WINDHAM—The Game of the Year lived up to the hype. Did it ever. Windham 3 Cheverus 1 C- 100 000 0- 1 4 2 W- 000 120 x- 3 3 1 Top 1st Lamontagne singled to center, Cassidy scored.
Bottom 4th Gerry scored on wild pitch Bottom 5th K. Kimball homered to left, K. Kimball scored.
Harvie stole home. Multiple hits: C- Lamontagne Runs: C- Cassidy W- Gerry, Harvie, K. Kimball RBI: C- Lamontagne W- K.
Kimball Double: C- Lamontagne Home run:: W- K. Kimball Stolen bases: W- Harvie 2 Left on base: C- 7 W- 1 DeRoche and Napolitano Aberle; Gerry and Jarvais. C: DeRoche (L) 6 IP 3 H 3 R 1 ER 1 BB 12 K 1 WP W: Gerry (W) 7 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 3 BB 14 K Time: 1:39 And softball fans can only hope they’ll be an encore next month in the regional final.
Friday afternoon, undefeated Cheverus traveled to Windham to meet the defending Class A state champions and not surprisingly, an epic ensued. One that featured transcendent pitching, breathtaking plays in the field and one giant swing of the bat. The Stags got off to a fast start in the top of first inning, as senior shortstop Kelsey Cassidy drew a walk off Eagles senior ace Brooke Gerry, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, then raced home on a single from sophomore centerfielder Hailey Lamontagne.
With freshman phenom Addison DeRoche, who entered the game not having surrendered a single run all season, on the mound, Cheverus had to like its chances and for three innings, the Stags managed to preserve their 1-0 advantage. But Gerry led off the botto.