Roundup: Classical swims to victory over English

The Classical High swim team took home bragging rights Thursday with a 94-89 win over English at the Lynn Tech pool.?It was a great meet, on both sides,” Classical coach Denise Silva said. “There was lots of enthusiasm, lots of great swims on both sides.”The Rams (3-3) won the 200 free relay with Wes Thomson, Craig Mordaunt, Anthony Ong and Kevin Chasse (1:53.45). Erinn Daly won the 200 yard individual medley (2;25.54) with Simon Kazimierczyk taking second. The Rams also went one-two in the 50 free with Brian Nelson (25.80) and Luigi Genao. Nelson also won the 100 free and Daly took first in the 500 free (5:54.15).Ali Dunnigan and Kazimierczyk went two-three in the 100 backstroke behind English?s Jesse Freeman, who won with a time of 1:10.44. Daly, Nelson, Chasse and Kazimierczyk combined to win the 400 free relay.English had several other winning performances, including Freeman, Marina Broufas, Matt Bruno and Mike Bruno, who won the 200 medley relay (2:06.00). Mike Bruno also won the 200 free (1:57.20) and the 100 butterfly (1:05.20); Matt Bruno, 100 breaststroke (1:18.64) and Matt Demirs, diving (182.85).English coach Lisa Trahant said Classical had more depth, but a lot of her swimmers had good times and some had personal bests.?Even though we lost, it was still a great meet,” she said.The Bulldogs are 1-4-1 with Peabody up next.Danvers 55, Peabody 45At the Danvers YMCA, Alex Strakosha was a double winner for the Tanners in the 100-yard and 200-yard free. Maria Strakosha won the 100 butterfly, Christin Shea, the 100 breaststroke and Paige Hayward, diving.GIRLS BASKETBALLClassical 47, Dracut 43At Dracut, it was a fairly low-scoring first half for both teams with Dracut coming away with an 18-17 lead. Both teams picked up the pace after the break with the Rams (7-5) getting big hoops from a variety of spots in the lineup including threes from Chelsea Rogers, Franki Galeazzi and Chenysse Hill (11 points) that kept the Rams one step ahead. Galeazzi led all scorers with 23 points. Shannon Magner came off the bench for the Rams and had a clutch basket down the stretch.Classical is at Malden Sunday at 2:30 p.m.GIRLS HOCKEYFontbonne 3, St. Mary?s 0At Shea Rink in Quincy, Fontbonne led 2-0 after two periods and added an empty netter late in the game to ice the win. The Spartans (7-3-2) will play the combined Winthrop/Lynn/Saugus team Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Larsen Rink in Winthrop.BOYS HOCKEYWinthrop 5, Saugus 2At Kasabuski Rink, Winthrop?s Chris Page scored four of the Vikings? five goals. Winthrop held a 2-0 lead after one period and bumped it up to 4-0 in the second period before the Sachems got going. Mike Sarnachiarro scored from Steve Kay and Chris Sanderson to trim Winthrop?s lead to 4-1 and Kay found the net (Jim Alcott assist) to make it 4-2 heading into the final period. That?s as close as the Sachems would get. Saugus is 1-9 with Pentucket up next on Saturday.GIRLS TRACKS?scott 44, Winthrop 38At Swampscott, the Big Blue won the relay by just under three seconds to pull out the win. Swampscott also had wins from Aisling Dennehy in the 300 (45.4); Lauren Sullivan, 1,000 (3:32.9) and Sarah Kelley, mile (5:40.7).Winthrop had firsts from Alissa Shea, high jump (4-0); Elizabeth Anderson, shot put (29-2); Carly O?Keefe, 55 meter hurdles (9.3); Alexis Vaccaro, 55 meters (7.6); Holly Benson, 600 (1:50.2) and Victoria Helle, 2-mile (13:44).Beverly 66, Classical 15At Lynn, Fotini Galiotzakis won the shot put (29-4 1/2) and Rebecca Potter, the 50 (6.6) for the Rams. Classical also had a second from Jennifer Gaudet in the 300 (45.9). The Panthers (5-0) swept the 50 hurdles, the 1,000, the mile, the 2-mile and the 600.BOYS TRACKSwampscott 71, Winthrop 15At Swampscott, the Big Blue swept the shot put, led by Justin Chasse (46-5) and the 300, led by Tom DiPietro (41.4). Swampscott also had wins from Kevin Nguyen, 55 meter hurdles (8.9); Ian Munnelly, 55 meters (6.9); Jack Dennehy, 1,000 (3:07.1); Matt Mahoney, mile (4:42.4); and Harry P