06/11/08
By
Chris Hrenko
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Harwood
High’s track and golf teams have earned podium spots in the state
playoffs, while the softball and baseball teams continue to fight for a
championship. Baseball
and softball semifinals had been scheduled for Tuesday, but a rainstorm
postponed them to Wednesday afternoon — after the Waterbury Record went
to press. Fifth-seeded Harwood lacrosse suffered a tough loss to No. 4 Hartford in the boys’ lacrosse quarterfinals on Friday. Track and field In
girls’ track, Harwood was Division II state runner-up. With 97 points,
the Highlanders finished behind Fair Haven (131) in the championship
meet on Saturday. “They
really couldn’t have done any better than they did,” said Harwood track
coach Taggert Haslam, who was very pleased with the girls’ second place
performance. “That’s where they were seeded. We thought we might have a
chance against Fair Haven, but they had a couple of horses that were
just too strong for us.” Fair
Haven’s Ashley Brown had something to do with that; she won all four of
her events — the 100-meter dash, the 200, 100-meter hurdles and long
jump. The
Fair Haven sprinters and throwers were tough as usual. Kelly Foster won
her third straight title in the discus, and also won the shot put.
Harwood’s Heather Cutler, Claire Miller and Kacey Kerrigan took third
through fifth behind Foster in the discus, and Kayla Dillon was third
in the shot put. The
boys finished third overall with 91 points, only three points behind
second-place Bellows Falls (94 points) and not far behind winner
Windsor (105). Going
scoreless in the jump events was a key factor. If Harwood had a
pole-vault pit, it very well could have made the difference. “We
didn’t have the jumpers that Windsor and Bellows Falls have. We don’t
even have a pole-vault pit,” said Haslam. “It’s like we’re competing
with 18 events against everyone else with 19 events.” Harwood
highlights included Eamon Welter’s win the 800-meter run and second
place in the 1,500. Zach Pfister returned from an injury to win the
110-meter hurdles and placed third in the 300-meter hurdles. |