Boys Soccer: Swampscott ends losing skid

Swampscott’s four-game losing streak came to an end on Thursday, as the Big Blue were victorious 3-1 at Beverly.Beverly took an early lead as Tom Fallon would score the first goal with 25 minutes left in the half. Swampscott would tie the game eight minutes later as Kyle Taylor would score a goal (Jackson Steele assist). The score would be 1-1 at the half. In the second half, Kyle Taylor and Jake Scott would score in the first four minutes to give Swampscott a 3-1 lead.”We controlled the pace of the game all day long. I was very happy with how aggressive my team played, especially in the second half,” Swampscott coach Mike Chase said.Swampscott (3-4) plays Classical Monday.Danvers 3, English 1At Manning Field, Alex Mulbah’s goal (Leo Awonkang assist) gave the Bulldogs (3-4-1) a 1-0 lead in the first half, but the Falcons (7-2) rallied for three unanswered goals.Click here for a photo gallery.”Danvers was just more physical in the second half and beat us to balls,” English coach Kerry King said.Eric Martin tied the game for the Falcons in the first half before seniors Chris Ciampa and Tom Hurley scored goals (with Costa Hatziioannu assisting) in the second half.”They got us last year, so we were glad to be able to pull it out,” Danvers coach Antonio Lage said.Marblehead 2, Classical 2At Manning Field, Miguel Castro was taken down in the box late in the second half, drawing a penalty kick that he converted on with 2:00 left to earn the Rams a draw.Marblehead (5-1-2) had taken a 1-0 lead on Nate Cullen’s penalty-kick goal in the first half before Classical (7-1-1) fought back to tie late in the half.Dillon Irving scored off a Mike Brenan corner kick midway through the second half to give Marblehead back the lead before Castro’s PK tied it.Peabody 4, Winthrop 0At Peabody, Peabody’s Matt Rodgers would score two goals in the first half. Rogers would give Peabody a 2-0 halftime lead. Kyle McGlone and Vinny McMahon would take care of the second-half scoring with a goal each. Peabody (6-0-1) plays Danvers Monday.St. John’s 1, Andover 0At Danvers, Andover would be the reason for its own undoing. An Andover “own goal” led to the Eagles’ win. St. John’s keeper Steve Pasinski (8 saves) would take care of the rest with his second shutout of the year. St. John’s is 4-3.Salem 6, Saugus 0At Bertram Field in Salem, Edwin DeMoya scored twice as the Witches (4-4-1) received goals from five different players in the win. Marco and Alex Carbajal had a goal along with Brion Likaj and Austin Shea.