HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Plymouth's DiRito pitches Catholic Memorial baseball past BC High

BOSTON -- Here's the best thing you could say about the BC High baseball team's performance on Wednesday: it was, in the words of first-year coach Steve Healy, "totally uncharacteristic" of the way the Eagles have played this season.

Nick DiRito's outing, on the other hand, was right in line with what he had done before.

DiRito, a senior captain from Plymouth, pitched an abbreviated two-hit shutout to lead Catholic Memorial to a 10-0 win over BC High at Monan Park. He struck out five, walked one and needed only 64 pitches (42 of them strikes) to go the distance in a game shortened to 5 innings by the mercy rule.

"The plan was just to go out there and throw strikes, attack the hitters," DiRito said. "The defense played well behind me. All-around good game."

"He's excellent," CM coach Hal Carey said of the right-hander. "He's worked hard, obviously, in the offseason. The good thing with him is that he throws hard and has multiple pitches. His fastball, curve, slider, changeup, he's comfortable throwing them in any count. He did a really good job and worked with good pace."

In his first start of the season, DiRito got a 5-inning no-decision, striking out 10 against Central Catholic in the Knights' opener. CM lost that one, 4-3, in 10 innings.

"Tough loss," DiRito said. "We battled to the end. We have a real solid team this year. Everybody 1 through 9 can hit. It's going to be a good year."

It should be a good year for BC High, too, despite the sloppy outing in this one. The Eagles (3-2) had won three straight since dropping their opener at Lincoln-Sudbury but they were done in by a gruesome start. Over the first three innings they committed three errors, threw eight wild pitches, walked four batters and hit two others, allowing the Knights to grab a 7-0 lead despite having only three hits.

In fact, CM (2-1) got hits from three of its first four batters -- Conor Coulter leadoff double, DiRito RBI double, Curt Boyd RBI single -- and then didn't get another hit until they opened the fifth inning with three straight, including a two-run triple by Nolan Mullen.

"Hats off to CM. They played well," said Healy, who grew up in Quincy and now lives in Hanover. "They outplayed us in every phase of the game today. We gotta get better."

Healy, a BC High grad, is taking over for legendary coach Norm Walsh.

Asked if it was weird not seeing Walsh in the opposing dugout, Carey, in his 18th season at the CM helm, said, "Little bit. Steve's a great coach. I know he did JV for a lot of years and helped out with the varsity last year. He's a tremendous coach. He's a little calmer than Norm. But they'll be fine. They have a good team. We play them again in a few weeks and that'll be a tough one."

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BASEBALL

Archbishop Williams 6, Arlington Catholic 5: Chris Swirlabus earned his first save and Joe Schwartz picked up his win, in relief, for the Bishops (2-1). Shawn Harrington and Matt Goode each had a pair of hits.

Oliver Ames 5, Milford 2: Jack Richardson picked up the win, allowing 4 hits over 5 innings with 10 strikeouts and no earned runs. Nathaniel Lewis and Jack Muir each was 2 for 3 with a run scored. Jack Richardson and Nathan Carpentier each drove in a pair of runs.

Rockland 13, Hull 4: The Bulldogs (1-4) picked up their first win of the season as Ian White starred. He pitched a complete game and also went 4 for 4 at the plate with a double, triple and 3 runs scored.

Milton 13, Needham 1: Brian Foley earned the win, striking out 10 over 5 innings. Charles Walker went 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 RBI for the Wildcats (4-1).

Brookline 8, Weymouth 7: Sean Zaslaw homered and drove in 3 runs, and Andrew Ferguson doubled twice and had a pair of RBI, but the Wildcats fell to 0-5.

Middleboro 8, Norwell 7: The Sachems won a South Shore League game.

Mansfield 7, Stoughton 6: The Black Knights dropped a Hockmock League game.

Thayer 10, Noble & Grenough 2: The Tigers dropped an ISL game.

Walpole 5, Braintree 4: The Wamps dropped a Bay State Conference game.

