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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 JULY 12, 2018<br />

Lacrosse team wins state title<br />

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PHOTO | SARAH CHIARADONNA<br />

The ynnfield fifth and sixt h grade select team on the ivi sion Mass Bay outh<br />

acrosse eague MBY state cham pionship, defeating rafton at arvar d<br />

Stadium Ju ne 7. ront, from left, are Ben Pim ental; second row idan oron, en<br />

onsidine, Brendan effron, ick Brandano, Joe y Metrano, elan ardinal, ill<br />

orton; third row J.R . oldstein, Max uertin, Mike Murphy, Joh nny MacD onald, Joe y<br />

alder, Paul aley, Matthew ushing, hristian Rosa, ye Sm yrnios; rear, coach evi n<br />

ardinal, Jak e onnell, Max alsey, .J. hiaradonna, assistant coach Matt ushing,<br />

assistant coach Brian effron, as sistant coach Rich Rosa.<br />

Fenwick hoop clinic coming up<br />

The Bishop F enwick girls<br />

basketball team will be conducting<br />

its 4th Annual Heart<br />

and Hustle girls basketball<br />

clinic <strong>July</strong> 23-26 from 9 a.m.-1<br />

p.m. at D anvers I ndoor Sports.<br />

The cost of the clinic is $125<br />

and includes drills, games, contests,<br />

awards, T-shirt, snacks,<br />

water and Thursday piz z a<br />

party. The camp is open to girls<br />

ages 9-14, including incoming<br />

freshmen.<br />

I nstructors include players<br />

and coaches from the 2018<br />

D ivision 3 North Champion<br />

Crusaders, as well as current<br />

collegiate players.<br />

I f interested, please email<br />

F enwick coach Adam D eBaggis<br />

at aaggio6@ yahoo.com for<br />

more details and to reserve a<br />

spot.<br />

PHOTO | STEPHEN LEGGETT<br />

L ynnfield’ s D evi n L eggett, left w ith coach Travi s Steve ns,<br />

show s off the bronz e m edal he w on at the I nternational Ju do<br />

C ham pionships last m onth.<br />

Tough weekend for<br />

Leggett at tournament<br />

By A nne Marie Tobin<br />

‘ I t was a tough weekend for<br />

former <strong>Lynnfield</strong> High wrestling<br />

standout D evin Leggett<br />

and Team U SA at the 2018<br />

Pan American Junior Judo<br />

Championship in Cordoba,<br />

Argentina. U SA, which had<br />

hoped to improve on last year’s<br />

runner-up finish, failed to win<br />

a single gold medal and picked<br />

up just one one silver medal<br />

and four bronz e medals.<br />

Leggett, competing in the<br />

Junior 73k division on Saturday,<br />

lost to eventual bronz e medalist<br />

K eagan Y oung of Canada in his<br />

first bout, then was bounced<br />

from the tournament in the<br />

next round, losing to Barbosa<br />

Arkangel of Columbia.<br />

Leggett, currently ranked<br />

No. 2 in the nation in the 73k<br />

division, was one of 37 athletes<br />

selected to the American team.<br />

One-hundred forty-four athletes<br />

from 14 countries competed<br />

in the meet. Braz il dominated<br />

the meet and won the<br />

most medals with nine gold,<br />

three silver and three bronz e.<br />

Earlier this summer, Leggett<br />

won the silver medal in the<br />

I nternational Judo F ederation<br />

( I JF ) Junior Male 73kg division<br />

at the 2018 U SA Judo<br />

Junior Olympic National<br />

Championships in Spokane,<br />

Washington June 22-23. He<br />

defeated the 2017 gold medalist<br />

Liam Wright in the semifinals,<br />

but came up short in the final,<br />

losing to Sando Chaldz e of<br />

Brooklyn.<br />

Leggett followed up the next<br />

day with a third place finish at<br />

the U SA Judo Junior Olympic<br />

I nternational Championships,<br />

also in Spokane.<br />

Leggett trains at Pedro’s Judo<br />

Club in Wakefield under the<br />

tutelage of the U SA Olympic<br />

coach Jimmy Pedro and current<br />

Olympian silver medalist<br />

Travis Stevens.<br />

<strong>Lynnfield</strong> Bears softball team gets red-hot<br />

The <strong>Lynnfield</strong> Bears softball team got hot<br />

when it counted, winning <strong>Lynnfield</strong>’s first<br />

Essex County Women’s Softball League<br />

Championship ( ECWSL) June 17. The<br />

Bears, coached by John and Lisa D ias, edged<br />

Rowley Black, 12-<strong>11</strong>, to claim the Junior<br />

D ivision crown. The win was the first ever<br />

ECWSL title in the history of the <strong>Lynnfield</strong><br />

youth softball program.<br />

The Bears trailed early, 9-5, but came<br />

alive in the bottom of the fourth. Ellie<br />

Grieves started the rally with a leadoff<br />

single. Taylor Collins and Gia Gagnon followed<br />

with back-to-back walks, then Libby<br />

Considine brought home a run with a ground<br />

out. Emily Thompson worked a 10-pitch<br />

walk to load the bases for Lulu D ias, who<br />

smacked a 2-run single. K ate Cullinane then<br />

slammed a ball to deep left field for a 2-run<br />

double to give the Bears their first lead of the<br />

game, 10-9.<br />

K ayla George, Lulu D ias and Libby<br />

Considine shared the load in the pitcher’s<br />

circle, as they had in three prior playoff wins.<br />

K ey fielding plays were turned in by Morgan<br />

Hubbard, I z z y F iorentino, Emily Thompson<br />

and Lauren Lane to help secure the victory.<br />

D ias led the offense with three hits, while<br />

Cullinane, Considine, Lily Collins and<br />

Sophia F iorentino had two hits each.<br />

The championship wrapped up <strong>Lynnfield</strong>’s<br />

third season playing in the ECWSL.<br />

D espite being in the middle of the pack in<br />

population among the 19 participating towns,<br />

<strong>Lynnfield</strong> was second only to Amesbury in<br />

the number of teams it fielded in the league<br />

with three teams in the Senior D ivision and<br />

five teams in the Junior D ivision for grades<br />

4-6.<br />

“The high level of participation and success<br />

is a testament to the commitment of<br />

<strong>Lynnfield</strong>’s players, coaches and board<br />

members,” said Jerry Guerra. “The league’s<br />

mission is to provide a fun, instructional and<br />

safe outlet for girls to learn and enjoy the<br />

awesome sport of softball, and to provide a<br />

healthy feeder system that will help create<br />

and maintain a consistently strong high<br />

school softball program.”<br />

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PHOTO | JERRY GUERRA<br />

Mem bers of the ynnfield Bears softball team ith their trophies after<br />

inning the ssex ounty om en’ s Softball eague cham pionship last<br />

onth; Team em bers are, front, from left, ulu ias, ia agnon,<br />

Sophie iorentino, ily Thom pson, Taylor ollins, z z y iorentino,<br />

coach Joh n ias; back row coach isa ias, ibby onsidine, aila<br />

eorge, llie rieve s, illy ollins, auren ane, ate ullinane,<br />

Morgan ubbard.

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