Peabody’s Goulos wins NEC golf open

Athan Goulos of Peabody was the winner in the Northeastern Conference Open Thursday at Kernwood Country Club, shooting a 79 over the 18-hole course.Dan McKenna of Danvers was second, one stroke behind at 80, while Patch Riley of Marblehead was one stroke behind McKenna (81) to finish third.View Photo GalleryRounding out the top five were Sam Shorr of Beverly and Curtis Quinn of Gloucester, both of whom tied with 82.The rest of the card is as follows: Cam Norton, Saugus (83), Mark Maloney, Revere (84), Nolan Franey, Peabody; Tim Richmond, Salem; and Connor Green, 85; Kevin Dyer, Beverly, 86; Colby Sedlier, Danvers; and Trevor Massey, Swampscott, 87; Zack Mills, Winthrop, 88; Kevin Marescalchi, Swampscott, 91; Jess Francis, Gloucester, 93; Mark Brazell, Classical; John Cimmaruta, Revere, 94; J.C. Lever, Saugus, 95; Joe Calnan, English 97; Marc Gomes, Salem, 98; Matthieu Bruneau, English, 99; Max Floyd, Winthrop, 100; Eric Brazell, Classical, 106.FIELD HOCKEYSwampscott 2, Gloucester 0At Gloucester, the Bigi Blue got unassisted goals from Alex Steriti and Tori Thistle to move to 13-1-1. Gabby Rizzo and Tessa Dean stood out on defense.The Big Blue are at Lynnfield today (3:45)Peabody 1, Marblehead 0At Marblehead, the Tanners won on a penalty stroke that came about when Marblehead player kicked the ball out of the net. Joanne Frangias made good on the shot and the Tanners moved to 8-4-2.For Marblehead (8-4-2), coach Linda Collins said Peri Bial and Mimi Goez played well.Danvers 4, Revere 0At Danvers, the Falcons scored two goals in each half to move to 7-5-3.In the first half, Danvers got goals from Rachel Trocci and Nicole Psznny (assisted by Nicole Kamens).Raquel Leslie scored both goals in the final period, the second on on assists by Trocci and Sarah Potter.Lynnfield 6, Amesbury 0At Lynnfield, the Pioneers (9-4-2) had a little de ja vu going. In their last game they defeated Georgetown, 6-0 with Amanda Shapleigh scoring three goals and Baily Fanikos, Becky Ladd and Maddy Milordi scoring one each. Ditto against Amesbury, Shapleigh had three again and the other three each scored single goals.Goalie Rachel Goodwin had three saves in the shutout.VOLLEYBALLSt. Mary’s 3, Austin Prep 1At Lynn, the Spartans lost the opening set 23-25, but stormed back to take the next three, 25-22, 25- 10, 25-21.”We finally put everything together for a complete game,” St. Mary’s coach Dave Giarusso said. “It was a good win for them. They deserved it.”Taylor Faieta (13 kills); Emily Morris (10 kills); Dakota McMahaon (23 service points); Sabrina Trask (7 assists) and Casey Fanning (8 assists) got the job done for the Spartans, who are 3-12.Fenwick 3, Williams 0At Fenwick, the set scores were (25-17, 25-18, 25-16). With the win, Fenwick secures at least a share of the Catholic Central league title this year, and its the second time in three seasons the Crusaders have won or shared the crown.Junior captains Kate Lipka (15 kills) and Gianna Pizzano (13 kills) had big games. Junior Tessa McLaughlin (30 assists) led the offense.BOYS CROSS COUNTRYLynnfield 24, No. Reading 34At Lynnfield, Andrew Drinkwater set a course record (16:08). The Pioneers also place fourth through eighth with Chase Davidson, 17:20, George Kartsounis, 17:31; Sam Johnson, 17:32; David Astrofsky, 17:37; and Nick Federico, 17:42.Drinkwater will be running this weekend in the Mass. State Track Coaches Invitational.GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYLynnfield 19, N. Reading 40At Lynnfield, Lexi Buonfiglio won with 18:04, followed Tia Patterson, third (19:25), Angelica Kartsounis, fourth (19:37), Mia DeLuccia, fifth (20:15) and Leena Aurora, sixth (20:31).DeLuccia, Kartsounis and Buonfiglio will run in the MSTCA meet this weekend.Steve Krause can be reached at [email protected].