Roundup: Tech girls basketball drops opening game

Lynn Tech girls? basketball team ran into a tough test in its season opener on Friday evening against St. Clements, which claimed a 50-17 victory that actually wasn?t as bad as the final score would indicate.
?Unfortunately, the final score didn?t quite show the level of improvement I saw from last season,” said Tech coach KaitlynWechsler, whose team trailed 30-15 entering the final period.
?We were right in it for three quarters. We pride ourselves on our defense and to hold a team with the talent St. Clement?s possesses to 30 points over that span of time is something of an accomplishment.”
Katie Monestime scored a game-high 22 points for the host Anchors while eclipsing the 1,000-point mark for her career while still a junior.
?She?s super fast and was getting to the basket with such ease,” Wechsler said.
Sophomore forward Annmarie Teixeira led the way with six points for the Tigers who got solid contributions from junior point guard Lila Nieves, with five points, and sophomore guard, Jamila Constantine, with four points.BOYS? TRACKMarblehead 63, Salem 23
At Marblehead, the Magicians cruised to a victory in their first meet of the season with first-places finishes in eight of nine events. A.J. Ernst ran a winning time of 1:32.3 in the 600-meter race the Magicians, who also wins in the 300-meters and 1000-meters from Jakob Wikar (40.2) and Pete Morrison (3:01.3), respectively.
Other Marblehead winners include Hillman Hollister in the mile (5:04.5), Michael Weidenbruch in the two-mile race (10:47.9), Jeff Stern in the 55-meter hurdles (8.8) and Jaason Lopez in the 55-meter dash (6.6).
Salem (0-1) prevailed in the relay with a time of 4:09.06.
Danvers 47, Revere 39
At Danvers, Zach Persson led the Falcons to a victory in their first meet of the season with wins in the 55-meter hurdles (8.1) and the high jump, tied with teammate Jerry Dixon at 5-foot-8.
Danvers? other winners were John Thomas in 55-meter dash (6.5), Josh Coen in the 300 meters (43.2), Thomas Brennan in the 1000 (2:57), and Kevin Herbert (4:56.6) and Colin Marie (11:41.3) in the mile and two miles, respectively.
For the Patriots (0-1), Mirza Liskovica was first in the shot put (40 feet, 1 inch) while teammate Bounlaing Chea took first in the 600 meters (1:39.2).GIRLS? TRACK
Marblehead 64, Salem 22
At Marblehead, the Magicians got wins from six different individuals in its first meet of the season. Anna Barrell (5:41.2) and Jillian King (13:18.4) were winners in the mile and two miles, respectively, while Carlyn McGrath took first in the 55-meter hurdles (8.9) .
Marblehead also got wins from Olivia Eddy in the 1000-meter race (47.1), Kat Huber in the 600-meter (1:50.4) and Holly Rowe in the 1000-meter (3:45.1). Marblehead won the relay with a time of 4:44.8.
Salem (0-1) had a trio of winners: Desiree Martin in the 55-meter dash (7.7), Jenaise Castellanos in the high jump (4-feet-4) and Abbie Meadowcroft in the shot put (30 feet, 7 inches).
Danvers 54, Revere 32
At Danvers, the Falcons had wins in six of the eight individual events including two from Erin St. Pierre, in the high jump (4-6) and 55-meter hurdles (9.6). Danvers (1-0) got wins from Karen Hovey in the shot put (29-3 ?), Angela Calderone in the 55 meters (7.9) and Katie Crum in the mile (6:13).
Meaghan McCarriston (1:58.3) and Erin Flynn (3:43.2) took first place honors in the 600-meter and 1000-meter races, respectively.
Revere (0-1) got wins from Jessica Cambraia in the 300 meters (48.7) as well as Jaclynne Dion in the two mile (14:55).
?In other high school track news, the Lynn English boys? and girls? track meets at Winthrop were postponed because the venue was not available. No make-up date has been announced. English will have its first meet on Wednesday afternoon in Revere (4).