Girls Basketball: Connolly’s all-around strong game lifts Rams past Patriots

Behind a stellar effort by Monta Connolly, Classical put away a strong Revere team 55-41 at Lynn on Tuesday night. Connolly scored 11 points, and had seven rebounds, seven assists, and six steals.”(Connolly) had an outstanding all-around game,” said Classical coach Tom Sawyer. “She was our floor general and did a nice job for us.”Also for the Rams (3-0), Kristin Lauria led all scorers on the night with 16 points.The game was tight through the first three quarters, with Classical holding on to a slim 39-33 advantage heading into the final frame. An aggressive style of play led to 14 free throw attempts for the Rams, of which they made 11. The proficiency at the charity stripe at the end of the game turned out to be the difference for Classical.English 55, Salem 38At Lynn, Catherine Stinson and Deidra Newson again teamed up to lead the Bulldogs to victory. Stinson scored 19 points and doled out seven assists, while Newson netted 15 points, 12 rebounds, and eight steals. The win was English’s first on the new season.”This is what we’re looking for,” said English coach Fred Hogan. “This is a young team and this early in the season we’re looking for them to jell and get together.”Jaclyn Panneton scored 13 points to lead all Salem scorers.Tech 40, Minuteman 36At Lynn, Hattie Watkins led all scorers with 25 points as the Tigers extended their early season record to 2-1. Watkins also pulled down 15 rebounds. Mimi Gonzalez added eight points to the Tech effort, also performing well finding Watkins in the post for scores.Swampscott 42, Danvers 32At Swampscott, Ara Talkov dropped 15 points in the win at home. Rachel Moran added 11 points for the Big Blue as they took their first win of the season (1-1).Peabody 61, Beverly 41At Peabody, the Tanners (2-0) are getting the job done with balanced scoring and balanced rebounding. Carolyn Scacchi had 15 points; freshman Sara Hosman had 12 points to go with six steals and six assists and Alex Lomasney checked in with 12 points.”Things are starting to fall in place,” coach Jane Heil said. “I thought we ran well. At times we pressed well, at times we didn’t. We have spurts of greatness and spurts of forgetting what we’re doing. We’re still learning.”Fenwick 53, Austin Prep 23At Reading, Gianna Pizzano tallied 17 points in addition to Chandler Wilder’s 11 to help lead the Crusaders to a Tuesday night road win. Kate Lipka chipped in 10 points for a Fenwick (2-1) team that put together a consistent effort on both ends of the court.Marblehead 48, Saugus 24At Saugus, Marblehead got a 17-point performance from Emily Freedland. The Magicians (2-1) also saw McKenna Barrett score 11 points and Mia Bongiorno six points.For Saugus in the loss, Norma Waggett scored nine points.