Roundup: St. Mary’s girls lax continues its winning ways

The season just continues to move in the right direction for the St. Mary’s girls lacrosse team. On Wednesday, the Spartans expanded on their perfect record with a 5-4 win over Williams.For St. Mary’s (13-0), Felicia Ruano led the charge with three goals. Molly Carey and Bridget Donovan each added a goal apiece in the effort.”We played well,” said St. Mary’s coach Doug Lowe. “We seem to be winning a lot of one-goal games.”For the Spartans, the Catholic Central League win is a positive step heading into the weekend.”We have four games in five days starting on Friday,” said Lowe. “This was a good win to give us some momentum going into a busy part of the schedule.”Swampscott 14, Gloucester 9At Gloucester, the Big Blue came back from a 5-4 halftime deficit behind a 5-1 run to start the second half. Swampscott (7-5) was led by the duo of Elise Giangregorio and Mallory McDonough. Giangregorio scored five goals and recorded an assist while McDonough added four goals and two assists.Also scoring for Swampscott were Taylor Beaton and Katie Zarinsky with two goals each; Casey Connolly added a goal as well.On the defensive end for the Big Blue, Kelly Gillis made 20 saves while freshman Alexa Goldman put together a standout performance in the defensive zone.Peabody 14, Salem 6At Salem, the Tanners rolled behind strong games from Casey Broughton, Katie Teixeira, and Brittany Lefave. Broughton racked up five goals and an assist, while Teixeira added four goals and an assist and Lefave finished with four goals and three assists. Also adding to the scoring parade was Shannon Silvia with a goal and assist.For Peabody (9-4) Brittany Costa had another solid game in net, making 14 saves.Marblehead 16, Beverly 15At Beverly, the Magicians (11-3) led the whole way with the Panthers closing within a goal with three minutes remaining. Olivia Raisner (5 goals) led the scoring charge with Sara Kalafa, Kiley Fischer and Hayley Braun adding two each. Marblehead had single goals from Maika Strogoff, Micailah Adee, Steph Castoldi and Clio Kammerer.Fenwick 19, Matignon 7At Peabody, Becca Graves scored six goals with teammates Lauren Moulton (3 goals) and Grace Celona and Kaela Murphy adding two each for the 10-4 Crusaders.BOYS LACROSSEWilliams 9, St. Mary’s 4At Braintree, the Spartans had a tough road game. For St. Mary’s (1-12) Matt Molloy and Justin Thorne each scored two goals; Chris Delvecchio had 10 saves.Nashoba 16, Tech 4At Manning Field, Tech spread out the scoring in the tough loss. For the Tigers (0-9) Jake O’Neil, Dana Kinney, and Shaun Norris each had a goal and an assist. Jeremy Quinton added a score while Kyle Gagnon chipped in an assist.GIRLS TRACKSaugus 83, Gloucester 51At Saugus, Lauren Atkins won in the 100, 200 and long jump to lead the Sachems. Also winning for Saugus (2-4) were Ashley Czboski, 400 hurdles; Raquel Manley, 2-mile; Ashley Aldred, 400; Rachel Moreau, 110 hurdles; Cecilia Cresta-Devine, triple jump; Stephanie Perella, discus; and Kylie Trainor, shot put.Lynnfield 87, Pentucket 58At Lynnfield, Scout Benson and Meghan Goodwin each won three events to lead the Pioneers. Benson won the long jump (14-7); 400 hurdles (70.1); and the 110 hurdles (16.6) while Goodwin won the triple jump (32-0); 400 (61.2); and 200 (25.8). Also in the victory, Patti Kloza set a school record in the javelin with a throw of 93-4. The previous record had stood for 10 years.Also winning for Lynnfield (6-3) were Angelica Kartsounis, pole vault (8-0); Hannah Adams, shot put (27-4.5); Nareh Sahakian, discus (79-1.5); and the mile relay team of Brittany Hunt, Greta Hunt, Sammi Albanese, and Sam Knee (4:20).BOYS TRACKGloucester 97, Saugus 38At Saugus, Olisa Obiefuna won three events for Saugus. Obiefuna won in the 100, long jump, and triple jump. Also winning for the Sachems (0-6) was David Cacciola in the 400.Pentucket 99, Lynnfield 46At Lynnfield, Steve Knox won both the shot put (46) and discus (127-10) in the losing effort for the Pioneers. Also winning f