Roundup: Spartan softball wins marathon game

It took a little longer than usual, but the St. Mary’s softball team won a two-day marathon of a game, 12-8, against Arlington Catholic in Arlington.Abby Caggiano was the offensive star for St. Mary’s, going 3-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI. Alexandra Fisher had two hits and three RBI to help the cause along. Brooke L’Abbe fanned five for the win and went 3-for-4 with an RBI. St. Mary’s is 11-3.Lynnfield 16, Manchester-Essex 3At Manchester-Essex, the visiting Pioneers (11-5) cruised to an easy victory behind starter Jackie Whelan (6 strikeouts) who improved her own record to 4-1. Lynnfield stroked five extra base hits in the contest, and remains one game behind North Reading in the chase for the Cape Ann League title.Mystic Valley 16, Tech 4At Tech, Ryce Colon had two doubles and three RBI for the Tigers. She also caught a smoking line drive on the mound. Yeriania Castro had a double and an RBI. Colon pitched most of the game with Castro helping out. Tech is 1-12.BOYS TENNISSt. John’s (D) 5, St. John’s (S) 0At Northeast Tennis in Middleton, the Eagles (11-1) have certainly won their share of 5-0 matches, but this one came against a team they lost to, 3-2, earlier in the season.”It was unbelievable,” Prep coach Mark Metropolis said. “It was a great effort. The kids really stepped it up. They came to play.”Metropolis said St. John’s of Shrewsbury (the only team the Eagles have lost to this season) will likely be the Central/West winner come tournament time, making the win even sweeter.”We played some great tennis,” Metropolis said. “We came to play.”Cameron Trosin won at first singles, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3; Chris Toner, second singles, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 10-4 and Nico Limacher, 6-4, 6-4, at third singles (the score he lost by the first time around). Mark Corvi-Ian Wright won at first doubles and Dan Cunningham-Alec McNiff at second doubles.Revere 3, Classical 1At Classical, the final first singles match of Revere’s Nick Tran versus Classical’s Seng Ly was suspended due to rain after they split the first two sets (first singles ended up in a draw). Revere’s Mladen Pepic (6-3, 6-1) beat Narith Say and the rain at second singles while the first doubles tandem of Soun Lee and Duong Nguyen won 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 over Rene Perez and Phillip Chea. Classical’s point came from Eric Rondeau and Jonathan Dorson, who won 6-4, 6-4, at second doubles. Classical is 6-6.GIRLS TENNISBishop Fenwick 5, Arlington Catholic 0At Peabody, the sets only went to four games because of the rain. Megan McCarthy won 4-0, 4-0 at first singles; Meredith Maguire, 4-0, 4-0, at second singles and Demi Velonis, 4-0, 4-2 at third singles. Jess Griffin and Sara Kanarkiewicz won 4-1, 4-1 at first doubles and Amanda Ness-Colleen Sears won 5-3, 4-2, at second doubles. Fenwick is 7-4.BOYS LACROSSESaugus 17, Lynn 6Behind stellar performances from Nick Taylor (7 goals, 3 assists) and C.J. Randolph (6 goals, 3 assists), the Saugus laxmen cruised to victory. The seemingly one-sided affair doesn’t quite tell the whole story though.”This game wasn’t as easy as it may look,” explained Saugus coach Todd Pierce. “Lynn hung tough throughout the first half, and we really didn’t begin to pull away until the third quarter.”Other key contributors for Saugus were Shawn Gilman, who finished with three goals and four assists, while teammate Nick Benoit chipped in with six helpers.”I was really happy with the all-around effort today,” said Pierce. “We lost a tough one to Swampscott on the road yesterday and this was a terrific bounce back game for the guys.”GIRLS LACROSSEDanvers 18, Swampscott 10At Swampscott, the Big Blue (6-11) got a solid four-goal effort from Jesse DePaolo, but it wasn’t enough to overtake the Falcons. Swampscott’s Taylor Eaton and Katie Zarinsky each netted two goals apiece.Marblehead 18, Gloucester 3At Marblehead, the Magicians (11-4, 7-0 Northeastern Conference) had another big offensive outing. Eliza Quigley and Maggie Danworth had three goals, Kiley Fischer, Alli Hanrat