LYNN – A funny thing happened on the way to an English sweep of the Boverini boys and girls basketball tournament Tuesday night at Lynn Classical: It didn’t happen.Oh, the boys won all right – 69-54. But in what can only be described as a statement game, St. Mary’s won the girls game, 60-45, to stun the Lady Bulldogs and win its first-ever championship in the tournament.Click here for a photo gallery.”There are certain things, in each season, that you want to accomplish,” St. Mary’s girls coach Jeff Newhall said. “And this, obviously, is one of them.”I’d have to say it was a statement game,” Newhall said.He didn’t have to worry about convincing English coach Fred Hogan.”Hats off to them,” Hogan said. “We’ve seen them a couple of times already, and we knew they were good.”We knew we’d have to box out (against twin towers Tori Faieta and Cassi Amenta), and tonight we just had a tough time.”The game pitted two undefeated teams, with St. Mary’s raising its mark to 6-0 and English falling to 4-1.Faieta and Amenta had it their way for most of the night, with Amenta, in particular, standing out with 26 points. Faieta was an immovable force down low, scoring 14 points along with 11 rebounds. St. Mary’s third captain, Bria Tiro, ran the offense to perfection and contributed with 15 points.For English, Jenicia Duggins led the way with 23, and Brianna Vaughan added 10.St. Mary’s sprinted to a big first-quarter lead (12-4), but English crept up and trailed by only four (16-12) after one. It appeared as if the Lady Bulldogs had solved the Spartans in the second period, as they took advantage of an early bonus situation to chip away from the line. And at the half, English had overtaken the Spartans for a 28-26 edge.The tables turned in the third quarter. After Tiro and Duggins traded baskets, St. Mary’s went on an 11-0 run to go up 39-30. Vaughan scored five straight points (a three and a two) to make it a four-point game, but Amenta hit two foul shots and Faieta followed it up with a hoop to close with a 4-0 run and a 43-36 lead.The fourth quarter was all Spartans, as they received balanced scoring to pull away for the win.In the consolation game, Diamond Doe had 18 points and Hannah Byrne 14 as Classical defeated Tech, 52-24.English 69, St. Mary’s 54The Bulldogs won their third straight tournament, running away and hiding by halftime, 41-17, and increasing the bulge to 30 points (55-25) before resting the regulars.”We got a chance to see what some other people can do, since some of them don’t play much,” said coach Buzzy Barton, who was more interested in talking about how Boverini, a former teacher and state senator who died last year, influenced his life.”I think this tournament means more to me than it does to a lot of people in this gym,” said Barton. “He was my coach, and my gym teacher in high school. In the winter, he used to buy my winter coat; and every spring, for baseball, he’d buy me a new first baseman’s mitt.”The man Walter Boverini means more to me than Senator Boverini or any of that stuff.”Jarell Byrd led all scorers with 17 points, and now needs only 15 to reach the 1,000-point mark. Travonne Berry-Rogers had nine and Ryan Woumn eight.For St. Mary’s, Nick Gagliolo and Ronsanto Campbell had 14 apiece.”For us, we were hoping to compete, and – for stretches – we did that,” said Spartan coach Kevin Moran. “Especially in the second half, we did a much better job.”Classical defeated Tech in the consolation game, 73-56, with Jasper Grassa leading the way with 29 points. Tony Wonde and Ariel Lagonde had 10 each.Michael Duarte had 14 points for Tech; Rich Warren 10; and B-Jay Baptiste and Garrad Fairweather nine apiece.