TRACK AND FIELD
Bishop Fenwick captain Shaun Farrell successfully defended his state championship at the Massachusetts Scholastic Weight Throw Championships yesterday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.
The senior from Peabody had no problem in flinging the weight throw 54-feet-2 inches to win his second consecutive state crown.
"A lot of (weight throwing) has to do with rhythm and being able to feel it," said Fenwick head coach Jay Smith. "Shaun's a three-turn thrower who gets power into that last turn and, combined with that rhythm, the throw just builds until he releases it."
With his throw, Farrell qualified for Weight Throw Nationals at the Armory in New York March 9-11. "Shaun's got an opportunity to really make something happen," said Smith.
In addition, Fenwick senior Joe Russo placed fifth overall (43-9 1/2) while junior Patrick Corcoran of Beverly finished in sixth place with a throw of 43-11/2 in only his second time throwing this season.
On the girls' side, Fenwick junior Maggie Lepley finished second with a personal best throw of 33-61/2. She, too, will be headed to Nationals in two-and-a-half weeks.
BOYS HOCKEY
nORTH ANDOVER 6, mARBLEHEAD 2: The Headers (7-10-2) cut an early three-goal deficit to one on scores by junior left wing Aaron DeAngelo and senior right wing Austin Haley, but couldn't get any closer and fell in the first round of the Newburyport Bank Classic tournament. Tom Koopman, Will Hughes and defenseman Nick Perry all had assists for Marblehead, which got 32 saves in net from senior Mike Harper.
wESTFORD aCADEMY 5, mASCONOMET 2: In its season finale, the Chieftains (8-11-1) were unable to topple the Division 1 Grey Ghosts. Junior Dylan Tinkham had a goal and an assist while Evan Fogarty also scored. Trevor Surrette and Mike Jesi added assists while goalie Matt Cardillo had 30 saves.
BOYS BASKETBALL
mASCONOMET 64, mALDEN cATHOLIC 59: Adam Bramanti and Alex Brown did the offensive damage for Masco, which changed defenses in the second half to gain control over Malden Catholic. Bramanti led all scorers with 29, while Brown pitched in with 19. The Chieftains (13-6) also got a big boost from Sean Antonuccio, who scored six points and grabbed nine boards off the bench.
tRITON 70, nORTH sHORE tECH/eSSEX aGGIE 42: Despite 13 points from Jordan Mendez, the Bulldogs (6-14) dropped their regular season finale in the consolation game of the Melrose Tournament. Elijah Alfred added seven points and 16 rebounds for NST/EA, who will move on in the Division 4 North playoffs by virtue of finishing tied for second place in the Commonwealth Conference Small (5-3) Division.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem 49, mALDEN 28: The Witches (11-9) wrapped up their regular season with a win as Holbrook Phelan scored a game-high 19 points. Freshman Rachael Zipper added 10 points while Alix Bryant finished with eight points and played tremendous defense for Salem, which blanked the Golden Tornadoes in the first quarter (12-0).
MEN'S BASKETBALL
eNDICOTT 77, rOGER wILLIAMS 64: Lance Greene scored 17 points and pulled down a half-dozen boards to enable the host Gulls (18-8) to cruise into the Commonwealth Coast Conference semifinals. John Henault contributed 13 points to the win, Lachlan Magee added 12 points to go with seven rebounds and two steals, and Erik Callo finished with 11 rebounds.
wENTWORTH 74, gORDON 67: After rallying from a six-point halftime deficit to send the game to overtime, the visiting Scots were outscored, 16-9, and saw their season end at 9-16. David Dempsey had a monster game for Gordon with 33 points (on 13-of-18 shooting) in 43 minutes of play. Cooper Meyer added a dozen points off the bench while Hans Miersma grabbed 12 rebounds.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
eNDICOTT 57, rOGER wILLIAMS 49: Jordan Ferland had 10 points and 10 rebounds to pace five Endicott players in double figures as the home team cruised to a CCC quarterfinal triumph. Kayleen Whall contributed 11 points and nine rebounds for the Gulls (16-10) while Nicole Heffernan and Samntha Crough added 11 points each as well.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
sALEM sTATE 7, wORCESTER sTATE 2: Giancarlo Capodanno had two goals and a like number of assists and Mark Macdonald dished out four helpers as the Vikings routed the visiting Lancers. Kyle Phelan and Tom Mahoney both added a goal and an assist for SSU (14-8-3) while Chris Costigan, Brian Hanifan and Cameron Banwell also scored. Netminder Ryan Sutliffe had 15 saves in a little under two-and-a-half periods of action before Sam Avoine (5 saves) finished off the victory.
