St. John’s Prep 11, Acton-Boxborough 7 – Eagles’ seniors lead the way to season-opening win

By Graham Dietz DANVERS — For the four-time Division 1 high school boys’ lacrosse defending champions, St. John’s Prep, senior leadership is a core fundamental of the program. That showed in the Eagles’ season-opening matchup against Acton-Boxborough, as senior captain Cam McCarthy (three goals) and senior Josh Haarmann (four goals, assist) steered SJP (1-0) to an 11-7 home victory on Saturday morning. McCarthy admitted that the cast of seniors on the team, 23 in total, have a unique connection with one another. It comes down to everybody chipping in ra