ORR winter sports are winding down, and athletes are starting to prepare for their spring sports. Within the next few weeks, the spring track, tennis, lacrosse, baseball, and softball teams will begin preseason to prepare for their respective games and meets. Here is a look at the winter sports with athletes still competing.
Old Rochester Girls Track – The Girls 4×200 meter team – composed of Paige Santos, Morgan DaSilva, Ally Saccone and Hannah Walsh – traveled to New York for Nationals where, unfortunately, they were disqualified for a bad handoff. Nevertheless, with Walsh and Saccone currently juniors and Santos and DaSilva, sophomores, we will most definitely be seeing more of these athletes at this level in the future.
Saccone also excelled on an individual level at Nationals running a time of 8.85 seconds in the 60 meter Hurdles. She set a new record for ORR and placed 18th, which moved her onto the semifinals. She is now the 16th fastest female hurdler in the United States and the third fastest high school Hurdler in Massachusetts’s history. Congratulations, Ally!
Old Rochester Hockey – The team’s record stands at 12-3-6 overall and 9-1 in the SCC – good enough to make them SCC Conference co-champs along with Bourne High School.
On a more individual level, Senior Max Sherman had been selected to play in the Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association High School All-Star Classic, which is hosted by the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League and will be played at the DCU Center in Worcester. He is one of 46 players in the state of Massachusetts chosen to participate, and he will be skating for the South All-Star team.
By India Krawczyk