School roundup: Revere clinches tourney berth with win over Saugus

The Revere boys soccer team will be heading back to the postseason for the first time in over a decade thanks to a 4-0 win over Saugus on home turf Thursday.Leo Giraldo, Andres Herrera, John DiVenuti and Brenny Guzman each had a goal while Alphonso Rosales and Nadir Kaddioui split the historic win in net.The Patriots are 7-1-4 now on the year while Saugus drops to 4-7-1.Peabody 3, Central Cath. 0At Peabody, the Tanners (8-1-1) played one of their best games of the season to knock off the Middlesex Valley Conference power Raiders.”Central certainly is a very good team but we played very well (Thursday),” Peabody coach Stan McKeen said. “I thought that we controlled the game for the most part.”Mike Chiappini and John Ramsey both had a goal and an assist with Alec Cerqueira adding the other goal. Peabody led 1-0 at the half.Pat Ryan made seven saves in net for the Tanners.Swampscott 1, English 1At Manning Field, the Big Blue had to settle for a tie after leading for most of the game.Matt Turner had Swampscott’s goal 13 minutes into the contest.”It was a very competitive game, back and forth,” Swampscott coach Eric Robinson said.Pat Kennedy made 11 saves in net for the Big Blue.The Bulldogs (7-2-3) got the game-tying goal with 14 minutes left when A.J. Xhemalijy headed home a free kick by his brother, Valdrim.”We were a little flat but give a lot of credit to Swampscott. They are a much improved team,” English coach Kerry King said.Classical 2, Winthrop 2At Miller Field in Winthrop, the Rams (3-5-3) had to fight back from a 2-0 deficit to get a point as Abdoulaye Bah and German Canales scored second half goals.Lynnfield 2, Masco 0At Lynnfield, the Pioneers (7-3-3) knocked off an unbeaten Masco team as George Levintakos and Connor Dario broke a scoreless tie with goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half.”Any time Lynnfield beats Masco, it’s great,” Lynnfield coach Brent Munroe said.Levintakos also assisted on Dario’s goal after he was stopped on a partial breakaway.Fenwick 3, St. Mary’s 0At Donaldson Field in Peabody, Doug Garabedian scored twice while Greg Enos made nine saves in net as the Crusaders (5-5-1) broke the game open in the second half.Brian Blaisdell added the other Fenwick goal while sweeper Zach Terenzoni helped the defense stifle the Spartans (6-6-1).”It was a real good game in the first half and then we turned up the juice in the second half,” Fenwick coach Andrew Bub said.FOOTBALLGloucester 18, Masconomet 7At Newell Stadium in Gloucester, the Fishermen (7-0) got their first serious challenge of the season and passed with flying colors.Exploding for three touchdowns in the final 2:00 of the first half, Gloucester turned a 0-0 game into an 18-0 lead at the half.