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10 WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 NOVEMBER 1, 2018 Tanners can’t keep up with Reading By Anne Marie Tobin READING — The No. 6 Peabody football team got off to a disastrous start Friday night against No. 3 Reading in the quarterfinals of the North Division 2 playoffs at John Hollingsworth Field. The Tanners battled to the bitter end, but never recovered, falling to the Middlesex League Liberty League champion Rockets, 35-21, at John Hollingsworth Field. The Rockets got off a dream start, scoring on their first three possessions to build a quick 21-0 lead after one quarter of play, while Peabody went three-and-out on its first three drives to set the tone for the evening. Reading needed only eight seconds to take a lead just two minutes into the first quarter on a trick pass play, from running back Jake D’Agostino to Pat Conroy (the first of his 3 TDs) , to take a 7-0 lead. It went from bad to worse for Peabody on the ensuing kickoff. Intended to be a squib kick, the ball bounced off a Peabody player and was recovered by Reading’s Josh Williamson at the Reading 44. Seven plays later, Conroy ran it in from the 6-yard line to double the Rockets’ lead to 14-0. After forcing another three-and-out, Reading needed only eight plays to drive 48 yards for its third score of the quarter, this one on an 18-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matt Sannella (105 passing yards, 70 rushing yards) to Domenic Masucci, and the route was on. “You cannot have that kind of a start, falling behind 21-0, in a playoff game,” said Peabody coach Mark Bettencourt. “We dug ourselves too big a hole right off the bat, going three-and-out on our first three possessions, and had that squib kick bounce off CATERING TAKE-OUT •Dinners • Sandwiches • Salads • Daily Specials 978-532-2791 santoros.com We want to hear from you! Send us a letter at editor@weeklynews.net. Letters should be no more than 300 words. 2 Large Cheese Pizzas $14.99 PHOTO | BOB CARBONE Peabody running back Luis Guridys stiff arms Reading’s Jake D’Agostino (8) during Friday night’s 35-21 loss to the Rockets. our player so we were doomed from the beginning. They could play relaxed with that kind of lead and that’s not what you want in a playoff game. You want to put yourself in a position where the pressure is on both teams, and we did not do that.” Trailing 28-0 with less than four minutes to go in the first half, Peabody finally found some offensive rhythm and got on the board with only seven seconds left in the half. The Tanners drove 66 yards in 13 plays, the final play being a 5-yard rush into the end zone by Colby Therrien (4 carries, 19 yards). Austin Leggett tacked on the extra point to make it 28-7 at the half. The Rockets started the third quarter with their foot on the gas and, still in hurry-up mode, needed less than a minute to Nelson on league’s all-rookie team By Anne Marie Tobin Former Peabody High soccer standout Emily Nelson has been named to the America East Conference All-Rookie Team. Nelson finished the regular season second on the team in goals (7) and points (16). She started 19 of the River Hawks’ 20 games, helping the River Hawks to qualify for the America East Tournament for the first time in program history. Nelson was one of just two players in America East to tally three goals in a single game this season. “Emily scoring seven goals in her first year – there’s not a rookie in the conference that scored more goals,” River Hawks’ interim head coach Mira Novak said. “I’m delighted for her and her growth throughout the year because she helped us get to where we are now, not just with the goals, but with her consistent performances, and I know that she’ll only get better.” This past Sunday, the No. 4 River Hawks traveled to top-seeded Stony Brook for a semifinal showdown in the conference tournament. Their Cinderella season continued as Lowell pulled off the upset of the tournament, defeating the Seawolves, 2-0, to punch its ticket to the America East Championship game against the University of Albany in Albany on Sunday, No. 4. Nelson helped secure the win as she set up the River Hawks’ second goal in the 88th minute of play. Should Lowell defeat the third-seeded Great Danes, the River Hawks will secure their first automatic bid to the Division 1 NCAA national championship in program history since making the leap up from Division 2 in 2013. Lowell opened the tournament with a dramatic 0-0 win over No. 5 University of Vermont in penalty kicks (4-3) on Thursday, Oct. 25 at home. bump the lead to 35-7 on a 9-yard rush by Conway. Peabody gamely fought back in the fourth quarter. With 4:29 left, sophomore Kyle Maglione made it 35-14 with a 31- yard punt return. Then, after the defense forced just the second Rockets’ punt of the game, quarterback Alex DeNisco ( 3-of-7, 27 yards, TD), in for