GIRLS LACROSSE
Peabody 12, Burlington 11 (OT): Ally Bettencourt (three goals, assist) scored her second overtime game-winner of the season and the Tanners (7-2) rallied after trailing 7-1 at the end of the first quarter. Brooke Lomasney had four goals and four assists while Ari Alvarado also scored. Cailtin Snow was spectacular in net and defenders Connie Patturelli, Kayla Landry, Addy Merril and Aaliyah Sainato were stellar.
Beverly 15, Marblehead 6: Lily Shea scored all four of her goals in the second half and the Panthers pulled away to win their Morgan’s Message mental health game. Joselyn Silva scored four, Samantha Sprissler had a hat trick, Jenna Schweizer scored twice and Lauren Caley did a bit of everything with a goal, an assist, three turnovers and four draws. Goalie Madeline Reynolds shone with 10 saves and Morgan Linskey and Liz Wilder were excellent defensively.
Goalie Molly Bullard was tremendous for the Magicians (4-5) with 14 stops while Kathryn Commoss scored twice, Romona Gillett had a goal with five ground balls, Gretchen Smith scored and Whitney Jellison posted two interceptions.
Salem 19, Revere 0: Kate Heppner and Kailyn Ricciarelli each scored three goals and goaltender Mari Diaz earned her first career shutout as the Witches (2-5) rolled to victory. Isla Heppner, Jackie Fritz and Leah de la Rosa each scored their first varsity goals for Salem as well.
Salem earned their 2nd win of the season in a shutout win over Revere. Kate Heppner and Kailyn Ricciarelli lead the way by scoring 3 goals each. Isla Heppner, Jackie Fritz, and Leah Delarosa all scored their 1st varsity goals and Mari Diaz picked up her first shutout in net.
Swampscott 19, Winthrop 2: Avery Laundry and Cecilia Tripp had four goals each and the Big Blue improved to 7-1 in convincing fashion. Coco Clopton and Mia Dahlman added hat tricks, Chloe Puzzo scored twice and Sophia Ciciotti, Lea Beatrice and Victoria Pierro all scored once.
Masconomet 12, Danvers 7: Caitlin Driscoll and Hannah Coleman (assist) both tallied four times to help the Chieftains pull away from their NEC rivals. Mia Marques added two goals for the winners while Riley Bovardi and Bella Campbell had single tallies. Violet Malinowski chipped in with an assist as well.
Junior attack Savannah Botthof and senior midfielder Jordan Turcotte had three and two goals, respectively, for the Falcons, with teammates Jordan Bartlett and Caroline Horn also finding the back of the net. Megan McGinnity excelled in net, stopping 16 shots. Bartlett and Turcotte both had two assists as well, with Abby Sher adding one helper.
Archbishop Williams 6, Bishop Fenwick 5: Breanna Genzale had a pair of scores for the Crusaders while Kiley Bloom had two assists. Allison Doherty, Nieve Bachman and Molly Sullivan added a goal each for Fenwick.
BASEBALL
Ipswich 3, Winthrop 2: Senior Dylan York spun a four-hit complete game with eight strikeouts and no walks to help Ipswich (3-6) snap a five-game losing streak. Ipswich broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth when Graham McNamara stole home while Ethan Hanson got caught in a run down; The Tigers added a valuable insurance run in the fifth when Nate Baise walked, stole second, and eventually came home on Drew Lane’s sacrifice fly. Lane had two hits while Naise and McNamara also hit safely.
Salem 8, Salem Academy 7: Corey Grimes hit a 2-run double in the sixth to break a 6-6 tie and the Witches (4-4) held off the Navs in an intercity battle. Yan Ruiz and Riley Fenerty each had two hits for Salem while Grimes earned the win on the mound with three relief innings. Jordan O’Malley and Rocco Ryan also collected RBI.
St. Mary’s Lynn 1, Masconomet 0: Drew Gustafson struck out seven and allowed only two hits but the Chieftains (7-2) were shaded in a battle between CCL and NEC leaders. Ty Feldberg, Gabe Fales and Anthony Cerbone all had hits for Masco.
St. John’s Prep 4, Malden Catholic 3: Will Shaheen came on for the last two innings and a save while adding two his and an RBI to help the Eagles (4-5) snap their three game skid. Anthony Romano earned the win while Gavin Gold and Cam LaGrassa were both 2-for-4 with an RBI and Aidan Driscoll drove one run home.
Bishop Fenwick 9, Danvers 4: The Crusaders (4-5) scored four in the fourth to pull away from the Falcons. Anthony Herbert had a single and three RBI, Odin Garron hit a triple, Jacob Behn and Harry VanFassen had two hits and two RBI each and Chris D’Angelo was fairly dominant on the mound with 10 strikeouts over six innings. Joe Nugent pitched well for Danvers (2-4) but well victim to four errors. Nick Robinson and Beckett Wodarski added hits.
