Central Catholic beat Malden Catholic, 10-2, in the North prelims. Nathan Kearney had three hits and Matt Maloney and Kyle Espinola added two each.
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Baseball, 06/18/21 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Faith Lee netted three goals and Megan Malolepszy and Macy Daigle each scored their first career varsity goal as Central Catholic girls soccer opened its season by crushing Malden Catholic 9-1.
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Girls Soccer, 10/03/20 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Haverhill's Matt O'Brien scored two goals for Malden Catholic in a 4-1 win over Central Catholic.
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Boys Ice Hockey, 02/12/20 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Andover improved to 16-3 with a quad-meet sweep at Malden Catholic. The Warriors were unbeaten on the day from 138 through 182 pounds with Kelvin Davila (152) and Elias Maita (160) both 3-0.
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Wrestling, 02/01/20 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
METHUEN — Understandably, Methuen quarterback Connor Bryant was just happy to start playing real games once again Saturday afternoon.
"After a long preseason, after all the work we've put in, it was good to get out here and see what we can do," said Bryant following the Rangers' season-opening 47-14 romp over Malden Catholic.
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Football, 09/14/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
NORTH ANDOVER — Pressure, what pressure?
With 15 seconds left in a rough and tumble, back and forth Division 2 North quarterfinal game, with North Andiver clinging to a 71-68 lead in front of a loud and frantic crowd, senior Gabe DeSouza calmly went to the free throw line and sank two free throws to clinch a hard-earned 73-68 victory.
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Boys Basketball, 03/01/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Andrew Flammia scored two goals as Central Catholic closed out its season with a 4-1 win over Malden Catholic. Zachary LeTendre made 24 saves to earn the victory in net.
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Boys Ice Hockey, 02/21/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
MALDEN — For years, Ricky Brutus had visualized his first Methuen varsity start.
His wildest dreams, however, could never have matched reality on Friday.
“I never imagined it would be like this,” said Brutus. “It was crazy. What an amazing experience!”
Brutus scored five touchdowns — four rushing scored and a punt return TD — as Methuen opened its season by crushing Malden Catholic 41-16.
“We’ve been waiting for this game and it felt so good,” said new Rangers QB Connor Bryant. “We know we lost a lot of stars from last year. We wanted to go out and show our town, school and friends that Methuen football isn’t dead. It was a great first victory.”
The star of the day was Brutus, who finished with 102 rushing yards on 10 carries in just over a half of play.
He took his first carry for 25 yards, and on his third rush he shook a tackler and scored a 7-yard touchdown.
“Amazing feeling,” said Brutus. “It felt like a kiss from my mother right on the cheek.”
From there the junior — who entered the game with three career carries for 11 yards — continued to pour it on.
On the Rangers’ next drive he scored a 16-yard touchdown, and followed that a possession later with a 14-yard TD.
Then, with 23 seconds left in the first half, he took a punt, juked nearly the entire Malden Catholic defense and broke free for a 70-yard touchdown.
“I didn’t think I could get to the ball on the punt,” said Brutus, who added a 6-yard TD in the third. “But I got my hands on it, saw some space and just went for it. It was awesome.”
The monster debut for Brutus — who wears No. 7 for his idol, recently-graduated Methuen star Peter Kwakye — wasn’t a shocker to his teammates.
“We knew that Ricky was special,” said Bryant, who added 64 yards and a touchdown rushing. “I’ve been playing with him for a few years, and it’s really impressive what kind of player and athlete he is. He had some great games on JV last year.”
When Brutus wasn’t running wild, the defense was frustrating the Malden Catholic offense.
The Lancers managed just 47 yards of offense in the first half and 147 for the game. Both of their touchdowns came long after the Ranger starters had left the game.
Jamie Blaisdell recorded a pair of sacks for Methuen, delivering a monster hit on Malden QB Will Ragucci. Anthony Romano added six tackles and Noah Antoon chipped in with a sack.
The Rangers now hope to keep the momentum going heading into their Merrimack Valley Conference opener on Friday, when they host Tewksbury.
“The win feels great,” said Brutus. “We wanted to prove it to ourselves out there. We wanted to show that Methuen football isn’t dead.”
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Football, 09/07/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Liam Burke and Matt Lane each scored twice and Central Catholic beat Malden Catholic in overtime, 8-7.
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Boys Lacrosse, 04/07/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Haverhill took top honors in the Hillie Duals, winning four straight meets before taking the championship when Brookline oddly forfeited in the finals. Jake Nicolosi (138), Sam Prescott (152), Isaiah Delossantos (160) and heavyweight jay Levy were all 5-0 on the day.
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Wrestling, 02/03/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
