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In the first four minutes of the game the Weston Wildcats came on strong scoring 2 quick goals. Soon after CC’s Payton Vaughn retaliated by scoring off her own rebound, next Cassidy Hale fired a low shot to the corner off an assist from fellow senior Hannah Dudley bringing the score to 2-2. Weston then scored a goal off a quick cut to the middle and Amelia Slade saved a free position shot. Slade helped her team with a 50% save ratio for the half. Briana Stout kept CC in game by forcing some key turnovers and senior Audrey Hunt used her speed to take possession of 4 ground balls for CC. The first half ended with score of 5-6 and the Patriots leading by 1 goal. The Patriots offense come on strong in the second half scoring 10 goals. Kathryn O’Connor helped the CC defense by forcing a turnover which led to a quick transition down the field where senior Grace Andonian found the back of the net. Scoring was led by Dudley with 2 goals and 1 assist, Leahy with 2 goals, Grace Andonian with 2 goals, Kylee Bowen 1 goal and 1 assist, additional goals were scored…

Lincoln Sudbury scored early. Cassidy Hale returned the favor with strong shot to the corner. The game was off to a quick start. As play continued in the first half LS dominated the draw controls and gained the lead with a strong, settled offense that continued throughout the game. Some notable highlights in the first half were when CCHS Senior Johanna O’Neil got a quick stick goal off an assist from Grace Andonian bringing the score to 3-2. With 7 minutes left to half Hannah Dudley hit the corner with an assist from Johanna O’Neil. The first half ended with LS leading 7-3. LS came out strong in the second half capitalizing on turnovers and a few key ground balls. Further widening the gap to 9-3. Late in the second half Sophmore Payton Vaughn drove to the net scoring on an inside shot to the right post. A few minutes later she was able to score on a free position shot bringing the score to 11-5. LS closed out the game with another goal. Final score 12-5. The Patriots fought hard, but LS slipped through the cracks. Though a disappointing loss, CC girls are motivated to work hard and excited…

The Concord-Carlisle girl’s lacrosse team continued their working vacation by hosting Algonquin Friday morning at Memorial Field, notching a 10-7 win. Algonquin aggressively attacked right away, but their number five, Juliet Chapin, who proved to be their major offensive threat, fired a dangerous propel shot that turned the ball over to CC, and sophomore Payton Vaughn took the ball immediately the other way all the way to goal, only to have the goalie catch the tipped shot. Cassidy Hale recovered the ball with a check and fed Hannah Dudley for CC’s first goal. CC kept the momentum with an immediate draw control by CC’s Madeline Leahy, as she fed it up for another Hale to Dudley goal. Between false starts by Algonquin and a well-oiled Johanna O’Neil to Dudley draw machine, CC seemed to control most of the draws for the remainder of the game. Algonquin scored their first goal at the twenty-one minute mark, and then a second on a free position shot with a low bouncer to tie it 2-2. The pressure of CC’s defense led to an intercepted low pass by Leahy who took it all the way to goal to make it 3-2. Another O’Neil to…

The Concord-Carlisle girl’s lacrosse team began April vacation with a 9-6 win over the Marblehead Magicians. Although Marblehead pinged a shot off the post to open the game, it remained scoreless for seven minutes as CC kept their patience and Hannah Dudley scored after receiving a great feed from Johanna O’Neil. CC brought a renewed sense of movement on offense, constantly cutting in front of the Marblehead net, and grit and tenacity on defense, forcing Marblehead to work extra hard through midfield pressure just to get the ball upfield. Much of the game was back and forth, and the action low to the ground, aggressively scooping ground balls and pressuring along the sidelines, causing turnovers that soon led to goals. Sophie Shipe pressured a sideline play that led to CC’s second goal by Dudley. The back-and-forth play continued until the fourteen-minute mark, when the Magicians had the ball at the CC end, but could not conjure a way through the Patriots’ defense. After some near forced turnovers, Brianna Stout came up with the ball, fed it to Dudley, who sent it to Payton Vaughn to take up the field, where Kylee Bowen circled the net and gave it to O’Neil…

CC could not regain their early first half lead Thursday, losing to a skilled Franklin team 13-7. This year’s team remembers all too well losing a very close game in overtime to Franklin in the Division 1 East sectional finals two years ago. Last year it was CCs turn to beat Franklin in the regular season. The rivalry continued this season as Abby Flynn opened with two saves of her fourteen for the half, letting Madeline Leahy and Hannah Dudley strike first for CC. For the rest of the half CC traded goals with Franklin, with a side-arm shot by Dudley and shots by Kylee Bowen and Payton Vaughn, who streaked up the field with a long pass from Sophie Shipe, keeping it close, ending the half trailing 7-5. Amelia Slade minded the net for CC in the second half, stopping 7 of 13 shots. Joanna O’Neil continued to team with Dudley to win many draw controls and Bowen and Leahy netted their second goals. Written by Teresa Leahy. Photos by Andy Dudley and Dave Andonian.

