LYNN – They didn’t get to meet in the Boverini Tournament, but Classical and English met Friday afternoon at the Cavanagh Fieldhouse as sort of an epilogue.And with the Bulldogs’ 75-71 win, they’ve now defeated all three other Lynn boys basketball teams in the span of a week (they beat St. Mary’s, and then Tech, in the tournament).But it wasn’t easy.”Classical slowed the game down,” said English coach Buzzy Barton, whose team is now 6-0. “But Justin Young had a huge first half.”Yes, he did. Young, who has been shooting the lights out since the season began, knocked home six three pointers, which blew Classical coach Tom Grassa’s strategy of denying the Bulldogs from scoring down low right out of the water.”They’re so deep,” Grassa said, “that you have to sacrifice something. For us, we didn’t want to let them score easy baskets from in the paint.”Still, even with Young’s bombardment, Classical walked off the court at halftime leading 41-38.”I thought it was an evenly-played first half,” Grassa said. “If there was anything to be happy about, it was the fact that we had 20 turnovers (for the game). That’s uncharacteristic for us.”The Rams, still shorthanded since Chris Francois was injured in an auto accident earlier this week, had three players who logged all 32 minutes: Jarell Byrd, Jasper Grassa and Cameron Smith.”But they were all exhausted,” said Grassa. “They have so much more depth. They played 10 guys, we played only seven.”Byrd did yeoman work on the defensive side of the floor, pulling down 11 rebounds, blocking five shots, and having two steals.”And they were, at the time, important blocks,” said Grassa.Byrd was no slouch on the other side either, finishing up with 19 points.”He was immense,” said Grassa. “But the problem was that he did so much work on defense that when he came up the other end of the floor, English was able to deny him the ball.”The second half was “back and forth, up and down,” said Barton. “We finally got into our up-tempto game more, and we pulled ahead finally, and held on.”Young had help, in the form of Archie Allen and Eugene Turner, both of whom finished with 16 points.”Archie, in particular, gave us problems all night long,” said Grassa.In the end, it was Jose Rivera who made the biggest difference in the game, scoring both of his baskets late to give the Bulldogs the final cushion.For Classical, there was a silver lining in the loss. Francois, who may be gone for the season, was a big part of the Classical frontcourt. Tony Wonde has been tabbed to pick up the slack, and he played well, scoring six points in 16 minutes, but pulling down seven rebounds.”He really came to play today,” Grassa said.