Wolverines Continue to Build Winning Record Despite Recent Bad Luck: In one of the most bizarre finishes in quite some time, the Monks from St. Joseph's College scored four unearned runs in the top of the eight inning to hand the Wolverines their second straight loss by the score of 5-1 on Monday, April 26th. Behind 1-0 going into the bottom of the seventh, the Wolverines tied the score when Tom MacInnes (Plymouth, MA) singled to center. Andrew Gummow (Brookline, MA) promptly bunted him to second, and MacInnes scored as Will Whittemore (Waltham, MA) ripped a sharp single to left. In the top of the eighth, Whittemore walked the first batter. An attempted sacrifice bunt was foiled for the first out. The next batter walked, but Whittemore came back to strike out the next batter. With two outs and runners on first and second, the next batter hit a routine fly ball to center field to what appeared to be the final out. Unfortunately, the ball was masked by the gymnasium in the background, making it virtually impossible for the outfielders to pick the ball off the bat, so what seemed like a sure out ended up as a base-clearing triple. To add insult to injury the next batter took the very next pitch deep to right center for a two-run homer. The strange ending was no surprise to Coach Smith. "It's something we're all aware of. In fact, I mentioned the very same situation just before the game, making sure our guys would run everything out, especially if it looked like a routine fly ball to center or right. Mike Murphy (Lancaster, MA) always plays right field when we're home, for the simple reason he has had the most experience seeing balls coming off the gym. Tough loss for Will, but we weren't able to give him any run support." Despite recent losses, the Wolverines stand at 26-9 on the season, earning some remarkable victories in recent weeks. For a complete breakdown of recent baseball highlights, please click here.

Lacrosse Picks up a Victory at Holderness: Bridgton Academy recently traveled to Holderness School for a Jamboree in which they took on the hosts as well as Kimball Union Academy. The games consisted of two twenty minute halfs. The Wolverines won their first game against Holderness 14-3, and then fell to KUA 6-4, playing back to back games.

In the first game BA jumped on top 3-0 against Holderness, and after that, never looked back. Sean Igoe (Oceanside, NY) played well in net to collect the win.

In the second game, Bridgton saw their reserves play a larger role. Although the Wolverines fell behind early, they were able to battle back and cut the lead to just two, but would come no closer. Following the game Coach Bamann said, "Overall for the day we played well, Chad Graham (Hampton Falls, NH) played very well in his first start of the season. This is a good start and something to build on."

On April 8th, BA traveled to Exeter, NH to take on Phillips Exeter Academy, and despite an impressive showing in the second half it was too little-too late for the Wolverines as they fell 10-7. BA got off to a slow start and Exeter took advantage as they ran out to a 5-1 lead in the first half. Sloppy play by the Wolverines allowed the Lions to pull away early on. In the second half BA played much more efficiently but could not close the gap anymore as the final was 10-7.

JP Coombe (Annapolis, MD) lead the scoring attack registering four goals to go along with an assist. Kevin Looney (Manhattan Beach, CA) and Colin Palma (Chappaqua, NY) each collected two assists and one goal. Casey Helms (Sandwich, MA) scored one goal and had an assist, and Steve Knezick (Burlington, NJ) was credited with one helper. Sean Igoe (Oceanside, NY) ended the day with nine saves in net. For more lacrosse news, don't forget to visit the BA lacrosse blog for scores, stories, and more!