School Roundup: Swampscott field hockey wins

The Swampscott High field hockey team made new coach Jamie Spano?s debut a successful one by defeating Danvers, 1-0, Tuesday at Swampscott.The Big Blue (1-0) scored midway through the first period when Mackenzie Faulkner raced past the defense and got off a shot that found the back of the net. Swampscott returning goalie Katie Papele kept up her end of the deal, turning away all eight Danvers shots.?I?m really happy with how we played,” Spano said. “Everyone from the forwards to the defense played as a team.”Spano, who coached at Reading High School last year, inherited a team with quite a few returning players (8 juniors and 7 seniors). The Big Blue are home against Saugus on Thursday.Marblehead 2, Saugus 1At Saugus, Marblehead?s Hannah Fobert scored on a corner with no time remaining to give the Magicians the win. Marblehead had taken a 1-0 lead 6:50 into the game on a goal by Piper Newhall (Emily Mills assist). Saugus? Sophia Cogliano tied it up (Giana Dean assist). Annie Arthur had the assist on Fobert?s goal.The game marked the Sachems? return to the Northeastern Conference after spending a season in the Cape Ann League. The Magicians are coming off a 10-7-2 season that ended with a loss to Newburyport in the first round of the state tournament. Marblehead has 14 players returning from that team.VOLLEYBALLPeabody 3, Classical 1At Peabody, the Tanners, led by Emily Diezemann (13 kills, 2 blocks) and Danielle Sullivan (7 kills, 3 aces), took the first two sets, 25-21, 26-24. The Rams stormed back to win the third, 25-13, but Peabody put the match away with a 25-22 win in the fourth set. Courtney Bua and Marina DeMild (6 kills each) also played well for the Tanners.Classical had strong performances from senior co-captains Ivy Martin (7 kills, 3 blocks, 11 service points) and setter Cassie D?Agostino (5 assists).?It was a really tight match,” Classical coach Frank DeLuca said, adding that Peabody is the defending Northeastern Conference champion. “I was very happy with our play.”GOLFSau. 40 1/2, Cla. 31 1/2At Cedar Glen Golf Course, the Sachems (1-0) picked up wins from Joe Ghika at No. 2, 7-2; Nick Dame at No. 3, 7-2; Ron Rahja, No. 4, 5 1/2-2 1/2, and Alex Guarino, No. 7, 7 1/2-1 1/2.Saugus missed qualifying for the state tournament by one match last year, but coach Jeff Mitchell is optimistic about this year?s prospects because most of his team is back. The Sachems are at Winthrop on Thursday.Mark Brazell had a strong outing for the Rams in the No. 1 spot. He shot a 36 and won his match 5 1/2-3 1/2. Freshman Travis Ryan won 5 1/2-3 1/2 at No. 5 and Sean Dean won 5-4 in the sixth spot. Corey Wojewodzic won at No. 8, 5 1/2-3 1/2.Classical has good numbers this year with 21 players coming out for the team. Coach Jack Morrison said that is about twice what he had last year. Six are freshmen. The Rams will play Hamilton-Wenham Monday at Myopia Hunt Club.St. John?s 232, Xav. 235At Salem Country Club, this one had the makings of being a battle before the first ball went off the tee. The two Catholic Conference teams met in the Division 1 state final last year (Xaverian is a South team). The Prep ended up winning the match and the state title in a tiebreaker.The Eagles, with five new players out of 10, picked up where they left off. Sophomore Chris Francoeur shot an even-par 36. Junior captain James Turner and senior Colin Natale each shot a 38 and sophomore Griffin Chenard checked in with a 39. The two teams meet again next week on Xaverian?s home turf.