St. Mark’s 7, Pingree 5: Jaylon Richardson had a big two-run knock for the Highlanders (6-2) in a close road loss. Dan Ferris picked up two hits while Calvin Zimmerman drove home a pair and Quinn Moses hit safely and scored.
Triton 8, Beverly 1: The Panthers (3-7) lost for the fifth straight time on the road.
Peabody 6, Melrose 5: Cam Connolly came on for the final two outs and a save while going 2-for-3 with an RBI to help the Tanners improve to 8-2 with their fifth straight win. Zach Hartnett went 2-for-3 and scored twice, Dylan Annese earned his third win with four innings of strong work and Mike Petro, Jayden Cunningham and Josh Sigmon added RBI.
GIRLS TENNIS
Danvers 3, Swampscott 2: The Falcons won all three singles matches to take the day thanks to Madison Savage (6-2, 6-1), Sophia Sanidas (6-0, 6-0) and Josie Vogel (6-1, 6-2).
Victoria Quagrello and Eve Bryne won a marathon at first doubles, 7-6, 6-7, 10-8 and the team of Ava and Alexia O’Donnell prevailed 6-2, 6-2.
Ipswich 5, Triton 0: Straight set victories by Claire Buletza, Abbie Allen and Tess O’Flynn in singles and Nora Hickey/Lila Borgman and Emily Hannibal/Frannie Hertz in doubles saw the Tigers even their record at 3-3.
Beverly 5, Peabody 0: Singles wins by Adeline Kontos (6-0/6-2), Olivia Devereaux (6-4/6-1), Grace Adams (6-2/6-0) helped the Panthers improve to 4-2. The teams of Ella McAleer & Clea Shumria (6-1/6-4) and Sophia Gallo & Elina Savoia (6-0/6-1) also got wins in the doubles matchups.
Bishop Fenwick 5, St. Mary’s Lynn 0: The Crusaders swept up their rivals behind wins from Gwen Schroeder (6-0, 6-0), Callie Reed (6-0, 6-1), Caroline O’Hare (6-3, 6-1) and the teams of Lacey Murphy/Ari Summa (6-0, 6-1) Kit Wichroski/Maggie Wichroski (6-0, 6-0).
Marblehead 5, Winthrop 0: With straight set victories by Maddie Conlon, Aviva Bornstein, Sarah Munroe and the teams of Reese Friedman/Lani Gilmore and Abbie Goodwin/Nina Johnson the Magicians improved to 2-3.
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Lynnfield 0: Emma Jani (6-0, 6-1) and Naomi Provost (6-0, 6-0) continued their dominate play in singles and the Generals remained undefeated at 6-0. Ellie Holbrook won a two hour match 6-3, 7-6 (6) at third singles and the tandems of Emily McIntosh and Sienna Gregory (6-4, 6-2) and Maddie Minich and Izzy Church (6-0, 6-0) also won.
SOFTBALL
Bishop Fenwick 10, Gloucester 1: Gigi Aupont posted another 15 strikeouts in a 1-hit effort and the Crusaders (5-2) made it four straight wins. Gulianna Micheche doubled home a pair for runs for Fenwick and Sofia Longo had two hits with two RBI.
Swampscott 7, Salem 3: Hayden Haskell fanned 10 batters and the Big Blue evened their record at 3-3. Olivia Barletta went 3-for-4 with a double to spark Swampscott’s 13 hit attack and Lauryn Fahey doubled in a pair of runs.
Marblehead 6, Malden Catholic 1: Tessa Francis stroked a 2-run double in the sixth to put the Magicians (8-1) on top and she struck out 12 in another 3-hit gem. Isabel Mortensen and Hailey Schmitt had key single to spark the six run sixth inning rally.
Hamilton-Wenham 12, Ipswich 9: Molly Degnan homered in a six RBI day that included three hits and also pitched all seven innings with seven strikeouts for the Generals (3-6), who scored five in the seventh to win it. Ava Day was also 3-fof-5 with two RBI and Viola Fazio went 4-for-5 and scored three runs.
For the Tigers, Liv Driscoll (2 RBI), Cairo Teheen (2 RBI), and Thalia McNamara (RBI). each had two hits.
Penguin Hall 12, Pingree 5: Despite a two run homer by Shea Nelson (2-for-4), the Highlanders lost with some defensive miscues being the culprit. Antonelli Najim fanned six in the circle and Elissa Karametsopoulos went 3-for-4.