SOFTBALL

Oliver Ames 5, Milford 2 (8 inn.): Katie Melendy earned the complete-game win in the circle, allowing only 4 hits, and knocked in the winning run in the top of the eighth for OA. Emily Martin led off the eighth with a double and moved to third on a groundout by Lexi Galsband (2 for 3). Melendy plated Martin with a single to make it 3-2, and Katherine Farley (2 for 4, 2 runs, 2 RBI) later added a two-run single. Caitlin Miller (2 for 4, RBI) had a run-scoring double in the seventh.

Bridgewater-Raynham 18, Marshfield 0 (5 inn.): The Trojans exploded for 11 runs in the first inning while Lily Welch and Holly Clary combined for the shutout. Riain Keefe (3 hits, 4 runs, RBI), Taylor Feist (2 hits, double, 3 runs, 4 RBI), Julia Shearstone (2 doubles, 2 runs, 5 RBI) and Emma Talpey (3 hits, double, 2 runs, RBI) starred at the plate for the Trojans (1-2).

Bristol-Plymouth 13, Blue Hills 7: Sylvia Cull went 4 for 4 and scored 3 runs for the Warriors in the loss. Rylee McKnight pitched well in her first career start and went 2 for 3 with an RBI and 2 runs scored. Jayden Craft played well defensively at catcher and reached base 3 times while driving in 2 runs.

Stoughton 6, Mansfield 5: Kerry Driscoll picked up her fourth win of the season while going 3 for 4 at the plate. Alyssa Edwards starred at the plate by going 4 for 4 with a triple and double. Melody Casna went 2 for 2 with 2 RBI.

Rockland 12, Cohasset/Hull 8: Kiley Murdock and Lexie McKenna pitched well as the Bulldogs (1-4) presented new coach Ali Sammon with her first win.

East Bridgewater 8, Hanover 7 (8 inn.): In the road loss, Hanover (2-1) got two hits each from Abby Smith, Kaelyn Chase, Mary Kate Flynn and Abby Hanna.

Milton 4, Needham 3: Hannah Andrews knocked in Anna Radley for the walk-off win.

Taunton 20, Canton 1: Jess Wright drove in Anna Lehman for Canton's lone run.

Middleboro 14, Norwell 3: The Sachems won a South Shore League game.

Arlington Catholic 1, Archbishop Williams 0: The Bishops lost a pitchers' duel at home.

BOYS LACROSSE

Hull 6, Abington 5: John Gianibas scored the winning goal in double-overtime as the Pirates knocked off the Green Wave in a South Shore League game. Sean Walsh made 20 saves in net.

Nauset 18, Rockland 8: The Bulldogs (3-1) dropped their first game of the season. Lucas Leander scored 4 goals and had an assist while Tyler Boehner had 3 goals and an assist.

Cohasset 14, Braintree 4: The Skippers (3-1) posted a non-league win.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Archbishop Williams 18, Arlington Catholic 10: Karaline O'Toole starred with 7 goals and 2 assists for the Bishops (3-1). Caroline Batchelder added 4 goals and 3 assists while Maeve White had a hat trick.

Abington 16, Southeastern 3: Olivia Maguire, Natalie Van Luling, Rebecca Rix, Kayla Reilly and Mary Klein all had goals for the Green Wave in the win.

Noble & Greenough 12, Thayer Academy 5: The Tigers lost an ISL game.

BOYS TENNIS

Rockland/East Bridgewater 5, Pembroke 0: Rockland/EB (4-1) swept the match thanks to singles wins from Adam Beatrice, Petr Quinn and Nick Mesheau and doubles wins from Het Patel/Will Cifrino and Will Maynard-Pimental/Logan Maguire.

Oliver Ames 5, Milford 0: Nick Westerbeke, Kylash Gannesh and Raphael Vache all won in singles, and Ben Dias and Alex Vasilou won 11-9 in a third-set tiebreaker at second doubles for OA.

Canton 4, Taunton 1: Max Kupferman, Suraj Ramanathan and Justin Ngan all won in straight sets in singles. The fourth point for Canton (4-1) came from the second doubles team of Luke Romano and Kevin Moltenbrey.

Quincy 4, Marshfield 1: Quincy's first doubles team of Sai Kuchulakanti and Ethan Sheng won, 6-3, 6-3.

North Quincy 4, Whitman-Hanson 1: The Raiders topped the Panthers in Patriot League action.

