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No. 4 Andover girls tennis suffered its first loss of the season, falling to No. 5 Winchester 5-0 in the Division 1 Round of 8. The Golden Warriors finished the season 20-1.

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

Surprising North Andover will be playing for its first sectional volleyball title Monday (4:30 p.m.) at Westford Academy.

The Knights (11-4), who were 12-68 since the program started in 2016, earned that right by defeating Winchester 3-1 in Friday's North semifinals.

Aiden Ranno (126). Amauris Gomes (160) and Anthony Araujo (220) were all 3-0 for Greater Lawrence but the best the Reggies could manage in a quad-meet was a tie against Excel Academy. 

TEWKSBURY — The journey to the Division 1 North finals was certainly more enjoyable for Lawrence than Saturday night's 3-1 loss to unbeaten Winchester.

And it was just as noteworthy.

Central Catholic gave unbeaten No. 1 seed Winchester a real test before falling short, 3-1, falling 25-23 in the fourth game. Olivia Hall had 15 kills, 3 blocks and 2 aces for the Raiders (11-8) and Olivia Thomas-Roy passed out 33 assists. 

Molly Connolly scored four goals and Lexi Swartz and Kelcey Dion each tallied a hat trick as No. 3 North Andover girls lacrosse topped No. 6 Winchester 16-8 in the Division 1 North quarterfinals. The Scarlet Knights will next take on the winner of Friday's matchup between No. 2 Chelmsford and No. 7 Woburn.

 Northern Essex scored all 18 runs in a wild first inning in an 18-1 rout of Bunker Hill. Rob Lagasse led the first inning offense and was 3 for 4 at the plate with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored for the surging Knights (12-13). Spencer Brown and Lawrence's Leo Romero both had 3-RBI triples.

The Andover boys hockey team made its final case to make the Super 8, beating Winchester 3-2 to take home its second straight Newburyport Bank Classic championship. Alex Trottier made 22 saves and was named tourney MVP, as the Warriors (12-6-2) knocked off St. John's Prep and Winchester (14-7) to claim the crown. The committee will announce the Super 8 and the rest of the state pairings Saturday morning.