Sharon High School varsity girls tennis head coach Dianne Micheroni predicts a very competitive 2011 season. Among her players, as well as the Hockomock League. The Eagles will feature two seniors and six juniors when they open 2011 at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at Canton. "The Hockomock League this year, as it was last year, is so competitive. Every match you've got to go into and it could go either way, which is nice," says Micheroni, starting her third year at the Sharon helm. Junior co-captain Melissa Yuan was Sharon's number one singles player the past two seasons. However, "she does have a lot …

Sharon High School varsity boys tennis players already have had some challenging matches this spring. Every practice. All top seven Eagles who competed in the states last year return, including the top three singles players and top two doubles teams, head coach Matt Freeman says. None of them are guaranteed their rank in their own line-up while Sharon vies for a sectional title. Sharon lost. 3-2, in the 2010 South Sectionals semi-finals. "There are going to be some kids who are not going to get as much (playing time) as they'd like because we're a talented group," says Freeman, in his fourth …

Opposing goalies might cringe when facing the Sharon High School varsity girls lacrosse team this season. Among junior Samantha Kim and three of the four senior co-captains -- Leah Briscoe, Cindi Powell and Liz Wluka -- the Eagles have "a good chance to score some goals this year," head coach Peg Argimbau says. Kim returns after being "injured last year. Missed half the season due to a couple of concussions," Argimbau says. Sharon's season opener is at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, hosting Foxborough. "I think the girls are ready for a good season, and I'm ready for a good season," says Argimbau, …

Lacrosse fans who enjoy low-scoring games will enjoy watching the Sharon High School varsity boys team this spring. The Eagles will focus on defense early on after losing "a bunch of our key guys" from their 2010 offense, head coach Patrick Kelley says. Sharon's season opener is at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at Foxborough. "Because we're young, it's going to take a little while for the offense to come along," says Kelley, starting his third year at Sharon's helm. "We will need our defense to help us out in games early in the season until our offense really gets cooking." Co-captains Josh Parness and…

The Sharon High School spring track teams will compete somewhere they only trained in 2010. The Sharon High track. The Eagles didn't use their own track last season "because it wasn't in optimal condition for hosting meets. The resurfacing of the track this past summer made hosting meets feasible again," Principal Jose Libano says. Sharon opens the 2011 season truly at home Thursday, at 3:30 p.m. against Canton. Conditions prompted the meet to be rescheduled from Tuesday. Competing on the Sharon track "gives the parents an opportunity to see their kids locally, so that will be nice," says …

The Sharon High School varsity softball team went deep this spring before its season started. An Eagles roster loaded with versatility in skills and positions opens 2011 at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Wellesley. Five of the 15 players are listed at multiple positions: junior first baseman/third baseman Allie Friedman; sophomore utility player Dani Fine, sophomore pitcher/outfielder Kelsey Whiting, freshman utility player/first baseman Jenna Kubiak and freshman third baseman/catcher Allie Rubinowitz. "This is probably, in seven years, the most talented group of kids that I've had," head coach Deb Parker…

Sharon High School varsity baseball rivals face a lot of three up, three down innings this spring. The Eagles' three best pitchers from 2010 return -- including senior southpaw David Roberto, who no-hit 2011 season opening opponent Holliston last spring. Sharon's veteran arm arsenal also includes two of the senior tri-captains, righthanders Dan Friedman and Jake Dennis. Dennis remains the closer. "The strength of our team is definitely in our pitching," says head coach Joel Peckham, starting his 41st season leading Sharon. "We've got some inexperience as well." Sharon's season opener is at 4 …

"A standard, high level" Ultimate Disc team includes 16 players, Sharon High School head coach Dave Christiansen says. Sharon's program started its third year with a record 70 students signing up -- only four returning from last season's A, or top, team. The Eagles will expand to field C teams with "lots of freshmen and new players, kind of like a developmental team" as a result, Christiansen says. The A and B teams open at Ashland at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The home opener is at 4 p.m. Friday, April 8 at the East Elementary School. Sharon's program launched with 33 players between the A and B teams…

Sharon High School's sailing team will earn A's and B's from head coach Gary Werden this spring. Splitting the Eagles' 25-member roster -- Sharon's largest -- into A and B teams, at times, will "create opportunities for everybody to sail" during Massachusetts Bay League meets, Werden says. Sharon is in the A division. Freshmen and sophomores -- "as freshmen and sophomores, they're as strong a group as we've ever had" -- represent at least two-thirds of the team, "and none of our senior skippers have sailed regularly at the varsity level before," he says. The B meets will include some of …