Shane Lachance, Alex Pisacreta and Patrick McConnell all delivered two-run singles as Andover rolled over Wakefield 12-2 in the Genoulis Tournament. Josh Gruenberg continued to dazzle, allowing no earned runs in a complete-get effort.
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Baseball, 05/26/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Shane Lachance, Alex Pisacreta and Patrick McConnell all delivered two-run singles as Andover rolled over Wakefield 12-2 in the Genoulis Tournament. Josh Gruenberg continued to dazzle, allowing no earned runs in a complete-get effort.
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Baseball, 05/26/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Brandon Santell and Jon Vellila split dutiers at 220 and heavyweight and both were undefeated and Eric Sanchez bumped up to 195 for a pin against standout Derek DiMascio to help Lawrence edge Wakefield 39-37 on its way to a quad-meet sweep to improve to 12-4 on the year. Also against Wakefield, freshman Angel Miranda had an impressive win at 182 in the win.
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Wrestling, 01/05/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Salem won four of five meets at a super-quad meet at Wakefield, only dropping a 41-38 decision to Dedham. Matt Adams and Tristen Cabinta were both 5-0 to remain unbeaten on the year and Beau Dillon was also 5-0. Ryan O'Rourke and Josh Ozoria were 4-0 and both Martial Ngagchoua and Jared Law picked up their first varsity wins.
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Wrestling, 12/22/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Methuen may not have quite the star power as in the past, but the Rangers still have solid depth as they showed Saturday by placing first in the Wakefield Tournament.
The Rangers placed 12 wrestlers and came away with three champions among five finalists. Placing first for Methuen were sophomore Adam Rader, who had a first period pin in the 113-pound finals, 145-pounder Zabian Cruz and heavyweight Dereck Ramirez. Cruz is a repeat champ at Wakefield while Ramirez won his first crown.
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Wrestling, 12/15/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
On her 18th birthday, leadoff hitter Sarah Cowley had a triple, a single and scored a run to help Haverhill roll past Wakefield 8-0.
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Softball, 05/23/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Ashley Moore crushed a two-run triple in the bottom of the first to get Haverhill on the board early, and the junior tri-captain finished 2 for 4 with four RBIs in a 10-7 win over Wakefield. Kerrin McLaughlin was 3 for 3 with two doubles and four RBIs as well.
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Softball, 05/22/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
LOWELL — When Pentucket’s players were growing up, it felt like the girls varsity basketball team reached the TD Garden every year. Pentucket reached the state semifinals five times between 2007 and 2013, and ask around the team and they’ll tell you all their memories watching ex-Sachem stars like Sarah Higgins, Kelsi McNamara and the Viselli sisters take the parquet against some of the best competition Massachusetts had to offer.
Now they’ll have a chance to take the famed court themselves.
Pentucket punched its ticket to the TD Garden on Saturday, convincingly beating Wakefield 48-33 in the Division 2 North final at the Tsongas Center.
While the Sachems got off to a slow start offensively, the team’s defense was dominant from the opening tip. Once the Sachems took a seven-point lead at the end of the first quarter, there was never a point after where the result felt in doubt.
“It’s crazy!” said junior Liv Cross. “It’s so unreal, it hasn’t even hit me yet. We’re going to the Garden!”
The decisive sequence came in the second quarter. Leading 13-11 with 5:40 to play in the half, coach John McNamara called a timeout to help his team regroup after surrendering five straight points. The break helped, as Pentucket came right back with a 13-1 run of its own to finish the half up 26-12, capped off by two 3-pointers by Angelina Yacubacci.
“It took us a little while to get going, I think Angelina Yacubacci came in off the bench and gave us a huge lift offensively,” McNamara said. “You know it’s a tough place to play so we relied on our defense and that allowed us to get into a rhythm and finally hit some baskets.”
Wakefield kept within striking distance through the third quarter, going into the fourth only down 33-25, but once the fourth began Pentucket quickly put the game away. Yacubacci buried her third 3-pointer from way downtown to start the quarter, and that was effectively the dagger. Wakefield only managed two baskets the rest of the game, unable to find an answer to Pentucket’s relentless defense.
“We’re deep, too, so we can rotate and keep kids fresh, so I think we wore them down a bit,” McNamara said. “We play hard defense and the kids are committed to it so it’s fun, it’s fun to coach.”
Yacubacci led Pentucket (23-2) with 15 points, Casey Hunt added nine points and Jess Galvin and Cross each had eight. Wakefield (18-6) was led by Allee Purcell, who had 11 points.
The Sachems will face either Foxboro or Nauset in the Division 2 EMass. final/state semifinal game, which will be played at the TD Garden Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.
“This right now is so surreal,” Hunt said. “I can’t wait.”
UP NEXT: The Garden
Who: Pentucket (23-2) vs. Foxboro (23-1)
What: Division 2 state semifinals
When: Tuesday, 5:45 p.m.
Where: TD Garden
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Girls Basketball, 03/10/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Greater Lawrence only won one of three meets in a quad at Wakefield but Christian Hernandez, Michael Savastano and Malib Pastrana were all 3-0 on the day and Savastano and Pastrana won two of their matches up a weight class.
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Wrestling, 01/13/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Methuen captured its second tournament title in two weeks, routing the 16-team field at Wakefield behind four individual titles.
Placing first for the rangers were much-improved Zabian Cruz (145), Dan O'Connell (182), Travis Manick (195) and heavyweight Bryce Smith.
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Wrestling, 12/16/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
