Girls basketball: Danvers’ Sherry scores her 1,000th in win over Classical

Danvers High sharpshooter Danielle Sherry needed eight points to hit the 1,000 career-point milestone heading into Friday night’s game against Classical and she didn’t waste any time doing it. Sherry hit the jackpot on a free throw in the first quarter and went on to lead her team to a 47-38 win at Classical. Sherry finished with 22 points.”She’s very difficult to defend,” Classical coach Tom Sawyer said. “She’s a very good outside shooting, but she can also take the ball inside.”Classical hung in most of the game, but fouls down the stretch helped swell the final scorer.”Turnovers killed us,” Sawyer said. “We had too many trips down the floor where we didn’t’ even get off a shot.”Christina McKenzie had 10 points for the Rams, who are 5-7. Danvers has won four in a row and six of its last seven games.”Classical played very tough,” Danvers coach Pat Veilleux said. “It was nice to get a win on the road and for Danielle to get her 1,000th.”Gloucester 60, English 41At English, the Fishermen (8-4) went on a 14-0 rrun to start the second half and the Bulldogs were unable to recover. Gloucester outscored them 40-16 after the break. Hannah Cain had the hot hand for the visitors with 25 points and 12 rebounds.Jill Lukegord (11 points) also came up big.”The key was limiting (Jeanette) Anderson’s touches in the second half,” Gloucester coach Jon Flanagan said, adding his team was able to limit English to one shot.”It was a nice win,” Flanagan said. “It was an exciting game.”English coach Fred Hogan saw his team surrender a five-point lead at the half.”We turned the ball over way too many times,”Hogan said.The Bulldogs (8-4) were without Trinity Neuberg for the third consecutive game (back injury) and they were without Jenicia Duggins (violation of team rules). English will try and halt its three-game skid against Danvers on Tuesday.Arl. Catholic 59,St. Mary’s 39At Arlington, Jenna Blydell had 10 points and Tori Faieta had nine points to go with eight rebounds and six blocks, but the Spartans still came up short. St. Mary’s cut the deficit to 26-21 with about 41/2 minutes remaining in the third quarter, but Arlington Catholic went on a 13-0 run to pul away for good. St. Mary’s is 6-8, 0-6 in the Catholic Central League.Tech 51, Northeast 28At Tech, the Tigers (7-3) spread the scoring around with Jessica Underwood (14 points) and Katrina Freeman (13 points) leading the way.Shena Mitchell (8 points) also contributed offensively. Tech plays Shawsheen Tuesday.Winthrop 54, Revere 52At Revere, the Vikings (10-1) survived a scare in qualifying for the state tournament. Revere led by a point with 39 second remaining, but Nicole Giaquinto came up with a couple of big defensive plays to keep Winthrop alive. Freshman Johnna Fisher only had two points, but the hoop was the game-winner and it came with 16 seconds remaining. Courtney Finn and Giaquinto each had 15 points.Revere was led by Danielle Jenkins (13 points) and Christina Cavagnaro (12 points).Williams 60, Fenwick 49At Peabody, the Crusaders (6-7, 2-4 Catholic Central League) struggled offensively despite the efforts of Bria Tiro and Lara Bruni, who each had 10 points.Salem 58, Marblehead 23At Salem, Ashley White scored 12 points and Amanda Wilkins, Karly Henderson and Jasmine Bryant each added 10 for the Witches, who improve to 4-9.Amesbury 37, Lynnfield 34At Amesbury, the Pioneers fell to 2-12 despite 19 points from Alison Newell and another 10 by Jamie Harris.”We just couldn’t get it done,” said Lynnfield coach Bill Adams.It was a back-and-forth game until Newell fouled out with two minutes to go.”That made a big difference,” said Adams.