Baseball
Coach: Todd Day
2006 record: 10-6, lost in the Western Class B quarterfinals
Season highlight: Winning seven straight games.
Seniors graduating: Drake Livada, Kyle Dancause, Liam O’Shea, Kevin Martin, Mike Kertes, Spencer Marcuse, Kyle Toot, Thomas Barker, Sammy Chabani and Jon Butterworth
Awards: MVP: Drake Livada
Coach’s comment: “It was a roller coaster season, including seven straight wins. We had a great preliminary-round performance and excellent pitching all season.”
Magic number: 10 The number of seniors on the team who graduated.
Softball
Coach: Joe Henrikson
2006 record: 17-3; Lost in the Class B state final, 8-6
Season highlight: Winning the Western Maine title
Seniors graduating: Whitney Legge and Rachel Budcowitcz
Awards: MVPs: Jackie Moran and Colleen Martin; Coach’s Award: Maureen Kertes
Coach’s comment: “Kids were tough to beat.”
Magic number: 2 The number of times Cape lost to Greely before finally beating them, 10-0, in the Western Class B championship game
Boys Lacrosse
Coach: Ben Raymond
2006 record: 7-5, lost in the Western Class B finals
Seniors graduating: Evan Bagley, Chris Burton, Matt Allen, Dave Gardiner, Nate Gray, Alex Moran, Ryan Hatch and Matt Homa
Awards: MVP: Evan Bagley; Coach’s Award: Evan Bagley
Coach’s comment: “This was a strong team that fought through a lot of adversity. It was an up and down year, but we continued to improve and get better as the season went on.”
Girls Lacrosse
Coach: Sarah Kinsella
2006 record: 6-7, lost in the first round of the Western Class B tournament
Season highlight: Beating Greely
Seniors graduating: Cary Rapaport, Caty Smith, Sarah Landis, Hanna Landis, Emma Hanson, Grace Needleman, Alice Evans and Erin Lamberth
Awards: MVP: Sarah Landis; Coach’s Award: Erin Lamberth
Coach’s comment: “A great group of girls. I will miss all eight seniors, but am looking forward to next season. I’m very proud of what they did this year.”
Magic number: 8 “For the eight awesome girls I am losing to college next year.”
Boys Tennis
Coach: Andy Strout
2006 record: 12-3, lost to Falmouth in the Class B Western Maine finals
Season highlight: Three 3-2 losses to the eventual state champions, Falmouth
Seniors graduating: Joe Tyler, Zach Rioux, Jeremy Falk, Sam Lobosco and Nick Ray
Coach’s comment: “We did what we wanted to do and that one win over Falmouth was in reach, but they were just too tough.”
Magic number: 6 The number of consecutive years the Cape boys tennis team has now made it to the Class B Western Maine Finals
Girls Tennis
Coach: Andy Strout
2006 Record: 9-5, lost in the Class B Western Maine semifinals to Falmouth
Season highlight: “Youth playing a key roll; Amanda and Melissa Slack making it to the round of 16 in the singles tournament.”
Seniors graduating: Mary Katherine Huebner
Coach’s comment: “Watch out for next year if we put in a good summer and winter of work.”
Boys Track
Coach: David Weatherbie
2006 record: 9-3, finished third at the Class B state meet
Season highlight: The third-place performance at the state meet
Seniors graduating: Colman Hatton, Kevin Harrison and Ben Weimont
Awards: MVP: Colman Hatton; Coach’s Award: Ben Weimont
Coach’s comment: “We had a terrific performance at the Class B state meet. This was our first year back in Class B after competing in Class C the past two years. We won a bunch of events, and it was great to see Clare, Dana, Colman, Kevin and Ben leave high school as individual state champions. I very much look forward to 2007 as we are returning several scorers on both teams.”
Girls Track
Coach: David Weatherbie
2006 record: 9-3, finished second at the Class B state meet
Season highlight: The second-place performance at the state meet
Seniors graduating: Clare Egan, Dana Riker and Laura Williamson
Awards: MVP: Clare Egan; Coach’s Award: Dana Riker
Coach’s comment: “We had a terrific performance at the Class B state meet. This was our first year back in Class B after competing in Class C the past two years. We won a bunch of events, and it was great to see Clare, Dana, Colman, Kevin and Ben leave high school as individual state champions. I very much look forward to 2007 as we are returning several scorers on both teams.”
Magic number: 38 The total number of points scored by Clare Egan at the Class B state meet (second in the 1,600, first in the 400, 300 hurdles and 4 x 400 relay).
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