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Central Catholic's golfers had a superb day at the Black Swann Country Club in Georgetown, finishing second at the Division 2 sectional, to advance to the state tournament next week in Grafton. Mikey Ysantopolus led the Raiders with a 73 and Max Hagan had a 77 and both also advanced to the individual tournament. Ysantopolus finished in third place overall.

Casey Thompson scored twice to lead Central Catholic to a 3-0 field hockey win over Bishop Fenwick.

North Andover's golfers missed qualifying for the Division 1 state meet by one stroke, finishing third to St. John's Prep and Lowell. Matt Lucey led North Andover with a 75 at the Bass Rocks Golf Club in Gloucester while Haverhill's Troy Donahue fired a 76.

Alexis Mancha had a season-high 19 kills along with 26 assists and 13 digs as Andover held off upset-minded Central Catholic 3-2 in volleyball. Sophia Wang was also big with 28 assists, 29 service points and 13 digs for the Warriors (15-2). Hallie Dunn had nine kills and 14 service points for Central.

The North Andover field hockey team scored all its goals in the secomd half, with Keelin Rogers scoring twice, in a 4-0 win over Westford.

Claudia Crowe scored the first three goals of the game as Methuen whipped Malden in field hockey, 6-1.

Grace MacDonald scored a hat trick and added two assists as Georgetown blasted Amesbury 8-1 in field hockey.

The Andover swim team tuned up for Friday's MVC showdown with unbeaten Chelmsford with an easy 103-78 win over Belmont. Sophomores Eliza Williams and Emily Ma had big days for the Warriors (11-0).

Pentucket's  Siobhan O’Keefe set a course record at Triton's home course, placing first, but the Sachems fell to Triton 27-29. 

Pentucket's boys cross country team wrapped up a perfect 10-0 Cape Ann League regular season title with a 17-39 win over previously unbeaten Triton. Surging sophomore Peter Lopata was first in 17:56 on Triton's brutal 3-mile course, just one second ahead of senior Nick Murphy and sophomore Sam Stys.

It was a fantastic season for Pentucket boys tennis, but the postseason run came to an end with a 3-2 loss to Weston in the Division 3 North finals Friday.

MALDEN - You never want to see a teammate go down, but Greater Lawrence's Marc Travers is always ready when his number gets called.

With starting quarterback Jose Caceres sidelined with an injury, Travers, a senior from Methuen, was forced in to the starting role Saturday evening in a tight spot. A win against Mystic Valley would guarantee the Reggies a playoff berth, but a loss could have left them on the outside looking in.

Sophomore Izzy Shih made a save on a breakaway with 10 seconds left as Andover held on to tie Lincoln-Sudbury, 0-0. "That took 10 years off my life!" said Andover coach Meghan Matson. "I think that was Izzy's seventh shutout this year."

GILFORD — Cody Potter only threw the ball eight times but he made them all count, completing five for 171 yards and three TD passes.

The junior signal-caller led unbeaten Windham in a 45-8 romp over Belmont-Gilford, which fell to 1-6.