**CHAMPS!** The 7/8 Girls Soccer Team won the Dave Coutts Cup Championship on Sunday, June 22, defeating Hingham, 5-3. Shown with their coaches are Payton Dunn, Molly McCarthy, Stella Palermo, Natalie Tiani, Piper Yakubian, Ellie Kiley, Aubrey Littlefield, Sophie Munn, Nadia Schultz, Abby Baglione, Michaela Collins, Evelyn Concannon, Olivia Michaelides, and Ava Palermo. [Courtesy photo]

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• 7/8 Girls Soccer won the Dave Coutts Cup Championship on Sunday, June 22, defeating Hingham, 5-3. Aubrey Littlefield led the scoring, netting four goals, and Ava Palermo added a goal for Hull. Sophie Munn played a spectacular game in net, saving multiple tough shots. Evelyn Concannon and Molly McCarthy played strong defensively and Piper Yakubian had a solid performance at midfield. Due to low numbers in the fall, sixth graders were invited to play up on the 7/8 team. These players really stepped up this year and grew tremendously – Payton Dunn, Molly McCarthy, Stella Palermo, Natalie Tiani, and Piper Yakubian. The seventh graders continued to improve their skills and knowledge of the game – Ellie Kiley, Aubrey Littlefield, Sophie Munn, and Nadia Schultz. The eighth graders, who played their final youth game, brought strong leadership to this young group – Abby Baglione, Michaela Collins, Evelyn Concannon, Olivia Michaelides, and Ava Palermo.

• At the Hull Yacht Club, eight R19 boats came out to the course on Thursday, June 12, and got their money’s worth as three boats ultimately retired over the three-race evening. A big thank you to the Hull Race Committee for making it all possible. The fleet welcomed Peter Jerome and David Smookler sailing Rhode Runnah to the course, and they quickly demonstrated midseason form in tough conditions with scores of 3-2-1 over the course of the evening. “Heavy Air Thursdays” have quickly become the norm this spring as 15 boats headed out to the line on Thursday, June 19, in conditions just under the 20-mph average maximum with assorted gusts to 25 mph. Emphasis was on keeping the boat flat through the breeze and keeping speed through the chop. Steve Clancy and Meredith Richardson in Razzmatazz were consistent throughout the evening and garnered first-place accolades, followed by Joe Berkeley and Dave McGrath in roger that! and Patrick Hnath and Doug Ryan in Mermaid Hunter. Special mention goes out to Rebel Girl’s Lindsey Buchleitner and Carly Evans, who took fourth in Race 1. The fleet welcomed Wild Irish Rhodes, Little Folly, Country Rhodes, Cool Breeze, Outlier, Psycho Killer, and Super Chicken to the course. More boats are scheduled to launch this week, so the numbers on the line will climb. Congratulations also go out to Fleet 46 co-captain Dave Nelson and Kenny Delpapa in Tough Cookie, who took home first-place honors this weekend in the R19 East Coast Championship held at Cottage Park Yacht Club.

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