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Finals in Clancy, Holland tournaments set

Steve Krause

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LYNN – St. Mary?s has made the finals of both the Nipper Clancy baseball and John Holland softball tournaments.The Spartans defeated Classical, 2-1, at Fraser Field in the Clancy late game while North Reading blanked English, 6-0. The loss means the Bulldogs cannot qualify for the upcoming MIAA Division 1 North tournament.English and Classical will meet a third time Monday at 1 p.m. in the Clancy consolation game. The Rams won both previous meetings.The Spartans will face North Reading for the championship at 4. The Hornets, defending state champion in Division, are looking to repeat as winners.In the Holland, St. Mary?s came from a 5-1 deficit to defeat Swampscott, 8-5. They will face Classical, which defeated English, 17-5 in a game that went six innings.The Big Blue can still qualify for the Division 3 North softball tournament win a win over English in Monday?s consolation game at Breed (4). St. Mary?s will look to win its fourth straight championship when it faces the Rams in the title game (6).The entire Courtney Corning softball tournament will be played Monday, beginning at 9 with Beverly vs. Danvers and 11 with Peabody vs. Bishop Fenwick. The consolation will be at 1 p.m. and the championship at 3.All game are at Endicott College.

  • Steve Krause

    Steve Krause is the Item’s writer-at-large. He joined paper in 1979 as a copy editor and later created a music column, called Midnight Ramblings, which ran through 1985. After leaving the paper for a year, he returned in 1988 as a reporter and editor in sports. He became sports editor in 1998; and was named writer-at-large in 2018. Krause won awards for writing in 1985 from United Press International; in 2001 from the Associated Press; and again in 2020 from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. He is a member of the Harry Agganis Foundation Hall of Fame, a past winner of the Moynihan Lumber Scholar-Athlete Community Service Award, and was the 2012 recipient of the Jack Grinold Media Award for MasterSports, an organization that conducts high school and college coaches’ clinics. He lives in Lynn, is active on Facebook, and can be found on Twitter @itemkrause.

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