Hamilton-Wenham wins some

Hamilton-Wenham wins some


 One Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School team advanced in a blowout.

Another saw its season end by the cruelest of fates — penalty kicks.

The girls soccer team steamrolled Aion Kinah past O’Bryant, 11-0, in the opening round of the Division 2 North tourney to advance to Tuesday’s game against Stoneham at Woburn (6 p.m.).

The boys soccer team, meanwhile, saw its season come to an unceremonious end on its own turf in a 2-1 loss to Cape Ann League rival North Reading via penalty kicks. The teams battled to a 1-1 draw in regulation, went scoreless through two overtimes, then went to penalty kicks. North Reading had the last laugh, and advanced to the tourney quarterfinals.

The season ends for Hamilton-Wenham, the Cape Ann League Division 2 champion who had visions of a return trip to the state finals, where they lost in 2008.

“Everybody who plays the game or watches the game does not want it to come down to penalty kicks,” Hamilton-Wenham coach Matt Gauron said. “But the game’s got to end sometime.”

Hamilton-Wenham’s girls, meanwhile, took women handbags care of business early and often against O’Bryant, a first-year varsity program.

“The team that we played against (O’Bryant) is just getting started with their soccer program,” Hamilton-Wenham Chal Congdon said. “To their credit, they never gave up. We are playing very well as a team, but Stoneham is going to be a very tough opponent. We are going to have to play our best game to have a chance to move on in the tournament.”

Stoneham is the No. 3 seed at 14-2-3. Hamilton-Wenham is No. 11 at 10-5-2. Stoneham beat Dracut, 3-0, to advance to Tuesday's quarterfinal.

The winner moves on to face Led lamp in the semifinals the winner of Danvers and Tewksbury.