starter Matt Jandrisevits (2-of-5, 25 yards, 7 carries for 23 yards) who suffered a knee injury in the third quarter, found Declan Russell over the middle from 10 yards out to make it 35-21 with under a minute to go. “I don’t know whether Matt got hit straight on or from the side, but he’s a tough kid and hopefully will be back next week,” said Bettencourt. Angel Paulino was a bright spot for the Tanners, picking up 69 rushing yards on 18 carries, while Luis Guridys picked up 16 yards on three carries. Tyler Norman did a nice job filling in for the injured Jake Sousa at linebacker. The Tanners were also missing defensive back Dylan Peluso. “Anytime you have the heart of your defense on the sidelines, that hurts,” Bettencourt said. “Tyler did a very good job considering he has been playing a totally different position all years and had only two days to learn how to play middle linebacker. He showed great leadership by volunteering to switch.” Reading came into the game on a fivegame winning streak, and had scored 28 or more points in five of its seven games, and 30 or more points in four games. Bettencourt said he knew going into the game that the Tanners had their work cut out for themselves. “We knew they were a very good team capable of putting a lot of points on the board, so we knew that our best shot at winning the game would be to keep our offense on the field and their offense off,” Bettencourt said. “That didn’t happen. All due respect to Danvers and Beverly, Reading is probably the best team we have faced this year. “We knew we were behind the 8-ball coming in to the tournament and we had no one to blame but ourselves. We needed to compose ourselves to handle adversity, now we have to rally and finish the season as strong as we can The Rockets advanced to the semifinals where they will travel to No. 2 Lincoln- Sudbury next week (TBD), which defeated Masconomet, 42-28, Friday night. PHOTO | BOB ELLIS/UMASS LOWELL Emily Nelson finished the season at UMass Lowell with seven goals and 16 points.
NOVEMBER 1, 2018 WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 11 Boys soccer sees win streak snapped By Daniel Kane PEABODY — The Peabody boys soccer team wrapped up the season with a 4-3 loss to Northeastern Conference foe Medford Monday night at Coley Lee Field, snapping the team’s five-game winning streak. The Tanners trailed 3-0 at halftime but scored three unanswered games to tie things up at 3-3. Medford notched the game-winner in the final minute. Johnny Alves and Josh Atemkeng each scored one goal and dished one assist. Michael Tansey scored one goal and Ramon Falcao dished one assist. “This series of games has been a good walk into the tournament for us,” McKeen said. “Playing good teams, that’s what you want to do down the stretch.” Peabody ends the regular season at 11- 4-3 and await the North Division 1 tournament pairings, which were due to be released by the MIAA Oct. 31. Peabody 5, Beverly 2 At Peabody last Friday night, Johnny Alves had a game to remember, factoring in each and every Tanners’ score with four goals and one assist. The win stretched Peabody’s winning streak to five straight. Peabody 2, Somerville 2 The Peabody boys soccer team bounced back from a two-goal halftime deficit and earned a hard fought point against the Highlanders on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at Coley Lee Field. Alves led the way for the Tanners with two goals while Josh Atemkeng and Noah FILE PHOTO Johnny Alves scored a goal and an assist in Peabody’s 4-3 loss to Medford Monday night. Surman each had one assist. Peabody coach Stan McKeen was more than happy to grab a point from a game against a tough Somerville team. “What can I say about Johnny? That’s goals number 21 and 22 for him and good assists by Josh and Noah,” McKeen said. “This was a big game for us. It’s like a win for us. They have kind of dominated the league for many years. That’s like a loss to them, believe me.” Somerville came out aggressive in the first half and dominated possession while the Tanners couldn’t get anything going offensively. “They controlled the game,” McKeen said of the first half. “We were flat, we weren’t being aggressive and we weren’t going after and winning the 50-50 balls. They took it to us in that first half, no question.” Peabody found itself heading into the locker room at halftime down 2-0 and it looked like it might be a long night for the Tanners. “We went in at half time and I said, ‘Hey if you guys just don’t want to show up in the second half we’ll see but I know you can play with them,’” McKeen said. “But I told them ‘you’ve got to go out and show me that you can play with them.’ That picked them up and getting that first goal early obviously uplifted our team.” Just 4:30 into the second half, Alves provided the spark the Tanners desperately needed. After gaining possession Alves slipped past two Somerville defenders before firing a shot that found the back of net to cut the Somerville lead to 2-1. After the goal, the Peabody offense came to life and created several more chances than it did in the first half. However the Tanners were unable to finish before 15 minutes remained in the game. “In the last 15 to 20 minutes we put the pressure on them and the ball stayed down their end,” McKeen said. “I just felt we were going to get that equalizer at some point.” After two failed corner kicks and a few failed throw-ins in the Somerville end of the field, the tying- goal came with just 5:30 to play. Surman dished a pass to Alves who was immediately pressured by a Somerville defender at the top of the box. Alves managed to just barely get a shot off with his right foot that slipped by the Somerville goalkeeper to the left of the net and tied the game. From there both defenses held strong in the final minutes to keep the score at 2-2. “That’s a point for us and that’s great,” McKeen said. “They beat us the first time in Somerville 2-0. I mean we’ve played close games with them but we just didn’t show up in the first half tonight.” Fenwick field hockey falls to Swampscott By Mike Alongi PEABODY — The Swampscott field hockey team ended its regular season on a high note Thursday, Oct. 24, notching a 3-1 victory over Bishop Fenwick at Donaldson Stadium. The Big Blue netted two goals on set pieces, an area of the game coach Jamie Spano has been waiting for all season. “It’s finally coming around in the last game of the season, but that’s OK,” Spano said of Swampscott’s ability to score on corners. “It’s just in time for the tournament, so building confidence by scoring on two corners was huge for us today.” Swampscott’s Sydney Cresta had one goal and one assist, while Natalie Domeniconi and Ashley Marston each had one goal. Goalie Jillian Flanders played a solid game in net. For Fenwick, the lone goal came from Katherine Clancy. “I thought we started off a little slow in the first half, but we were able to pick it up in the middle part of the game,” said Fenwick coach Marybeth Mahoney. “But then we had that breakdown in the midfield near the end of the game and that led to those two goals. We have to clean that kind of stuff up.” Swampscott came out with a lot of aggressiveness offensively in the first half. The Big Blue made several strong runs at the net and earned a number of corner opportunities within the first 10 minutes. While it hasn’t been the strongest part of Swampscott’s game this year, the Big Blue were able to capitalize on a corner less than seven minutes into the game. After Cresta got the ball on the inbound pass, she sent a ball toward the net at an angle. From there, Domeniconi slipped behind the defense and was in perfect position for a rebound, which bounced right to her. She buried the rebound to give Swampscott the 1-0 lead. While Fenwick did get a small rally going toward the end of the half, Flanders and the Swampscott defense stood tall to take the lead into the half. Things changed up a bit in the second half, at least at the beginning. Fenwick came out of the gate hot to start, finally getting some consistent offensive pressure. It paid off with 19 minutes left in the game, when a rebound bounced right onto Clancy’s stick and she knocked it in to tie the game, 1-1. But from there, Swampscott kicked it into another gear. The Big Blue applied the pressure for the remainder of the second half, earning a few more corner opportunities in the process. But the key chance came with about three minutes to go, when a corner opportunity turned into a scrum in front of the net trying to knock the ball in. Eventually, Marston was able to get enough wood on the ball to knock it home and put the Big Blue back in front, 2-1. Just 30 seconds later, Cresta netted a goal to put Swampscott up 3-1 and effectively seal the win. With the regular season all wrapped up, the Big Blue (10- 2-6) will turn their focus to the upcoming state tournament. “We need to be aggressive out there,” Spano said. “We’ll be in good shape if we can start games like we did today, come out aggressive and not be flat. We want to be able to come into a game and set the tone early.” Fenwick (8-8-2) is also aiming to make a splash in the state tournament. “I think we need to focus on just scoring when the opportunity presents itself,” said Mahoney. “We get a lot of scoring chances, but taking advantage and putting the ball in the net is a challenge at times.” The field hockey state tournament pairings will be announced next week. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL 19 Chestnut Street, Peabody • 978.531.0444 Now accepting applications, PreK-8 for the 2019-2020 school year. UPCOMING OPEN HOUSE: Wednesday, November 7 9:30-11:00 a.m. Kathy Trainor Director of Admissions 978-531-0444 x340 www.stjohns-peabody.com
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