Girls Hoop: Team effort helps Classical get victory

The Classical girls basketball team went up to Gloucester Tuesday night and came back with a win that left the Rams with two wins to go to qualify for the tournament.Kristin Lauria (18 points) and Heidi Milhem (12) combined for 30 points as the Rams won, 57-46, to raise their record to 9-5.Classical led by 12 at the half (32-20), but, said coach Tom Sawyer, “it was never really comfortable.?It was an interesting game,” he said. “I have to credit our perimeter players, Franki Galeazzi, Chelsea Rogers and Chenysse Hill, with finding our inside players. And in the second half, they hit some outside shots too, so we had a balanced offense.”Hill and Galeazzi had five assists each while Rogers had four. Milhem and Lauria pulled down 14 rebounds apiece.English 61, Danvers 19At English, the Bulldogs (14-0, 10-0 Northeastern Conference) got off to a slow start and after one quarter, trailed 9-8. Once they warmed up, however, it was lights out. English scored 21 points in the second and the third quarter to put this one out of reach. Diondra Woumn had 15 points and Deidra Newson, 13 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals. Mikayla Everette had seven assists and six steals.Peabody 53, S?scott 33At Peabody, the Tanners (9-3) started out a little slow, but pulled away with a big second half. Carolyn Scacchi had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Olivia Summit, 10 points. Melissa Gray was good for nine points.Swampscott (3-9) had a big game from freshman Jamie Caponigro, who led all scorers with 22 points.?She played very well tonight,” Swampscott coach Abrom Roberts said. “Win or lose, for her to play the way she does as a freshman, she?s going to be a good basketball player for Swampscott. She?s always out there giving her all.”Marblehead 37, Salem 33At Salem, the Magicians (8-4) took another step toward qualifying for the state tournament. Marblehead hit a couple of hoops down the stretch that put the game away. Emily Freedland had 12 points and McKenna Barrett, 11 points. Jaclyn Panneton led Salem with 12 points.?It was a defensive struggle the whole game,” Marblehead coach Wayne Hanscom said.Fenwick 61, Austin Prep 28At Fenwick, the Crusaders led from wire to wire to raise their record to 7-6. Gianna Pizzano had 23 points to lead Fenwick and Colleen Corcoran had 10 rebounds.Pizzano, Kate Lipka, Bridget Corcoran and Sydney Brennan had four steals each as coach Adam DeBaggis was happy with the team?s defense.Winthrop 46, Revere 33At Revere, the Vikings (11-2) qualified for the tournament. Kristen Siscamanis led the way with 16 points, Theresa Jones had 10 and Ashelyne Babb eight.?We forced a lot of turnovers, and scored a lot of points off them,” said coach Ignatio Oyola, “which is a good thing because a lot of our shots weren?t falling.?I credit Revere,” he said. “They played really well.”