The St. John’s Prep baseball team took down Catholic Conference rival Xaverian, 9-3 on Thursday afternoon at Brother Linus Complex.
With the win, St. John’s improved to 4-3 this spring. The Eagles had to string together a pair of late rallies to earn the victory, as St. John’s scored six runs in the final two innings to seal its win.
“Our kids wanted to play well and they did,” Eagles coach Dan Letarte said. “We had great pitching and timely hitting, which is something we haven’t been doing. We had some timely hits Saturday in the win over Walpole, so it’s a little carryover from that.”
Kevin Dewing got the start for the Eagles and threw 3 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run on five hits with three strikeouts. Sean Letarte pitched 3 2/3 of scoreless relief, logging one walk and one strikeout.
“Kevin pitched well. He ran into some trouble but it was a good outing,” Letarte said. “Sean got outs and let the offense do its job. He put us in a position to win and the bats came around.”
At the plate, Zeke O’Connell and Josh Cerretani powered St. John’s. O’Connell went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Cerretani went 4-for-4 with three RBI. Mike Yarin and Alex Lane each added one RBI.
“It’s good to see everybody hit well and pitch well,” Letarte said. “We’re starting to play our style of baseball, which I like.”
The Eagles host Chelmsford Saturday afternoon (3).
Beverly 10, Malden 5
Panthers junior Matt Miller earned his first win of the season, pitching 2 2/3 innings of relief. Tim McCarthy collected three RBI, Clayton McAlpine had two hits with two RBI and Jack Ploszay had two hits with three runs scored.
Beverly (7-1) is at Gloucester this afternoon.
SOFTBALL
Marblehead 9, Salem 0
Magicians pitcher Charlotte Plakans tallied 14 strikeouts and allowed just four hits. At the plate, Plakans went 4-for-4 with five RBI. Hannah Garthe went 2-for-3 and Frances Paik went 1-for-2. Freshman catcher Ashleigh Maude made her first varsity appearance and played a solid game.
The Magicians are 6-1.
BOYS TENNIS
Classical 3, Revere 2
Moses Ba grabbed a win for the Rams at first singles (6-0, 6-0). Stephen Ong followed suit with a victory at second singles (6-0, 6-4). The second doubles team of Tyrese Joseph and Jake Ennis grabbed a win (7-5, 6-1).
Classical improved to 2-3 this season with the win. The Rams are back in action Monday with a Northeastern Conference match against Gloucester.
Marblehead 5, Salem 0
At Seaside Park, the Magicians took down the Witches. It started with Billy Ackerman’s win at first singles (6-0, 6-0). Salem defaulted in second singles and third singles. At first doubles, the Marblehead pair of Mason Friedman and Adam Sherf won (6-0, 6-0). At second doubles, the team of Jack Quigley and Edoardo Bernardis won (6-0, 6-0).
Marblehead improved to 6-1.
GIRLS TENNIS
Classical 4, Revere 1
With the win, the Rams improved to 3-3 this season. Shanelle Barry logged a come-from-behind win at second singles (2-6, 6-0, 6-2). Daphne Pineda followed with a win at third singles, (6-2, 6-0).
The first doubles team of Abby Stafford and Lexi Ferraro won (6-2, 6-2). The second doubles team of Kathy Nguyen and Jennifer Lemus earned another come-from-behind with for the Rams (2-6, 6-3, 6-3).
“Second doubles and second singles got beat up pretty good in their first sets,” Classical coach Chris LeBlanc said. “They came back and put the hammer down the rest of the way. They made quick work in the second and third sets.
“Our second doubles team getting that win in three sets was huge,” LeBlanc added. “That was Kathy’s first win as a varsity player. That was pretty big for her.”
Classical hosts Gloucester Monday.
St. Mary’s 4, Cardinal Spellman 1
The Spartans earned their first win of the season in taking down the Cardinals. Madison Desmond got the win at second singles (6-1, 6-4). Christina Puleo grabbed the win at third singles (6-0, default). The first doubles team of Jesse D’orsi and Sam Saunders logged a win (6-2, 6-3). The seconds doubles pair of Juliet Anctil and Ellie Cappuccio won its match (6-2, 6-0). Katia Discontanzo brought a solid effort at first singles but fell short in a close match (2-6, 6-2, 4-6).
St. Mary’s will look to remain in the win column Monday when the Spartans visit Archbishop Williams.
Swampscott 5, English 0
For the 4-2 Big Blue, winners were Lily Sanphy, 6-1, 6-0; Gina Hollenbach, 6-0, 6-0; Georgia Cilley, 6-0, 6-0; Molly Frauenholz-Rachel Weiss, 6-1, 6-0; and Allison and MadelineTribendis, 6-2, 6-0.
Swampscott is back in action Monday against Revere.
