The Peabody girls lacrosse team celebrated its Senior Night in style Thursday, rolling to an 11-0 win over Gloucester in a Northeastern Conference bout at Coley Lee Field.
Prior to the game, the Tanners honored their group of six seniors — McKayla Fisher, Emily McDonough, Abby Leonard, Laureen Leggett, Sam Rowe and Ella Kritikos — for their contributions to the program over the past four years.
Peabody (12-3) plays on the road at Methuen Saturday (11:15).
GIRLS LACROSSE
Marblehead 10, Swampscott 9
The Magicians took the lead into halftime and then held on in the second half to take home a key Northeastern Conference win.
Hadley Wales led the offense for Marblehead with four goals and one assist, while Gigi Lombardi and Lucy Wales each scored two goals. Sydney Langton and Ramona Gillett each added one goal and one assist, while Molly Cronin notched one assist. Goalie Kate Santeusanio made nine saves, including one with 13 seconds left in the game to seal the victory.
Marblehead (7-10) now has more than a week off before returning to action next Friday (4) at home against Ipswich back at Piper Field.
Swampscott (9-4) is back on the field Monday evening (5:30) against Hamilton-Wenham in a non-conference battle at Blocksidge Field.
Essex Tech 16, St. Mary’s 7
The Spartans had their three-game winning streak snapped on the road Thursday afternoon.
Hannah Coleman once again led the St. Mary’s attack with two goals and one assist, while Molly Cummings contributed one goal and one assist. Kasey Litwin, Chloe Puzzo, Avery Laundry and Jillian Kirby each scored one goal, while Gabbi Oakes notched one assist.
St. Mary’s (6-11-1) hosts Triton Monday (5).
Beverly 17, Saugus 1
Saugus closes the regular season at 3-16.
BOYS LACROSSE
Marblehead 10, Swampscott 3
The Magicians netted seven unanswered goals to run away with their 10th straight win.
Connor Cronin (three goals, two assists) and Josh Robertson (three goals, one assist) led the way for Marblehead, while Charlie Grenier, Sam Annese and Carter Laramie also scored in the win.
Marblehead (12-2) hosts Newburyport Monday (3:45).
Zach Pierce had one goal and two assists to lead the way for Swampscott, while Cole Hamernick was close behind with one goal and one assist. Liam Keaney added one goal, while goalie Aidan Breault notched 12 saves in net.
Swampscott (8-8) hosts Salem Tuesday (4).
BASEBALL
Mystic Valley 13, Lynn Tech 7
The Tigers fell behind early and were forced to play catch-up for most of the game, but they simply didn’t have enough outs to complete the comeback.
Domenic Giordano had two RBI to lead the offense for Tech, while Jared Paone went 2-for-2 with a double and one RBI. Josh Celly (2-for-2) and Tyler Manard (2-for-2) both had multi-hit games, while Roman Valdez and Kolby Bucklin added hits as well.
Ben Tartarini pitched well on the mound in the loss.
Lynn Tech (9-5) hosts Salem Academy Saturday (12) back at Manning Field.
Gloucester 6, Saugus 3
Ryan Mabee went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI in the loss for the Sachems, while Anthony Macone went 1-for-2 with one RBI. Nathan Ing, Michael Howard and Drew Gardner also had hits in the losing effort.
Saugus (8-9) hosts Marblehead Monday night (7) at World Series Park.
Manchester-Essex 5, Lynnfield 4
While the Pioneers got solid pitching from starter Ben Mullin and reliever Dan Dorman, a number of costly errors on defense led to the loss.
Lynnfield (6-11) travels to Pentucket Saturday morning (10).
