LAWRENCE — With a couple teams averaging a combined 149 points, most of the overflow crowd entering Memorial Gymnasium Thursday evening expected some big numbers to be put on the board.
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Boys Basketball, 01/18/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Lawrence's boys toppled Lowell behind 31 points by Juan Felix Rodriguez, 22 by Luis Reynoso and 20 by Chris Ruiz. The Lancers improved to 9-1.
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Boys Basketball, 01/12/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Lawrence (8-1) stormed to a 26-6 first-quarter lead and dumped Tewksbury 78-46. Juan Felix Rodriguez had 20 points and Luis Reynoso added 18 with another dunk. Chris Ruiz (11 points) electrified the crowd with a fast-break dunk while being fouled.
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Boys Basketball, 01/09/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
LAWRENCE — After watching Andover rain three-pointers the better part of three quarters, Lawrence first revved up its pressure then slammed its way into another Merrimack Valley Conference victory.
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Boys Basketball, 01/05/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Juan Felix Rodriguez scored 19 points and Chris Ruiz added 13 pointas to help Lawrence best Haverhill 64-53. Daejon Pendelton-Mills scored 17 points for the Hillies.
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Boys Basketball, 01/02/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Luis Reynoso scored a team-high 24 points and reigning Eagle-Tribune MVP Juan Felix Rodriguez was right behind with 23 points as Lawrence downed Methuen 83-62 in the Commonwealth Classic third place game on Saturday.
Chris Ruiz added 10 points for the Lancers (5-1), who bounced back strong from its heart-breaking 97-92 loss to champion St. John's Prep in the Christmas Classic semifinal on Friday. That is Lawrence's lone loss on the young season.
Leading Methuen (1-3) was 5-foot-7 star Dante Rivera, who tallied a team-high 27 points. Jhamyl Fricas and freshman Onyera Chibuogwu chipped in with 10 points each for the Rangers.
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Boys Basketball, 12/30/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
METHUEN — Lawrence led by 9 with 3:53 left and by 8 with just over 3 minutes left but St. John’s Prep forced overtime and pulled out a wild 97-92 thriller.
The Eagles (3-1) will play Central Catholic for the title tonight (7;45 p.m.) here at the Klimas Field House.
Prep coach John Dullea admitted, “It didn’t look good.”
The key play in the instant classic was a Lawrence intentional foul, leading to two free throws with LHS up 85-81 and 1:25 left in regulation.
Talented freshman guard Will Batchelder of Newburyport (13 points) sank both free throws and then on the ensuing possession canned a cold-blooded 3-pointer, which cut it to 1 with 1:03 left.
The Eagles took the lead on a corner 3-pointer with 33 seconds left and Lawrence (4-1) tied it as reigning Eagle-Tribune MVP Juan-Felix Rodriguez (32 points) hit 1 of 2 free throws with 23 seconds left.
In the extra session, 6-8 Tommy O’Neil had four of his 26 points. Rodriguez had a 3-point play to cut it to 92-90 and Jaden Castillo had a circus drive to cut it to 93-92 with 1:30 left. But the Prep scored the final four points.
Of the intentional foul, Dullea said, “That’s a huge play for us.”
Lawrence coach Raymond Nunez didn’t have much to say afterward.
Asked about the intentional foul, he said, “Officials will make calls whether I agree or disagree.”
He added, “We’ll come back tomorrow. It’s a long season. You win some and you lose some.”
This is a loss that will sting, there is no way to sugar-coat that.
Rodriguez was Rodriguez and rugged 6-4 junior Luis Reynoso (24 points including a dunk) at times took over the game with his powerful drives to the hoop.
Chris Ruiz (14 points) and Jaden Castillo (10 points) were other Lancer mainstays.
Batchelder has big local ties as his dad (Billy) and uncle (Rob Carpentier) were baseball stars from Andover and both played minor league ball.
The slender frosh was the X-factor against the patened Lawrence press as Jarnel Snow-Guzman battled foul problems. Batchelder backed O’Neil, skywalker Nate Hobbs (30 points) and sharpshooter Matt Relihan (20 points).
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Boys Basketball, 12/29/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
METHUEN — One would be hard pressed to tell who won the opening game of the Commonwealth Classic boys tournament Wednesday afternoon as Lawrence and Londonderry left the court.
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Boys Basketball, 12/27/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Lawrence improved to 3-0 with an 87-49 win over Chelmsford. Luis Reynoso had 21 points, Chris Ruiz 15, Jaeden Castillo 11 and Angel Vasquez 10
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Boys Basketball, 12/19/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
A balanced offensive attack led Lawrence to an impressive 82-62 victory over St. Peter Marian in the Bishop Reilly tournament championship game. Junior Luis Reynoso had 26 points, Chris Ruiz poured in 20 on three 3-pointers and Juan Felix Rodriguez chipped in 18 for the Lancers (2-0).
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