Boys soccer: Castro’s four goals lead shorthanded Rams past Winthrop

Playing on the road at always-challenging Miller Field in Winthrop was going to be a hard enough challenge for the Lynn Classical soccer team. But add in five starters out of the lineup because of various reasons and red cards, and the job for the Rams got that much more challenging.Fortunately for coach Joe Skahan’s team, Salvador Castro was on his game. Castro scored four times and assisted on a fifth goal as the Rams exploded for seven markers in a 7-4 win over the Vikings.”All the guys played great,” Skahan said.Kevin Kakou added a goal and two assists for Classical (8-2-2) with Christian Lopez having a goal and an assist. Dennis Husidic added the other Ram goal.The Rams host Gloucester today (4) at Manning Field. A win would put the Rams in the state tournament.Shawsheen 1, Tech 1At Manning Field, the Tigers (6-3-2, 6-1-2 Commonwealth Conference) had plenty of chances to get the win but couldn’t find the mark in the second half.”It was just one of those games,” Tech coach Fred Gallo said. “There were some good shots on both sides, but no one could score.”Click here for a photo gallery.Klaus Alexis had the only Tiger goal at the 10:00 mark of the second half. The Rams, however, fought back and tied the game at 1-1 midway through the second.St. Mary’s 8, No. Camb. Cath. 0At Manning Field, the Spartans’ (3-7-2) offense finally came alive as Alex Glover’s hat trick and an assist led the onslaught.Ralph Bertrand and Julian Yourawski had a goal and two assists each while Nick Gagliolo and Jeremy Tranfaglia had a goal and an assist. Andrew DiMaiti added his first career goal with Rob Goggin and Austin Frankel posting assists.BC High 2, St. John’s 1At Dorchester, St. John’s (6-5-1, 4-2 Catholic Conference) had a 1-0 lead with under five minutes to go on Joe Centofanci’s goal off a Dan O’Connor corner kick. But BC High scored two goals in 30 seconds with 4:00 left to earn the win.Goalkeeper Steve Pasinski stopped eight shots in what Prep coach Dave Crowell called Pasinski’s “best game of the year.”Danvers 2, Beverly 0At Danvers, the Falcons (9-2-2, 9-0-1 Northeastern Conference) qualified for the state tournament for the fourth year under coach Antonio Lage. Freshman Eric Martin scored the first goal (Chris Ciampa assist) and Ciampa added the insurance tally with five minutes left (Costa Hatziioannou assist).GIRLS SOCCERPeabody 6, Marblehead 2At Peabody, Hayley Dowd, Emily Manoogian and Victoria DiGiacomo had two goals each for the 8-0-1 Tanners. Manoogian also had two assists, as did Angela Ellison. Dowd and DiGiacomo each had an assistMarblehead (4-5-2) hung tough for the first 40 minutes, holding Peabody to only one goal, but the floodgates opened in the second half. Micaelah Adee and Elizabeth Miller scored for the Magicians; Mary Keroack assisted on both goals.Fenwick 4, Swampscott 1At Fenwick, Kristin Verrette had two goals and Sara Previte and Lauren Toye-O’Donnell added one each for the Crusaders (4-3-4). Keeper Jill Dean had a couple of big saves down the stretch to fend off the Big Blue. Marina Padovani scored for Swampscott 15 minutes into the second half.Danvers 6, Beverly 1At Beverly, Brittany Russo had the hot foot for the Falcons (10-0-1), scoring four goals to bring her season total to 21 goals and seven assists. Tess Saunders and Rebecca Cann accounted for the other two goals. Allison Tivnan (6 saves) got the job done in net. The Falcons have already qualified for the state tournament.