HAVERHILL — Whittier Tech senior back AJ Espinal spent the third quarter and half of the fourth quarter on the sideline Saturday morning as the Wildcats' reserves got their chance to show off.
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Football, 11/16/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Lawrence swept a rare Friday quad-meet with Natick, Masconomet and Salem (Mass.) to improve to 8-3. Juan Medina had three first-period pins and both Eric Sanchez and Brandon Santell remained undefeated.
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Wrestling, 12/21/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
HAVERHILL — Having been delayed 30 hours by a Nor’easter, neither Salem nor Whittier Tech were able to comfortably settle in on a rare Sunday afternoon outing of football.
The visiting Witches, however, did manage to find the end zone on the last play of the third quarter and held on for a 7-0 victory over the Wildcats in a nonplayoff game.
“Every day is a good day for football,” Salem coach Matt Bouchard said. “It was obviously a little different with a 3:30 start on Sunday. But how it all played out for our guys, I thought they handled it real well with all the changes.”
In a game that saw more penalties (19) than first downs (18), both teams had trouble gaining yardage although Salem (4-4) went 62 yards on 13 plays on their first possession which lasted 6:53.
But the Witches were unable to capitalize on a first-and-goal from the 4. A motion penalty on third down left them at the 7 when Jayco Payne hauled in a pass from Jeffrey Holloway but immediately was tackled just shy of the goal line. That’s when a Whittier front led by Josh Rousseau, Carlos Then-Torres and Joe Cahill piled on Salem running back Sam-Lauren O’Furie inside the 1.
“That was awesome,” Whittier coach Kevin Bradley said of the stand. “I thought we could get some momentum from that. But we’d get a first down then go back with penalties. We’d get a first down and we’d go back by penalties. I just couldn’t believe all that.”
Salem would have only one more possession in the half, which stalled at the 28.
“(Whittier) did a great job in the red zone there,” Bouchard said. “We got the ball down inside the 1 and they stopped us … But I think that added a little fuel for the guys in the locker room. I had some leadership guys take over, and their motivation obviously changed there in the second half.”
Salem, which will play at Shawsheen (3-5) this week, would score the game’s only points with 6 seconds left in the third on a 7-yard pass from Holloway to Pena.
“These guys play football because they love the game,” Bouchard said. “We’re trying to develop every day and get a little bit. Today we worked real hard trying to develop and for a lot of these guys, that’s a big deal.”
Whittier (3-5) continued a recent trend of struggling with its usually solid rushing attack, gaining only 113 yards on the ground – 137 fewer than its season average. But it also held the Witches to 127 rushing yards as the teams combined for 299 yards of total offense – only 128 yards more than they combined for in penalties. The Wildcats will play host to Brighton (2-6) this week.
“Playing against a big school like (Salem), that plays against Division 2 teams (in the Northeastern Conference) and our kids came out and played right with them,” Bradley said. “And the kids feel very good and confident about themselves.”
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Football, 10/28/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Nicole Verrette threw a no-hitter, striking out 12 without issuing a walk as Whittier Tech (11-2) blanked Salem 6-0. The only Salem baserunner came on a hit by pitch twice. Kayle Hobbs had a two-run triple for the Wildcats and was 2 for 4.
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Softball, 05/11/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
In just hit third game playing as the team's setter, freshman Abdiel Tavarez had 13 assists and four aces to help Greater Lawrence sweep Salem 3-0.
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Boys Volleyball, 05/07/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
In its first-ever boys volleyball match, Presentation of Mary came away a winner, defeating another new prepgram in Salem, Mass., 3-1. Ge Bonini had seven kills and 12 aces for the Panthers and Abraham Collazo had 14 assists.
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Boys Volleyball, 04/04/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Georgetown-Ipswich wrestling swept its Saturday quad-meet with Salem (MA), Essex Tech and Waltham-Weston, improving the team to 15-4 and guarenteeing the team's fifth straight winning season. Matt Mansfield, Zach Beauvais and John Blythe each went 3-0 on the day.
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Wrestling, 01/20/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Triton wrestling didn't need long to beat Salem (MA), winning 18-5 after Salem only showed up with four wrestlers. Sam Orender took care of business even quicker, pinning his opponent at 182 pounds in just six seconds. With the win, Triton is now 13-2 and will face defending Division 3 champion Melrose on Saturday at 9 a.m.
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Wrestling, 01/17/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Leading Salem 4-2 late in Thursday's Division 2 North First Round matchup, North Andover baseball allowed four runs in the top of the seventh to fall 6-4. The Scarlet Knights finish the season 16-6, while Salem improves to 11-10 and will face Gloucester in the next round.
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Baseball, 06/01/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Jake Dolcimascolo had a career game with seven goals and five assists as Georgetown hammered Salem (Mass.) 18-6. Tom Lacasse also put up huge numbers with five goals and four assists.
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Boys Lacrosse, 05/17/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