BOYS TENNIS
St. John’s Prep 5, St. John’s Shrewsbury 0: John Deangelis, Jack Prokopis and Luke Free won their singles matches in straight sets and the Eagles improved to 7-0. The doubles teams of Luke Prokopis/Boris Kouzminov and Mark McDuffee and Alex Melville also win.
Marblehead 5, Winthrop 0: The Magicians swept the Vikings with wins by Etan Farfel (6-0, 6-0), Jayden Janock (6-0, 6-0), Quinn Fletcher (6-2, 6-1) and the teams of Anthony Vizy/Ty Cooper (6-0, 6-0) and Leo Winocour/Ben Zaltsman (8-1).
BOYS TRACK
Danvers 79, Winthrop 57: The Falcons (4-1) got key wins from Kevin Burke (discus), Noah Wade (shot put), Sam Randall (mile), Nick Figueiredo (400), Luca Tirella (high jump), Zach Cotter (high and low hurdles) plus the 4×100 relay of Owen Shanbar, Michael Albano, Zachary Dunn, and Josh Downey.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
St. John’s Prep 3, Xaverian 0: Tighe Lusk hit .833 and the Eagles swept the Hawks, 25-11, 25-13, 25-10. Harry Block and Jason Orfaly each hit .500 in the Catholic Conference win and St. John’s had 23 team assists with 14 digs.
Woburn 3, Salem 1: Outside hitter Nick DaCosta led the Witches with six kills in the 25-19, 10-25, 6-25, 10-25 setback. Malcolm Edwards played a strong defensive game with three blocks.
BOYS LACROSSE
Marblehead 8, Beverly 7: Seven different goal scorers enabled the Magicians (now 6-2) to emerge from a slow start to eventually take the lead and hold for the victory. Gio Garibotto scored twice and Will Sullivan had one goal and three assists for the winners, with single goals coming from Reece Moore, Jack Whipple, Cam Waldman (plus an assist), Greg Motorny and Chris Tardie. Bodie Smith added an assist, captain Eliot Pluss played well defensively in his first game back from injury, and goaltender Finn Gallup (14 saves) was strong between the pipes.
Beverly, which got four goals and one assist from Matt Maloblocki and another goal and a helper from John Maloblocki, saw its four-game winning streak snapped. Colby Vaccaro turned aside a dozen shots in the BHS cage, Chris McKie and Connor Wallace also beat the netminder, and Aidan Sullivan (2), Colby Malionek and Will Burgess all had assists for the Panthers (now 4-6).
Swampscott 12, Winthrop 11 (OT): Held scoreless over the second and third periods and trailing by five, the Big Blue (9-1) made a furious charge and scored seven times over the final 12 minutes of regulation — including the tying tally by Jason Rothwell with two seconds to go — and once more in overtime by Liam Keaney to pull out a stunning win. Rothwell (4 goals) and Keaney (3 goals, 3 assists) both had huge roles in the win, with Max Field (3 goals), John Von Barta (goal, 2 assists), Sam Brodsky (goal), Jay Domelowicz (2 assists) and Chase Russo (assist) also factoring into the scoring. Timmy Sheehan earned another win in net, stopping eight shots.
Bishop Fenwick 13, Archbishop Williams 10: Joey Marshall and CJ Masone both had three goals and two assists to put Fenwick (7-2) back in the win column. Anthony Sasso and Nathan Ricciuti both had two goals and one assist, Dylan Patturelli added two goals, Aidan Byrne had a goal and an assist, and Luke Connolly (6 ground balls) and Anthony Nichols both had one assist. Warren Dubois stopped five shots in the Fenwick cage.
Masconomet 13, Danvers 5: Owen McNally, the Chieftains’ leading scorer, added to his totals with a 6-goal, 1-assist performance in victory. Colin Driscoll (3 goals, assist), Colten Russo (3 assists), Anthony Giacchino (goal, 2 assists) and John Miga (goal, assist) each had multiple points for Masconomet at well. Miles Mireault and Leo Koutoulas added solo tallies, with Chris Young, Alan Weitzman, Will Carey, Robbie Engel and Madden Bernier all coming up with one assist. Tyller Goncalves earned the win after making six saves on 10 shots, while Jack Wheadon made another three stops of the four shots he faced.
Jake Ryan (assist) and Connor Harvey both had two goals for Danvers, with Brady Tersolo scoring the other while assisting on two more. Lucas Goulet had one helper, goalie Ryan Rogers made eight saves, and Evan Rogers won half of his 18 faceoffs.
Minuteman 10, Salem 5: Freshman goalkeeper Vincent Milano was strong in making 15 saves, but the Witches couldn’t keep up offensively in falling to 3-7. Miguel Arcila led the offense with two goals and an assist, while Andreas Bernal adding two goals of his own and Mikey Curtin scoring the other to go along with one helper. Gabe Bennett also produced an assist for the Witches.