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John Bishop scored two of Haverhill's four second period goals, but the Hillies fell to Hamilton-Wenham in overtime in the championship game of the Newburyport Bank Tournament. 

HAVERHILL — Chase Dwight threw for 132 yards and three touchdowns as Pentucket rebounded from its first loss of the season by downing Hamilton-Wenham 20-12.

Trailing 6-0 after a quarter, Dwight gave Pentucket (3-1)  its first lead of the day when he found Brandon Lee for a 20-yard touchdown pass.

HAMILTON - At times in the second half Saturday, Hamilton-Wenham's effort appeared heroic with Pentucket Regional poised for sheer disaster.

The Generals' grit simply wasn't enough, though, as the Sachem playmakers delivered when it mattered late, avoiding the upset with a hard-fought 28-22 victory.

Newburyport golf opened its season with a decisive home win over Hamilton-Wenham, taking the match 148-94. Colin Richmond led the Clippers with 33 points while Sam Lyman and Andrew Cullen tied for second with 29 points. Newburyport is now 1-0 to start interim coach Bill Pettingell's tenure.

Pentucket's field hockey team won its third straight, blasting Hamilton-Wenham 7-0. Janet Dickens scored twice and five other players scored for the Sachems (7-4).

Jessica Hood scored three goals and Gianna Conte had three assists as the Triton field hockey team rolled over Hamilton-Wenham 7-0. Kelly Sharkey, Jamie Bell, Carisa Boyle and Sarah Burd also scored for the Vikings.

Pentucket's boys cross country team had six runners finish with 11 seconds, led by winner Peter Lopata, in a 15-49 romp over Hamilton-Wenham. The Sachems improved to 4-2.

WEST ANDOVER — Jose Caceres (21-136) and Ader Mezidor (10-111) both surpassed 100 yards rushing but Greater Lawrence couldn't overcome a 26-0 halftime deficit and lost to Hamilton-Wenham 26-16. The Reggies (1-2) did all their scoring in the third quarter on two short TD runs by Caceres, who also added both conversions.

Newburyport and Hamilton-Wenham volleyball played about as close a match as possible on Wednesday, but the Clippers wound up falling in five sets 3-2. Newburyport lost the first set 20-25, won the second 26-24 and then got creamed 9-25 in the third before rallying back and winning the fourth 25-23, setting up the decisive fifth set. The two teams tied 15-15 to effectively go to sudden death, but Hamilton-Wenham got the winning points to take the final set 17-15. Sydney Yim led Newburyport with five kills, five blocks and six aces, and Grace Shelley added five kills in the loss.

The Newburyport and Hamilton-Wenham golf teams played a thriller at Myopia Hunt Club on Tuesday, with the Generals edging out the Clippers by just one point in a 135-134 win. Jacob Grossi-Hogg scored 36 points, Michael Twomey had 25, Sam Lyman added 21 and Colin Richmond scored 20.