Danvers’ Merry wins NEC golf meet; Swampscott’s Massey finishes third

The Falcons’ George Merry won the Northeastern Conference League Meet at Kernwood CC Tuesday afternoon.Merry shot a 78 to win the NEC meet by one shot over Cam Norton (Saugus) and Patrick Brogan (Winthrop), who shot a 79. Swampscott’s Trevor Massey finished tied for third with Salem’s Tim Richmond (80). Massey was very pleased with his performance.”My drives were a little iffy today but the rest of my game was pretty strong,” Massey said. “The greens were fast and it was very windy for the first nine holes.”Once I got used to the greens and the wind died down, I was able to shoot six shots better in the back to give myself a chance to win. I unfortunately came up a little short today but I am happy with how I competed.”The rest of the participants of the NEC meet were: Athan Goulos, Peabody (81); Colin Delaney, Danvers (86); Steve Nelson, Classical (86); Cameron Darmody, Salem (86); Adam Lundberg, Winthrop (87); Andrew Scholnick, Marblehead (87); Kevin Dyer, Beverly (87); Andrew McCarthy, Peabody (87); Connor McCall, Classical (88); Brenden Mitchell, Beverly (88); Connor Green, Marblehead (88); Dan Groark, Saugus (89); Curtis Quinn, Gloucester (90); Sean Kennedy, Gloucester (90); Gino Cresta, Swampscott (91); Nick Romano, Revere (92); Matt Sencabaugh, English (94); Mike Ferrante, Revere (103) and Joe Calnan, English (119).