Boys Basketball: English clinches tourney spot with win over Winthrop

Evidently the English boys basketball team learned from its great escape at Swampscott on Tuesday as the Bulldogs came out with vengeance on Friday at the Paul F. Cavanagh Field House against Winthrop.Holding the Vikings to 25 points in the final three quarters, English clinched a state tournament berth by taking Winthrop behind the woodshed, 66-41.”Our offense started off slow and then picked it up,” English coach Buzzy Barton said. “Our defense was really good (Friday).”That defense held Viking star Dino Mallios to just six points and two field goals while the offense broke open a 24-16 game after one quarter.Jeremy Subervi led English’s (10-2) offense with 16 points. Ryan Woumn added 12 and Rafael Perez finished with 10 as the Bulldogs had eight different players score in the game.Winthrop (8-3) got 13 points from Gavin Mahoney and 10 from Mike Visco in the loss.Tech 71, Chelsea 49At Chelsea, the Tigers (5-3) got 21 points and five assists from Victor Smith and 12 points from Jose Rios in the win.Classical 79, Gloucester 65At Classical, the Rams (8-4) broke a three-game losing streak as Cam Smith had a season high 22 points.”Cam hasn’t been scoring a lot but it was nice to see us get offense from some other guys,” Classical coach Tom Grassa said.Jasper Grassa had 18 points and Jarell Byrd chipped in 15 for the victors. Tony Johnson added eight points and 12 rebounds.Gloucester got 19 points in the loss from Chris Unis.Swampscott 79, Revere 71At Revere, four players reached double figures as the Big Blue (7-4) pulled away late.Craig Rodenstein led Swampscott with 22 points while Scott Leffler and Ryan Squires added 19 points each. John Beaulieu was the fourth in double digits, finishing with 15.Beverly 60, Marblehead 57At Beverly, runs were the name of the game and it was the Panthers (6-4) who had the biggest one though, overcoming a nine point deficit in the fourth quarter and holding on from there with 7-of-10 free throw shooting in the fourth.Nate Knudson, Curtis Manuel and Matt McQuaid led Beverly with 12 points each. Damola Abu and Pat Song had 11 points each for the Magicians (6-3).”We had some bad turnovers at the end that really hurt us,” Marblehead coach Wayne Hanscom said.Salem 86, Danvers 53At Veterans Memorial Field House in Salem, the Witches (7-3) stayed blazingly hot, making it seven victories in a row with a dominant defensive effort.Junior Lugo’s 22 points paced the Salem offense, which saw 10 different players get on the scoresheet. Chris Maxson had 15 points and Bryan Ortiz added 11. Beau Theriault had 10 points and eight rebounds.”The kids have put together a nice little run,” Salem coach Tom Doyle said.Cathedral 60, Fenwick 55At Cathedral, the Crusaders (3-6) had a nine point lead with seven minutes remaining before the Panthers, namely Manny Barbosa, began raining down threes to take the win.Mike Clifford was outstanding for Fenwick in the loss, finishing with 31 points and 16 rebounds. Nolan DiPanfilo had 11.