Basketball News (Story Links)
Nick Giannino’s weekly “Full Court Press” boys basketball report from the Salem News – Click Here
Joey Barrett’s (Daily Item Sports Editor) story on Saugus girls basketball and coach Mark Schruender’s 100th win, Click Here
The MIAA has released updated power rankings for Boys & Girls Basketball and Boys & Girls Hockey.
Rankings include schedules and scores entered into the Arbiter system as of 4 a.m. today, February 10, 2023.
You may view the power rankings HERE.
Boys Basketball
Beverly 74, Salem 52 – Panthers 13-5. Beverly claims back to back NEC Titles! Senior Joey Parsons with 17pts!
Masconomet 70, Marblehead 63
Swampscott 66, Winthrop 40
Peabody 88, Whittier 51
St. Mary’s 77, Arlington Catholic 42
Lynnfield 67, North Reading 50
Rockport 59, Georgetown 48
Pentucket 50, Triton 40
Ipswich 63, Amesbury 55
Manchester-Essex 71, Hamilton-Wenham 43
Essex Tech 73, Innovation 49 – Jack McBournie leads us with 21. Shawn O’Keefe chips in with 17 points and 12 boards. Hawks officially clinch a spot in the state tourney.
Lynn Tech 100, Nashoba Tech 50 – TIGERS WITH ALL AROUND TEAM WIN EVERY TIGERS HIT THE SCORE BOOK LEAD BYE FRESHMAN GIOVANNI JEAN 23PTS 7REBS 7AST & JR FRONTCOURT EDERICK GONZALEZ 17PTS 11REBS & JAYDEN WELCH 21PTS & 14REBS TIGERS ARE 15-3 OVERALL 10-1 IN CONFERENCE
Girls Basketball
Beverly 51, Salem 13
Winthrop 51, Swampscott 34 – Maddie Stiglets 16 points Grace Fleuriel 12
Masconmet 38, Marblehead 31
St. Mary’s 72, Bishop Fenwick 39 – Senior Night. Niya Morgen (25), Kellyn Preira (19), Bella Owumi (11) and Yirsy Queliz (9) led the way
Manchester-Essex 42, Hamilton-Wenham 37
North Reading 51, Lynnfield 42
Pentucket 59, Triton 22
Ipswich 54, Amesbury 32 – Lucy Donahue sets a new career high with 36 points and Hazel Hoog and Ella Stein also have solid offensive performances. With the win, Ipswich not only improves to 9-8 but matches the programs highest win total since 2014.
Rockport at Whittier 5:30
Essex Tech 43, Mystic Valley 35 – Great game from sophomore Maddie Shairs with a career high 21 points.
Lynn Tech 48, Nashoba 44
Girls Hockey
Shawsheen 4, Marblehead 1
Men’s College Hockey
University of New England 2, Endicott 2 (OT) – The No. 4 nationally ranked Endicott men’s ice hockey skated to a 2-2 overtime tie against No. 11 University of New England (UNE) on Friday night in conference action at Raymond J. Bourque Arena. The Nor’easters earned the extra point with a 1-0 victory in the shootout.
Cass Bowes (Sturgeon County, Alberta) provided the offense for the Gulls with tallies in the second (14:24, first goal) and the third (12:17), respectively.
Ryan Willett (Bayville, N.Y.) dished out the primary helper on both goals, while Zach Mazur (Lancaster, N.Y.) notched both secondary assists.
After Bowes’ second goal midway through the third, UNE forced the eventual overtime and shootout with a shorthanded tally with 2:40 remaining in the contest.
Atticus Kelly (St. Paul, Minn.) was credited with 22 saves in the tie (9-0-2).
No. 4 Endicott (18-1-2, 16-0-2 CCC) visits Suffolk Saturday at 6:50 PM
Women’s College Hockey
Southern Maine 2, Salem State 1 – Madelyn McLeish’s third period goal proved to be the difference as Southern Maine came back with two third period scores to defeat Salem State, 2-1 on “Senior Night” in an NEHC clash at Rockett Arena on Friday evening. The Huskies up their record to 13-10-1 and 11-5-1 in conference. The Vikings lose their final regular season home game to go to 5-15-2 and 2-13-2 in the league.
Seniors Jessica Robert (North Reading, Mass.), Kayla McKim (Wakefield, Mass), Lexi Warner (Littleton, Mass.), Gianna Beauclair (Stoneham, Mass.), Carolyn Mahoney (Melrose, Mass.), MacKenzie Mallett (York, Maine), Isabella Perrotti (Winthrop, Mass.), Abby Stafford (Lynn, Mass.), Kendra Currier (Middleton, Mass.), Hannah Aveni (Melrose, Mass.) and Dana Smullen (Peabody, Mass.) were honored in a pre-game ceremony for their dedication and commitment to the Vikings’ program.
Endicott at University 2, New England 1 (OT) – Quin Healy (Melrose) buried a tally at the 1:03 mark of overtime to propel the Endicott women’s ice hockey team past the University of New England (UNE), 2-1, on Friday night at the Harold Alfond Forum.
Prior to the eventual game-winner, Jess Michals (Westwood) found the back of the net (5:47 | P2) to tie the game, 1-1 following a late first period goal from the Nor’easters (16:29).
Bailey Thieben (North Syracuse, N.Y.) registered 12 saves for the Gulls to improve to 6-3-0 on the season.
