HOCKEY

Valley Hockey League

Mites: Melrose (Mass.) 7, Cavaliers 3

Melrose put up five goals in the first period – despite the aggressive efforts of the Cavaliers’ defense – and held on for the win.

The Cavaliers’ offense, consisting of Sal D’Amico, Will Dodge and Sinead Macaraeg dug deep late in the first controlling the puck and netting a goal. Dodge scored with an assist by D’Amico to end the period 5-1.

The second opened up with great team work by the offense, as Mike Spinazzola, Jack MacEachen, Evan Doughty and Kelci Waters got the puck into offensive zone but came up short of a goal do to Melrose’s hard back-checking back checking of Melrose.

The Cavs’ defense of Stephen Toom and Matthew D’Ortona worked the boards in an effort to keep the Melrose offense at bay.

Cavaliers goalie Chase Devins stopped a barrage of shots on net.

Doughty worked the neutral zone, while Toom started the Cavs’ scoring with an unassisted goal at 7:34 of the period.

Jake Dodge and Jesse Gertz kept the Melrose play out of the Cavs’ end through the third period.

With under a minute left in the game, the line of Maceachen, Toom and Macaraeg would combine for a goal by Toom.

BASKETBALL

CYO

JUNIOR MITES

(3rd/4th grade)

Co-ed: St. Chris White 8, Infant Jesus 21

St. Chris dropped to 1-2 on the season with a tough loss to a skilled Infant Jesus squad this weekend.

St. Chris scorers were Danny Klevish (5), Sam Dufoe (3) and Michael Popik (2).

Co-ed: St. Chris Green 22, Presentation of Mary 2

Coming out strong for their second game of the season, the St. Chris squad took the win over PMA.

Notable offensive contributions for St. Chris came from Aidan DeNeill, Quinn Mansperger, Nolan Ryan and Trevor Labreque.

MITES (5th/6th grade)

Girls: St. Chris White 30, St. Chris Green 7

The St. Chris girls faced each other in a hard fought match at Resurrection.

In the end the Green team record moves to 1-2 and the White team moves to 3-0.

Kirsten McIntire (4), Kristen Coumas (2) and Sophia Lathram (1) put points on the board for the Green girls, while Krysta Mack (8), Rita Dow (8) and Peyton Ryan (8) led the White team’s scoring.

Boys: Resurrection Black 33, St. Chris White 13

St. Chris fell behind early to a talented Resurrection squad on Sunday afternoon, highlighting the value of an aggressive start to the game.

St. Chris came back stronger in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to make up the lost ground.

Manny Mendoza (7), Jackson Lewis (4), and Joseph Kenosian (2) put points on the board for St. Chris.

Boys: Infant Jesus beats St. Joe’s

The Infant Jesus School Boys Basketball Mites improved to 2-0 with a decisive win over St. Joe’s of Nashua.

Wilson Nguyaii, Sam Mullett and Gianni Ungaro dominated the boards, preventing any St. Joe’s second shots.

Andrew Moody, Jordan Robichaud, Gianni Ungaro and Sam Charron led the offense for IJS – seven players combined to keep the team in the lead the entire game.

IJS executed a true team effort, and a stifling defense, holding St. Joe’s to ten points.

CADETS (7th/8th grade)

Boys: St. John 42,
St. Chris 32

The tandem of Ronnie Silva and Mason Dane allowed St. Chris to jump out to an early lead, but that was short lived as the deep St. John Neumann squad bounced back.

Although St. Chris was able to narrow the gap to six points in the fourth quarter, St. John tightened up and held on for a decisive win.