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Windham's unbeaten field hockey team survived a scare from Londonderry but got a second half goal from freshman Sophia Ponzini on an assist from Amy Lanouette to prevail 1-0 in the Division 1 quarterfinals. The Jaguars have still not given up a goal all season. 

Salem scored first, on a goal by Abigail Thomas, and played well according to coach John Gatsos, but couldn't hold on and fell to Londonderry in the first round of the Division 1 field hockey tournament. Lyndsay Troisi had 15 saves for the Owls. Londonderry will face defending champ Windham Saturday.

The Windham boys cross country team grabbed its second big win in two weeks, running by Londonderry 25-30. Led by Rohan Rai, Windham went 2-3-5-7-8 for the win. Michael Killion had a superb race to finish third.

LONDONDERRY — Windham could do nothing to slow defending Division 1 state champion Londonderry and star QB Dylan McEachern, as the Jaguars fell 41-0 on Friday night.

Stephen Mague led Windham (0-2), rushing for a team-high 94 yards on eight carries and making nine tackles. Jackson Milano made a team-best 13.5 tackles, while Keegan Parke made 11 stops.

But McEachern continued to surge for Londonderry (3-0). He rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns and threw a third score.

Windham faces another tough task in its regular season finale, hosting Salem (2-1) next Saturday (1 p.m.)

Reagan Murray scored twice as Windham girls soccer erupted for four straight goals to start the second half, and held off Londonderry 4-2 for the Jaguars' first win of the season. Alyssa Tarabocchia and Katie Durkin each also scored a goal for the Jags.

Cecilia Ponzini scored twice and Amy Lanouette had a goal and two assists as Windham's field hockey team stayed unbeaten (6-0), blanking Londonderry 5-0.

Timberlane's girls soccer team edged Londonderry 1-0 to improve to 5-0 on the year — its best start in at least 15 years according to coach Jeff Baumann. Sophomore Sophia Keogh scored the lone goal, which was her fifth of the season.

Pinkerton's Gina Ruffo ran to first overall, as the Astros took nine of the top 10 spots on the way to beating Londonderry 19-44 on Saturday. Emma Plaza and Olivia Welch were the next best Astros, in third and fourth respectively . 

LONDONDERRY – There wasn’t the typical 5,000 frenzied fans surrounding the battlefield.

But football was played.

The event was missing the yearly union between two of New England’s best marching bands, combining with more than 200 instruments for a spine-chilling rendition of the national anthem.

DERRY, N.H. — Pinkerton surrendered just one basket to archrival Londonderry in the fourth quarter, giving the Astros two shots at a dramatic finish.

But a lay-up attempt to take the lead with 0:44 left just spun out, a 3-pointer to tie the game with 0:17 to go was barely off the mark, and the No. 10 Lancers hit seven straight free throws down the stretch to beat No. 7 Pinkerton 46-43 in the first round of the Division 1 girls basketball tournament on Wednesday.