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Josh Creamer had two hits, two runs and two RBIs and got the win with two strong innings of relief as Pentucket beat Manchester Essex 11-5.

Mike O'Brien scored five goals and North Reading's boys lacrosse team stayed unbeaten by holding off stubborn Manchester Essex 9-7.

North Reading basketball is off to an 8-0 start for the "first time in forever," said head coach Joe Casey after defeating Manchester Essex, 65-51. Chris Capozzoli led all scorers with 19 points and added six rebounds for the Hornets while John Mastascusa had eight points and eight boards.

Georgetown junior Patrick York scored a career-high 27 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in a 76-70 loss ro Manchester Essex.

Led by North Andover resident Joe Cavallaro, who took top honors, St. John's Prep grabbed seven of the top eight places to blister the field in the skiing opener at Bradford yesterday. Jake Tarricone was third overall for Andover.

Colleen Kilian scored three goals to lead Pentucket girls soccer to its first win of the season, 3-0 over Manchester-Essex. The three tallies matched the number of goals the Sachems had scored through the first nine games combined, and were Kilian's first goals of the season.

John Braga has been asked to take on more of an offensive role this year and he has responded. The senior netted his first-career hat trick yesterday, leading North Reading boys soccer 3-1 over Manchester Essex.

After trailing for much of the contest, Jared Warren took a feed from Kevin Morrissey and found the back of the net in the 73rd minute, allowing Georgetown to escape Manchester-Essex with a 1-1 deadlock.

Christina Gallotto edged her way in as North Reading's fifth finisher, the deciding scorer in a 27-28 opening-day cross country victory over Manchester Essex.