Roundup: Classical boys tennis squeaks by rival English

The Classical boys tennis team squeaked by rival English 3-2 at Breed Middle School Thursday.Click here for a photo gallery.Classical was down 2-1 after the single matches, but swept the doubles matches to come out on top.”It was a very competitive match throughout,” Classical coach Chris Hayward said. “My kids played very well and I am glad they came out on top.”Winners for Classical were: Seng Ly, third singles (6-0, 6-1); Peter Rondeau and David Raymond, first doubles (6-3, 6-4); Claude Jean and Brian Renderos, second doubles (6-3, 7-6). The winners for English were Badril Priahantono, first singles (7-6, 6-4) and Kerlay Der, second singles (6-0, 6-3). Classical finished the season at 3-14.St. John’s 5, Boston Latin 0At St. John’s, the Eagles’ winners were: John Corvi, first singles (6-3, 7-6); Chris Toner, second singles (7-5, 6-2); Brad Noyes, third singles (6-1, 6-1); Mark Corvi and Lynn’s Mike Beluch, first doubles (6-2, 6-3); Tim Cunningham and Will Hockbrunn, second doubles (6-0, 6-1). St. John’s finished the season at 13-5.GIRLS TENNISLynnfield 3, Marblehead 2At Marblehead, the match was tied 2-2 and came down to the last doubles match. Lynnfield’s Alicia Leone and Courtney McQueen came out on top in this grueling match (7-5, 4-6, 7-5). The other Lynnfield winners were: Allison Bodek, first singles (6-0, 6-0) and Tori Copelas, third singles (6-1, 6-3). Lynnfield finished the season at 14-2.BASEBALLPeabody 4, Xaverian 0At Peabody, Tanner freshman Patrick Ruotolo was the key to the game. Ruotolo pitched seven shutout innings, giving up six hits, one walk, and striking out three. Peabody coach Mark Bettencourt was very impressed with Ruotolo.”It’s impressive to see a freshman pitcher go out and dominate against a team like Xaverian. My team also played awesome defense turning four double plays,” Bettencourt said.Doing the damage for the Tanner offense were Ramses Vittini, Andrew Bucci and Stephen Girolamo, who all had a hit and an RBI. Peabody is 16-5.Watertown 7, Winthrop 1At Winthrop, the Vikings never found a way to recover from an early 4-0 deficit.”It was just one of those days,” Winthrop coach Jim Gillis said. “We were batting uphill all day and could never get anything going.”Winthrop finished 7-13.VOLLEYBALLSt. John’s 3, Lawrence 1At St. John’s, the Eagles had an impressive performance in the North semifinals (19-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-19). Leading the way for St. John’s was senior middle hitter Andrew Lutz (30 kills). Senior setter Luka Ralic had a strong game with 53 assists. Senior middle hitter Woody Salmonsen played very well. St. John’s is 20-1.