Roundup: Balanced St. Mary’s girls hoop handles Matignon

The St. Mary’s girls basketball team had five players in double figures in an impressive 66-49 win over Matignon”When you have five players in double figures you’ll be in pretty good shape,” Spartans coach Jeff Newhall said.St. Mary’s dominated the first quarter.In fact, the Spartans (5-2, 2-1 Central Catholic League) were only one free throw away from shutting out the Warriors in the quarter.Between Alison McCarthy, Bria Tiro and Amy Bozarjian the Spartans had eight three-point field goals.Tiro led the way with 16 points. Bozarjian added 15 points and seven assists. Tori Faieta had a double-double, scoring 11 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.Cassie Amenta and McCarthy each scored 10 points apiece.Fenwick 51, Tewksbury 43At Fenwick, Bridget Dullea knocked home 22 points as the Crusaders raised their record to 3-2.Amy Pelletier backed Dullea up with 11 points, while Lauran DiCarlo had eight.The Crusaders were down, 22-17, at the half, “But we really picked up our defensive intensity,” said Fenwick coach Tim Harrington.”And Bridget stepped up to hit a couple of big shots when we needed them.”Triton 49, Lynnfield 37At Byfield, Alison Newell had a phenomenal game for the Pioneers. She recorded a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, while also dispersing three assists. Sarah Goldstein scored added six points and eight rebounds.Danvers 45, Gloucester 37At Danvers, Kellie Macdonald was the lone Falcon (6-1) in double figures, with 12 points. Freshman Sarah Palazola pulled down nine rebounds to go with her seven points.Alicia Unis had a monster game on the boards for the Fishermen (4-2), pulling down 17 rebounds to go wither six points.BOYS HOCKEYLynnfield 3, No. Andover 2At Burbank Arena in Reading, the Pioneers (4-2-1, 4-1 CAL) got an unassisted goal from Andy Garbeno with 5:15 left to take the win.”For the second tooime this week, we stepped up againstr the class of the league,” Lynnfield coach Vin Mirasolo said.Lynnfield led 1-0 after one on a Mike Connolly goal before North Andover’s Brian Amor tied it.Greg Meiniger gave Lynnfield back the lead at 6:54 of the period. It was still 2-1 in the third when Jack Hyman evened things before Garbeno’s heroics.Craig Cataldo made 17 saves for Lynnfield in the win.”It was a total team effort. We dug deep and played really smart,” Mirasolo said.GIRLS HOCKEYEnglish 3, Masco 1At Topsfield, after the Chieftons jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead, Mackenzie Clark scored a pair of goals to lead the Bulldogs (4-0) on Wednesday. Vanessa Caruccio added an insurance goal in the second period.Ashley Fiandaca, Candice Kirk (who also had an assist), Madison Mollea and Taylor Brown continued their strong play on the blue line in front of Katie Burt, who turned away 26 shots.