Baseball
2006 Record 6-9
Coach John Eisenhart
Highlight “Seeing young players mature and develop.”
Seniors Mike Nicholas, Stefan Hamilton and Alex Welch
Awards Coaches Award: Stefan Hamilton; Blazes Ballplayer Award: Mike Nicholas; Gold Glove: Alex Welch
Coach’s Comment This year’s team was a great group of kids with very supportive parents. They were a coachable, hard working group. Our seniors were great teammates and very unselfish. This allowed our younger players to play a lot and gain experience.
Magic Number 450: Junior Adam Hamilton’s batting average. Our only returning player from last year’s Western Maine championship team, Hamilton won the Telegram League batting title. He was selected to the All-SMAA first team in the outfield and All-SMAA defensive team.
Softball
2006 Record 2-14
Coach Steve Vowell
Highlight “In the last four games of the season we turned our program around. We came together as a team and started playing the game the way it should be played.”
Seniors Brittany Keats and Kate Cottrell
Awards Coaches’ Choice Infielder Award: Cynthia Wescott; Coaches’ Choice Outfielder Award: Christina Pettis; Leadership Award: Ali Stauble, Kate Cottrell, Susie Stauble; “ALL” Award (All you’ve got, Love of the game, Leave it on the field Award): Olivia Hebert
Coach’s Comment “Sixteen games is a short season. We were just getting to know each other. Once we started hitting our stride, the season was over. The team came so far and learned so much. It was very impressive.”
Magic Number 4: The last stretch of games where we turned our season around.
Boys Tennis
2006 Record 12-3
Coach Tim Gillis
Highlight “After losing to Gorham, we won seven straight matches to win the league’s regular season title.”
Seniors Kevin Lessard, Spencer Carson and John Hilton
Awards MVP: Eben Perkins; Most Improved: John Hilton; Coach’s Award: Kevin Lessard
Coach’s Comment “We were not expected to do as well as we did. I’m very impressed with the way the kids are approaching the game, playing summer tennis in order to improve. They have a positive attitude, and they are learning to strike a balance each point between being hard on themselves and being arrogant.”
Magic Number 7: The number of wins we finished the regular season with, giving us the number two seed going into the state tournament.
Girls Tennis
2006 Record 6-7
Coach Mike Makin
Highlight “Coming back to beat Marshwood in the playoffs, avenging a regular season loss to them.”
Seniors Danielle Waldron and Kristina Shavirov
Awards Number one player: EmJay Williams; Coach’s Award: Danielle Waldron and Kristina Shavirov
Coach’s Comment “We’re looking forward to next year. Everybody will be returning, except for two seniors, and we’ll have a lot of good players.”
Magic Number 5: The number of consecutive matches we had to play indoors because of rain.
Girls Track
Coach Beth Murphy
Seniors Meaghan Murphy, Shannon Northrop, Becca Lockwood and Becca McIntrye
Awards Coach’s Award: Jen Robinson; Top Point Scorer: Erin Murphy
Coach’s Comment “We had low numbers, but the talent is young. We’ll have a better season next year.”
Magic Number 16.0: Erin Murphy’s time in the 100-meter hurdles in a meet against Sanford and TA. Murphy was edged out by state champ Drielle Mitchell of Sanford.
Boys Track
2006 Record 10-2 (regular season); Second at Southwesterns and sixth at states
Coach Dave Kahill
Highlight 2nd Place at the Southwestern Championship Meet; three school records:
1) 4x400m – 3:29.25 (Robbie Preston, David Quigley, Erik Born, Alex Baillargeon) at the State Championship Meet;
2) High Jump – David Quigley, 6’2″ (Tie)
3) Pole Vault – John Davis, 13’0″ (Tie)
Seniors Alex Baillargeon, Erik Born, Anthony Dahms, John Davis, Alex Emery, Myles McIlwain, Lance Nicholl, David Quigley, Aaron Tanguay, Patrick Walsh
Awards Blazes Award: Erik Born; MVP/Top Point Scorer: Alex Baillargeon; Most Improved: John Davis; Coach’s Award: David Quigley; SMAA All-Academic Awards: Alex Baillargeon, Erik Born, Patrick Walsh;
SMAA All-Conference Awards: Alex Baillargeon (400m, 1st Team, 51.83; Long Jump, 2nd Team, 20’9.75″; Triple Jump, Honorable Mention, 41’0.5″); Robbie Preston (200m, 2nd Team, 23.37); 4x400m Relay team (2nd Place – Robbie Preston, Shawn Coffill, Erik Born, Alex Baillargeon); David Quigley (High Jump, 2nd Team, 6’2″); John Davis (Pole Vault, Honorable Mention, 12’6″).
Coach’s Comment “Strong senior leadership led the team through an exceptional season. The team’s outstanding regular season and championship meet performances were a direct result of the boys’ camaraderie, focus, work ethic, competitiveness and pride in Westbrook track. The underclassmen who the team will look to for leadership next year include Robbie Preston, Shawn Coffill and Corey Luce, Shiquan James, and Will Wescott. (Preston, Luce, and Coffill all scored in the championship meets.)”
Magic Number 10: The number of seniors out of 20 total team members. They all had exceptional attitude, talent, competitiveness and pride. Most of our championship meet point scorers were seniors. (Baillargeon, Born, Davis, Quigley and Walsh).
Girls Lacrosse
2006 Record 1-11
Coach Debbie Henry
Highlight “Overtime win over McAuley and great improvement with each game.”
Seniors Bailey Bedell, Ashley Caron, Ariana DiBiase and Brittany Symbol
Awards Coaches Award: Allie Aceto; Unsung Hero: Ariana DiBiase; Defensive Award: Jalissa Bryant; Rookie of the Year: Emily Wight; Most Improved: Katie MacDonald; SMAA All Academic: Brittany Symbol;
SMAA Honorable Mention Team: Jalissa Bryant and Lauren Sawyer
Coach’s Comment “It was a great season with number of players up from 24 last season to 37 this season. We only graduated four seniors and we’re looking forward to returning talent and enthusiasm. Lauren Sawyer was our leading scorer and will return next season. We had 12 players contribute to the scoring this season. We will return both goalies next season, Katie MacDonald and Brenda Wood. We had terrific athletes, great work ethic and wonderful support from the parents. Our record does not show what a terrific season we had.”
Magic Number 44: The number of goals Lauren Sawyer had.
Boys Lacrosse
2006 Record 0-12
Coach Zachariah Conover
Highlight The team played their best games against Bonny Eagle and Marshwood.
Seniors TJ Kelley, Trevor Jenkins, Joe Moulton, Tyler Butts, Jason Aceto, Nick Thomas, JJ Marcigliano and Chad Cleaves
Awards MVP: JJ Marcigliano; Most Improved: Tyler Butts; Coach’s Award: Chad Cleaves
Coach’s Comment “I am extremely proud my players and I think that we surprised a lot of teams this year with our competitive drive. Though our record does not show it, this year’s team was a better all around lacrosse team than last year. However, we are still in the transition period from a club program to a full varsity program. As our players continue to make the on and off field commitment, and as we continue to learn the game, Westbrook will become a competitive team.”
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