Basketball: Pelletier’s 29 points help Fenwick girls stay alive

Amy Pelletier scored 29 points to lead the Bishop Fenwick girls basketball team to a 55-41 win over Notre Dame of Hingham Wednesday at Fenwick.With the win, the Crusaders only need one more win to qualify for the state tournament. Getting it, however, would be a challenge with St. Mary’s next on Friday, followed by Groton-Dunstable Sunday and Danvers Tuesday.”We came out with great intensity,” Fenwick coach Tim Harrington said. “And we kept it up the whole game. We played a good, solid game.”Sarah James had 15 points for Fenwick with 11 of them coming on 11-for-12 shooting from the free-throw line. She also had seven rebounds. Pelletier, who will be playing at Stonehill College next year, also had six assists.Saugus 53, Malden 35At Saugus, Emily Yanchun had 13 points for the Sachems (5-14) and Jackie Nicholas and Alyssa Furtado each had 10 points and 16 rebounds. Saugus trailed at the end of the first quarter, but once the Sachems grabbed the lead, they didn’t relinquish it. Saugus has qualified for the state tournament based on the Sullivan rule (winning 50 percent of its games against teams in its own division).BOYS BASKETBALLSt. John’s 94, Fenwick 38At Danvers, Stephen Haladyna led all scorers with 17 points as the Prep cruised to victory.Freddy Shove scored 16 points, and Pat Connaughton added 14 on a night St. John’s spread out the offense among 10 players and improved to 16-1 overall and 8-0 in the Catholic Conference.For Fenwick, Alex Morsey scored 12 points.Chelsea 57, Revere 54At Revere, the Red Devils of Chelsea avenged a 22-point loss earlier in the season thanks to a little help from the front of the rim.Following a pair of successful Chelsea free throw attempts in the waning moments, Revere had a final chance to force overtime. Patriot Sean Quiroz split a pair of defenders to earn a chance at the game-tying trey, but his shot at the buzzer went for naught as it ricocheted short.”We all thought it was going in,” said Revere (5-12) coach Rick Hayes.Patriot Trae Weathers finished with 22 points to lead all scorers and is now 59 points shy of 1,000 for his career with three games remaining in the season.