LYNN ― It was a thrilling day of soccer at Manning Field on Saturday afternoon, as four of Lynn’s five high schools took to the field to decide this year’s Lynn City Soccer Tournament champions. When all was said and done, the Lynn Classical girls topped St. Mary’s 2-1 in penalty kicks and the Lynn Tech boys pushed past Lynn English 2-0 to take home the titles.
Classical goalkeeper Anna Flaherty was named MVP for the girls tournament, while Tech’s Gregoire Amissi was named MVP for the boys tournament.
On the girls’ side, it was a thrilling game from start to finish. After the two teams battled to a scoreless tie through the first half, Brooke Moloney broke the deadlock when she scored on an assist from Bella Owumi with just 25 minutes to play.
But the Rams answered right back, as Delaney Dana took a pass from Jayda Mateo and scored the tying goal. While the game officially ended in a tie as far as records are concerned, a penalty kick shootout would decide the winner of the Lynn City Tournament.
The two teams traded goals in the shootout period as well, with Flaherty, Eliza Correnti, and Ava Thurman all scoring for Classical and Owumi, Isabelle Skabeikis, and Sophie Skabeikis all scoring for St. Mary’s.
But then Flaherty made a big save, setting up Molly Mannion to score the title-clinching goal for the Rams.
“It truly felt like a playoff atmosphere out there, and it was such a great high-school soccer game,” said Classical coach Mike Schena. “Just to be a part of this tournament every year is such an honor, but to have a game like that against such a good team is really special.”
Classical (2-0-1) hosts Revere Tuesday night (7:15).
St. Mary’s (1-0-1) hosts Northeast Monday evening (5:30).
For the boys, the game also went into halftime tied at 0-0. But in the second half, Amissi took over and scored both goals for the Tigers to lift them to the title.
Tech (2-0) hosts Northeast Wednesday (3:45).
English (1-1) plays Medford Tuesday (4).
BOYS SOCCER
Lynn City Tournament
Consolation Game
St. Mary’s 2, Lynn Classical 0
Ryan Fraher and Aidan Sullivan each scored a goal in the victory for the Spartans, while goalkeeper Jacob Guarino kept the Rams off the scoreboard and registered the shutout in net.
St. Mary’s (1-1) hosts Northeast Monday night (7:15) at Manning Field.
Classical (1-2) plays on the road at Revere Tuesday evening (6:30).
GIRLS SOCCER
Lynn City Tournament
Consolation Game
Lynn English 5, Lynn Tech 0
Behind a four-goal performance from Melissa Zayas, the Bulldogs were able to come out of the weekend with a win at Manning Field. Freshman Mariah Fowler added one goal in the victory ― the first of her high-school career.
English (1-1) takes on Medford Tuesday (4).
Tech (1-2) travels to Whittier Tech Tuesday (4).
VOLLEYBALL
Wakefield 3, Bishop Fenwick 2
Fenwick (1-2) takes on Ipswich in a non-league match on Monday (5:30).
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
St. John’s Prep at Clipper Relays
There was no relay team better than the St. John’s Prep trio of Nathan Lopez, Charlie Tuttle and Paul Lovett this weekend, as the team battled to take first place overall in Newburyport with a time of 30:23.
Bishop Fenwick at MSTCA Relays
The team of Matt Cinelli, Andre Santos, and Declan Smith had a great showing over the weekend, finishing 15th out of 70 teams in the 4.6-mile relay. The team of Ethan Henshaw, Patrick O’Neil, and Matt Szpak finished in 53rd place.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Bishop Fenwick at MSTCA Relays
The Fenwick team of Catherine Carter, Shannon Bresnahan, and Maria Ryan finished in 19th place out of 69 teams, while the team of Norah Pasquarelli, Sarah Fogarty, and Natalia Kay finished 38th and the team of Maddy Leary, Elizabeth Gauthier, and Emily Elliott finished 43rd.
