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AMHERST – Lorraine Alice Hamilton of Amherst, New Hampshire, Beach Haven, New Jersey and Rancho Mirage, California died June 14, 2020 from pancreatic cancer at her home in California. She was 73 years old and a participant in the trial of a new cancer drug at NYU Langone in New York City since April 2019. She hoped that results from the trial would improve care for other patients who develop this cancer. She was with her family when she died and was
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AMS Girls Track Team Win State Championships!
Congrats to the AMS Girls Track Team who handedly won the Division II State Championship: Compiling over a 120 points, more than double the nearest competitors.
Lead by the outstanding performances of Samantha Swanbon who won both the 1600M and 800M runs and then anchored the 4x4 relay to victory, and Bridget Hill who amassed valuable points in the high jump, long jump, won 1st place in the 400M run and ran a fantastic leg in the 4x4 relay.
The sprinters and other field events girls also contributed valuable points to a total team effort.A special shout out is in order to Coach Tivan Cassavant, Olivia Rougeau, Denise McClout and interim athletic director Kelly Fraley who all after a later start to the training season due to administrative hiccups, rallied the team and created a positive outcome to the 116 student athletes who showed up and the beginning of the season in early April.
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AMS Track Athletes compete well at the NH Meet of Champions June 6th at Manchester Memorial HS!
Highlighted by the undefeated girls 4x4 relay (Mariella Dart, Dylan Walker, Bridget Hill & Samantha Swanbon) who took 1st place and broke the school, record in the process with an impressive time of 4.27.
Tom Arnoldy, probably the most improved athlete on the team, as he sprinted to victory in the 1600M (mile) run in an impressive time of 5.08.
SHS Graduate is Div. II Pitcher of The Year at Endicott
