Sports
By Don Lyons - August 9, 2007
Chase Pizzonia, 21, of Medfield was alone at the tape of the Scoops 5K, well ahead of Sandwich's Corey Loonan. Photos by Ralph Stewart
Medfield man wins the Scoops
Twenty-one-year-old Chase Pizzonia of Medfield crossed the finish line first to win the annual Vineyard Scoops 5K Tour of Edgartown road race, Sunday, in 16:07. He was more than a minute and a half ahead of Corey Loonan, 18, of Sandwich, who was second at 17:40, but well behind Kevin Gray's winning time in 2006 of 15:46.
The rest of the top ten were: (3) Mark Engerman, 40, Edgartown, 18:15 (4) Noah Jampol, 19, Waban, 18:42 (5) Christopher Barajas, 44, New Lenox, Ill., 18:50 (6) John Dewitt, 21, Chilmark, 18:58 (7) Reade Pizzonia, 16, Medfield, 19:01 (8) David Diriwachter, 38, Vineyard Haven, 19:02 (9) Jackson Bangs, 18, Upper Montclair, N.J., 19:08 (10) Paul Vertefeuille, 43, Oak Bluffs, 19:24.
Maryland's 21-year-old Casey McInerny was the first woman to complete the run. She was 13th overall.
Casey McInerny, 21, of Salisbury, Md., was the first female to finish. She was 13th overall in 19:53. Bonnie Kingsbury, 28, of Tisbury was the second female, completing the course in 20:31.
The field of 402 made the run under a bright sun in 90-degree weather.
A 1/2 K fun run for kids preceded the Scoops 5K.
Winners in the several age/gender groups
Female 9 and under: (1) Caitlin Brolin, 7, Foxboro, 33:49 (2) Madison McAuliffe, 8, West Palm Beach, Fla., 37:25 (3) Hannah Melrod, 9, Washington, D.C., 39:12 (4) Olivia Coyle, 8, Greenwich, Conn., 39:45 (5) Lily Harkins, 7, Newton, 46:05.
Male 12 and under: (1) Brian Jordan, 9, Edgartown, 28:37 (2) Taylor Walsh, 8, Edgartown, 30:01 (3) Adin McAuliffe, 5, West Palm Beach, Fla., 36:24 (4) Tyler O'Donnell, 9. Portland, Ore., 37:43 (5) Henry Primavera, 8, Newtown, Conn., 43:43.
Female 10-14: (1) Julie Reiter, 12, Annapolis, Md., 26:37 (2) Christa Culbert, 13, Evanston, Ill., 27:13 (3) Caitlin Begg, 12, Glen Rock, N.J., 28:49 (4) Megan Smith, 12, Edgartown, 28:56 (5) Christine Astarita, 14, unknown, 28:57.
The run around the farm was fun for kids.
Male 10-14: (1) Jeremy A. Tarter, 11, Oak Bluffs, 21:42 (2) Patrick Shelley, 14, Silver Springs, Md., 22:27 (3) Emmet Shipway, 13, Avon, Conn., 23:53 (4) Benji Page, 11, Concord, 24:05 (5) David Coffman, 14, Needham, 25:44.
Female 15-19: (1) Monica Adler, 15, Manchester, 21:39 (2) Olivia Reed, 16, Sudbury, 22:07 (3) Martha Oakes, 16, Fairfield, Conn., 23:34 (4) Nichole, Rocznisk, East Haddam, Conn., 24:43 (5) Marissa Reichel, 16, Chilmark
25:21.
Male 15-19: (1) Noah Jampol, 19, Waban, 18:42 (2) Reade Pizzonia, 16, Medfield, 19:01 (3) Jackson Bangs, 18. Upper Montclair, N.J., 19:09 (4) Daniel Birtwell, 15, Sudbury, 19:46.
Female 20-24: (1) Kathryn Delaney, 20, Westbrook, Me., 23:20 (2) Jennifer Wavpotic, 22, Washington, Conn., (3) Anna Pelone, 21, Edgartown (4) Nicole Maier, 24, New York, N.Y., 27:03 (5) Kim Carter, 21, Edgartown, 27:07.
Male 20-24: (1) John Dewitt, 21, Chilmark, 18:58 (2) Michael Bazzano, 23, Newington, Conn., 21:07 (3) Alex Matthews, 20, Bronx, N.Y., 21:22 (4) Tim Tyrrell, 21, Albany, N.Y., 21:57 (5) Daniel Maier, 20, Sherman, Conn., 22:46.
