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PELHAM —Monadnock, compared to other opponents, gave Pelham a bit of a test Friday night.

The host Pythons only led 20-8 at halftime before pulling away in the third quarter for a 40-8 victory.Still, the 32-point difference was the narrowest of the season.

SALEM - Salem intercepted five Londonderry passes and Tommy Ahlers had another huge game with three more touchdowns (2 runs and a pick-6) as the Blue Devils stunned unbeaten Londonderry 35-21 on Friday night.

LAWRENCE — Understandably, Methuen freshman Shane Eason had a mixed reaction when he found out that he'd be in the starting backfield for Friday night's MVC battle at Lawrence.

HAVERHILL — Lowell Catholic earned a 28-15 win over Whittier Friday night. Eighth-grader Kaden Silton threw for a score and ran for a score and Aidan Virella rushed for 100 yards and two TDs. For Whittier (4-3), Eno Bryant scored on an 8-yard run and Ryan Archambault hauled in a 28-yard TD pass from Cam West. Jyzaiah Ferreira rushed for 124 yards.

Methuen volleyball blitzed Chelmsford to qualify for States for the 14th time in 17 seasons under Matt Twomey. Carolina Rodriguez and Julianna Buck starred.

Madison Gosse scored a whopping seven goals and Whittier girls soccer drubbed KIPP, 11-0.

Methuen-Tewksbury swimming downed Lowell, 102-46, to wrap up a 10-0 regular season. Coach Jason Smith said the 10 wins and unbeaten regular season were both firsts for the school/program. Jenny Nguyen won the 200 IM, Marissa Connolly won the 100 free, and Katie Lefebvre rolled in the 500 free and 100 breaststroke.

Marissa Kobelski (17 kills, 4 blocks) and Adrie Waldinger (5 blocks, 19 serve points) led the way as Andover volleyball tripped Winchester, 3-1.

North Andover volleyball swept Central Catholic, 3-0. Leah Warren carried the Knights with 10 kills, 7 service points, 5 aces and 16 digs.

Leading by 2 points, Haverhill swimming won the final relay to shade Central Catholic, 97-89. Jackie Story, Kenzie Hillsgrove, Kailyn Aquino and Carli Quinlan made up that 400 freestyle relay squad.

NASHUA — Pinkerton's Don Terrio had waited his entire career for the ball to be in his hands, and then the moment arrived, he took full advantage.

"I hadn't touched the ball all season before that kickoff," said Terrio, a senior, with a smile. "I saw an opening, and as soon as I hit that seam I thought to myself, 'You can't get caught, you have to score.' And when I got to the end zone, I was happier than I ever had been."

MERRIMACK — Windham had its best offensive performance of the season but couldn't overcome a 27-7 halftime deficit and fell to Merrimack 48-27.

The Jaguars, led by quarterback Sam Dunham (22-85)  AJ Fox (7-58) rushed for 240 yards. Dunham also rushed for a touchdown and passed for two scores,one to Fox for 30 yards and another to Cole Peterson for four yards.

WEST ANDOVER — Trailing 20-7 at halftime, things looked blead for Greater Lawrence Friday night.

But the Reggies dug deep in the second half, on both sides of the ball, to overcome Essex Tech 27-20 for its first victory of the seasion.

LYNNFIELD — Breakout star quarterback Chase Dwight threw a touchdown, ran for a score and recovered a fumble on defense for another touchdown as Pentucket continue to roll, surging past Lynnfield 27-7 on Friday night.