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Nick Pino scored four goals as North Andover boys lacrosse earned a big win 10-8 over Masconomet. The Scarlet Knigths improved to 8-7 while Masco fell to 13-3. 

North Reading had a season-best 11 hits including its sixth extra-base hit of the season — a Colby Maiola home run — in an 8-0 victory over Rockport. R.J. Warnock threw a two-hitter and benefitted from a pair of Hornet double plays defensively.

Emily Suplinskas supplied 1 1/3 innings of quality relief, and sophomores Hayley DeRoche and Susan Murphy rewarded the effort with a pair of seventh-inning, two-RBI base hits in Haverhill's 9-4 win over Notre Dame.

By edging Masconomet, 75-70, North Andover locked up its second straight CAL track title. Samantha Barron had a strong 113-6 javelin throw as part of a two-win day, and Deidre Martyn's 2:23.0 800 was a personal best.

With the lead run at third base and two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Manchester Essex decided to intentionally walk Ryan Browner to pitch to Mark Berkland. The Georgetown catcher made the Hornets pay, slapping a single to right center field that plated Dave Ingraham, and Dave Slack finished a fine mound effort to garner the 1-0 victory.

Renee Hensiek scored a rare triple win, taking the 200 (27.86), running on the winning 4x100 relay and winning the shot put (30-10) as Pinkerton edged Salem 72-67.

Windham softball led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the third when the game was suspended due to rain. Haley Psareas and Olivia Estes sparked the Jaguars with back-to-back triples. A date to continue the game is TBA.

Pinkerton exploded for nine runs in the final two innings, turning an 8-3 deficit into a 12-10 victory over Bishop Guertin. Heather Pelletier (solo home run) started a six-run seventh inning with a triple and Natalie Fabrizio (four hits including two triples) delivered the inning's big blow, a two-run triple.

Abby Galloway-Burke scored seven goals as first-year varsity program Methuen girls lacrosse won 20-12 over Tewksbury to win its first-ever MVC game. 

Jane Erlandson threw her first career varsity shutout, scattering four hits and striking out six batters as Georgetown softball won 12-0 over Salem. 

With a home playoff game as a big goal, Colin Gerstenberger stepped up as part of a fourth-quarter explosion that earned Windham lacrosse a key 9-4 victory over Kennett. In only his fifth game at attack, the senior sparked a seven-goal Jaguar blitz with his three-goal, three-assist effort. "Colin did a great job finding open guys with passes," said head coach Joe Young.

Pentucket fought off all pressure, delivering four two-out RBIs in a 5-2 victory over Masconomet. Junior Connor McGuirk had the game's big hit, a single up the middle that scored two of the Sachems' three third-inning runs.

Timberlane snapped Keene volleyball's three-game win streak in convincing fashion, sweeping three games. Freshman libero Jake Shaheen saw his first varsity action and played a strong defensive game for the Owls.

Lauren Witzgall won three events (long jump, triple jump and 200) and pitched in to help the 4x100 relay team finish first, highlighting North Reading's season-ending 90-55 track victory over Lynnfield.

Timberlane added another chapter to its storybook season when it exploded for 10 third-inning runs, en route to yesterday's 15-3 win over Keene.

The Owls (9-4) did all of its third-inning damage with two outs.