Female 25-29: (`1) Elizabeth Guest, 28, Telluride, Col., 22:25 (2) Becky Bonels, 26, Edgartown, 24:39 (3) Meg Haley, 26, Boston, 25:40 (4) Laura Sullivan, 25, Grafton, 25:41 (5) Barbara Richter, 25, Alexandria, Va., 26:22.
Male 25-29: (1) S. Garrett Bastable, 25, Portland, Tex., 22:23 (2) Joshua Penchine, 27, unk., 23:31 (3) Mike Hacker, 27, Boston, 24:18 (4) Neil Greene, 26, Pawtucket, R.I., 24:23 (5) Albee Schimanski, 24, Belmont, 25:17.
Female 30-34: (1) Rachel Hunt, 34, Salem, 24:17 (2) Maxime Teller, 34, Washington, D.C., 25:03 (3) Jen Heerwagen, 33, Saratoga, N.Y. , 29:16 (4) Lisa Harms, 34, Indianola, Iowa, 31:03 (5) Jull Zamarro, 34, Shrewsbury, 34:23.
Male 30-34: (1) Daniel Vaughan, 32. unk, 21:33 (2) Christopher Kyle, 33, Edgartown, 24:20 (3) Chris Dolby, 34. Edgartown, 24:35 (4) Joel Cristea, 31, Edgartown, 26:45 (5) Matt Heerwagen, 33, Saratoga, N.Y., 27:18.
Female 35-39: (1) Lynne O'Donnell, 39, Portland, Ore., 21:28 (2) Karin Lehr, 38, Belmont, (3) Jane Walshe, 37, Edgartown, 22:38 (4) Amy Harkins, 38, Newton, 24:08 (5) Katherine McGeever, 39, Kensington, Conn., 24:17.
Male 35-39: (1) David Diriwachter, 38, Tisbury, 10:02 (2) Tony Figuerido, 39, Auburn, 21:25 (3) Jack Laudette, 38, So. Glastonbury, Conn., 23:04 (4) Peter Rosbeck, 38, unk, 23:04 (5) Paul Davis, 34, Rye, N.Y., 23:08.
Female 40-45: (1) Katherine Forbes, 42, Hingham, 21:37 (2) Crassida Sutherland, 42, Walpole, 22:34 (4) Wendy Page, 43, Concord, 24:04 (5) Beth Sawyer, 41, Edgartown, 24:51.
Male 40-44: (1) Christopher Barajas, 44, New Lenox, Ill., 18:50 (2) Paul Vertefeuille, 43, Oak Bluffs, 19:24 (3) Todd Christy, 42, Chilmark, 20:23 (4) Mark Thompson, 44, Mamaroneck, N.Y., 20:32 (5) Seth Slade, 42, Brooklyn, N.Y., 22:15.
Female 45-49: (1) Susan Branche, 43, Scarsdale, N.Y., 22:10 (2) Joan Lamachin, 46, Arlington, 23:14 (3) Karen Berni-Giarusso, 49, Worcester, 24:38 (4) Susan Kahan, 48, Norwich. Vt., 24:41 (5) Teresa Prego, 45, Medfield, 25:12.
Male 45-49: (1) Alex Kahan, 48, Norwich, Vt. 19:35 (2) Conrad Struckmann, 46, Hollis, N.H., 20:18 (3) Gregg Rubin, 48, Mamaroneck, N.Y., 29:47 (4) Pat Parkus, 46, Oak Bluffs, 22:20 (5) Michael Lynch, 45, Kensington, Conn., 23:23.
Female 50-54: (1) Debbie Frio, 51, Andover, 24:28 (2) Dane Morgan, 50, Indianapolis, Ind., 29:51 (3) Susan Santos, 52, Oak Bluffs, 31:42 (4) Bonnie Crowley, 50, Skillman, N.J., 33:39 (5) Joan Andrews, 50, Golden Bridge, N.Y, 42:17.
Male 50-54: (1) Dana Gaines, 50, Edgartown, 20:29 (2) Robert Fudge, 50, La Jolla Calif., 22:17 (3) Tim Maxwell, 52, Chester Springs, Pa., 23:06 (4) Jim Oakes, 52, Edgartown, 23:52 (5) Gregg Bangs, 52, Upper Montclair, N.J., 23:56.
