Salem, English boys soccer play to tie

English and Salem’s boys soccer team played to a 1-1 tie Friday afternoon at Manning Field in a game that Bulldog coach Kerry King would have preferred to go a bit of a different way.View Photo Gallery”This is one I think we kind of let slip away,” said King. “We played well, but we couldn’t finish. We had trouble in the last quarter of the field.”Salem scored midway through the first half on Nathan Russell’s goal, assisted by Connor Duncan. English got the equalizer with about 15 minutes left when Bryan Roviro scored after being set up by Carlos Valenzuela.King also said that Roviro’s brother, Daniel, played well at midfield.”They had their chances, we had our chances,” said Salem coach Mike Collins. “I would say a bit of exhaustion took over late in the game. English has a very nice team.”The game was Salem’s first of the season.St. Mary’s 5, Marian 0At Framingham, Kevin Esper scored twice, once on a penalty kick and on a corner kick unassisted.The other Spartan goals came from Nick Camela’s 20-footer assisted by Dan Hennessey, Conor Foley (from Cristian Chavez) and seventh grader Thiago DeOlivero, assisted by Drew DiMaiti.Coach Mike D’Agostino said keeper Helio Neto played well.”He didn’t have a lot of shots, but he played well.”D’Agostino also gave props to defenders Armando Lezama, Patrick Morin-Plante and DiMaiti. St. Mary’s is 3-0-1.St. John’s (D) 3, St. John’s (S) 0At St. John’s, Matt Chilton, Greg French and Anthony Vigliotta scored for the 2-0-1 Eagles. Zach Rowell had two saves for his first varsity shutout.”We played well, and we dominated from the start,” coach Dave Crowell said. “We had 11 corners to their one. We took a big step forward today.”GIRLS SOCCEREnglish 6, St. Clement 0At Medford High, Katherin Lozano, a senior captain, scored twice as did freshman Ange Merlin. The Bulldogs, 3-2, also got singletons from Veronica Uk and Cynthia DeLeon. Keeper Katelyn Nadeau got her third shutout.Tech 0, Greater Lawrence 0At Greater Lawrence, “it was a nailbiter and our girls played their hearts out on defense,” said Tech coach Jeremy McKeen. Korla Gonzalez had the shutout in net, and the Tigers got strong games from sweeper Brenda Guevara, Wendy Grevara, Vicki Mendoa and Diana Fries.VOLLEYBALLSt. Mary’s 3, St. Clement 0At St. Mary’s, the scores were 25-17, 25-16 and 25-20 as the Spartans evened their record at 2-2. Carli DiMeo and Molly Doyle combined for 14 aces.FIELD HOCKEYWestford Academy 7, Fenwick 2At Westford, Erinn Johnson and Lynn’s Erin Clancy scored for the Crusaders.”Westford has a lot of seniors, and they came out really strong and put us back on our heels,” said Fenwick coacy Marybeth Mahoney.