St. John's Prep's hockey team made it look easy this past week, topping Wellesley (7-1) and Lincoln-Sudbury (6-2) in back-to-back Division 1 state tournament showings. Talk about a versatile attack. Against Wellesley, Cooper Hosmer and Jake Vana each lit the lamp twice. Caleb White, Mason Luciano, and Brendan Powers tucked the others, and the top-Eagles flew to the next … [Read more...] about On to the next one for St. John’s Prep icemen
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Success aplenty for boys and girls basketball
The town of Marblehead had plenty to cheer about in basketball gymnasiums this winter. The boys – helmed by coach Mike Giardi – finished with a 13-7 record, while Paul Moran’s girls team checked out at 14-8. Let’s start with the girls. Led by senior captains Kate Burns and Kathryn Pyne, the Magicians had lots of success throughout the regular season, including a … [Read more...] about Success aplenty for boys and girls basketball
Headers survive Methuen with third-period rally
A terrific hockey game between two evenly-matched teams, in which the Marblehead Headers outlasted the Methuen Rangers in Saturday's 3-1 final at Rocket Arena at Salem State University. The Headers entered as the No. 6 seed, with Methuen close behind at No. 11. It was a late-arriving crowd, but one that nearly reached capacity by opening puck-drop. Marblehead had the … [Read more...] about Headers survive Methuen with third-period rally
RUNNING AWAY WITH MVP
A struggle late against Leominster
For a moment Friday night, previous opponents of Marblehead’s boys basketball team must have been thinking, ‘Here we go again,’ harkening back to the Magicians’ Elite 8 run a winter ago. And for three quarters, it looked like déjà vu with No. 2 Leominster leading No. 34 Marblehead just 54-53. But in the end, the host Blue Devils caught fire in the fourth, catapulting them … [Read more...] about A struggle late against Leominster