Patriots Clinch Dual County League Small Title

Girls lacrosse team earns second consecutive DCL Small Division 1 Championship.

  The Concord Carlisle Girls Lacrosse team earned their second consecutive DCL Small Division 1 Championship on Thursday with a 19-3 victory over Bedford High School at Doug White Field. The Patriot victory, coupled with a 10-9 Weston victory over Wayland, allowed the Patriots to win their first outright league championship since 2009. Last season CCHS shared the title with Weston The CCHS Attack was lead by Sophomore Allie Barrett with 4 goals, 2 assists, 5 draw controls, and three ground balls. Jill Carlton added to her impressive Senior season chipping in with 4 goals and 4 assists. Seven other Patriot players got in on the scoring which included tallies from Jessie Castelline (2 goals, 3 draw controls, 2 caused turnovers), Josie …

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Wayland Squeezes by CC Girls Lax

Patriots lost to Wayland on Tuesday, May 8

  The Concord Carlisle Girls Patriots  (10-4) lost a tough match to Wayland (9-2-1) 14-13, Tuesday in Wayland. The game held both DCL and Tournaments playoff implications for both teams as a win by Wayland assured them a spot in the post-season tournament while a win for CC would ensure the DCL Small Title. The Warriors won the first half by controlling the majority of draws. After two Patriot scoring opportunities, Wayland went on a 3 goal scoring run before CC Midfielder Jessie Castelline would sink a low shot to the back of the net. CC had several scoring opportunities early in the game however Wayland’s all-star goalie Rachel Massicotte was quick to handle the high shots.  Although the Patriots struggled with draw controls in the first…

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CCHS Girls Lacrosse Defeats Wildcats

The Patriots improved to 9-3 after defeating DCL League rival Weston last Thursday.

  The Concord-Carlisle girls lacrosse team improved to 9-3 after defeating DCL League rival, the Weston Wildcats 14-13 at Doug White Field on Thursday. The game began with the Wildcats taking an early lead and holding it for the first five minutes of play relying on Vanderbuilt-bound Senior Attack Emma Degras.  CC battled back with two nice goal/assist combinations by Kate Wyeth/Jill Carlton and Emma Brandhorst/Josie Morrison.  The following five minutes were deadlocked as each team went goal for goal with either team unable to pull ahead of the other. With just over five minutes remaining in the half the Patriots made their push as Jill Carlton, Jessie Castelline and Allie Barrett all created distance from their defenders for shooting …

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A Look at 'Patriette' Nation Last Week

Concord Carlisle Girls lacrosse team wins three in a row.

Girls Lax Team Wins 3 In A Row Over Lexington, Acton Boxboro & Masconomet. Below are highlights from last week's three wins.  CC 17, Lexington 10 The Concord Carlisle girls lacrosse team put together one of their best games of the season Saturday defeating the Lexington Minutemen 17-10 at Doug White Field.   The Patriots used speed, ball handling, passing and accurate shooting combined with a stubborn defense to control the first half. Becca Olsen (5 goals, 3 assists), Jill Carlton (4 goals, 3 assists) and Emma Brandhorst (3 goals 1 assist) lead the charge for the Patriots offensively while Jessie Castelline continued to win the majority of draws controls. Defensively Jennie Robinson, Marin Epstein and Catie Standish dug in to disrupt …

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CCHS Girls Lacrosse Patriots Thrash Spartans

Team scores a 23-8 win at previously unbeaten East Longmeadow High School.

  Senior attacker Caroline Donelan notched her first goal of the season, while senior defender Jenny Robinson and Junior Defender Catherine McNally each notched the first goals of their varsity careers as Concord Carlisle (5-1) rolled 23-8 at previously unbeaten East Longmeadow High School (5-1). The Patriots had 10 different players score goals in the game. Leading the scorers for CCHS were senior attackers Jill Carlton (4 goals, 2 assists) and Josie Morrison (2 goals, 4 assists).  Other scorers for C-C were Kate Wyeth (4 goals, 1 assist), Allie Barrett (1 goal, 4 assist), Jessie Castelline (4 goals), Emma Brandhorst (3 goals, 1 assist), and Becca Olsen (2 goals). Concord Carlisle played three goalkeepers in the game. Senior Greta White …

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Patriots Edged by Tomahawks

CCHS Girls Lacrosse lose to Algonquin Tomahawks.

  The CCHS Girls Lacross Patriots (5-2) lost to the Algonquin Tomahawks (5-1) 11-10 Thursday, April 19 at the CC Turf Fields. In one of the most thrilling lacrosse games by far this season, the Patriots came up just short of defeating, one of Central Mass’ D1 leading teams.  Having just come off a two goal loss of their own to Hopkinton, last year’s Division 2 State Champions, the Tomahawks appeared focused and determined to rebound as they won several early draw controls, set up precision plays around the eight and found open cutters for three pretty goals. The Patriots rebounded with a nice goal of their own as Becca Olsen found the top far side post to bring the game within two. Algonquin pressured the CC defenders and midfielders with …

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About Town

Little Women Opens, the Fishing Derby is Happening, and Golfing and Gardening Are in Your Future

Come see great theater, sign your kid up to fish, and check out Decibels Foundation and the Concord Museum’s Annual Garden Tour.

  Hello, friends, and welcome. For those of you who had the week off from school who decided to stay around, I hope you kept busy, taking advantage of all the cool things going on around town. There’s a lot coming up, so let’s jump in. Little Women March On Awhile back I told you about the Little Women Spring we’re having – well, the next event is the production of Little Women itself. It starts next Friday, April 27, and runs four times each weekend over the next three weekends: Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. It’s a show the Concord Players do every 10 years, in tribute to Concord’s own Louisa May Alcott, and their script, which hews closely to the book, is an original adaptation by local playwright David …

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Patriots Squeeze Out Win Over Buccaneers

CCHS girls lacrosse are now 3-0 in Dual County League play.

  The CCHS Patriots (4-1) defeated the Bedford Buccaneers (2-3) 18-16 Thursday, April 12. The game began with Bedford quickly winning the first two draw controls, finding  open attackers behind CC defenders resulting in two fast goals. The Patriots countered as Junior Kate Wyeth (three goals, one forced turnover) playing in her first game after a pre-season hand injury, made an immediate impact scoring two of the next three Patriot goals. In the following minutes an unexpected freezing rain and hail storm developed making for slick field conditions. As a result, Bedford playing on their home grass field, took control of the wet and slippery field conditions by aggressively winning the ground ball possessions. Their speed and quickness to …

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Patriots Break Free of Warriors 15-11

CCHS girls varsity lacrosse defeats Wayland Tuesday, April 10 at Doug White Field.

  The Concord Carlisle Patriots (3-1) defeated the Wayland Warriors (3-1) 15-11 Tuesday at Doug White Field. The Patriots having just come off a frustrating loss at Wellesley, fell behind early in the game on  two fast break scores by Wayland before getting on track to take a 3-2 lead. Turnovers hurt the Patriots throughout  the first half as they fumbled away multiple scoring opportunities with dropped balls, errant passes  and missed shots on goal. Still the Patriots managed to keep a one goal lead  while the Warriors fought back to keep the game close. Patriot Goalie Greta White had a huge first half with seven saves, only allowing four to make the back of the net. At the half Concord Carlisle held on to a 6-4 lead. “We have yet to come…

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