Boys Soccer: Taylor scores twice to lead Swampscott past Classical

Kyle Taylor scored two goals to lead the Swampscott High boys soccer team to a 3-1 win over Classical Tuesday at Swampscott.”We controlled a lot of the tempo,” Swampscott coach Mike Chase said. “They’re a strong opponent. This is the best we played all season.”Swampscott’s Walter Morrell, a senior captain, had the unenviable task of shadowing Classical sharpshooter Miguel Castro all game and he got the job done.”His job was one thing. Stop Castro from hurting us. He did a tremendous job of shadowing him,” Chase said.Castro did find the net once, on a direct kick in the first half that made it 1-1, but the Big Blue iced the win with two goals in the second half. Rocky Nenshati scored Swampscott’s first goal, with the assist going to Chris Nenshati, and Taylor scored two, with Rocky Nenshati assisting on the first goal and Chris Nenshati on the second.Swampscott is 5-0-2.English 3, Saugus 1At Saugus, the Bulldogs had another strong outing to up their record to 4-3-2. Chukuma Halewhati put English on the board in the first half (Kevin Garduno assist). Eddie Roman (from Eric Bransfield) and Mubarak Nyang (penalty kick) supplied the next two. Derek Corderre scored for the Sachems (1-5) with Carmen Bordenaro getting the assist. Taylor Geotis played well in the loss.Salem 2, Winthrop 0At Winthrop, Lorjan Karagjozi scored three minutes into the game for Salem and Max Mondestine supplied some insurance midway through the second half. Ewin DeMoya and Mondestin each had assists with Michael Collins and Danny McCarthy combining for the shutout. Salem is 3-2-1.Marblehead 2, Revere 1At Marblehead, the Magicians (4-1-2) tied the game 20 minutes in on a goal by Jesse Lipkind (Nate Cullen assist) and Mike Brenan supplied the game-winner with 1:39 left on a direct kick.Beverly 1, Gloucester 1At Gloucester, Ethan Trout scoring on a cross from Yuri Lazarek in the first half to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. Beverly came up with the equalizer later in the half.Beverly is 0-4-2.