Roundup: Spartan girls hoop falls to formidable foe

Going up against an Archbishop Williams team with a strong inside presence, the St. Mary’s girls basketball team lost to the Bishops, 59-40, at Emmanuel College on Saturday.”They have tremendous talent inside and at the guard position,” Spartans coach Jeff Newhall said. “I think we came out a little bit tentative.”The Bishops have a trio of post players who all have their college plans set: Alana Gilmer, who has received a full scholarship to UMass-Amherst; 6-3 Jaylen Williams, who will attend Penn State; and 6-2 Olivia Conrad, who has received a full scholarship to Southern New Hampshire.Both teams came in undefeated in the Catholic Central League. Williams improved to 7-3 overall, 5-0 CCL. St. Mary’s is 8-1, 4-1 CCL.The Spartans struggled from beyond the arc, going just 1-for-21. Things worsened in the third quarter. Down 28-20 at halftime, the Spartans saw the Bishops break it open with a 17-6 third period. St. Mary’s leading scorer, Brianna Rudolph, fouled out in the third period, and center Gianna Moschella picked up her fourth foul early in the third (she fouled out in the fourth).Junior point guard Sharell Sanders of St. Mary’s led all scorers with 18 points in 27-28 minutes. She added four assists and seven steals.BOYS AND GIRLS TRACKPeabody, St. John’s Prep and Revere competed Saturday in the Division 1 boys state relay at the Reggie Lewis Center, with Revere taking first in the long jump with a 58-07.50.The Peabody A team was second in the 4 x 50 relay with a 22.13.11, and also had a second in the 2 shuttle hurdle (27.93).St. John’s had a second in the shot put (140-09.50).Other Top 10 finishes: St. John’s (fifth, 3:37.95) and Peabody A (seventh, 3:39.83) in the 4×400; St. John’s (fourth, 8:27.93) in the 4×800; St. John’s (10th, 3:47.61) in the 1,600 sprint; Revere (eighth, 29.14), 4×50 shuttle hurdles; Revere (fifth, 16-0) in the high jump.The Peabody girls took first in the distance medley (12:20.04).Fenwick in Dartmouth RelaysFor the boys, Patrick Corcoran threw a school record 58-8.25 in the 25-pound weight throw, good for fourth place. He also threw 44-7 (ninth place) in the unseeded shot put.Dan Deschenes medaled in the 400m run, placing sixth in 52.14. And Bryan Mendes ran a 4:46 in the boys’ unseeded mile, finishing 15th in a field of 76.For the girls, junior Arianna Maida completed the mile in 5:30 (third in the unseeded); and Carolyn Claveau threw a 27-8.75 in the unseeded shot put, earning 11th.WRESTLINGPrep at Woburn TournamentSt. John’s Prep won the Woburn Tournament championship, placing first among 19 teams, with Lincoln-Sudbury finishing second and Agawam third.The Eagles’ champions were: 138, Jared Costa (Outstanding Wrestler Award); 220, Ian Butterbrodt; 285, Corey Jean-Jacques (defeated defending state champion in finals).At 126, D.J. Lemieux won second place; at 106, Hunter Costa won third place; and four wrestlers won fourth place: 113, Lou Bornstein; 132, Fred Colberg; 145, James Smith; and 182, Jim Messeder.Marblehead at Pelham MeetThe Magicians saw co-captain Jake Powell record his 100th varsity win with a pin over his opponent from Windham, N.H.Senior Sean Taylor, at 285, won the tournament with two pins while outpointing his opponent in the other.Lynnfield wins quad meetAt Lynnfield, the Pioneers moved to 16-0 with wins over Minuteman (61-6), Salem (39-9) and Saugus (51-6).Triple winners for Lynnfield were Joe Morse, 106; Eric Kerr, 113; Joe Wise, 126; Lucas Pascucci (132); Alex Pascucci (145); Josh Intorcio (160), John King (182), Tom Arseneault (220) and Chris Connor (195).W’town 48, Peabody 18B’stable 48, Peabody 12Everett 48, Peabody 30At Watertown, Brandon Rapoza had two pins for the Tanners (3-8).GYMNASTICSDanvers 139.7, Winthrop 129.3At Danvers, senior captain Roni Levine won the all-around with 36.0, her second victory of the season.Levine won vault, 9.3; beam (9.3) and floor (9.0).Winthrop and Danvers tied on the bars with Emily McPherson (Falcons) and Christa Vaccaro (Vikings) each