St. Clement Sports Report

Volleyball:

Lady Anchors Rally Their Way to the State Tournament

The Lady Anchors of Saint Clement end their volleyball regular season with an over-all record of 15-5, their best record in eleven years. The ladies started their week with a sweet 3-0 victory over Maimonides in Brookline on Sunday, October 23. Sophomore Kayla Morello (Medford) led the team with twenty service points while racking up seven aces. Helping secure the win was junior captain Allison Caloggero (Medford), who added eleven service points, four aces and four kills. On the net, junior captain Kristina Ofoedu (Somerville) smacked down ten kills.

When Lowell Catholic came to the Anchordome on Tuesday, October 25, the Lady Anchors took the Crusaders three games to one. Ofoedu had a miraculous twenty service points, six kills, two blocks, and ten digs, leading Saint Clement to victory. As the crowd cheered tremendously, junior Camilla Souza (Everett) gave the ladies relief by safely adding seventeen digs in the back row. While Caloggero quietly contributed with eleven digs, four kills, and four assists junior captain Judy D’Haiti (Cambridge) helped with crucial key saves.

After a crushing 3-0 loss to their league rivals Pope John of Everett, the Lady Anchors traveled to Lynn to face Saint Mary’s on Friday, October 28. Freshman Jessica Popken (Medford) got back into her groove and supplied the Lady Anchors with eighteen service points and ten stellar aces. Coming off the bench for the first time on varsity was 8th grader Katie Monestime (Somerville), helping Saint Clement with seven digs. Sophomore Megan Berg (Medford) provided key service points. The Lady Anchors took the victory from the Spartans three games to none.

The Lady Anchors ended their volleyball-packed week with a sluggish 3-0 loss to the Lady Eagles of Mystic Valley Charter School. The Lady Anchors will head to the tournament with high expectations and a hunger to win!

Football:

St Clement Anchormen Tame Marian Mustangs 14-8

The St. Clement Anchormen defeated the Marian Mustangs to capture their fifth win of the season. Courtesy photo.

On Saturday, October 29 the St. Clement Anchormen picked up their fifth win of the season in dramatic fashion against the Mustangs of Marian (Framingham) during a frigid, rainy game at Dilboy Stadium. Scoring was few and far between for both teams as the weather contributed to offensive struggles.

In the first quarter things got off to a bad start for the Anchormen as starting running back Alberto Lopez (Chelsea) went down with an injury, leaving the Anchormen short-handed on both sides of the ball.

“Our back-ups really stepped up today after what could have been a disaster for us,” said head coach Colin Walsh.

In the second quarter the Anchormen struck first as junior QB Jamie Thompson (Somerville) threw a 20-yard pass to sophomore Junior Oyaronbi (Revere), who just barely kept his feet in bounds for the dramatic TD reception. Andrew Carvahlo (Somerville) added the kick and St. Clement was up 7-0. On the very next play Marian returned the kick down to the Anchormen 11-yard line. On third down running back Joseph Gabarino ran in the Mustangs’ only score of the day. Senior Trevor Rabidou added the conversion rush and the Mustangs had taken over 8-7 going into half time.

In the second half St. Clement had plenty of scoring chances, but two fumbles deep in Marian territory and a TD rush called back for an offside call kept the game close. In the fourth St. Clement stayed with the ground game and senior Matthew Pereira (Somerville) was a force picking up 103 yards on twenty-six carries on the day. With the game on the line St. Clement sophomore fullback Deron “Suga” Hines (Chelsea) picked the perfect moment to shine. On a second and long he rambled thirty-seven yards on a sweep to get down to the Marian 11-yard line. On the very next play he rumbled for the go-ahead score. Carvahlo added the kick and the Anchormen were up 14-8. The defense held off a hard-charging Mustang offense to secure the victory for the Anchormen.

On defense senior Kevin Pierre (Malden) kept the Mustang pass game in check as he recorded seven tackles, three for a loss, a sack, and four QB knockdowns to set the tone for the rest of the team. Jamie Thompson was also a stand out, recording five pass defenses and the game-securing interception to lead the way for the Anchormen.

– Submitted by Dina Caloggero