The Peabody girls tennis team picked up its first win of the season in a 5-0 sweep over the Witches.
Valentina Goga played in her first match of the season and took care of business at first singles, winning 6-1, 6-2.
Tiffany Bettencourt showed resilience at second singles going into a third set and winning the tiebreaker 6-0, 3-6, 10-6.
At third singles, Alexandra Kourtelidis won 6-4, 6-0. Anna Maciel and Artemis Greko recorded their first first doubles varsity wins in a 7-5, 6-0 win.
In second doubles, Izabella Pereira and Yasnelly Fernandez won 6-1, 6-2.
BASEBALL
Peabody 11
Salem 4
Jariel Tolentino (4 H, 2 RBI) did some damage and his Tanners took down the Witches by seven runs.
Bishop Fenwick 1
Cardinal Spellman 0
The Crusaders picked up their first win of the season with a shutout victory at home. Starting pitcher Colin Churches struck out five batters in 6.1 innings. Timmy Ronningen earned the save from the mound.
Bishop Fenwick scored in the bottom of the fourth when an infield hit by Matt Martisauskas drove in Odin Garron for the game-winning run.
Peabody 7
Winchester 6
Peabody’s Joey Smith pitched a complete game allowing eight hits while striking out nine and walking one.
The Tanners started strong thanks to a three RBI triple from Zach Hartnett in the first inning to give Peabody an early lead.
Noah Crocker and Mike Murphy both went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Jariel Tolentino went 2-for-4, while Jayden Cunningham went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
SOFTBALL
Marblehead 7
Peabody 4
Back-to-back homers by Tessa Andriano (3-for-4, 4 RBI) and Tessa Francis (3 RBI) paved the way for the Magicians against the Tanners. Haley Schmitt helped the cause with two hits, while Francis struck out eight for Marblehead.
BOYS LACROSSE
St. John’s Prep 11
Lincoln-Sudbury 5
The Eagles started the season hot with their fourth straight win after they took care of business at Glatz Field in Danvers. Offensive leaders were Josh Haarmann (2 goals, assist) and Mac Crawford (2 goals), while Bo Minogue, Jack Weissenberger, and Nate Bernarducci shined defensively. Will Crawford won 16-of-19 face-offs, while Max Putney made five saves between the pipes.
Malden Catholic 17
Bishop Fenwick 2
It was an afternoon to forget for the Crusaders who couldn’t get their offense going.
Masconomet 15
Peabody 6
It was hard to control the Chieftains who were firing on all cylinders in their win over the Tanners.
GIRLS LACROSSE
North Andover 10
Peabody 3
Visiting Peabody allowed six goals in the first quarter and was “digging out from there,” according to Coach Michelle Roach. Brooke Lomasney (3 goals), Madi Barrett (assist), and Caitlin Snow (19 saves) led the Tanners.
“We held them to only four total [goals] for the remaining three quarters,” Roach said.
Peabody 13
Salem 0
The Tanners dominated from start to finish in Salem as Eleni Morris, Alexia Morris, and Sophia Galbiati scored their first varsity goals. Brooke Lomasney (4 goals, 2 assists) and Ally Bettencourt (goal) also impressed.
Bishop Fenwick 8
St. Mary’s 5
Despite a hat-trick performance from St. Mary’s Ava Nason – continuing her stellar start to the spring – her Spartans (3-3) fell to the host Crusaders. Molly Sullivan and Hannah Bettencourt each scored hat-tricks for Fenwick.
Bishop Fenwick 17
Georgetown 4
The Crusaders dominated Georgetown behind Hannah Bettencourt (5 goals), do-it-all Kiley Bloom (4 goals, 5 assists), Molly Sullivan (2 goals), Nieve Bachman (goal, 3 assists), and Kellie Holleran (goal, 2 assists), while Eve Eastman made four saves between the pipes.
Bishop Fenwick 10
Malden Catholic 5
Bishop Fenwick welcomed Malden Catholic to its home field and improved to 7-1 on the season.
Both Kiley Bloom and Molly Sullivan netted a hat-trick for the Crusaders. Hannah Bettencourt (2 goals), Camille Yanofsky (1), and Frankie Herbert (1) all got on the scoresheet.
Courtney McKenzie made 12 saves in net for Bishop Fenwick.
TRACK AND FIELD
St. John’s Prep improved to 4-0 on the season after defeating Xaverian (110-26) and Malden Catholic (135-1) on Monday.
Daniel Padley took home first place in the 400-meter race with a time of 50.25. Henry McDonnell ran the two-mile in 10:02.
In the field, Tyson Stroope and Andrew Beterucci both completed a 6’4” jump in the high jump. Anthony Ragosa threw a 51’7” in the shot put, while Kye McClory threw a 157’ in the discus to fuel the Eagles.
