School Roundup: Swampscott cross country solves Beverly

The Swampscott High boys cross country team is off and running with an 18-44 win over Beverly in its opener Thursday at Swampscott.Sam Rakoc finished first overall on the 2.8-mile course, logging a 14:18. The Big Blue took five of the first six places. Brandon Poulin was second (15:33); Kristian Kotov, fourth (15:39); Sierk Vanderburg, fifth (15:46); and Nick Hartman, sixth (15:53).Danvers 22, English 37At Danvers, the Bulldogs had three runners in the top six. Camy Ducasse finished third and Jesse and Chris Birotte took fifth and sixth, respectively. Freshman Charles Santamaria also ran well in his first race for the Bulldogs.Gloucester 15, Classical 40At Gloucester, Jordan Clabeaux was the top finisher for the Rams, who are home Tuesday against Danvers at Lynn Woods.Peabody 16, Winthrop 48At Winthrop, the defending Northeastern Conference North champion Tanners (1-0) took the top four spots, led by Chris Lawrence (14:18); Nick Christiansen (14:23); John Lawrence (14:50) and T.J. D’Amato (15:09). Peabody (1-0) had three freshmen finish in the top seven.Ipswich 21, Lynnfield 40Newburyport 19, Lynnfield 40At Maudsley State Park Wednesday, Lynnfield’s Sam Olivieri finished fourth overall with an 18:22. The Pioneers are 1-3.Marblehead 16, Salem 47At Marblehead, the Magicians (1-0) graduated their top three runners from last year, but it didn’t slow them down Thursday with Ross Peterson finishing first (17:15); Andrew Graf, second (17:21); Ned Breed, third (17:42); and James Wiggleworth, fourth (17:54).Revere 25, Saugus 30At Breakheart Reservation, Jake Roy was the top runner for the Sachems (0-1), finishing sixth overall. Jim Harrington took seventh and Cameron Lord ninth.GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYMarblehead 15, Salem 50At Marblehead, the Magicians (1-0) took the top nine spots, led by Bridget Forbes (21:19); Alex Gerard (21:21); Madeline Piela (21:24); Kate Hewig (21:43); Chloe Heskett (21:46); Chloe Heskett (21:46); Sarah Bittermann (21:54); Julia Moulton (21:56); Claire Depew (21:59) and Katie Herlihy (22:23).Gloucester 15, Classical 50At Gloucester, freshman Amy O’Brien topped the field for the Rams, who are 0-1 with Danvers on tap for Tuesday.Danvers 15, English 50At Danvers, Sam Hoy, Bianca Fowler and Sina Eam ran well for the Bulldogs.Beverly 25, Swampscott 30At Swampscott, Beverly’s Kelly O’Connor took first (16:10), but the Big Blue had a strong showing with Lindsay Walsh finishing second (16:31); Amelia Antrim, fifth (17:34); Kelly Walton, sixth (18:09); freshman Hannah King eighth (19:01) and Niki Laskaris ninth (19:03).Peabody 15, Winthrop 29At Winthrop, the Tanners (1-0) took the first five places led by Brittany Creamer (17:35); Jenna Pickard (17:46); Brittni Atkinson (17:58); Meghan Connors (18:05) and Selena Glowick (18:27).Revere 27, Saugus 31At Breakheart Reservation, Janelle Brown finished first overall, but the Sachems still came up just short. Karen Donohue took third. Both are captains.Lynnfield 27, Ipswich 29Newburyport 15, L’field 50At Maudsley State Park on Wednesday, Sam Albanese was the top runner for the Pioneers with a 22:10. Lynnfield is 2-2.VOLLEYBALLFenwick 3, Matignon 2At Matignon, this one was a battle. Fenwick (2-0) won the first game, 25-21, lost the second, 24-26, and the third, 19-25, before taking the next two, 25-15 and 15-10. Lauren DiCarlo had 16 kills and played well offensively and defensively at the net. Sam Bouchar had five digs and seven aces and Bridget Dullea did a nice job at setter.FIELD HOCKEYLynnfield 5, Rockport 0At Lynnfield, Meriam Gehret had the hat trick and Mary Krieger and Angela Arakelian had one goal each for the Pioneers (3-0), who led 3-0 at the half. Gehret had nine goals in three games, with four of them coming against Georgetown.