The Bishop Fenwick (5-2) girls? lacrosse team shook off the first-half cobwebs before rallying back for a thrilling 12-11 victory over visiting Lowell Catholic on Wednesday afternoon.
Junior Merry Harrington?s six goals led the attack for the Crusaders? who recovered from a 9-6 halftime deficit. Senior Lexie Rose and sophomore Hannah Durkin each scored two goals while juniors Colleen Corcoran and Tori Hernandez added solo tallies.
?We got off to a very slow start but the girls were able to put things together eventually,” said Fenwick coach Karen Guillemette.
Corcoran and sophomore Meghan Carney split time in the Fenwick net with the latter making five stops to help preserve the win.
?The girls played a much stronger second half but we began to sit back a bit once we had a comfortable lead. We?ll have to continue working hard on the little things as we move forward,” said Guillemette.
GIRLS? LACROSSE
Salem 12, Revere 1
Emily Coelho?s torrid start to the season hit new heights after scoring 10 goals to lead the Witches (2-10) in the rout. Coelho has 22 goals in three games. Elizabeth Roush (one goal, four assists) and Rebecca Cormier (goal) also contributed, while Emily Lonergan who forced 10 turnovers.
Marblehead 14, Triton 3
The Magicians (3-1-1) were in control from start to finish, leading 8-1 at halftime before cruising to a victory.
Hadley Carlton and Corinne Mayle scored three goals each for Marblehead who got two goals from Amanda Gregory, Grace McGurrin and Lucie Poulin as well as single tally from Caroline Driscoll.
Beverly 7, Peabody 6
Two-goal games from Marita Smallman and Alicia Cecchini proved crucial for the Panthers (6-0). Meghan Henrichon, Megan Gavin and Grace Otterbein added solo tallies for Beverly who led by two goals in the second half before the Tanners? rallied.
Adrianna Raneri (three goals, assist), Amanda Bradley (two goals) and Sarah Napolitano (goal) paced Peabody (2-3) offensively while Michaela Jacks, Mia Lomasney, Prey Porcher and Alyssa Shashaty led the defense.
Danvers 14, Swampscott 3
Sophomore Ellie Wright (two goals) and senior Priscilla Sullivan provided all of the offense the Big Blue could muster in a lopsided loss.
BOYS? LACROSSE
Danvers 9, Swampscott 7
Swampscott?s (3-2) habit of falling behind early proved costly as it was unable to fully recover from a 5-1 halftime deficit. Sebastian Camelo and Spencer Mulvey scored 56 seconds apart with under two minutes to play before the Falcons scored with one second left to ice the win. Sophomore goaltender Perry Grezela was fantastic in his first varsity start, making 14 saves for Swampscott, which got two goals from Devin Conroy as well as solo tallies from Andrew Dove, Jake Mulvey and Jason Dignan.
Bishop Fenwick 17, Lowell Catholic 5
Six goals from Chris Napolitano as well as four tallies each from Aidan Moulton and Mark Nalesnik helped power the Crusaders (4-3).
Masconomet 14, Lynnfield 2
The Pioneers were overpowered by the host Chieftains in Topsfield.
BOYS? TRACK
Swampscott 118, Winthrop 18
A trio of double-winners helped the host Big Blue open the season on a high note.
Jordan James took first in the 100-meter dash in 12.1 seconds and long jump at 18 feet 1 inch, while fellow senior Barry Tevrow prevailed in the shot put (43-10) and discus (116-4). Junior Dante Ceccarelli ran a winning 17.5 in the 110-meter hurdles before a top triple jump of 39-5.
Other Swampscott winners included Frank Dilisio (200, 23.9), Nick Scibelli (400, 56.4), Thomas McDevitt (800, 2:13), Jack Dennehy (mile, 5:00), Bennett Smith (2 mile, 11:13) and Themo Liakopoulos (javelin, 133-9).
Masconomet 116, Lynnfield 20
Newburyport 88, Lynnfield 48Despite losing both matchups in a tri-meet, Lynnfield had a few bright spots. Joe Donovan took first place in the triple jump (37-5). Cam DeGeorge won the shot put (38-8) and the discus throw (104-5). Cam Rondeau won the 200-meter dash (24.4) and also was part of the 4×100-meter relay team that t
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