St. Mary’s golfers open with a win

Despite a lengthy trip up North, the St. Mary’s golf team opened their season in fine fashion on Wednesday afternoon defeating Lowell Catholic 174-148 in Pelham, New Hampshire at Pine Valley.”We were very consistent from top to bottom today and that was great to see so early in the season,” said Spartans coach Jay Fiste.St. Mary’s was led by Chris Price (28) and Shawn MacBurnie (27) in the points department but the production didn’t stop there. Both Bradley Dill and Emmit O’Shea scored 25 points apiece while Jackson Allard added 24 points of his own.The Spartans also got solid rounds from Brian Bouchard (23) and Brendan O’Neill (22).”The guys did a great job out there today in knocking off any rust they might have had. This was a great way to start the season,” said Fiste.Gloucester 37?, Swampscott 34?At Tedesco CC, the lower half of the Swampscott lineup made this one close. Noah Maercklein won his match, 5 and 4; Griffin Hunt tied at 41/2, Corey Bleau won 6 and 3; and Brandon Carola won 5? and 3?.Salem 37, English 35At Old Salem Greens, the Bulldogs (0-2) dropped a close match to the host Witches who improved to 1-1. English got wins from Matt Sencabaugh (6?-2?) over Kyle Doherty, Matt Bruneau (5-4) over Cam Fraser and Joe Calman (6?-2?) over Nate Clark. Salem’s victors included AJ Darmody (6?-2?) over Bubba Comeau, Josh Powers (6?-2?) over Christina Lannon and Cam Toomey (6-3) over Chris Cole.Lynnfield 148, Ipswich 129At Ipswich, the visiting Pioneers (1-1) got their first win of the season with Brandon Sullivan leading the way, earning 34 points. Lynnfield also got solid production in points from Braedon Zanni (26), Mike Waisnor (24) and Matt Boehner (23). The Pioneers next tee off on Tuesday at Triton.Peabody 49?, Revere 22?At The Meadow in Peabody, the Tanners picked up their first win of the season over the visiting Patriots. Peabody used a team-effort from all eight players in what coach Peter Cronin called “a great showing of balance.” The Tanners will play next on Tuesday at Salem Country Club versus Lynn Classical.