School Roundup: English girls suffer first loss

The English High girls basketball team had no answer for Tania Holmes and her 36 points in a 52-50 loss – the Bulldogs’ first of the season, to Medford Wednesday at Medford.”Holmes had a monster night,” English coach Fred Hogan said. “My team did not do a good job of containing her and she took full advantage of it.”English, down 15-7 after the first quarter, responded well in the second quarter and took a one-point lead into the half. It was the last time the Bulldogs led in the game.”Medford is not the returning GBL champion for no reason. They are a good and well-coached team that outplayed us today,” Hogan said.Catherine Stinson (16 points, 7 assists) and Deloris Latimer (9 points) played well for English (11-1).BOYS BASKETBALLChelsea 60, Peabody 57At Peabody, the Tanners (6-6) led 31-30 at halftime before the Red Devils rallied to take the lead by one after three quarters. The teams then went back and forth over the final eight minutes with Chelsea coming up with a couple of big stops at the end.Mike Gould had 16 points to lead Peabody. Steve Girolamo and Jason Hiou finished with 12 points apiece.Fenwick 59, Gloucester 50At Gloucester, Fran Hannon had 17 points as the Crusaders picked up their second win of the season. Fenwick led throughout, with the Fishermen cutting the lead to as little as five in the second half before the Crusaders pulled away.SWIMMINGTech 73, Blue Hills 73At Blue Hills, Tech coach Brad Tilley was satisfied with his team’s performance.”My team swam well today, unfortunately my team did not come up with the win today,” Tilley said.Leading the way for Tech was double winners Andrew Guy and Victor Vazquez. Guy took the 200 free (2:14.01) and 500 free (6:39.6), and Vazquez took the 50 free (26.57) and 100 free (1:01.80). Mike Zlatin took the 100 breaststroke (1:25.54). Tech is now 4-4-1.O’Bryant 85, St. Mary’s 83At Madison Park High School, Annie Mailo won the 100 fly for the Spartans (1;21.87) and Dan Kraemer, the 500 free (7:05.63). Ralph Bertrand, Barron Lincoln, Sean Mahar and Eddie Traniello combined to win the 200 free relay (1:50.02). The meet came down to the final race. The Spartans are 3-4.WRESTLINGSaugus 33, Marblehead 18At Saugus, the Sachems had wins from Mark Chamberlain, (126); Shawn Gillman, (132); Seth Roy, (138); Jesse Hartigan, (145) and Joe Bacchi, (160). Saugus won its first match of the season, and improves its record to 1-16.St. John’s 52, Malden Catholic 3At Danvers, St. John’s had wins from Louie Bornstein, (106); Rich Glazier, (113); D.J. Lemieux, (120); James Smith (138); Tom Flynn, (145); V.J. Mortillaro, (152); David Kou, (170); James Ingemi, (195) and John Polansky, (220). St. John’s (29-1) wrapped up the Catholic Conference with the win as well.Lynnfield 51, Cambridge 19At Lynnfield, the Pioneers (19-3) set a school record for dual meet wins in a single season with the victory. Taking wins were Eric Kerr at 106; Alex Pascucci, 132; Richie Falcione, 138; Travis Caulfield, 145; John Elliott, 152; Phil Bishop, 160; Joe Romano, 170; Andrew Kiberian, 220; and Tom Arsenault, 285.GYMNASTICSWinthrop 129.45, Peabody 118At Winthrop, Christa Vaccaro won the all-around competition for the Vikings thanks to wins on the beam and floor exercise. Peabody (0-6) got a second place from Sam Kinnaly in the all around and a win from Amy Sinowicz on floor.