School Roundup: Better effort for Spartan girls hoop in defeat

The St. Mary’s girls basketball team lost to Archbishop Williams, 63-52, Monday, but there was a silver lining.When the two teams met earlier in the season, Archbishop Williams jumped out to a 34-3 lead, and, with its starters gone after the first quarter, still pulled out a 29-point win.”It was a smoke show,” St. Mary’s coach Jeff Newhall said, adding that the Bishops are the defending state champs and they have all their players back.It was a different story in round 2. The Spartans never trailed by more than 14, and with five minutes remaining in the third quarter, they were only down by six points.”This was fundamentally, physically and emotionally the best game we’ve played this year,” Newhall said.Tori Faieta led the Spartans with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Amy Bozarjian buried five threes and finished with 17 points. Freshman Cassi Amenta had nine points and eight rebounds.St. Mary’s is 7-9.BOYS BASKETBALLSt. John’s 75, Malden Cath. 66At Malden, the Eagles (9-5) won their fourth game in a row and fourth in six nights and are one win away from qualifying for the state tournament. Ryan O’Connell had another monster night, scoring 39 points. The Bowdoin College-bound senior had a whopping 140 points in four games, including 29 threes. Brendon Felder, a sophomore point guard from Lynn, had 19 points.BOYS HOCKEYFenwick 6, Rockport 0At Gloucester, Pat Doliber scored two first-period goals to help the Crusaders rebound from a tough loss to Northeast over the weekend. Dale Crispin also scored in the first period with Mark Sparaco, Jordan Mizioch and Willie Williams supplying the rest of the offense.”Any time you have a tough loss and answer back with a win, it feels good,” Fenwick coach Bob Tierney said.Fenwick is 8-4-1.St. John’s 7, Waltham 2At Waltham, the Eagles (8-5-3) offense broke out in a big way against a talented Waltham team, which came in sporting a 12-1-2 record.Christian Cowles had a hat trick to lead the Prep, which scored four goals in the second period to break the game open. John Sokolski had a goal and an assist while Danny Haugh, Justin DiRienzo and Eric Danilchuck had two assists each.Colin Prior, Nick Riccio and Dan Lawton also had goals for the Eagles, who got 26 saves from Eric Clifford.Beverly 6, Methuen 0At Methuen, the Panthers (7-7-1) received goals from six different players against the 1-13-1 Rangers.Alex Baker had a goal and two assists while Ty Albano and Chris Freni each had a goal and an assist. Jake Dube, Conor Walsh and Tom Berube had goals.GYMNASTICSHam-Wen 136,Peabody 134.6,Gloucester 134.55The Tanners (5-5) squeezed out a win over Gloucester with Justine Jarnagin taking first in vaulting (9.45) and third in all-around (34.95). Jenn Habeeb won on the balance beam (9.4) and took third on the bars and in floor. This was the Tanners’ final regular-season meet.”Five-and-five is better than I expected,” Peabody coach Russ Mentzer said, “especially in our first year in the Northeastern Conference. The Northeastern Conference is much tougher than the GBL (Greater Boston League).”FENCINGPrep 21, Beaver CD 6At Beaver Country Day, the Prep (14-2) got boosts from its foil team (Chris Adam, Mike Chan, Cole Canning, and Bill Camarda), which went 9-0; and from its sabre team (senior Rick Barnes of Lynn, Matt McCarthy, and James Gregoire), which also went 9-0.