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LAWRENCE — Without practice Sunday, Andover was force to sit for 24 hours and think about its one-goal loss to archrival Central Catholic the previous day. So when the Golden Warriors hit the ice yesterday, they were ready take out their frustration.

Lincoln-Sudbury scored 25 seconds into the season opener with Andover and the goal stood up in a 1-0 decision.

The Warriors peppered Millicent Cruman with 40 shots but couldn't break the ice on the season.

Andover lost to Lincoln-Sudbury 25-15, 25-14, 25-17 to fall to 0-2.

LOWELL | First came the rain, soaking through the roof at the Lowell High School gymnasium and forcing last night's Division 2 North semifinal girls basketball game to be stopped on three separate occasions.

WOBURN | After two scoreless periods in last night's Division 2 North first round contest against Lincoln-Sudbury, Masconomet hockey coach Bill Blackwell implored his team to keep its composure. The cool and collected team would win the day, he reasoned.

Behind 12 saves from Meghan Pettoruto, Andover escaped Lincoln-Sudbury with a 1-0 win. The Warriors totalled 37 shots on goal, but only Sarah Oteri's second-period blast found the back of the net.

There will be a new Division 1 North girls soccer champion this year.

Lincoln-Sudbury made sure of that yesterday, scoring early on and making that one goal stand up in a 1-0 upset of defending champion Masconomet.

The Gloucester field hockey team knew that it would have trouble with the turf surface at Lincoln-Sudbury High School yesterday.

While it didn't take too long for the 12th-seeded Fishermen to adapt to the faster surface, they could not provide an answer for a relentless offensive attack by fifth-seeded Lincoln Sudbury, as Gloucester fell 6-0 in the first round of the Division 2 North state tournament.