Methuen won five meets at home to improve to 18-2 and had plenty of highlights along the way. CJ Brown had a great win over Nick Mazzuchelli of St. John's turning a close match into a pin in the 3rd period to remain undefeated at 170 pounds (25-0, 21 pins) while heavyweight Corey Bard and Dom DeMaio (152) both pinned wrestlers they lost to earlier in the year on way to undefeated days.
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Wrestling, 01/25/20 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Jelly Hurley scored 21 points with five 3-pointers and Mackenzie Currie added 10 points for Pentucket, which downed Lynnfield, 48-30.
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Girls Basketball, 01/17/20 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
WEST NEWBURY — On an opening night at which Pentucket unveiled a state championship banner, the current group of Sachems displayed the same suffocating defense which helped win that Division 2 title.
Holding visiting Lynnfield to one field goal in the opening half, Pentucket jumped to a 20-point lead before cruising to an easy 52-34 victory Friday night over the Pioneers.
The Sachems forced 26 turnovers in the game’s first 24 minutes.
“Our defense was there,” said Pentucket coach John McNamara, who is after the program’s sixth straight CAL Kinney Division title.
“I don’t think but one basket in the first half, so we played great defense. They love playing defense. In fact, I think we get frustrated when (the opponent) is scoring points at the end of the game when it’s meaningless. It bugs them, and that’s their attitude and why we love the kids we have.”
Returning senior starters led the way for the Sachems as Angelina Yacubacci scored a game-high 20 points and Angelica Hurley added 12.
Despite taking the big early lead, Pentucket struggled on offense at times, converting only nine of their 26 first-half shots.
“There were some nerves and butterflies, and I think it showed in our shooting. We kind of rushed everything tonight.”
The Sachems, who used 10 players the first nine minutes and all 15 on the roster in the game, opened their biggest lead with 3:10 left in the third when a Megan Reading lay-up made it 39-10.
In the third quarter, the Sachems committed eight turnovers – the same amount they had in the first half. Nine players scored points in the rout.
“We played sloppy,” McNamara said. “Our offense was not very good overall, but our defense was there. We just shut them down for three quarters of the game, and then it got to be a little bit of garbage time at the end. So, we have a lot of work to do, but overall the effort was great.”
Pentucket 52, Lynnfield 34
LYNNFIELD (34): Grace Klonsky 0 3-5 3, Catherine MacDonald 5 7-11 17, Victoria Morelli 1 0-2 2, Caroline Waisnor 2 4-6 9, Ava Buonfiglio 1 0-0 3. Totals 9 14-24 34
PENTUCKET (52): Anna Wyner 0 0-0 0, Angelina Yacubucci 8 3-3 20, Angelica Hurley 4 3-4 12, MacKenzie Currie 1 3-4 5, Arielle Cleveland 1 0-0 2, Hannah Lambert 0 0-0 0, Megan Reading 2 1-1 5, Greta Maurer 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Thompson 0 0-1 0, Abby Dube 0 0-0 0, Audrey Conovor 1 0-1 2, Emma Lopata 0 0-0 0, Lana Mickelson 1 0-0 2, Bethany Cloutier 1 0-1 2, Elizabeth Riley 0 0-1 0. Totals 20 10-16 52
3-pt. goals: Pentucket – Yacubacci, Hurley; Lynnfield – Waisnor, Buonfiglio
Lynnfield (0-1): 1 7 10 16 — 34
Pentucket (1-0): 16 11 16 9 — 52
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Girls Basketball, 12/13/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
WEST NEWBURY - In what was most likely the last game at the modest
football field behind Pentucket Regional High School, the undefeated
Sachems were motivated to send the old grass out in style.
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Football, 10/05/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Pentucket's girls won every singles match and shocked Lynnfield in the Dicvision 3 North first round, 3-2. Olivia Colby, Maggie Aulson and Parker Greason all won in straight sets for the Sachems.
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Girls Tennis, 06/03/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
The Pentucket baseball team only had two wins last season. But through five games this spring, the Sachems are already 4-1 after a 4-3 win over Lynnfield Friday morning. Chris Husak was 3 for 3 with a pair of RBIs in the win.
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Baseball, 04/19/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Laisha Joaquin scored 15 points, but No. 3 Greater Lawrence lost to No. 6 Lynnfield in the Division 3 North quarterfinals.
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Girls Basketball, 03/03/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Methuen bounced back from its first loss of the season with three resounding wins in a quad-meet. Unbeatend Jarmany Colon and Matt Cabezas both had three first-period pins for the Rangers (17-1), CJ Brown had three pins at 160 and Zabian Cruz bumped to 152 and had a solid 10-5 win over Framingham Holiday
finalist Nick Mazzuchelli of St. John’s.
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Wrestling, 01/19/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Jess Galvin (11), Jelly Hurley (13) and Arielle Cleveland (10) hit double figures as Pentucket pasted Lynnfield, 60-31. Hurley also corralled 10 boards.
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Girls Basketball, 01/18/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
The Newburyport boys basketball team ran away from Lynnfield late, finishing the game on a 25-10 run in the fourth quarter to win 65-51. Ryan Archie and Casey McLaren each had 17 points as Newburyport improved to 7-1 on the year.
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Boys Basketball, 01/04/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
