Gallahue lifts Prep lacrosse past Masco

Andrew Gallahue broke a 9-all tie in the fourth quarter and St. John?s Prep snapped Masconomet?s seven-game winning streak Saturday in Danvers, 12-9. Gallahue finished with six goals and added a pair of assists.?He had a monster game with some spectacular goals. It was close throughout, a good back-and-forth game between two rivals,” said Prep coach John Roy.The Prep led 7-5 at the half and 9-8 after three before the Chieftains tied it early in the final quarter.The Prep (5-3) closed with a three-goal burst. Sam Frick scored twice for the Eagles while Joe Cavallaro, Pat Foley and Chris Casey added single goals and Lucas DeAngelo finished with eight saves.Swampscott 9, Peabody 5At Southern New Hampshire University, the Big Blue improved to 6-1 with the non-league win. Swampscott was led by Griffin Hunt (4 goals), Alex Belleza (2 goals, assist), Jason Dignan (assist, 15 of 17 on faceoffs), Max Cohen (14 saves), and Joe Silva (strong defense).?I?m happy with the way we?re going,” said coach Todd Pierce.Josh Geary had two goals for Peabody while Bobby Carponi (assist), Matt Pino and Reed Foster had one each. The Tanners watched SNHU practice and sat in on film breakdown Friday and, after their game Saturday morning, saw Peabody alums Keifer Heckman (2013?s Item Player of the Year) and Nick Ouellette play on Saturday afternoon for SNHU. Heckman scored his first two collegiate goals.?It was a great weekend — the only bad thing was we lost the game,” said coach Anthony O?Donnell.Acton-Boxboro 19, Beverly 6At Beverly, the Colonials capitalized on numerous mistakes to dismantle the Panthers. The lone bright spots for the Panthers were the play of senior captains Ty Martz (5 caused turnovers) and Kevin Lally (21 saves). Nick Albano had three goals while Sam Abate, Clinton Cabral and Hunter Spencer had goals and Nick Donovan had an assist.Lynnfield 14, Cambridge 12At Cambridge, the Pioneers leveled their record at 4-4 behind Dan Sullivan?s six-goal performance.In other action, Revere squeezed out an 11-10 non-league win against Methuen.