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Sam Carriagan had 10 kills and  23 digs as Timberlane swept Winnacunnet in volleyball. Lauen Mezquita had 10 kills and 13 service points for the Owls.

Haverhill's hard-working field hockey team remained winless, losing to a strong Chelmsford team, but Hillies' goalie Zoe Martin was outstanding, recording a whopping 54 saves in the 5-0 setback.

Lucas Sciaudone got the game-winner in the second half as the North Andover boys soccer team (11-2) survived a scare from Lowell and prevailed, 2-1.

Trailing 2-0, the Central Catholic volleyball team won three straight games for  a big 3-2 win over Andover. In what was a true "team" win for the Raiders, Olivia Hall finished with 14 kills and Sarah Janco added 10. Alexis Mancha had 13 kills, 9 assists and 16 kills. for Andover

Trailing two sets to none, the Newburyport girls volleyball team rallied for three straight wins to pick up a thrilling 3-2 win over Georgetown-Pentucket. The Clippers started by taking the third set 25-21, pulled away in the fourth to win 25-17 and then took the decisive fifth-set tiebreaker 15-10. Sydney Yim led the Clippers with 12 kills and Julianne Heath had 11 assists.

The Lawrence volleyball team continued to roll, sweeping Dracut to improve to 15-0. Abigail Heredia was once again a force at the net with 17 kills and four blocks.

The Amesbury girls soccer team punched its ticket to the state tournament in admittedly anticlimatic fashion on Monday, playing Pentucket to a 0-0 tie to improve to 8-3-2 on the season. Alli Napoli made seven saves to record the shutout, and Pentucket (7-4-3) is now also one win away from qualifying for the postseason as well.

Claudia Crowe continued her scoring ways for Methuen in a 3-0 win over Stoneham, scoring two goals and assisting on the other goal as the Rangers improved to 8-4-2.

WINDHAM - With a mane of flowing blonde hair that would make even Rapunzel jealous, Windham's Cody Stevens looks more like a lion than he does a jaguar.

But Saturday afternoon, the big 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior played as ferociously as any wild animal. 

BRAINTREE — After getting its first win last week, Brooks couldn't make it two in a row following a 32-7 loss at undefeated Thayer Academy (4-0) on Saturday.

Thayer jumped out to a 19-0 lead after the first quarter before Brooks (1-3) got on the board with a Ben Gill 4-yard rushing touchdown.

METHUEN - Right from the opening kickoff, you could tell Central Catholic was locked in.

Maybe it was because junior quarterback Jared Silverio is from Methuen, and he desperately wanted to beat his buddies from back home. Or maybe it was because first place in the MVC Large was on the line.

PORTSMOUTH — The Pinkerton football team had little issue with Portsmouth Friday night, rolling to a convincing 36-7 win.

Gennaro Marra gave the Astros (6-1) the lead for good with a 4-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Then in the second quarter, Gannon Fast, Nick Lombard each scored on TD runs and Brandon Roy nailed a 21-yard field goals to make it 22-0 at halftime.

HAMPTON, N.H. — The Ference brothers did it all and Salem registered a huge 20-13 win over defending Division 1 champion Winnacunnet. Junior Michael Ference caught scoring passes of 4 and 15 yards from Kyle Poulin. Senior James Ference picked off two passes including late in the game at the Salem 12. Both clubs are now 5-2.

LAWRENCE — The Lawrence football team deserved better Friday night.

The Lancers outplayed Lowell for the first half, taking an 8-0, and scored with 20 seconds left in the game to close to within one, but fell short of winning their first game of the season, falling 15-14.