Central Catholic's Liam Sullivan tallied 11 service points and Jacob Francis added 20 assists as the Raiders pushed powerhouse St. John's Prep to the limit before falling 25-7, 23-25, 25-15, 19-25, 15-13.
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Boys Volleyball, 03/28/13 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Goals from North Andover's Brian Pinho and Andover's Tyler Bird in the third period broke open a tense battle as St. John's Prep toppled Central Catholic, 4-2, to advance to the Super 8 semifinals. Lloyd Hayes and Christian Thompson answered Eagles goals to draw the Raiders even before St. John's timely surge to victory.
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Boys Ice Hockey, 03/10/13 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
STONEHAM — Central Catholic goalie Colin Soucy did everything he could to hold off the St. John’s Prep onslaught.
The North Andover resident made saves standing up and sitting down. He made butterfly saves and stops from his stomach, and even took a shot square off his mask in a 40-save gem.
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Boys Ice Hockey, 03/08/13 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
LOWELL — Taking the ice as the overwhelming underdog — a No. 8 seed facing off against a No. 1-ranked squad with just two losses for the season — Central Catholic skated in with one goal in mind.
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Boys Ice Hockey, 03/03/13 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
The St. John's Prep wrestling team continued to pummel the opposition, improving to 31-3 with three routs in a quad-meet, including 46-15 over a good Shawsheen team. North Andover's ian Butterbrodt and Haverhill's Corey Jean-Jacques were both unbeaten on the day.
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Wrestling, 01/21/13 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Led by North Andover resident Joe Cavallaro, who took top honors, St. John's Prep grabbed seven of the top eight places to blister the field in the skiing opener at Bradford yesterday. Jake Tarricone was third overall for Andover.
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Boys Skiing, 01/07/13 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
In a showcase of two of the state's elite hockey programs, Central Catholic had the upper hand, slicing through St. John's Prep, 2-1, last night.
The Raiders broke to a 2-0 lead in the third on goals by Lloyd Hayes and Mike Kelleher. Colin Soucy made the goals hold up, stopping 27 of 28 shots for the win. The only Prep marker came in the final two minutes by North Andover's Brian Pinho to make things a bit dicey, but the Raiders held on to move to 3-1.
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Boys Ice Hockey, 12/26/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
LOWELL — Despite Andover High dictating pace for most of a scoreless first half, high school football's ultimate brawler, St. John's Prep, never stopped punching.
All those body shots took their toll in the second half as Prep sensation Jon Thomas finally found some room here on the Cawley Stadium turf.
"Jonny Rockets" zoomed through a second-half for the ages, chewing up 184 yards and scoring all three TDs on 20 carries, lifting the Prep to a 21-0 Eastern Mass. Division 1 semifinal win over the Merrimack Valley Conference champions.
Thomas finished his night early with 28 carried for 209 yards, adding a pair of catches for 24 yards. He accounted for all but 69 of the Prep's 302 yards.
"They had nine people in the box, sometimes 10, and we're still pounding it at them," said Prep coach Jim O'Leary. "He just had to get it through that first level, and he was gone."
St. John's will now face Brockton for the Division 1 title Saturday, most likely at Bentley University.
Andover clearly had the better of it in the first half, outgaining St. John's, 136-70, and making a pair of trips into the red zone.
But a missed field goal (wide left from 29) and a 4th-and-1 failure from the Eagles' 5, was all that Andover could muster.
"The missed opportunities hurt," said Andover coach E.J. Perry, who has now coached Andover to a pair of MVC titles in the last three years, falling twice in this game. "We needed to do a better job of taking advantage."
The 0-0 tie at the break was a new lease on life for the Catholic Conference champs.
Andover junior burst a big one on the first play from scrimmage after halftime, a 64-yard dash from the 18 to the 18, but the Prep defense slammed the door shut there, forcing another field goal miss (from 31) and holding the Warriors to just 50 yards over the next 14 Andover plays, forcing a pair of turnovers.
"That's what we do," said O'Leary, lauding the effort to hold the high-flying Warriors scoreless for the first time since a 21-0 loss in this same game to Everett back in 2010. "We're going to keep playing defense. We're going to get a turnover (actually two in the second half), and eventually we're going to break one, because we're pounding it pretty good. It's hard to keep (us) down."
Meanwhile, Thomas, who already has Division 1 offers, simply wore Andover out, with TD runs of 1, 19 and 48 yards.
The kid was everywhere. Up 7-0 with the Prep facing a 3rd-and-4, he leaped into the picture for a 19-yard finger-tip catch to move the chains early on the Prep's second TD march.
With Andover's light still flickering but facing a 4th-and-4 at midfield, it was Thomas closing fast on Andover's C.J. Scarpa, swooping in to force a turnover on downs.
"He might be a better defender," said O'Leary. "We just don't use him that much."
Scarpa was forced to check down all night with the Prep loading up on the back end of things with 6 or often 7 in coverage at all times.
The senior finished up with 16 of 27 for 165 yards, throwing intereceptions 6 and 7 of the season. He finished with 32 TD passes.
Classmate Will Heikkinen caught 7 balls for 88 yards, making it 67 for 1,126 in an impeccable year.
And Sylvester reminded the 2,000 or so fans gathered that all will not be lost at graduation. The Warrior junior finished with 15 carries for 146 yards, chipping in five catches for 37 yards.
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Football, 11/27/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
DANVERS — Meaner, hungrier and yes, even a little bit nastier.
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Football, 09/16/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Methuen picked the perfect time to exorcise a couple of demons that were hanging around for a while.
The No. 10 Rangers upset No. 3 St. John's Prep, 3-0, the Division 1 North semifinals, marking their third-straight tourney upset. Prior to last night's win, Methuen (14-9) had knocked off No. 7 Westford Academy and No. 2 Lawrence.
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Boys Volleyball, 06/02/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