The Concord-Carlisle girls lacrosse team visited Wayland Tuesday afternoon and left with another win, 13-8. Cassidy Hale struck quickly with an assist from Johanna O’Neill. Goals were added by Kylee Bowen, Madeline Leahy and Hannah Dudley, with two. Wayland came to play, however, keeping the scoring low with the first half ending with C-C up 5-3. Abby Flynn was steady in the net with 3 saves on 6 shots. Wayland came back early in the second half to tie it 5-5, despite aggressive double- and triple-teaming by C-C on their top scorers. Wayland then pulled ahead, leading 9-7. Hannah Dudley stepped up with authority in the second half, controlling seven draws, taking it to goal twice while scoring the first five goals of the second half, with assists from O’Neill, Brianna Stout and Sophie Shipe. With junior Amelia Slade in net for the second half, making two exciting saves in a row to hold a 9-8 lead, the C-C defense permanently shut down the Wayland offense for the final ten minutes. Payton Vaughn had an outstanding game on defense, sticking like glue to the Wayland attackers and coming up with four ground balls, three caused turnovers and contributing two draw…

See the game report here: http://concord.wickedlocal.com/sports/20160408/acton-boxborough-girls-lacrosse-holds-off-concord-carlisle It was one year later, same place, same outcome. In an early-season battle of undefeated Dual County League Large squads, Acton-Boxborough pulled away with a 10-7 victory over Concord-Carlisle on Friday, April 8 at the CCHS turf field 2. “Concord-Carlisle is a great team,” said A-B coach Scott Biron, whose team is now 3-0. “They had a lot of seniors. We had to play really tough to beat them.” The Colonials held a three-goal lead with 7:25 left in the first half before C-C’s Hannah Dudley, a two-time All-America selection, scored twice, cutting the lead to 7-6 at halftime. Brianna Stout tied the game for the Patriots with 18:42 left in the second half, but A-B’s Julia Neyland helped her team regain the lead with 13:15 remaining. Caroline Loverud and Julia Rowland each added a goal with 7:28 and 3:20 left for the final two-goal margin. “This is an extremely tough league and you’re going to be challenged week after week,” said C-C coach Paul Morrison. “It’s April. It’s early and we have some work to do.” C-C (2-1) had two chances to tie the game in the final minute of the first half,…

The Concord-Carlisle girls lacrosse team opened the season big on Saturday with a 10-7 win against a strong competitor, North Andover.The cold and wet conditions made things slippery for both teams, but the Patriots began with three straight goals by Cassidy Hale and captains Hanna Dudley and Johanna O’Neil. Senior captain, Sophie Shipe stepped up with a key assist and two ground balls in the first half. The flow of play was often dictated from the back, as the Patriots repeatedly came up strong on defense, with Payton Vaughn, Annie Wilson, Audrey Hunt and Allie Haney reversing North Andover’s momentum with key ground balls and forced turnovers, led by the expertise of captain Brianna Stout. Kylee Bowen debuted with five ground balls, a forced turnover and an assist. Sophomore Molly Dibble notched her first ground ball. The Concord-Carlisle girls lacrosse team opened the season big on Saturday with a 10-7 win against a strong competitor, North Andover.The cold and wet conditions made things slippery for both teams, but the Patriots began with three straight goals by Cassidy Hale and captains Hanna Dudley and Johanna O’Neil. Senior captain, Sophie Shipe stepped up with a key assist and two ground balls in the…

The Concord-Carlisle girls lacrosse team began the season looking for somebody who could replace the scoring that recent graduates Becca Olsen and Allie Barrett provided the Patriots last year. In the team’s season opener on Tuesday, 11 players found the back of the net, giving C-C a 15-2 victory over Bedford at Sabourin Field. “We’re a very athletic team,” said C-C coach Paul Morrison, whose team reached the MIAA Division 1 East finals last year before falling to Franklin in overtime. “I was happy with the way we moved the ball and went aggressively to the net.” The Patriots led, 12-0 at halftime. C-C finished the game with three straight goals from Sophie Shipe, Catherine Gouchoe and Grace Andonian. For Shipe and Andonian, it was the second goal for each. Lexi Goodhue and Hannah Dudley also scored twice each. Dudley, a junior, was an All-American last year and has already committed to play for Stanford University. Audrey Hunt, Madeline Leahy, Jenna Carlton, Cameryn McCormack, Lucie Gildehaus, Cassidy Hale and Gouchoe scored one each. Conley Ernst and Abby Flynn played in goal for C-C. For Flynn, it was her first varsity appearance. C-C plays Dual County League newcomer Cambridge Rindge &…