H.S. ROUNDUP: Mashpee stops-three-game slide with non-league win over Barnstable

It was a light Saturday for high school sports across the Cape and Islands with just five games on the schedule across three sports.

Mashpee (7-12) and Barnstable (4-14) baseball were the lone Cape matchup, which the Falcons won 11-4 to halt a three-game losing streak.

Jake Kross went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run scored, while Matt Gaitane went 1-for-3 with a triple, a RBI, and a run scored for the Red Hawks in the loss.

In other high school sports action:

Baseball 

Nantucket 5, O’Bryant 4; O’Bryant 7, Nantucket 4: The Whalers (7-10) split a pair of games in a double-header against O’Bryant.

Girls Lacrosse 

Old Colony 9, Bourne 8: Janice Bouchard tallied a four goals, but the Canalmen’s (4-10) comeback fell short as they dropped to a second straight defeat. Taylor Simard had two goals, while Ava Tosca Tessa Stone had one goal each. Eliza Denientolis, Mallory Doyle and Lila Moerman played well on defense, and Mia Lowden totaled 12 saves. 

Boys Lacrosse 

Plymouth North 7, Barnstable 5: The Red Hawks (8-9) fell in a non-league matchup, which was their third defeat in the last five games.

Nantucket 16, Whitman-Hanson Reg. 3: The Whalers (9-4) beat Whitman-Hanson Regional for the second time this season.

Allen Gunn covers high school sports for the Cape Cod Times. You can contact him at agunn@gannett.com and follow him on X at @allentgunn.

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This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Cape Cod high school scores and highlights from May 17.

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