Thursday (Oct. 10) at Tedesco Country Club, where both the Marblehead and Swampscott golf programs call home, the Tedesco Cup was retained by the Magicians in a 47.5-24.5 final.
Eight Magicians (Marty Ryan, Tyler Forbes, Jacob Hershfield, James Bickell, Greyson Leventhal, Joy Meshulam, Max King, Will Macrina) won their matches with Hershfield’s 33 earning him medalist.
Tyler Ostroff (37) Mike Collins (38), and Nick Smyth (39) shot well for Swampscott, which finished its season 5-9. Marblehead upped its record to 12-4 (11-2 Northeastern Conference) with the win.
BOYS SOCCER
St. John’s Prep 1
Xaverian 1
The Prep’s Joe DiCesare scored a header off a long throw from Romen Hlatshwayo with seven minutes remaining in Tuesday’s game against Xaverian, salvaging a 1-1 draw. Matt Theodore and Finn McCabe played strong games for The Prep, which now stands at 12-1-2.
GIRLS SOCCER
Marblehead 2
Manchester-Essex 0
The Magicians scored a solid win on the road against the Hornets. Marblehead received its goals from Callie Gilmore through a free kick and another from Sammy Dosch. Gilmore’s goal came five minutes into the game to give Marblehead an early advantage. Dosch’s came from a Cam O’Brien assist. For Gilmore, it was her 10th goal of the season to go along with three assists for the sophomore midfielder. Her twin sister, Hailey, was in goal made and seven saves to preserve her shutout.
FOOTBALL
St. John’s Prep 36
St. John’s Shrewsbury 14
No matter who you are or what league you’re in, 36 points in one half usually does the trick.
Despite playing in enemy territory, such was the case for St. John’s Prep against St. John’s Shrewsbury on Saturday. Freshman gunslinger Chris Vargas continued his stellar season with three more touchdown passes, while Merrick Barlow caught two of them. Jordan Toribio rushed to the promised land for the Eagles, who upped their record to 5-0.
CROSS COUNTRY
Marblehead’s boys traveled to Bradley Palmer State Park Wednesday (Oct. 9) afternoon to race against Masconomet and Danvers. The Magicians (6-0) defeated Masconomet, 23-32, and Danvers, 23-36.
The team was led by a first-place finish from Will Cerrutti with a time of 15:24. He was followed in second place by Nate Assa with a time of 15:33. Jacob Szalewicz had his best race of the season, finishing fifth with a time of 16:23.
On the girls’ side, they lost to Masconomet, but beat Danvers via a sixth-runner tie. Marri O’Connell (19:07) took first overall. Rounding out Marblehead’s top five were Evelina Beletsky (22:12), Ruby Assa (22:30), Abbie Goodwin (22:57), and Evie Becker (23:23).
“Both races could have gone either way as there were a lot of close finishes throughout,” said Marblehead coach Will Herlihy. “The scoring against Danvers was especially close. With the scores tied, it came down to the sixth-runner tie-break, which was Maren Potter (24:32). Similarly to the Swampscott race a couple of weeks back, Maren’s finishing position offset Danvers’ fifth runner, which sent the race to a tie-break in the first place, with the senior captain also being the deciding runner.”
