Seacoast roundup: Marshwood's Clark breaks own state record, wins two titles at state meet
GORHAM, Maine - Marshwood High School junior Andre Clark won two events, including breaking his own state record in the 55-meter dash at Monday's Class A state championship boys track meet at the University of Southern Maine.
Clark defended his Class A title in the 55 with a time of 6.38. The time set a state meet record which was previously held by Scarborough's Jarret Flaker (6.46). Clark also broke his own state record, set last week.
Clark also won the 200 in a time of 22.85 seconds.
Marshwood placed seventh in the 22-team meet, scoring 37 points. South Portland won the championship with 53 points.
"(Clark) is such a hard worker and such a team guy, he really earned those medals today," Marshwood coach Matt Sanzone said. "Humble athlete and really works hard every day to work on the little things. He focuses on the mental approach and has a strong self-belief. He really believes in himself and his teammates."
Marshwood's Harrison Page placed fourth in the 400 (52.28), Shayne Sandler was sixth in the pole vault (11-6), and Henri Rivard was sixth in the mile (4:45.05).
Additionally, the 4x200 relay team of Clark, Page, Micaiah Perodin and Braden Gagnon was fourth in 1:35.83.
On the girls side, Maya Sanzone was the lone state medalist for the Hawks as she finished fifth in the mile in a personal-record time of 5:32.20.
"Maya ran a great race ... her best race ever," said coach Sanzone, her father. "She did a really nice job in a pretty stacked field to get on the podium there, so that was pretty awesome."
BOYS BASKETBALL
No. 8 Portsmouth Christian 53
No. 9 Franklin 40
DOVER - Portsmouth Christian Academy outscored Franklin, 20-10 in the third quarter and pulled away from a 3-point halftime lead in this Division IV first-round game.
"We had a good third quarter that caused separation to make it more comfortable," PCA head coach Derek Summers said. "The third quarter made the difference."
Cai Summer scored 13 of his team-high 17 points in the third quarter for the Eagles, while Connor Hickey had 16 points.
"He really did it by attacking the rim," Derek Summers said of Cai's third quarter. "He was aggressive in getting to the rim and looked to drive."
PCA (13-6) will play top-seeded, and undefeated, Profile (19-0) in a quarterfinal on Thursday. Profile won the lone regular-season meeting between the two teams, 49-39.
"We're going to have to play well to beat (Profile)," coach Summers said. "To beat an undefeated team, we're going to have to execute on many different levels. Defensive communication, rebounding and we're going to have to hit shots."
Profile advanced with a 79-21 win over No. 16 Epping.
Oyster River 84
Hollis-Brookline 57
DURHAM - Ethan Brewer scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Matthew Jernigan had 16 points and and nine rebounds to lead Oyster River (7-10) to this Division II win.
Jack Carpenter added nine points for the Bobcats, while Eli Pierce and Mason Kasperzak both had seven.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Monday roundup: Marshwood's Clark wins two Class A track titles