Female 55-59: (1) Joan Parzanese, 56, Edgartown, 26:13 (2) Susan Mitchell-Hardt, 57, Concord, 26:47 (3) Liz Dean, 55, Silver Sp[rings, Md., 32:37 (4) Helene Lapman, 56, Edgartown, 33:41 (5) Vickie Allen, 57, unk, 37:27.
Male 55-59: (1) James Hartley, 57, Waterbury, Conn., 22:53 (2) Dan Thomas, 57, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.,, 25:32 (4) Jack Giarusso, 57, Worcester, 28:02 (5) Michael Carroll, 58, Tisbury, 28:09.
Female 60-64: (1) Phyllis Heerwagen, 60, Edgartown, 32:54 (2) Deborah Kyle, 61, Edgartown, 39:11 (3) Phyllis Korff, 60, New York, N.Y., 40:31 (4) Barbara Murphy, 61, Chilmark, 51:24.
Male 60-64: (1) Jim Austin, 64, Tisbury, 22:24 (2) John Flannery, 62, Edgartown, 24:11 (3) Zappacosta, 62, Edgartown, 29:30 (4) David Speck, 61, Edgartown, 32:40 (5) Al Kyle, 61, Edgartown, 34:24.
Female 65-69: None.
Male 65-69: (1) Morgan Shipway, 65, Avon, Conn., 25:26 (2) Jules Ben David, 68, Oak Bluffs, 1:22:59.
Female 70 & over: (1) Cynthia Peterson, 74, Middle Haddam, Conn., 39:17 (2) Joan Kearney, 70, Needham, 1:03:20.
Male 70 & over: (1) David Egger, 71, Chilmark, 41:25 (2) Russell Sawmiller, 80, Tisbury, 46:43 (3) Gerald Jeffers, 74, unk, 46:49 (4) John Spears, 78, Washington, D.C., 55:02 (5) Ben Kearney, 70, Needham, 1:03:20.
Jill Benevides connected and sent the ball into deep center where it was caught by Erin Twomey.
Women's softball
Finishing up the regular season, the Honey's defeated the Swingers in Friday's early game, 10-8. The Drillers forfeited to the Shady Ladies and the Late Fees topped the Toppers in a make-up game.
Final League standings
Team won lost
Creamers 10 2
Shady Ladies 8 4
Honeys 8 4
Swingers 7 5
Snaps 7 5
Late Fees 6 6
Drillers 2 10
Toppers 0 12
Second season
The women's softball league began its first round of final games in a single-elimination playoff format, the top seeds playing the bottom seeds, with predictable results.
The number one seed Creamers disposed of the last-place Toppers in quick order, 20-1 in five innings. Three Creamers hit home runs: Lisa and Trisha Jendrick and Sam Burns.
Ryan Gold blocks the bag and tags out Caroline Derrig at third.
At West Tisbury, the second-seeded Shady Ladies won by default as the Drillers failed to muster a full team.
Then things got interesting. At Veterans Park, the Honeys scored seven runs in the bottom of the 2nd, three on a bases-loaded triple by Amy Maciel, taking a 9-4 lead, only to see the Late Fees respond with six in the top of the 3rd with another bases-loaded triple, this one by Laura Kimball - to go up 10-9. But that was it for the Fees. In the next five innings the Late Fees threatened but failed to score. The Honeys pushed one run across the plate in the 5th, tying the score at 10, then scored the winner in the bottom of the 8th (extra) on a fluke. Pitcher Laura Kimball made a diving stab at Rachel Baumrin's small pop-up in front of the plate to end the inning. But the ball bounced off her glove and squirted into foul territory as Nicole Gazaille, who had reached on an error, scooted home with the game-ending winning run.
In the late game, under the lights, the Swingers built a 9-0 lead in the first four innings. The Snaps snapped back with five in the top of the 5th, three driven in by a Ryan Gold triple. The Swingers added three more in the bottom of the 6th, which turned out to be the deciding margin as the Snaps rallied with five in the 7th. Jackie Meehan's contribution was a three run homer. The game ended with the bases full of Fees and the potential tying run at first base. Swingers 13-Late Fees 10.
Tuesday the Shady Ladies will host the Swingers at 6:15 and at 7:30 the Creamers take on the Honeys. Tuesday's winners will meet in the playoff finals Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 7 pm to be followed by an all-team cookout. BYOB and food.
