Rise and shine. The Marblehead golf team scored a 311 to win the Division II North Sectionals Tuesday morning at Stow Acres Country Club. The Magicians were trailed by Gloucester (312), Reading (313), and Newburyport (320).
Marblehead was led by Jacob Hershfield (75 points) who snagged fourth place, as well as Charlie Grenier (77), Simon Quicken (79), Marty Ryan (80), Matt Mahan (84), and James Bickell (89).
The team, helmed by Bob Green, moved on to the DII state championship to be played Monday at Thorny Lea Golf Club in Brockton.
GOLF
Marblehead 49
Winthrop 23
Earlier in the week, Marblehead (14-1) protected its home of Tedesco Country Club as all eight Magicians won their matches.
Charlie Grenier, Marty Ryan, Jacob Hershfield, Matt Mahan, Adrian Baron, Toby Grenier, Joy Meshulam, and Cam Comstock were match winners.
Grenier, Ryan and Meshulam all shot one-over-par.
VOLLEYBALL
Danvers 3
Marblehead 0
In set scores of 19-25, 20-25, and 14-25, the Marblehead volleyball team dipped to 6-11 after losing to Danvers. Deysha Amadis registered eight kills while Reese Friedman dished out nine assists. Alyssa Gentile had 11 digs and Sydney Faris added another nine.
Marblehead finishes its season Thursday at rival Swampscott.
Masconomet 3
Marblehead 0
The Magicians (6-9) had a tough night against a solid Masco squad. Leading the way for Marblehead was Lila Moniz who recorded 10 kills, while Maddie Cole chipped in with five. Alyssa Gentile had 16 digs.
GIRLS SOCCER
St. Mary’s 3
Marblehead 0
The Lady Spartans (10-6-1) are still riding their winning streak, which now stands at five games after a 3-0 win against Marblehead at Manning Field.
Bella Owumi scored the first two before Sophie Skabeikis added the insurance. Kylie Kennison played a strong game in net.
“It’s a great non-league win against a tough Marblehead squad. We’re playing well right now. We’ve only given up two goals in five games,” said coach Jim Foley. “The defense was on point today. Riley Maguire, Ava Nason, and Cameryn Dunn played phenomenal games defensively.”
CROSS COUNTRY
The Peabody girls cross country team was crowned regular season champion of the Northeastern Conference with a victory against Marblehead.
For Marblehead (5-2), Marrietta O’Connell took first overall to extend her NEC dual meet unbeaten streak to two full seasons.
Despite O’Connell’s brilliance, the depth of Peabody was too much as it claimed second, third, fifth, sixth, and seventh. Marblehead’s Cat Piper finished fourth for the Magicians.
The Marblehead boys capped off their regular season undefeated (7-0) and captured the NEC championship. Isaac Gross finished first for the Magicians with Will Cerrutti following right behind for the one-two finish.
Jonah Potach had a “great day” for Marblehead and finished sixth, according to coach Brian Heenan.