Softball Roundup: Gridley’s homer leads Classical past Big Blue

It was a tight one in Swampscott on Wednesday, as the Classical girls? softball squad came out on top of the Big Blue, 3-2, as Alaina Gridley ripped a two-run home run in the sixth.
The Rams (5-2) led by one up until the fourth inning, when Swampscott (5-4) took advantage of some of Classical?s miscues in the field to to take a 2-1 lead.
In the bottom of the inning, Swampscott had a runner on second and two outs, but on a base hit to center field, Madeline Angelli nailed the runner at the plate, ending the threat. Swampscott got runners on second and third in the last frame, but were unable to push either across.
Classical?s Ivy Martin went 3-for-3 at the plate with the game?s first RBI and fanned 10 on the mound while giving up eight hits in a complete-game victory.
For Swampscott, Sam Rizzo was strong through five innings of work, giving up one run and punching out three.
?She did a great job,” said Big Blue coach Frank Kowalski. “She had good command of her pitches.”
Revere 9, Marblehead 3
The Patriots relied on the long ball, getting home runs from two of their big hitters to give them the advantage over a good Marblehead team.
?They?re a tough, young, well-coached team,” Revere skipper Joe Ciccarello said of the Magicians. “They don?t give you anything.”
Juliana Cecere drove in five runs for Revere. In the third, she smacked a two-run homer over the fence, and later in the game knocked in a couple more with a two-run single.
The Patriots were leading, 5-1, before they made a string of four errors in the sixth, letting the Magicians back into the game with two runs. But Revere responded in the bottom of the inning, scoring four times. Victoria Russo drove in the first run, and Christina Stella drove what Ciccarello called a “laser” out of the park for an opposite field home run.
?[Cecere and Stella], they?re our two best hitters, and we did a good job of getting on base in front of them today,” Ciccarello said. “We were riding the high of an emotional win last time out against Danvers, and lately we?ve been getting it done from both ends of the lineup.”
For Marblehead, Sara Bornstein smacked a leadoff home run in the sixth.
?[Revere] made the plays we didn?t,” Marblehead coach Jon Gold said. “I give them a lot of credit.”
St. Mary?s 7, Bishop Fenwick 0
Mia Nowicki was dominant, striking out 14 and allowing only three hits and no walks for the Spartans (6-1).
[Nowicki] was great,” Fenwick coach Paul Lyman said. “She really blew us away.”
St. Mary?s did it with the bats as well, with Cassandra LaFauci going 3-for-5 and Katarina Roy going 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Katie Terban also contributed with a 2-for-3 day.
?We bounced back nicely after a loss,” St. Mary?s coach Colleen Newbury said. “We?re looking more confident at the plate, getting runners in with two outs, and our pitchers are doing their thing.”
Fenwick (6-2) was unable to get much going against Nowicki, but some good defense kept the score from getting out of hand.
Danvers 1, Peabody 0
It was the definition of a pitchers? duel Wednesday in Peabody. Tanners pitcher Shelbi Wilson was a tough-luck loser, allowing only four hits and a walk, while the only run she gave up was unearned.
An error in the third got a runner on base for Danvers (5-2), and Falcons pitcher Maddie Mucci jacked an RBI double to bring in the only run of the game.
The game came down to the wire, as Dom DelBene hit a long fly ball for Peabody (3-3) in the seventh, but Tori Costa tracked it down and pulled it in at the fence.
Mucci got it done on the mound as well, allowing only three hits. Catcher Caitlin McBride called a great game behind the plate for Danvers, according to Falcons coach Tara Petrocelli, and third baseman Hannah Llewellyn was solid on defense.
Lynnfield 16, Triton 4
Leadoff hitter Hannah Travers went 3-for-4 for the Pioneers (7-2), and second baseman Abby Weaver finished 2-for-3. Sadie Oliver allowed seven hits and fanned seven over five innings for the vic