Local sports roundup
Mid-Wachusett League bestows All-Star honors on 114 area athletes
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
Region - Area schools were well represented in the recentlyreleased list of the Mid-Wachusett League All-Stars. A look at those honored, by sport:

Boys basketball

Kareem Kalil, Algonquin Regional; Chad Dyer, Nick DiBlasi, Matt Jacobs, Hudson; Andre Beauchamp, Keith Brown, George Jordan, Marlborough; Jose Cruz Jr., Colby Reese, Shrewsbury; Peter Orlando, Westborough.

Jordan was named Most Valuable Player of Mid-Wach B.

Girls basketball

Theresa Logan, Algonquin Regional; Jessie Bryant, Melissa Tobin, Emily Reilly, Marlborough; Erin Kinback, Kelly McKenna, Kelsey Geidyman, Shrewsbury; Annette Kristiansen, Danielle Coffey, Emily Mongeau, Westborough.

Logan was named Most Valuable Player of Mid-Wach A, Kristiansen of Mid-Wach B.

Swimming

Alexis Morin, Ellie Temte, Elyse Venne, Algonquin Regional; Tom Foutsitzis, Shrewsbury; Erin Burton, Mike Burton, Megan Darnley, Meredith Geller, Brendan Kelley, Sam Kurtz, Allison Mahoney, Ally McMenamy, Emily Shufflebarger, Diana Zeng, Westborough.

Boys track

Evan Donadt, Algonquin Regional; Richard Darhrens, Kevin Delaney, Connor Grogan, Jeffrey King, Johnny McDonald, Brian Muller, Luke Doherty- Munro, Derek Pallatino, Zach Schaeffer, Brian Vinciullo, Chris Walker, Hudson; Andrew Oram, Marlborough; Alex Alvarez, Hunter Beckmann, Chris Cote, Jimmy Flynn, Anthony Frissora, Kevin Liang, Jeff Pineda, Ben Tsuda, Shrewsbury; John Birkholz, Jeff Bush, Juan Bustamante, Scott Dooley, Matt Feresten, Connor Nolan, Alex Price, Ryan Ruffing, Greyson Thomas, Josh Tynan, Mark Vanacore, Westborough.

Girls track

Faith Clayton, Tiffany Daley, Kaylee DeVincent, Liz Hegarty, Algonquin Regional; Kristalena Lamore, Laurie Vincuillo, Hudson; Ashley Carressi, Cathy Chude, Alicia DeGisu, Brianna Kunycky, Ally Oram, Lauren Papalia, Chysanthi Regan, Elaine Schmidt, Dessie Stefanova, Kimberly Urena, Cathy Winters, Marlborough; Kathryn Beall, Emily Benjamin, Ashlyn Derosier, Alma Dwumfour, Nicole Laramee, Shrewsbury; Kimmy Arvidson, Kristin Collins, Westborough.

Gymnastics

Rachael Ackley, Rhian Duggan, Amanda Hubley, Emily Rutan, Helen Young, Algonquin Regional; Katelyn Andrews, Patrick DeSouza, Samantha Sawyer, Hudson; Jill Anzalone, Davonta Brown, Marlborough; Lindsey Hullinger, Jess Mushinsky, Kristen Pasquale, Shrewsbury.

Hubley was named Most Valuable Player.

Wrestling

Chris Haudel, Algonquin Regional; Derek Jordan, Pat Ogilvie, Jordan Ware, Hudson; Chris Coehlo, Marlborough.

Cheerleading

Kaeleigh Chartrand, Diane Devoe, Kayla Gill, Hudson; Nancy Basmajy, Dana Gibbons, Bridgette Mentz, Shrewsbury.

Hudson High starts boys, girls

lacrosse teams

The lacrosse era at Hudson High began April 7 when the Hawks girls team played at Fitchburg High. The boys team opened its season April 8 at Assabet Valley Regional.

Both teams will compete as junior varsity teams for two seasons before becoming varsity programs. The boys turnout was so good in fact, 33, that Hawks will also field a freshman boys team this year.

The girls will be coached by Kathy Ekdahl, who also coaches field hockey at the school. The boys teams will be coached by Doug Gold.

Both teams will be self-funded for the first two years by a parent organization that worked in conjunction with Hudson High School Athletic Director Luis Macedo as well as the Hudson Recreation Department. The fund-raising arm of the parent organization is in the process of raising the $18,000 it will take to finance the program this year and next.

The girls team opened its home season April 9 against Oakmont Regional at Riverside Park, while the boys team will open its home season at Riverside Park Tuesday April 15, when it hosts Shrewsbury High. Contact Ken Powers at kpthesportsguy@yahoo.com with your team's sports news.