifant did come in to relieve McNicholas and struck out 3 of the 5 batters he faced. 

On the offensive end, Colin O'Keeffe collected 3 hits while knocking in 2 rbi's.  McNicholas and Bonifant also had 2 hits each.  The Hawks led 3-1 going into the bottom of the 4th when Auger hit a ball into left for a single and Jake Nelson got on base by a droped pop up.  Senior Matt Gleason was asked to bunt and got down a perfect ball to advance both runners in front of O'Keeffe's 1 out 2 rbi single that helped seal the win. Hawks play Tuesday home vs Newport at NOON.

Campbell lead 2-0 on 1 hit through 5 innings while their Ace, Connor Sahlin was throwing a no-hitter at the Hawks.  With 2 outs in the top of the 6th Nate Greabe walked and with a 3-2 count on Sam McManus, Sahlin   tryed to sneak another fastball by the All-State player and McManus hit an absolute bomb to right center (Campbell Coach Jim Gorham said "it is the longest homerun he has ever seen hit to that part of the Cougar park)  Sahlin lost his composure for a second and hit Matt McCormack but picked him off of 1st base 3 pitches later to kill the rally.  In the bottom of the sixth inning Hopkinton ace Sam Bonifant had his own gem going, allowing only 1 hit and 2 runs, Campbell got their second hit between to flyouts.  Jay White just missed doubling off a Cougar runner at 1st that would have ended the inning but it didn't happen and Campbell went wild at the plate.  The next 6 Campbell hitters collected hits off of Bonifant including a 2 run homer and a 3 run homer, after a walk and another double Bonifant left the game giving up 9 hits and 11 runs.  Give Campbell credit, other than the first homerun that just got over the Campbell wall in left (routine flyball) the rest of their hits were well stroked.  Joe MacDonald came in for Bonifant and after surrendering a walk and a double got a strike out to end the inning.  Hawks went quietly in the 7th.  Hopkinton is now 2-1 and plays Kearsarge Monday.

Sam McManus threw 4 innings and Harry Legier pitched the last 2 to combine on a No-Hitter over Bow.  The Hawks came out swinging collecting 5 doubles in the game to go with 8 singles and scored 11 runs.  Steve Auger played well both in the field as well as at the plate knocking in a pair of runs.  Nate Greabe, Colin O'Keeffe and Matt McCormack also finished with two hits each.  Liam McNicholas had a two rbi double in the second and scored 3 runs. Hawks are now 2-0.

PARENTS MEET THE COACHES

SUNDAY MARCH 18th 7pm HHS CAFE

VARSITY AND JV TRYOUTS MARCH 19TH ON FIELD.

3:00-5:45pm

           If weather doesn't cooperate tryouts will be held in gym.                           Freshman and sophomores 6:15-8:00pm

Juniors and Seniors 8:00-9:30pm

The quarter-finals were not kind to the Hawks as they lost for the third time this season to Somersworth 13-1.  Junior Sam McManus had a hard time getting ahead of Somersworth batters allowing 5 runs (4 earned) in the first 2 innings and Junior Jay White gave up 2 solo homeruns in the 3rd and 4th innings.  Trailing 7-1 after 5 Somersworth exploaded for 3 homeruns and 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th to win the game.  Offensively freshman Jake Nelson knocked in the only Hawk run with a sacrifice fly in the second.  Jay White, Sam McManus, Colin O'Keeffe, Steve Auger and Nate Greabe each connected for 1 hit on the afternoon.  The Hawks return 16 players next season so the future looks bright.

Somersworth moves on to play Winnisquam in the State Semi-Finals 

HAWK ALUMNI BASEBALL GAME

SUNDAY, MAY 29th

2:00pm

Hope to see everyone for another successful alumni game, the first 20 to arrive will receive an alumni baseball t-shirt.

Sam McManus was on his game this afternoon at Merchant Auto Stadium home of the New Hampshire Fishercats.  The junior pitcher went 2-3 at the plate with 2 rbi's and a stolen base.  On the mound he pitched 7 complete innings striking out 11 and walking only 2.  The right hander allowed only 2 hits and no earn runs..

The Hawks trailed 2-0 early and cut the lead in half with a McManus rbi single in the third inning.  Jimmy Angell led off the inning by getting hit by a pitch, Matt Gleason layed down a nice sacrifice bunt and Nate Greabe moved Angell over to 3rd with a ball hit to the right side.  McManus then pulled a 1-1 pitch over the 1st basemans head to plate Angell.

In the 5th inning the Hawks scored the tieing run as well as the winning run when Nate Greabe got hit by a pitch and went to 2nd on a wild pitch.  McManus once again had a hard rbi single up the middle and then stole 2nd base.  After a wild pitch Sam Bonifant hit a ball to the right side allowing McManus to score the winning run.

The Hawks play Campbell Monday in Litchfield at 4pm.

