School: Eagles soar past Classical with balanced attack

The St. John’s boys basketball team jumped out to a 24-10 first-quarter lead and never looked back as they cruised to a 76-50 win over Classical at Memorial Gymnasium on Sunday.”Classical is a good team and has a great player in Jasper (Grassa),” Prep coach Sean Connolly said. “We were able to jump on them early to build up a lead.”Pat Connaughton paced five players in double figures for St. John’s with 19 points. Steve Haladyna added 16 and James Doherty finished with 12. MacKenzie Burt and Mike Carbone rounded out the quintet in double figures with 10 points each.The Rams got a game-high 25 from Grassa but never were able to recover from their slow start.SWIMMINGFenwick 90, St. Mary’s 66At Lynn Tech, the Crusaders (2-1) won 10 of 11 events led by double winners James Black and Candace Ferry. Black, a Lynn native, won the 100 freestyle (50.5) and 100 backstroke (1:02.97) while Ferry claimed the 100 breaststroke (1:19.81) and 200 IM (2:38.62).TRACKFenwick, Prep at Dartmouth RelaysThe Crusaders had several solid performances in a talented field. Tina Moran threw a personal-best 30-6 to finish eighth in the shot put. The sprint medley team of Ellie O’Leary, Mariel Quezada, Brittany Dolan and Cailyn Webb placed ninth (4:30) while the boys distance medley relay of Bill Harrington, Tom Banks, Andrew Young and Andre Deschenes were 11th (11:20).For St. John’s, Chris Crosby of Marblehead was second in the 400 meter run (51:43, an indoor personal best), while the 4×400 meter relay team of Mike Galasso, Jack Gourdeau, Brendan West and Crosby finished fifth in 3:36.35.The relays, held at Dartmouth College, are the oldest indoor track meet in the US.WRESTLINGLfd.-N. Reading at Cohasset TournamentThe Lynnfield-North Reading wrestlers won the Cohasset Tournament with 227 points. Marshfield finished second with 184.Lynnfield-North Reading had four champions: Nick McGrath, 130 lbs.; Chris O’Connor, 152; Matt Curran, 160; and Jay Godding, 171.Four team members finished second: Paolo Settipane, 103; Jeff Conron, 125; Richie Falcione, 135; and Trent Taylor, 140.Chris DiPietro (119) finished third and Adam Salemme (145) finished fourth.This was the team’s first tournament title since becoming a co-op team in 2005. Eleven teams participated in the Cohasset Tournament.”It feels great,” Lynnfield-North Reading coach Craig Stone said. “Conceptually we put this together in hopes we would at least be competitive. To have the opportunity to win at a tournament like this is a fantastic accomplishment. It’s a credit to all the wrestlers ? It’s very satisfying.”