December 8 HIGH SCHOOLS Falmouth remains perfect in girls’ hockey with victory against Edward Little-LeavittMaddy McDonnell had two goals, and Megan Fortier added a goal and four assists as Falmouth beat Edward Little-Leavitt 5-1 in a schoolgirl hockey game at Auburn.Samantha Welch and Abby Payson also scored, and Jayde Bazinet earned an assist for Falmouth (3-0).Taylor Landry scored for Edward Little-Leavitt (1-2).• Chelsey Andrews scored twice in the first period and Greely (4-0) went on to a 7-0 victory against Yarmouth (0-3) at Falmouth. Mary Morrison and Paige Tuller also scored twice each, and Emma Seymour made four saves to keep Greely unscored upon this season.PREP SCHOOLSBOYS’ HOCKEY: Ollie Knight-Rouleau had three goals and an assist while leading Hebron Academy to a 9-0 victory against visiting Berwick Academy.Nico Manganiello added two goals and an assist, and C.J. Isgur stopped all 18 shots he faced. Sam Heneford made 28 saves for Berwick.GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: Torie St. Pierre scored 13 points to lead Berwick Academy (1-1) to a 49-32 victory against Newton Country Day (1-2) in Newton, Mass.SKIINGWORLD CUP: Lindsey Vonn captured her first World Cup victory on U.S. slopes by taking a super-G at Beaver Creek, Colo.Vonn finished in a time of 1 minute, 10.68 seconds, beating Fabienne Suter of Switzerland by 0.37 seconds. Anna Fenninger of Austria was third. Julia Mancuso of the U.S. was eighth.AUTO RACINGFORMULA ONE: Formula One is returning to the United States in 2012 after reaching a 10-year deal to hold the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.Formula One’s racing calendar with the U.S. Grand Prix was formally approved at a World Motor Sport Council meeting at New Delhi, India. Race organizers announced they reached a contract deal with the F1 boss, Bernie Ecclestone, ending a financial dispute that threatened to kill the race and a new track being built for it.TENNISDAVIS CUP: Roger Federer will play for Switzerland against the United States in the first round of the 2012 Davis Cup, set for Feb. 10-12 in Fribourg, Switzerland.Federer, a 16-time Grand Slam singles champion, hasn’t played a first-round match since 2004.SOCCERCHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Manchester United, the three-time European champion, was eliminated from the Champions League when it lost 2-1 at FC Basel.United needed to avoid defeat to secure a 15th knockout-round appearance in 16 seasons.Manchester City, the English Premier League leader, also is out despite a 2-0 win over already qualified Bayern Munich. Napoli’s 2-0 win at Villarreal took the Italian side through instead.– From staff and news services Tweet