Bow beat the Hawks 3-1 despite the Hawks outhitting the Falcons 6-4.  Bow took advantage of 2 unearned runs and road the strong pitching perforance of Jordan Shobash (8 k's 1 bb).  For the Hawks Sam McManus pitched a great game giving up only 4 hits but walking 6 and hitting 1.  At the plate McManus went 2-3 with an rbi and Frankie Beane also collected 2 hits.  Other hits for the Hawks were Nate Greabe and Steve Auger.  Colin O'Keeffe played well defensively for the Hawks.

MOTHER'S DAY BREAKFAST

AT THE ODD FELLOW'S

ON PARK AVE.

6am-10am

ALL YOU CAN EAT... ADULTS $6.00

          STUDENTS $3.00

HAWK SHIRTS ON SALE

The Hawk bats were silent for most of the game (only 3 hits) and the execution was also lacking at times (3 errors).  Colin O'Keeffe was the only Hawk to get a hit off of the Somerworth starter while both Jimmy Angell and Joe MacDonald each had hits in the 7th inning off a Somersworth reliever.  Somersworth took advantage of an error 2 walks and 3 well placed balls in the first inning to take a 5-0 lead off of starter Sam Bonifant (all 5 runs were unearned)  Somersworth scored single runs in the 3rd, 4th and 5innings.  Jay White came in to pitch the 6th and 7th innings striking out 3.  Hawks look to get back on track next Monday at Prospect Mountain.

PLAY BALL!!

VARSITY HAWKS OPEN THE 2011 SEASON AT HOME vs HILLSBORO 4PM

JUNIOR VARSITY AT HILLSBORO 4PM

HAWK

POT LUCK BANQUET

MONDAY JUNE 14th

6PM @ St. Methodios Center (Off of Pine Street) 

Same place as the Basketball Banquet

8, 9, 10TH  GRADERS  HOT DISH

11TH & 12TH GRADERS  COLD DISH (Salads)

Coaches Deserts 

HAWKS HEADED TO FINAL FOUR

WEDNESDAY JUNE 9th 4:00PM

@MEMORIAL FIELD, CONCORD

#3 HOPKINTON vs #2 WINNISQUAM

Alumni Game

Sunday May 30th

2pm

Pass the word, Varsity vs Alumni

Send Coach Chase an email if you plan to attend: 4chaseteam@comcast.net

10th year anniversity of the last State Champs!! Hope to see everyone back. 

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DINNER IN THE DEN

HAWKS (VARSITY AND JV PLAYERS) WILL DINE IN THE DEN AT THE FISHERCATS GAME ON THURSDAY, MAY 13th vs THE PORTLAND SEADOGS. 

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR TICKETS TO THE GAME, CONTACT A HAWK PLAYER.  GOOD SEATS ONLY $5.00.

PLAN ON JOINING THE ODD FELLOWS FOR MOTHERS DAY BREAKFAST. SUNDAY MAY 9th 7am-10am AT THE ODD FELLOWS ON PARK AVE.  BRING MOM AND ENJOY BREAKFAST.

ADULTS $6.00  CHILDREN $3.50  ALL YOU CAN EAT!!

WE WILL ALSO BE SELLING HAWK HATS AND T-SHIRTS.

HOPKINTON vs DERRYFIELD POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER

MAKE UP TUESDAY, MAY 25th AT FISHERCAT STADIUM  4PM

Check out the link above to read about former Hawk Dave Brandt and the week he had helping lead Castleton State College.

TEAM                  PLAYER            AVG.   GP/GS     AB    R   H   2B  3B   HR  RBI  SB

CASTLETON      DAVID BRANDT    .417  29/29   96   26  40  6    1     0      20   20-21

WENTWORTH   JAKE MCMANUS  .368   24/24   76   17  28  4    1     0      12      4-5

2010 All-TCCC Baseball Team

2010 ALL-TCCC BASEBALL TEAM

FIRST TEAM

C - Brad Hawn, Curry, Junior
1B - Joe Griglun, Western New England, Senior
2B - Jake McManus, Wentworth, Junior
3B - Chris Hartery, Colby-Sawyer, Senior
SS - Alexander Melcher, Salve Regina, Junior
OF - Riley Diaz, Salve Regina, Senior
OF - Jeff Scafidi, Anna Maria, Sophomore
OF - Tim Sweeney, Curry, Senior
DH - Tony Luciani, Curry, Senior
P - Cory Moore, Curry, Senior
P - Benjamin Petrides, Endicott, Sophomore
P - Matt Rogers, Western New England, Senior
P - Chris Sandini, Wentworth, Senior

HAWKS vs HILLCATS

SNOWED/RAINED OUT

MAKE UP

THURSDAY, APRIL 29TH

11am

PARENTS MEETING:

MEET THE COACHES

THURSDAY MARCH 18TH 7PM IN THE CAFE OR GYM

HAWKS WILL PLAY MASCENIC

AT

DOUBLE DAY PARK, COOPERSTOWN, NY

HOME OF THE BASEBALL OF A FAME

5/3/2010  1:30pm