School roundup: St. Mary’s girls end hex against Spellman

For at least the last 20 years, the St. Mary’s High girls basketball team found nothing but heartbreak every time it made the trek to Brockton to play Cardinal Spellman. The Spartans couldn’t buy a win – that is, until Monday night, when they finally ended the drought with a 47-39 victory.”Tonight we finally broke through,” St. Mary’s coach Jeff Newhall said. “By far this the best win in my four years (as head coach).”St. Mary’s did just about everything right in this one including taking care of the ball. The Spartans had a season-low nine turnovers, and never trailed.”We played a complete basketball game,” Newhall said.Amy Bozarjian had 12 points for St. Mary’s with Tori Faieta scoring eight with 18 rebounds and five blocks. Alison McCarthy had eight points, 11 rebounds and four assists and Nicole Hanlon had seven points. The Spartans are 6-4, 3-3 in the Catholic Central League.BOYS BASKETBALLTech 83, Gr. Lowell 33At Tech, the Tigers tuned up for tonight’s rematch against Minuteman with a comfortable win. The bench came up big for coach Marvin Avery with sophomore guard Trey Gallo scoring 23 points, followed by contributions from Terrance Gallo (17 points) and Lorenzo Rivera (13 points, 8 rebounds). Tech led 55-13 at the half, prompting Avery to rest his starters.SWIMMINGTech 97, Shawsheen 80At Billerica, the Tigers improved to 2-1 led by Marcos Castellano, who qualified for sectionals and states in diving with 196.6 points. He also won the 100 butterfly (1:10.6). Mike Leone won the 100 breaststroke (1:29.38); Mike Rockwood, the 200 free (2:35.86); and Alex Quinton, the 50 free (29.50). Tech won the 200 medley relay with Bopah Choung, Yulia Shebalina, Castellano and Quinton (2:11.34); and the 200 free relay, with Shebalina, Matt Noonan, Andrew Guy and Quinton (2:00.85).GIRLS HOCKEYChelmsford 4, Beverly 0At Gloucester, the Panthers (4-2-1) had a tough outing despite solid play in net from Brianna Jackson, who made 31 saves. Chelmsford led 2-0 after two periods.GYMNASTICSPeabody 134.45, Beverly 130.55At Peabody, the Tanners (2-1) were led by Shelby Coulter, who won all-around (35.3), vaulting (9.0) and bars (8.7). She took second on the beam and tied for second in floor. Jen Habeeb finished third in all-around and on the beam and first in floor (8.65); Michelle Manfra tied for second in vaulting and in floor; and Amy Sinewitz finished third on the beam.BOYS TRACKSalem 47.5, English 38.5At Revere, English’s Jake Sampson won the shot put (37-6 1/2), Bryon Henriquez, the 50 hurdles (7.0) and Ashani Nelson, the 300 (36.1). Salem had wins from Ben Dibble in the high jump, Mack Ryan, the 50, Juan Carrasco, the 600, Mike Collins, the 1,000; Steve Levesque, the mile and Steve Trainor, the 2-mile. English is 0-3 and Salem is 3-0.Revere 56.5, Classical 24.5)At Revere, Classical had wins from Chevere Archer, high jump (5-4); Rudy Collymore, 50 (5.9) and Jaquan Huston, 300 (37.3). The Revere winners were Manny Velez, shot put (50-1/2); Victor Galli, 50 (6.8); Kristian Andino, 600 (1:32.5); Bryan Coniglio, 1,000 (2:41.6); Nicholas DeMarco, mile (5:25) and Alen Smajic, 2-mile (11:54).Peabody 69, Beverly 17At Peabody, the Tanners (3-0) had wins from Nour Shanin, shot put (50-11/2); Jonathan Balcacer, 45 (6.6); Nick Hiou, 300 (36.2); Ryan Conrad, 600 (1:20.1); Rames Montero, 1,000 (2:31.9); John Lawrence, mile (4:43.6) and Colin Mahoney, 2-mile (11:15.7).GIRLS TRACKSalem 52, ENGLISH 34At Revere, the Bulldogs had wins from Bianca Fowler, high jump (4-8) and 50 (6.6); Maria Arzu, 50 (9.1) and Alex Henry, mile (6:19.8).Revere 54, Classical 26At Revere, Classical’s Jillian Adams won the high jump (4-6) and 300 (43.6) and teammate Katie Fitzgerald took first in the 50 (6.8). Revere had wins from Brian Scata in the shot put (25-111/2); Victoria DeVincent, the 50 (9.3): Taren Kershaw, the 600 (1:46); Jessica Simpson, the 1,000 (3:17.2); Colby Hough, mile (5:57.8) and Joanna Green, 2-mile (14:21.9).Beverly 50, Peabody 36At Peabody, the Tanners (2-1)