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Isaiah Cashwell-Doe scored 18 points for the Crusaders in their win on Friday night.
By HAROLD RIVERA
The Bishop Fenwick boys basketball team (1-3) earned its first win of the season with a 63-55 victory over St. Clement on the Crusaders’ home floor.
Nick Pignone led the Crusaders with 20 points. Isaiah Cashwell-Doe continues to make noise this season with an 18-point performance. Klous Llanag contributed to the winning effort with 19 points. Fenwick coach Kevin Moran credited Jack Keenan for playing strong on the defensive end.
Moran said the team’s win is a reflection of the effort they’ve been dedicating in practice.
“We’ve been working hard and I think this is a tremendous team,” Moran said. “Guys like Jack Keenan stepped up and did a tremendous job for us.”
With their first win of the season out of the way, Fenwick now has an opportunity to move the 2016-2017 campaign in the right direction.
“Being a new coach here at Fenwick, we had a couple of tough losses early this year,” Moran said. “It’s a chance for us to change direction. We hit pressure at some points in the game but we reacted well to that. It was a tight game the whole way.”
The Crusaders are off until they take on Pope John on Tuesday in the Pope John Tournament. Moran is hopeful that his team can carry a wave of momentum into the tournament.
“We need to build on tonight,” Moran said. “Pope John is one of the best teams in Division 4. We have to get ready for them. Just last week they played St. John’s Prep tough. We’ll take anything we can get to build momentum.”
Lynnfield 67, Newburyport 48
The Pioneers mounted a 20-5 lead after the first quarter. Newburyport outscored Lynnfield 17-6 in the second quarter to climb back into the contest down 28-22 at the half. Lynnfield took control from there on out for the win.
WRESTLING
St. John’s Prep 64, Pembroke 9
St. John’s Prep 63, Bristol-Aggie 19
St. John’s Prep 40, Duxbury 27
Marshfield 43, St. John’s Prep 33
The Eagles had three wrestlers go 4-0 en route at a 3-1 finish in the quad-match at the Marshfield Duals on Friday night. Quinn Alexander (106 pounds), Ryan Garlitz (113 pounds) and Malcolm Mitchell (126 pounds) each won all four of their matches. The Eagles are now 11-1 on the year.
Lynnfield 45, Wakefield 36
Lynnfield 37, Malden Catholic 35
Lynnfield 35, Marblehead/Swampscott 21
The Pioneers won all three of their matches at the Wakefield quad meet. Stuart Glover (106 pounds), Will Glover (126 pounds) and Sean McCollough (160 pounds) each won all three of their matches on the night. Lynnfield coach Craig Stone said the Pioneers faced a slate of talented opponents in the quad meet.
“They were close meets,” Stone said. “It was a pretty even level of competition. The matches against Malden Catholic and Wakefield were pretty close. We have a couple of days off and then we’ll get back at it.”
The Pioneers (7-0) remain undefeated on the year. Stone pointed to his team’s balance as the key to its success.
“The biggest thing is the balance,” Stone said. “We have decent wrestling at each weight. We’ve been able to take advantage of those match ups against other teams.”
The Pioneers are back at it on Tuesday when they take part in the Pentucket tournament.
BOYS HOCKEY
Woburn 8, Marblehead 4
Sam Cioffi’s goal in the final second of the second period gave the Magicians a spark heading into the third as they trailed 5-4. Unfortunately for the Magicians, that spark didn’t carry over for too long as Woburn scored three goals in the third period to ice the victory. Marblehead (0-4-1) is back in action next week at the Gloucester tournament.
Fenwick 4, St. Peter Marian 1
Rob Murphy’s empty netter in the closing stages gave him two goals on the night and Fenwick rolled to a 4-1 win. Kasey O’Brien also scored two goals for the Crusaders.
St. John’s Prep 6, Danvers 0
Shawn Thomson, Ryan Hart and Ryan Farrow were among the goal scorers for the Eagles.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Woburn 3, St. Mary’s 1
Mady Hentosh’s goal with 13 minutes to play gave the Spartans an early 1-0 advantage. Unfortunately, that was all the scoring St. Mary’s was able to produce on the night. Adara Nazarian notched the assist on the goal. Woburn scored an empty-netter to seal the win late.
Harold Rivera can be reached at [email protected].