GIRLS TENNIS

North Quincy 4, Whitman-Hanson 1: Whitman-Hanson's point came from the second doubles team of Riley Getchell and Mary Lynam.

Oliver Ames 4, Milford 1: Hannah Farber (first) and Elizabeth O’Brien (third) won singles matches for the Tigers. Caroline Peper/Morgan Vasiliou (first) and Marina Mierzwinski/Olivia Querzoli (second) both swept the doubles matches, 6-0, 6-0.

Marshfield 4, Quincy 1: The Rams topped the Presidents in Patriot League action.

BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Marshfield 83, Whitman-Hanson 53: Jason O'Keefe won the long jump (19-8) and 200 meters (:23.1), and Elias Horne won the 400m hurdles (1:02.1) and 110m hurdles (:17.4) for the Rams (2-0). Other winners for Marshfield: Nathan Gorham (high jump, 5-7); Lucas Will (javelin, 131-2); Jay Joyce (mile, 4:51); Kyle Behan (400m, :54.6); and Drew Pesko (2-mile, 10:11). O'Keefe also ran on the winning 4x100m relay (:45.4) with Ben Caldwell, Sam Devine and Cody Holbert.

Winners for Whitman-Hanson (1-1) were: Sean Donovan in the discus (82-9); Jake Caterer in the triple jump (41-2); Gordon Johson in the 800m (2:06); and the 4x400m relay team of Bobby Silva, Alex Kehayias, Ryan Smith and Johnson (3:47).

Hingham 78, Duxbury 59: Avery Warshaw won the high jump (6-2) and long jump (21-6), and Jared Salem won the 110m hurdles and triple jump and was second in the high jump (5-8) for the Harbormen in a Patriot League victory. Other winners for Hingham: Tom Shetzline (400m hurdles), Bryce Botelho (400m), Kam Goon (shot put), Brendan Burm (2-mile) and the 4x400m relay. Jack Brennan was second in both the shot put and discus.

Quincy/North Quincy 109, Hanover 26: Daithi Quinn (javelin, triple jump), Jonathan Bina (110m hurdles, 400m hurdles) and Gabe Rodrigues (shot put, discus) were double winners for visiting Q/NQ (2-0).

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Weymouth 76.66, Natick 59.33: Winners for the Wildcats included: Sophia Neville (200m, :28.9); Grace Richard (400m, 1:00.0); Emma Doran (800m, 2:27.0); Emma Daley (mile, 5:39); Ella Bates (2-mile, 11:57); Leah Goodine (triple jump, 31-4); Ainsley Weber (javelin, 98-3); and Kaleigh West (discus, 77-3).

Marshfield 80, Whitman-Hanson 56: Senior captain April Keyes won the 100m hurdles (:16.47) and 400m hurdles (1:08.2), and junior Sydney Pires won the long jump (14-10) and triple jump (31-11) for W-H. Other winners for the Panthers were: Katelyn Bagley (high jump, 4-8) and Willa McKay (javelin, 83-2).

Silver Lake 69.5, Plymouth North 67.5: The Lakers outscored the Blue Eagles 39.5-15.5 in the field events to earn the narrow win. Riley Paskow captured the 100m and 200m, Summer Bejarano won the mile, and Megan Laliberte won the 800m.

Quincy/North Quincy 88, Hanover 41: Sofia Slezas (100m, 200m), Victoria Rak (long jump, triple jump) and Pilar Brown (shot put, discus) were double winners for visiting Q/NQ (2-0).

Hingham 104, Duxbury 18: The Harbowormen topped the Dragons in Patriot League action.

GIRLS GOLF

Duxbury 6, Cohasset 0: Charlotte MacCallum, Tierney Regan, Harper Capilli, Lucy Laviolette, Grace Landolfi, Olivia Kyriakides, Layla Penn and Alianna Cawley all won for the Dragons (3-0). Julia Bianchi and Abby May played well in the loss.

Hingham 6, Quincy/North Quincy 0: The Harborwomen won at Furnace Brook Golf Course.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Brockton 3, Quincy 1: Quincy had 70 digs and 9 blocks as a team in the loss (25-22 25-23, 13-25, 25-9).

This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: South Shore high school sports scores and highlights from April 13