After Friday’s wins in the Walter J. Boverini tournament held at St. Mary’s, the Lynn Classical and Lynn English girls basketball teams will square off for the second time in a month on Saturday.
Classical defeated Lynn Tech, 70-54, while English took down KIPP Academy, 64-9. Come Saturday’s title game at 2 p.m., the Lady Bulldogs look to avenge a 46-41 loss to the Lady Rams from earlier this month.
Classical’s Divine Egbuta (14 field goals) netted 32 points to lead Classical on Friday. Savannah Tang chipped in with 10 points, while Nevaeh Eth added nine. Tech was led by Jaylianniez Beauchamp (13 points) and Allison Morales (12).
“It’s always nice to get to the championship game of this Boverini tournament,” said Classical coach Tom Sawyer. “It’s great and it’s good for the kids. They love this environment.”
Leading the way for English were Amara Flores (18 points), Jayleen Novas-Rivera (15), and Jayliana Concepcion (12).
GIRLS BASKETBALL
St. Mary’s 60
Dracut 39
With Bella Owumi (16 points) and Charleigh Green (15) taking over offensively, St. Mary’s is moving on to Sunday’s Murphy Christmas Tournament final. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. against Worcester South, a Division 2 state finalist last winter.
Bishop Fenwick 44
Silver Lake Regional 35
The Lady Crusaders (3-0) advanced to the final of the Sue Rivard Holiday Tournament with a road win Friday, thanks to the one-two offensive punch of Caitlyn Boyle (19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 assists) and Celia Neilson (17 points, 3 assists, 10 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks).
Leading 16-13 at halftime, Fenwick poured it on in the second half, outscoring Silver Lake 28-12 to put the game away.
“We came out strong in the first few minutes, then played poorly the rest of the first half, but we played really solid in the second half with really good defense and good ball movement offensively,” said Fenwick coach Adam DeBaggis.
Sienna Mancinelli chipped in six points, while Kyleigh Pidgeon added two. Fenwick only scored 11 baskets, but sharpshooting from Boyle (11-of-15) and Neilson (9-of-12) at the free-throw line was too much for Silver Lake to overcome. Caroline Perry (5 rebounds) and Abby Jenkins (4) were strong on the glass. Fenwick takes on Walpole on Saturday (TBD).
BOYS BASKETBALL
Attleborough 60
Lynn English 43
The Bulldogs (4-2) took part in the Legends Classic in Cambridge, but returned home empty-handed with a 17-point loss. Denzell Guillen (18 points, 5 rebounds) and Andrew Karoma (12 points) led the charge for English, which plays in Saturday’s consolation game at 2 p.m. Attleborough’s Ladanian Rodrigues finished with a game-high 25 points.
St. Mary’s 72
KIPP 49
Jake Fortier led the way with 19 points and St. Mary’s advanced to Saturday’s Boverini championship game. The Spartans host Lynn Tech at 4 p.m.
BOYS HOCKEY
Peabody-Saugus-Swampscott 10
Lynn 0
Peabody-Saugus-Swampscott bounced back from Thursday’s defeat against St. Bernard’s-Fitchburg with a 10-piece against Lynn at Connery Rink. Dom Pappalardo recorded 17 saves, while Brandon Barone (3 goals, assist), Artie O’Leary (goal, 3 assists), and Nick Muse (3 goals) led the offense.
St. Mary’s 8
Brookline 0
Ryan Amirault scored his first goal in a St. Mary’s uniform as the Spartans (5-1) rolled over Brookline. Maddox Jacobsen and Michael Nerich potted two goals apiece, while Matthew Smith Jr. secured his first shutout of the season. Other goal-scorers were Colton Carpenter, Aiden St. Pierre, and Drew Waters.
St. John’s Prep 2
BC High 1
Brandon Ward scored with less than 30 seconds to go as The Prep upped its record to 2-1. The assist came from Ryan DeLucia. Sam Croke scored the first goal of the game for St. John’s, which advanced to the Pete Frates Winter Classic championship against Pope Francis on Saturday. Puck-drop is slated for 4:40 p.m.
