Softball: Classical gets back on track

The Classical High softball team got back on a winning track with an 8-5 win over Beverly Monday at Beverly.The Rams (7-9) had good games from catcher Courtney Braswell (3-3, 2 RBI); Jen Ierardi (2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI); and Franki Galeazzi (1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI). Pitcher Ivy Martin allowed seven hits, struck out seven and walked three.Kate Silvestri (1-2) got on base three times in the game for the Panthers. She scored one run and had one RBI. She tripled in the fifth inning. Hannah Silvestri went 2-4 with an RBI and Olivia George went 1-4, with two RBI.St. Mary?s 4, Williams 1At Braintree, Michaela Hamill started for the 10-4 Spartans (4 hits, 1 earned run, 3 BB, 4 K). Mia Nowicki came on for three innings of relief (1 BB, 6 K).Offensive standouts included Vanessa VanBuskirk (1-3, 1 RBI); and Mollie Mello (1-3, 2 RBI).?It was a quick game, back and forth, up and down, in and out,” Spartans coach Colleen Newbury said. “We hopped back on 93.”Peabody 14, English 2At Keaney Park, the Tanners (9-3, 8-2 NEC) got good games from: Ashley Jenkins (2-4, 3 RBI); Dom DelBene (2-2, 4 RBI); and Shelbi Wilson (6-inning complete game, 14 K, 0 BB, 5 hits, 2 unearned runs). The game ended in the top of the seventh due to the 12-run mercy rule.English (1-13) got its runs when Sarah Tobin reached on an error in the Bulldogs? first at-bat, Keri Bryson doubled to score Tobin, and Emma Trahant doubled, scoring Bryson.Bryson was 3-3 with a 1-run double; Trahant was 2-3, with a double and single.Jill Ballard played well defensively at first base on Monday. Last Wednesday, against Salem, she was 3-4 with a 2-run homer in a 15-8 loss.Winthrop 5, Swampscott 4At Winthrop, the Vikings (11-5. 8-4 NEC) got out to a 5-1 lead then held on for the win and a share of second place in the NEC South.The Vikings took a 3-0 lead in the first inning after Jen Adamson laced a two-out double and scored on a Taylor Thomas RBI single. Maura Lanza had reached on a dripped third strike and Kelly Swanson on an error to load the bases for Ali Scarfo, who got a hit to bring in two runs. The Vikings scored a run in the second on a suicide squeeze and one in the third on a wild pitch for a 5-1 lead.Swampscott scored a run in the first and two in the sixth. Hannah Leahy led off the sixth with a home run and the Big Blue had another run come in on a groundout.Maura Lanza went the distance for the win, allowing six hits, four runs, one earned, and striking out six. Winthrop is 9-1 in its last 10 games.North Reading 13, Saugus 1At North Reading, the Sachems? lone run came when Katie Sheehan doubled and scored on a Brooke Westmoreland single. The run made it 3-1 at the time. Saugus is 4-10.Revere 4, Salem 1At Salem, Sabrina Palermo struck out eight, allowed three hits and walked three as the Patriots improved to 11-4, 8-3 NEC.?We hit the ball, they made the plays,” Revere coach Joe Ciccarello said, noting that his team only struck out twice, which meant the ball was in play a lot.Rockport 6, Lynnfield 0At Lynnfield, the game was scoreless through seven innings, but Rockport went to town in the eighth, scoring six runs (helped by four Lynnfield errors). Ani Han and pitcher Jackie Whelan each had doubles. The Pioneers are 8-8.Marblehead 6, Gloucester 4 (10 innings)At Gloucester, the Magicians (10-7) qualified for the state tournament.McKenna Barrett started a 2-run rally in the top of the 10th with a walk. She stole second and third, and Olivia Vener doubled her in. Vener stole third, and Alison Kapoll (2-for-5) hit a sacrifice fly to right, with Vener scoring on a tag.Michaela Leblanc finished the complete-game win (5 hits, 3 K) with a scoreless bottom of the 10th.Vener reached base six times, scoring three runs on three hits. She walked twice and was hit by a pitch, and also made an unassisted double play in center field.Salem Academy 13, KIPP Academy 6At Salem, the Panthers (2-3), despite only playing four innings, had a good game. They had a strong first inning with four runs by freshmen