Top Greater Taunton H.S. sports performers for April 29-May 5

Another week of the spring high school sports season is upon us in the Greater Taunton area.

Last week, a Taunton freshman and a Dighton-Rehoboth senior continued their hot streaks at the plate in softball while Taunton baseball earned a solid win over Attleboro, Dighton-Rehoboth baseball held off a resurgent Apponequet squad, a few local relay teams scored wins at the MSTCA Relays, including a new school record time, a Dighton-Rehoboth girls lacrosse player reached a career milestone, Taunton boys lacrosse earned a non-league win over New Bedford and Bridgewater-Raynham boys and girls tennis both swept Brockton.

Here's a look at all of the stats, scores and highlights from the last few days of April and the first few days of May.

Monday

Baseball

Christopher Wallace led the way at the plate for Taunton (10-3, 8-1 Hockomock League), going 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI as the Tigers beat Oliver Ames 5-4 at home in Hockomock action. Jared Spencer went 1-for-2 with a run and a pair of RBIs while Dwayne Burgo went 1-for-3 with a pair of runs, Caden Lindskog went 1-for-3 with a run and Andrew Cali went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Johnny Escobalez earned the win, going four innings giving up three runs (two earned) on a pair of hits and four walks while striking out three. Ryan Crowley went an inning in relief giving up a run on a pair of hits and a walk while Tyler Lacerda tossed the final two shutout innings striking out two.

Tyler Cattoggio led the way at the plate for Bridgewater-Raynham (5-6, 2-2 Southeast Conference), going 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and four RBIs off a pair of home runs as the Trojans beat New Bedford 8-1 at home in SEC action. Bobby Quill went 3-for-3 with a pair of runs and an RBI while Ryan Mahoney went 1-for-3 with a pair of runs. Jack Ritchie earned the win for B-R after going six shutout innings giving up three hits and a pair of walks while striking out three. Vincent Tavares tossed the final inning giving up a run on a hit and three walks.

Kyle Weldon led the way for Bristol-Plymouth (3-6, 3-2 Mayflower Athletic Conference), going all eight innings giving up four runs (three earned) on five hits and a pair of walks while striking out three and went 1-for-3 with an RBI as the Craftsmen fell 4-1 to East Bridgewater at home in eight innings of non-league action. Antonio Cirino went 2-for-3 at the plate while Jamari Harris went 0-for-1 with a run and three walks.

Softball

Bella Bourque led the way at the plate for Taunton (10-0, 8-0 Hockomock), going 1-for-4 with a pair of runs, including scoring the walk-off run off a past ball as the Tigers beat Bishop Feehan 4-3 at home in eight innings of non-league action. Aniyah Bailey went 1-for-2 with a run and an RBI while Madison Crowley went 2-for-3 with an RBI and Brooke Aldrich went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Sam Lincoln earned the win after going all eight inning giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out 14.

Chloe Martin was the losing pitcher while Maddy DeLano hit an RBI double as Bridgewater-Raynham (5-4, 2-1 SEC) as the Trojans fell 10-4 to New Bedford on the road in SEC action.

Aubrey Mabrouk led the way for Bristol-Plymouth (5-4, 3-1 MAC), going four innings giving up four unearned runs on four hits while striking out five and went 1-for-2 at the plate as the Craftsmen fell 7-0 to Greater Lowell Tech at home in non-league action. Jessica Slavick went 1-for-3 while Gabrianna Arrighi tossed the final three innings giving up three runs (two earned) on a pair of hits and three walks while striking out five.

Cam Cloonan led the way for Dighton-Rehoboth (9-2, 5-2 South Coast Conference), going 3-for-4 with a home run, four runs and three RBIs as the Falcons beat Greater New Bedford 13-3 at home in SCC action. Caleigh Cloonan went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and three RBIs while Lucy Latour went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and an RBI and Skye Harrison went 2-for-2 with a pair of runs. Edy Latour earned the win for D-R after going all seven innings giving up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and three walks while striking out six.

Boys Lacrosse

Taunton (2-7, 1-6 Hockomock) fell 16-1 to North Attleboro at home in Hockomock action.

Bristol-Plymouth (5-4, 4-4 MAC) beat Westport 13-2 on the road in MAC action.

Girls Lacrosse

Maddi Szala led the way for Taunton (0-8, 0-7 Hockomock) with five goals and three assists as the Tigers fell 13-9 to North Attleboro on the road in Hockomock action. Cali Melo had a pair of goals, a pair of assists and eight draws while Taryn Campbell had a a pair of goals, an assist and eight draws, Talia O'Leary and Kassidy Ferrarese each recorded an assist and Olivia Espada made five saves.

Emma Ericson led the way for Bristol-Plymouth (3-5, 3-4 MAC) with seven goals, three assists and three draws as the Craftsmen beat Bristol Aggie 14-4 at home in MAC action. Rachael Spooner had a pair of goals while Sabrina Wolfe, Aubrey Duprey, Addie Melusky, Kelsie Farrah and Sophia Jacobs all found the back of the net and Nevaeh McGuire recorded an assist.

Bristol-Plymouth's Emma Ericson cradles the ball during a Mayflower Athletic Conference game against Bristol Aggie.
Bristol-Plymouth's Emma Ericson cradles the ball during a Mayflower Athletic Conference game against Bristol Aggie.

Boys Tennis

Taunton (0-8, 0-7 Hockomock) fell 3-2 on the road to Oliver Ames in Hockomock action.

Bridgewater-Raynham (2-5, 2-1 SEC) fell 4-1 to Falmouth at home in non-league action.

Girls Tennis

Morgan Smith won second singles 4-6, 6-1, 10-5 while Ava Alves won third singles 6-0, 6-0, the duo of Janelle Garcia and Ava Olivadesa won first doubles 6-1, 6-4 and the duo of Caroline Pietnik and Sam Parrett won second doubles 6-4, 6-0 as Taunton (6-2, 5-2 Hockomock) beat Oliver Ames 4-1 at home in Hockomock action.

Nicole Kimball won first singles 6-1, 6-0 while the duo of Lily Cooley and Tamia McQueen won first doubles 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 and the duo of Chloe Nichols and Selena Georgakopolos won second doubles 7-5, 6-2 as Bridgewater-Raynham (6-2, 3-0) beat Falmouth 3-2 on the road in non-league action.

Dighton-Rehoboth (1-5, 1-3 SCC) fell 3-2 to Wareham on the road in non-league action.

Boys Volleyball

Dantae Bauer led the way for Taunton (3-8) with 16 assists while Syre Duverna had eight kills, Travis Johnson had six kills and Maddox Chaves had four digs as the Tigers beat Attleboro 3-0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-15) at home.

Yasiel Rodriguez led the way for Dighton-Rehoboth (7-4, 6-2 Tri-Valley League) with 35 assists while Ian Hoskins had 17 kills and Connar Dexter had 10 blocks as the Falcons fell 3-2 (25-17, 25-27, 12-25, 25-15 and 13-15) to Bellingham on the road in TVL action.

Taunton Daily Gazette sports reporter Cameron Merritt can be reached at cmerritt@tauntongazette.com. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @CamMerritt_News. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to the Taunton Daily Gazette today.

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