Derby Day brings style to Noble Horizons
Rae Etting, left, recipient of the Best Derby Hat award, and Kelly Galgano, scoped out the silent auction items during the Kentucky Derby Social, May 2.
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Best Derby Outfit awards go Carol Overby and Jan Hazard.Debra A. Aleksinas
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Lydia Fleming plays doubles.
Riley Klein
HVRHS came out on top with a team score of 4-3.
In the first singles match, Northwestern’s Keria Mann defeated Housatonic’s Victoria Brooks 6-1, 6-3.
Housatonic’s Eliana Lang won the second singles match 6-4, 6-3 against Northwestern’s Lauren Kacmarcik.
Eliana Lang returns forehand. Riley Klein
Housatonic’s Mia DiRocco won the third singles match 6-4, 1-6, 10-4 against Northwestern’s Willow Byrne.
Housatonic’s Mia Belter won the fourth singles match 6-4, 6-3 against Northwestern’s Mia Zuccaro.
In the first doubles match, Northwestern’s Ava Burrell and Jailyn Rosado defeated Housatonic’s Abby
Perotti and Kate Money 6-3,6-0.
Northwestern’s Hannah Burgo and Allison Cravanzola won the second doubles match 6-1, 6-1 against Housatonic’s Noell Laurry and Lydia Fleming.
Housatonic’s Tess Churchill and Lily McCabe won the third doubles match 6-2, 6-0 over Northwestern’sHarmini Thomas and Kylee Quach.
Travis Barber swings.
Riley Klein
HVRHS started strong. TJ Coon and August Olson reached home in the first inning to give the Mountaineers a 2-0 lead. Northwestern responded with eight runs in the bottom of the first.
The Highlanders consistently extended their lead in the second, third and fourth innings.
Bryce Salmon plays first.Riley Klein
Trailing by a wide margin late in the game, sophomore Nate Young continued to encourage his teammates.
“Let’s get these bats going, boys,” Young said in the dugout before the fifth inning. “We need 23 runs.”
The Mountaineers came out swinging and quickly loaded up the bases. Young, Travis Barber and Ian Thomen crossed the plate before the inning was out to add to HVRHS’s score.
“We almost came back,” Young remarked after the game ended.
Occurring at the same time in Falls Village, the varsity squads for HVRHS and Northwestern were playing. The Highlanders won that game as well, 5-1.
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