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Kallas' perfect game helps Beverly sweep
BASEBALL
First-round sweep for Beverly
Capped off by a perfect game from starter Pete Kallas in the series' second game, Beverly trumped Hamilton-Wenham, 11-1 on Wednesday, and 13-0 on Thursday, to win the best-of-three series and advance to the second round of the Northeast Senior Babe Ruth playoffs.
During Wednesday's contest, a six-run first inning was sufficient for Beverly, who also scored two runs in the fourth inning and three in the fifth before the ten-run rule took effect.
Starting pitcher Nick Colanto pitched all five innings, allowing three hits and produced one hit himself from the plate. Catcher Conor Walsh had two hits and drove in three Beverly runners.
Hamilton-Wenham's Zach Brown had one hit and scored the team's lone run in the fifth inning.
A single and a double from shortstop Austin Butler (3 RBI) and two hits apiece from first baseman Ethan Trowt (2 runs), right fielder Dan Cook and catcher Dan Cashman helped necessitate the ten-run rule again on Thursday.
Top-seeded Beverly, who posted a combined ten runs in the first innings of the two games, will play the lowest remaining seed in the tournament on Monday at 8 p.m.
BASKETBALL
St. John's Prep 52, Melrose 50
The Eagles advanced to the third round of the North Shore Basketball League playoffs behind ten points from Owen Marthetti. Seventeen points from Andy Scocca were not enough to prevent elimination for the Red Raiders.
Georgetown 64, Newburyport 63
The Royals' Mike Messman tallied 20 points and John Spears recorded 11 points in the victory. Nick Welch (20 points), DJ Grabowski (17 points) and Matt Leavitt (10 points) headed the Clippers offense.
Rockport 59, Manchester 36
Josh Altman scored a game-high 28 points, as Rockport eliminated Manchester. Kevin Corrigan and Andres Centreros posted 12 points and 10 points, respectively, for the Vikings, while Joe Ciccone (10 points) and Alex Porter (9 points) were the Hornets' key contributors.
Gloucester 47, Ipswich 29
A 14-point effort from Adam Philpott coupled with Alex St. Peter's eight points allowed for the Fishermen to advance. The Tigers were led by Doug Shaughnessey (8 points), Aaron Jessen (14 points) and Matt Marsh (10 points).
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Reloading, not rebuilding: The Beverly High girls cross country team lost an abundance of talent to graduation, but has no plans to give up its NEC title
Beverly High School cross-country captain, Alison Cookson, left, and , Liz Olson during 800-meter workouts Friday morning. Photo by Mark Lorenz/Salem News
It's going to be considerably different for the Beverly High girls cross country team this season. However, that doesn't mean the Panthers are less ambitious.
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Local schedule
TODAY'S GAMES
COLLEGE
Men's soccer — Endicott at Bridgewater State (noon); Salem State at Gordon (4).
TOMORROW'S GAMES
HIGH SCHOOL
Girls soccer — North Shore Tech at Minuteman (3:30); Revere at Peabody (4). -
Sports briefs
WEB RADIO FOOTBALL
The MSO (moorestuffonline.com) web casts of high school football on the North Shore will begin the weekend of Sept. 9. The opening game of the season will pit Swampscott at Gloucester on Friday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. The following day, Sept. 11, MSO will do the Concord-Carlisle at Beverly game at 1 p.m. -
Danvers native Hennessey cut by Buffalo Bills
The caliber of players released on the National Football League's annual cut-down day ranges from undrafted rookies to former Pro Bowlers.
Saturday, unfortunately, Danvers' Nick Hennessey was among them. -
Endicott women blank UMass Dartmouth, 2-0
WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER
endicott 2, umass dartmouth 0: Sophomore Caitlin Peters was outstanding on both ends of the field, setting up two goals and helping shut down the UMass Dartmouth attack in the Green and Blue's home opnener. Alexandra Sutter scored to open the second half on a rebound off a Peters' shot and then Danvers native Kayla Corbett followed up three minutes later capitalizing on another blocked shot by Peters heading the ball into the back of the net to give the Gulls (1-0-1) the two-goal win. - Gulls hold off Van Alstyne, Framingham State in 3 OT
- Cross Country Capsules
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- Fantasy Forecast: Some sleepers to keep your eye on
- Gifted Gulls; Endicott football team looks promising
- Jean DePlacido column: Peabody's Holleran looking to breakout year
- Fish are there, but make sure to be careful
- Patriots cut linemen Lewis and Ghiaciuc
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- Sports briefs
- Best of the Best: Bondelevitch turned Swampscott into a football dynasty unmatched in North Shore annals
- Duggan named captain of Wisconsin women's hockey team
- Sports briefs
- Brady solid in preseason finale
- Beltre leads Sox to victory over Orioles
- Endicott, Salem State battle to a draw
- Living Legend: Welch became an Ipswich institution in his 37 years on sidelines
- Boston rallies to beat Baltimore, 9-6
- Danvers' Corbett nets tying goal for Endicott
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- Sports in brief
- Eagles severely tested in Gloucester scrimmage
- All He Did Was Win: A coaching legend of mythic proportions, Salem's Bill Broderick is the second-winningest coach in state high school football history
- Beverly's Duryea named to U19 lacrosse national team
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