Boys Soccer: Peabody squeaks by English

The Peabody boys soccer team’s defense was the key as the Tanners defeated English 2-1 at Peabody Tuesday.English drew first blood when Mohammed Abdalkaby scored (assisted from Leo Awokang) to give English an early 1-0 lead. Peabody’s Colin Mahoney scored to tie the game 1-1. The tie was broken for good when Luke Finkelstein scored off a rebound to give the Tanners (7-1-1) a 2-1 lead. Peabody coach Stan McKeen was very pleased with his team’s performance.”This was a big game for my team. My team came off a tough loss against Everett, and it’s good to rebound and beat a very good English team,” McKeen said.Pat Ryan had a strong game in net for the Tanners (9 saves). English coach Kerry King was happy with his team’s performance.”It was a back and forth game the whole time. My team created enough opportunities to win but unfortunately we came out on the wrong end,” King said.English is 6-2-2.Danvers 5, Classical 3At Danvers, the Falcons led 1-0 at the half and 4-1 in the second half, but Classical made things interesting by trimming the deficit to 4-3 before the Falcons scored again to put the game away. Edgar Vivar, Ybesi Memu and German Canales (penalty kick) scored for the Rams (5-5-2).”Dammy Dada (the Classical goalie) probably had 40 shots on net,” Classical coach Joe Skahan said. “He played unbelievable.”Junior Jon Amico had a hat trick for Danvers (7-5, 5-1 Northeastern Conference) and sophomore captain Eric Martin helped out with two goals and an assist.Beverly 5, Saugus 0At Beverly, the Sachems (4-5-1) had solid play from midfielder Brandon Wladkowski in the loss. The Panthers led this one 2-0 at the half.Marblehead 4, Revere 4At Marblehead, the Magicians recorded their first point of the season with a comeback effort. Trailing 3-0 in the second half, the Magicians rattled off three unanswered goals to tie the game. Revere took the lead 4-3, but Marblehead fought back to tie the game 4-4.Marblehead coach Darren Benedick was very happy for his team.”My team played a very good game today. I’m happy my team got its first point of the season, and I hope this effort will translate into how we will play for the rest of the season,” Benedick said.John Viotto and Billy Graves had two goals each. Leo Giraldo and Andres Herrera (2 goals each) scored for Revere. Marblehead (0-10-1) will try for its first win of the year Thursday against Danvers.Salem 5, Swampscott 1At Salem, the Witches (9-4) led 3-1 at the half. Leading the way for Salem were Edwin DeMoya (2 goals) and Brion Likaj, Jake Theriault and Kelly Abreu, one goal each. Gabe Rodriguez played well in the midfield.