Roundup: Peabody girls lax shackle Graves, Fenwick

Defending Bishop Fenwick’s Becca Graves is an unenviable task on its best day. On Friday, however, at Donaldson Field, Peabody found a formula to shut down the Crusaders best weapon.Throwing two and three bodies at a time against Graves, the Tanners were able to hold Graves to just one goal and got five goals and two assists from Brittany LeFave to grab a 15-13 win.”We played strong defense against Graves,” Peabody coach Dennis Desroches said. “We knew going in that she was someone we had to stop. Our team defense was the key.”Peabody (9-4) led most of the way but had to hang on as the Crusaders (15-2) closed within a pair of goals several times but couldn’t get all the way back. Katie Texiera had a hat trick and two assists for the Tanners while Casey Broughton had two goals and three assists.Kelsey Bille and Jamie Carenza had two goals each with Mikayla York adding a single tally. Fenwick got five markers from Grace Celona and four goals from Lauren Moulton.”Peabody is always good and they did a good job of marking Graves,” Fenwick coach Karen Guilemette said.Marblehead 22, Salem 6At Piper Field in Marblehead, the Magicians (10-4-1) got four goals and four assists from Kiley Fischer and Olivia Raisner in the win. Meggie Collins had three goals and two assist while Hayley Braun also had a hat trick.Pan Gregory and Tyler Phillips also had two goals each.BASEBALLClassical 8, Winthrop 2At Winthrop, Kyle Gauthier struck out 10 and allowed four hits as the Rams (8-6, 7-5 NEC North) moved closer to clinching a state tournament berth.Classical gave Gauthier all the run support he needed with a five run second inning. Kyle Devin was 3-for-3 with a RBI while Gauthier was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Jorge Perez was 2-for-3 with an RBI.Peabody 9, Tewksbury 6At Tewksbury, the Tanners (11-5) nearly let a 7-0 first inning lead slip away before scoring twice in the seventh to put the game away.Steve Girolamo had three RBIs while Wes Sanders, Bobby Losanno, Ramses Vittini and Casey Grenier had two hits each.George Tsonis got the win and Nick Allen worked the final two innings for the save.SOFTBALLEverett 5, Marblehed 4At Everett, the Magicians (9-5) rallied from a 3-0 sixth inning deficit to take a 4-3 lead heading to the seventh before the hosts walked off with the win despite beign out hit 15-6.Carly Score was 3-for-3 and Kathryn DiGiammarino was 2-for-4 with two RBI.Winthrop 4, Gloucester 3At Winthrop, Jackie Heatherton picked up her first varsity win, allowing one earned run over six innings as the Vikings (8-8) held off a late rally.Taylor Brown was 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs scored and an RBI. Liana Ferullo added a 2-for-3 day at the plate.