Sullivan Leads St. John's to Win

At the Swampscott Middle School, the Boys Bantams took on Our Lady of Assumption of Lynnfield.

Peter Battinelli got things going for St. John's with a length of the court drive for the first basket of the game. After Lynnfield evened things up, Luke Marshall's jumper sent Swampscott on a 6-0 run to take the early lead.

Both teams settled into an exchange of baskets. With 6:55 to go in the half, Chad Swigor fed Gavin Sullivan for a 3-pointer and a 15-6 St. John's lead.

Matty Moran's bucket with 45 ticks left on the clock gave Swampscott its biggest lead as they entered half-time up 27-15.

Lynnfield scored first to start the second half. More than two minutes went by before St. John's could manage to score. But when they finally did, it was a big 3-pointer by Brendan Bradley.

This started a 13-0 run finished with a Gavin Sullivan hoop for a 40-17 lead with 7:38 left in the game. OLA would never get back into the game.

A late offensive put back by Jack Leahy finished the scoring as Swampscott cruised to a 58-24 win.

Gavin Sullivan led St. John's with 9 points and Josh Allen added eight. Despite being held scoreless, Noah Carreiro had 8 rebounds, 2 assists, and a block in the win. St. John's has now won 3 of their last 4 games.

They play Star of the Sea in Marblehead on Friday night.