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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.