Coach Jason Marshall and his Peabody boys lacrosse team got the job done late on Monday, escaping Danvers with a 9-8 victory. Matt Bettencourt played the role of the hero, scoring five goals. Johnny Lucas, Derek Collins (2), and Antonio Anzalone netted the others.
BOYS LACROSSE
Beverly 8
Peabody 7
A strong performance from the Tanners, but it wasn’t enough to tame the Panthers of Beverly, who escaped with a one-goal win on Saturday. Peabody netminder Aiden Haight finished with 17 saves.
Johnny Lucas led the Tanners with pairs of goals and assists, while Jaden Kritikos netted a hat trick. Matt Bettencourt and Donald Cavanaugh also potted goals, and Derek Collins dished out two helpers.
St. John’s Prep 15
Andover 10
Five games, five wins for the defending Division 1 state champions. The Prep took care of Andover, 15-10, at home.
Andover bolted to a quick 2-0 lead – a rarity for Prep – but the Eagles knotted up the scoreboard, 3-3, by the end of the first quarter. Jake Vana (3 assists) went home with a hat trick and Jack Doherty won 16 of 19 face-offs to lead the hosts, who next welcome St. John’s at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Peabody 7
Saugus 1
No errors, strong pitching, and a versatile offense – that’ll, just about, do it in any baseball game.
Just three days after Saugus’ final-inning loss to Beverly, the frustration continued as visiting Peabody took Monday’s matchup, 7-1, at World Series Park.
Dylan Cunningham of the Tanners sported a complete game, allowing just three hits, one earned run, and two walks to go with six punchouts. Offensively, Jariel Tolentino (2-for-4, 2 runs), Joey Smith (1-for-3, 2 RBI), Cam Connolly (1-for-3, run, RBI), and Noah Crocker (1-for-3, run, RBI) led the charge.
For Saugus, it was close until the sixth inning – that’s when the Sachems committed three errors.
That said, Danny Zeitz struck out four, Connor Bloom went home with the lone RBI, and both Shane Bourque and Tyler Riley connected on hits.
BC High 9
St. John’s Prep 0
The BC High baseball team (8-0) wasn’t going to allow a traditional archrival to pick up a road win, defeating St. John’s Prep, 9-0, behind Liam Kinneen’s (15 strikeouts) no-hitter. The offense wasn’t too shabby, either, with five runs scored in the second inning.
The game came just three days after Prep took care of St. Paul, 10-6, behind Cam LaGrassa’s single, triple, and two RBI.
SOFTBALL
Peabody 3
Archbishop Williams 1
Peabody needed some late-game heroics and got just that from Lizzy Bettencourt, who smashed a two-run homer in the final inning to give the Tanners a 3-1 win over Williams. Abby Bettencourt punched out eight and allowed just four hits, while Logan Lomasney had two hits and Jess Steed went home with an RBI single.
Peabody 13
Danvers 3
The Tanners’ hit parade continued Wednesday (April 17) at the Great Oak School against the Falcons. Peabody pounded out 13 hits. Leadoff hitter Abby Bettencourt led the offense in a big way, going 4-for-4 with 3RBI and one run scored. Avery Grieco (2 RBI, run) and JJ Emerson (2 RBI, 2 runs) had three hits each, while Lizzie Bettencourt (2 RBI, run) and Kiley Doolin (2 runs) had two hits each. Jess Steed (2 RBI, runs) and Logan Lomasney (2 runs) had one hit each. Abby Bettencourt tossed a four-hitter and earned the win in the circle, striking out 16 Falcons.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Peabody 17
Danvers 2
Madi Barrett had herself a milestone Monday, tucking her 100th career goal in Peabody’s dominant 17-2 win against Danvers. The hero of the day scored four goals alongside three helpers.
Offensive contributors included Ally Bettencourt (3 goals), Brooke Lomasney (5 goals, 3 assists) Connie Patturelli (first varsity goal), Addy Merrill (goal), Kayla Landry (goal), Katie Amico (goal), and Victoria Vaz (goal). Caitlin Snow made nine saves on 11 shots.
Peabody 7
Beverly 6
In a perfect start to the weekend, Michelle Roach’s Tanners knocked down Beverly by a score of 7-6. You can thank Ally Bettencourt (4 goals) for finding game-winning twine in overtime.
Brooke Lomasney had two assists, Madi Barrett scored twice, Victoria Vaz potted another, and Caitlin Snow made 10 big saves between the pipes.
GIRLS TENNIS
Peabody 4
Gloucester 1
First singles went down for Peabody, but the Tanners responded en route to a 4-1 reeling in of the Fishermen. Valentina Goga and Yasmine Giacalone secured singles victories, and it was all uphill from there.
“Theodosia Kourtelidis and Jill McGrath played fantastic tennis together, winning their (first doubles) matchup in two sets,” said Peabody coach John Sousa. “Vanessa Kolani and Argiro Psyhogios showed great poise and comradery as they defeated their (doubles) opponents in the second set after a competitive battle that went into a tiebreaker in the first set.”
VOLLEYBALL
St. John’s Prep 3
Central Catholic 0
The Prep showed off its versatile attack, topping Central Catholic with ease in set scores of 25-19, 25-16, 25-12. The Eagles were led by Tighe Lusk and Michael Wagner with 14 and 13 kills, respectively. Cole Morrison added 25 assists, and Prep went home with 34 digs.
