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St. John's Basketball Shoots Down East Boston
Eagles pass an early-season test and now look forward to next week's Chelsea Tournament.
The undefeated St. John's Prep basketball team passed its stiffest test to date Thursday night, knocking off a talented East Boston club, 67-51, at Salem State University's Twohig Gymnasium.
The Eagles (3-0) built a 27-21 halftime lead and gradually pulled away throughout the second half. St. John's continued to excel from long distance, knocking down nine 3-pointers. Junior Mike Carbone led the onslaught with 24 points, including four triples. Steve Haladyna added 16 points and Pat Connaughton contributed a dozen, including a pair of trifectas. The Eagles also excelled defensively, containing the high-octane East Boston (2-2) offense.
The Eagles bounce back into action tonight at 7:15 against highly-regarded New Mission in the semifinal round of the Chelsea Tournament at Chelsea High School. New Bedford and Mansfield meet in the other semifinal, with the consolation and championship games scheduled for Wednesday (the games were pushed back a day due to the blizzard this weekend).
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Track team has strong week
The Eagles (1-1) ran past St. John's of Shrewsbury on Tuesday, 60-35, for their first win. St. John's was paced by double winners Bryan Browne, victorious in the 55-meter dash (6.89) and 300 (37.34); and Ben Halpin, with wins in the mile (4:31) and 2-mile (10:20). Mike Hayes won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.77 and added a second in the high jump, clearing 5-10. Sean Enos continued his early-season dominance in the shot put with a winning throw of 47 feet.
Several Eagles excelled at last Saturday's Winter Festival Invitational at The Reggie Lewis Center. Mike Galasso won the 600-meter run in a time of 1:23.89, his second best ever. Enos captured the shot put with an effort of 51-8.
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Other finalists included Nick Pesaturo (7th, 55 meters, 6.91), Browne (9th, 300, 37.64), the 4x200 relay team of Brandan West, Browne, Pesaturo and Joey Dumas (3rd, 1:35.46), the 4x400 relay team of Galasso, Fernando Galvez, Jon Touchette and Andrew Zucco (3rd, 3:38.12), and Hayes (3rd, high jump, 5-10).
The Eagles have planned a busy holiday week, running at Brockton on Tuesday morning and participating in the Holiday Qualifier on Wednesday. They were scheduled to take part in the Boston Holiday Challenge as well, but the Monday meet was cancelled due to the weather.
Grapplers improve record to 12-1
St. John's swept a five-way Thursday, stopping four South Shore schools – Pembroke (52-18), Marshfield (37-28), Sharon (69-10) and Oliver Ames (48-24).Mike Mayo (130), Alex Kwmuntis (135), TJ Crabtree (140) and Doug Harding (145) all had four wins, with Crabtree surpassing 150 career wins.
The Eagles scored a 46-18 decision of Southeast Regional in a dual match on Tuesday, getting wins from Mayo (130), Kwmuntis (135), Crabtree (140), Harding (145), Louis Bornstein (103), Jared Costa (125), Jamie Morey (160), Nick Drew (171), James Ingemi (189) and Corey Jean-Jacques (HW).
The Eagles swept a four-way from Agawam (55-19), Southwick (59-24) and Greenfield (34-3) with Crabtree, Mayo, Kwmuntis, Harding, Morey and Ingemi all winning three matches apiece.
St. John's is back on the mats next Wednesday at Saugus against Winthrop, Watertown and Saugus, then takes part in the Westerly, R.I. Tournament next Friday.
Eagles' on the ice
The Eagles' ice hockey, 1-0-1, was scheduled to play Catholic Memorial High School on Monday, but that game has been postponed to be announced later due to the blizzard. They are next scheduled to play St. John's Shrewsbury on Thursday at 7 p.m. at College of the Holy Cross.
