Roundup: English boys hoop defeats Winthrop

Taking control after halftime, the English boys basketball team surged past Winthrop, 93-70, at Winthrop on Sunday.”We worked off our pressure and eventually wore Winthrop down,” English coach Mike Carr said.The game was tied 39-39 at halftime before English pulled away.Point guard Eric Rosario led English (7-4) with 27 points. Fellow guards Stevie Collins and Freddy Hogan added 19 and 17, respectively.”We’re living off our three guards,” said Carr, who also praised forward Danny Lukanda for coming up big in the second half.Josh Babb scored 33 points for Winthrop.”He absolutely destroyed us,” Carr said.St. John’s 67, Xaverian 42At Memorial Gymnasium at St. John’s, Max Burt led all scorers with 15 points, but right behind were Drex Costello (14) and Ben Judson (13) to help the Eagles raise their record to 11-0.The Prep jumped out to a 24-10 lead after a quarter, but Xaverian had whittled that edge down to 35-31 by the break.But The Prep’s defense clamped down in the second half, holding the Hawks to only 11 points.WRESTLINGTriton TournamentLynnfield swept Saturday’s tournament, and, in the process, captured its first Cape Ann League title since forming its cooperative with North Reading.Eric Kerr at 113, C.J. Finn at 170, John Klug at 182 and Tom Arseneault at 220 swept their matches. However, it was Anthony Manganiello at 172 and Finn whose victories over Triton provided the margin of victory to ensure the league title.The scores were Lynnfield 39, Triton 30; Lynnfield 24, Everett 9; and Lynnfield 54, Melrose 17.Springfield Central TournamentSt. John’s Prep won three out of four matches in the quad meet, losing only to Mount Anthony, Vt., which is the No. 1 team in New England.Other scores were St. John’s 42, Central 26; St. John’s 63, Agawam 6; and St. John’s 67, Bacon Academy (Conn.), 8The Prep is now 28-3.Hunter Costa (106), Jared Costa (138), Peter Locke (160) and Ian Butterbrodt (220) won all four of their matches while Louis Bornstein (who also recorded his 100th career dual meet win against Bacon) (113); D.J. Lemieux (126), Jim Messeder (182), Jon Polansky (195) and Corey Jean-Jacques (285) won three.Ben DiNatale and Frank Soucy recorded their first varsity wins.Weymouth TournamentSenior co-captain Jake Powell was the standout in a match in which Marblehead only sent six wrestlers due to illness.Powell scored the most pins of anyone in the tournament, and he saved a victory with a pin over his opponent from Plymouth South.”It was one of the best matches he’s ever wrestled,” said coach Michael Stamison.Sean Taylor (285) took third in the tournament, and defeated his opponent from Plymouth South in the finals.And junior Ali Atallah went 2-2 at 182.Pentucket TournamentIt was a tough day for Saugus, but four wrestlers stood out. Seventh grader Danny McCullough pinned his opponent at 107, sophomore Nick Vokey beat Wilmington at 220, Anthony Fernandez scored a pin at 126 over Wakefield, and heavyweight Ray Meggs pinned his opponent from Wilmington.B&G TRACKDivision 2 Relay FestivalThe Classical girls scored seventh in the long jump (41-3) with a team of Jen Gaudet, Rebecca Potter and Anna Wargo.The 4 x 50 team of Gaudet, Potter, Wargo and Halana Glittens finished 17th (26.23), and the 4 x 200-meters team of Gaudet, Potter, Wargo and Monica Maes finished 17th (1:55:46).For the boys, the 4 x 200 team of Shadrack Abgonsolo, Romario Louidhon, George Clark and Brad Scuzzarella finished 28th (1:40).East Coast InvitationalsSt. John’s finished 2-3 in the shot put with Evan Dombrowski throwing 52-1/2 and David Roy 50-5. Will Raven was seventh with a personal best 8.35 in the 55 high hurdles.State RelaysThe Marblehead girls finished 4th overall. Marblehead scored in six different events, its best finish during the tenure of head coach Mike Toomey.Medalists were: 4×50, 6th place (Kaitlin McCarthy, Mimi Goetz, Monica Thorne, and Julia Lothrop); shot put, 4th place (Goetz, Lothrop, Kelly Roland); long jump, 3rd place (Goetz, Thorne, Olivi