Lacrosse: Swampscott rides past Revere

The Swampscott High boys lacrosse team rode a six-goal, two assist performance by Alex Balleza to a 16-3 win over Revere Monday at Phillips Park.Ryan McDermott (3 goals, assist) and Noah Maercklein (2 goals, 2 assists) added multiple-point efforts for Swampscott (7-1), who got strong two-way play from defensemen Emory Green (goal, assist) and Tucker Merritt (assist). Justin Nestor made 9 saves.?I was really pleased with our effort the whole way,” said coach Todd Pierce. “Our guys showed that no matter the score, their mindset is going to remain the same ?team first? mentality.”The Patriots (3-4) had goals from Mike Dreeszen, Stephen Piazza and Marco Mazzarelli.?I?m proud of my guys; they never gave up today against a good Swampscott team,” Revere coach Mike Guanci said.Fenwick 17, Lowell Catholic 5At Bishop Fenwick, the Crusaders (6-5) got a huge game from Kyle Russell (6 goals, 6 assists). Chris Napolitano had four goals and five assists with the rest of the offensive output provided by Mark Nalesnik (2 goals, 2 assists); Coleman Hebert (2 goals); and Kevin Hannon, Dan Hannon and Teddy Booras, one goal each. Nick Finan had eight saves.Reading 8, Marblehead 7 (OT)At Reading, the Magicians (5-4) surrendered the winning goal three minutes into the extra session. Marblehead got two goals apiece from Harrison Young and Ben Anderson as well as 14 saves from Nathan Maselek. The visitors trailed 5-1 at halftime. Dean Fader, Charlie Thompson and Brooks Tyrrell added solo tallies for the Magicians.Winthrop 7, Lynn 1At Manning Field, Tony Uva?s first-half tally proved the only offense for the Shamrocks (3-7), who got strong games from defenseman Wes Thomson and midfielder Tyler Craig.Gloucester 11, Peabody 8At Gloucester, the Tanners got 23 saves from Matt Cloutman. Peabody (2-7) was led on offense by Josh Fiore (four goals, one assist). Chris Cuervules, Bobby Caproni, Reed Foster and Jeremiah Manfra added solo tallies in the loss.Beverly 12, Danvers 2At Danvers, Panthers goalie Kevin Lassy (24 saves, 2 goals against) provided the heroics in net. Ty Martz anchored the defense with three caused turnovers. He also had a goal.Beverly had 11 players record at least a point. Nick Albano (2 goals, 3 assists), Sam Abate (2 goals, 2 assists); Clinton Cabral (goal, assist) and Hunter Spencer (2 goals) led the attack.Kevin Lally (24 saves, 2 goals against) and Ryan Haggerty (save) combined for the win.GIRLS LACROSSEFenwick 17, Lowell Cath. 10At Lowell, the Crusaders were led by Merry Harrington (5 goals), Annette Ruggiero and Tessa McLaughlin, the latter two finishing with four goals apiece. Colleen Corcoran finished with seven saves for Fenwick (6-4), who got two goals from Natalie Emerson as well as solo tallies from Hannah Durkin and Caroline Crawford.