Boys Soccer Roundup: More frustration for English vs. Revere

It was another entry in a seemingly never-ending series of heartbreaks for the English boys soccer team on Thursday at Manning Field against Revere.The Bulldogs (3-9-2) had a ton of chances early on against Revere goalie Alphonso Rosales, but couldn’t find the mark. And then they had to watch as Josh Duncan’s second goal of the game with just under a minute to go in regulation gave the Patriots a 3-2 win that moved them one step closer to the state tournament.”We’re not finishing our opportunities early in games and it’s killing us,” English coach Kerry King said. “Their goalie made some spectacular saves and then they pulled it out.”Ulises Guevara had both of the goals for English, with assists going to Mubarak Nyang and Eddie Roman. Drahim Rhavi had the other Revere goal. Luis DeCunha, Andres Herrera and Jessy Guzman had single assists.Tech 6, No. Shore 2At Middleton, the Tigers (8-6-1) clinched a trip to the Division 3 North tournament with their seventh win in eight tries after starting 1-5.”We’re playing as a team and that’s something we weren’t doing early in the season,” Tech coach Fred Gallo said. “I knew at 1-5 that it would be tough to get there but we were able to turn it around.”Prince Tchoumi continued his stellar play of late by picking up a hat trick and an assist while Richard Jones-Alas had two goals. Yerlin Guevara had three assists while Elmer Vincente had a goal and an assist.Beverly 1, Classical 0At Manning Field, Rodrigo Valdez’s penalty kick with 20:00 remaining proved to be all the offense in this one as the Panthers (4-7-3) dealt a tough loss to the Rams.”We had plenty of chances and just couldn’t find the net,” Classical coach Joe Skahan said.The Rams (4-6-5) had a penalty kick of their own but rang the shot off the crossbar.Swampscott 6, Winthrop 1At Swampscott, the Big Blue (5-7-2) got a goal and two assists from Chris Riseng and a goal and an assist from Chris Nenshati to keep their tournament hopes going.Mark Simms, Kyle Taylor, John Michael Mason and Jake Strauss also had goals for Swampscott. Rocky Nenshati added an assist.Peabody 2, Salem 1At Bertram Field in Salem, the Tanners (14-1, 13-1 NEC) took a stranglehold of the NEC North lead thanks to Mike Pennachio’s goal with 10:00 left in the game.”These are the type of games you want to play going into the tournament,” Peabody coach Stan McKeen said. “Salem is a good team. We just took advantage of a couple mistakes.”It was a 0-0 game at the half before Peabody took a 1-0 lead early in the second half on a Josh Boyce penalty kick. The Witches (10-4-1) drew even midway through the second half on a Brad Duhaine unassisted goal before Pennachio got the winner late.Danvers 3, Marblehead 1At Marblehead, the Magicians (6-5-4) found the back of the net for the first time in two games but still came away on the short end as the Falcons scored twice off corner kicks to offset a dominant performance from the Marblehead defense.Tom Marini, Chris Ciampa and Nick Strangie took care of the goal-scoring with Tim Davison having two assists for Danvers.Nick Belesis picked up the only Marblehead goal.Gloucester 3, Saugus 0At Saugus, the Sachems (4-7-3) had some early chances against the visitors but couldn’t find the mark.