School Roundup: Marblehead track teams clinch NEC/South titles

The Marblehead track teams soared to big victories in their final meets of the season with the boys beating Swampscott, 90-46, and the girls winning, 86 ?-49 ?.
The Marblehead boys end the season with a 7-0 record and a Northeastern Conference/Small title. Jakob Wikar won both the triple jump, at 37 feet 3 inches, and the 400-meter dash, in 54.1 seconds. George Goetz took the long jump (19-8) and the 110 hurdles (18.2) for Marblehead. Oliver Jacob won the 400 hurdles (61.0), Jaason Lopez took the 100 (11.5), A.J. Ernst won the mile (4 minutes, 40 seconds), Mitch Norcross finished first in the javelin (127-0) and Adam Linsky won the 2-mile race (10:26) for Marblehead.
Barry Tevrow was a double winner for the Big Blue (4-3), winning the shot put (47-11) and the discus (127-11). Bennett Smith took the 800 (2:08), Frankie DiLisio won the 200 (23.3) and the 4×400-meter relay team of Nick Schibelli, Thomas O?Keefe, Brandon Byrne and Devin Denham also won for Swampscott.
With the victory, the Marblehead girls finish their season 6-1 and end in a tie for the NEC/Small title.
Carlyn McGrath was a quadruple winner for Marblehead, taking the 400-meter hurdles (68.7), the triple jump (33-11), the long jump (15-10) and the 100-meter dash (16.0). Anna Barrell won the mile (5:43), Chloe Ferrucci took the shot put (30-10), Dani Maney won the javelin (99-0), Sarah Rice took the 2 mile (12:34) and Eve Rice finished first in the 400 (1:04).
Michelle O?Connor and Kendall Rhodes took first and second in the high jump for Swampscott. MacKenzie Faulkner won the 100, Ella Parker took the 800 and Zoe Petty won the 200 for the Big Blue. Swampscott also took the 4×100 relay with a team of Faulkner, Petty, Ciara Silverman and Bailey Shorr.
GIRLS? TRACK
Saugus 69, Salem 67
It came down to the 4×400 relay for the Sachems, and the team of Aryana Carney, Kyle Davey, Gianna Filaretos an Anna Andrade won by two-tenths of a second at 4:58.5. Other wins for Saugus (2-5) included Haley Dennis in the 100 (12.5), the 4×100 relay team of Dennis, Victoria Sparages, Amanda Poussard and Ailyn Minaya (53.2), Krissy Italiano in the 800 (2:46.1), Sparages in the 200 (27.8) and Filaretos in the high jump (4.10?).
BOYS? TRACK
Salem 76, Saugus 60
Alex Kotkowski was a quadruple winner for Saugus (3-5) taking the 100 (11.4), the 110 high hurdles (15.5), the long jump (19-7) and the triple jump (20.9) for Saugus. Connor MacEachern took the 2-mile race (12:25.6), Brendan Grocki won the shot put (37-5 ?) and Jeff Parziale won the discus (84-0) for the Sachems.
BOYS? LACROSSE
Bishop Fenwick 18, Saugus 4
Chris Napolitano scored five times and had two assists for the Crusaders. Aidan Moulton also had five goals, Mark Nalesnik scored three goals with an assist, Jake Mitchell had two goals, Coleman Hebert scored twice, and Dan Hannon scored one for Fenwick (8-8), while. Dylan Maida made eight saves.Bedford 15, Swampscott 5
Devin Conroy scored twice and Sebastian Camelo, Spencer Mulvey and Jason Dignan each scored one for the Big Blue.
?Bedford is one of the strongest programs around,” said Swampscott coach Todd Pierce. “We competed well, but we?ve got some things that we have to clean up. We?ve hit a roadblock of sorts lately.”
Beverly 10, Masconomet 8
Seniors Ian Butler (two goals) and Chris Vallette (three goals) led the Beverly offense. Sam Abate scored twice and made two assists, Jordan Rawding had a goal and two assists, and Clinton Cabral and Keegan Kolbert had a goal each.
Goalie Kevin Morency made 12 saves and faced 20 shots. Senior Elias Crandell had a strong game in the midfield and won a number of key ground balls for the Panthers and Bryan Flaherty also had a great game on defense, said coach John Pynchon.
Lynnfield 7, North Reading 5
Jake Forgione scored the game winner with 1:12 left and Lynnfield added an insurance goal with seconds left to secure the win. Alex Soden scored three goals for the Pioneers (11-5), Pat Garrity had two and John Knee sco