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HAVERHILL — With a landmark victory over Methuen/Tewksbury in the books, and a senior day matchup with rival Andover just days away, was the Haverhill/Pentucket/North Andover girls hockey team in danger of a let-down  against Masconomet on Saturday night?

BOXFORD – Ethan Ford had been training for Saturday afternoon pretty much since his first high school wrestling season.

And after improving one step at a time over his career, the North Andover senior finally got his crown.

The Pentucket boys basketball team snapped its 12-game lising streak with a 54-50 win over Masconomet. Peter Cleary led the way with 15 points, while Peter Lopata was right behind with 14.

Trailing 6-2 to ighly ranked Liam McAveny, Andover sophomore Jonathan Davila charged back for a 7-6 decision to highlight Andover's 36-18 victory over Masconomet.

Segev Moritz placed fifth overall to pace the North Andover skiers to a pair of victories in North Shore League ski action. The Knights had a good day, placing seven in the top 20 and 10 in the top 30 skiers.

There have been six meets scheduled but Tuesday was the first day of actual skiing in the North Shore Ski League. North Andover downed Masco, 91-44, led by Caleb Lister and Segev Moritz.

Andover's Rawson Iwanicki is really hitting his stride for the St. John's Prep wrestling team. After beating two ranked wrestlers last Saturday, the freshman 138-pounder defeated No. 3-rated Liam McAveny 7-3 Monday as the Prep won four times to improve to 23-0-1 on the year. 

Andover tuned up for a big home game against HPNA Saturday with a 3-0 win over Masconomet. Lauren Adams, Kalli Archambault and Kate Gemmell all scored for the Warriors (6-1-3).

Owen Kamuda scored on a driving layup with three seconds left in regulation and Peter Cleary beat the buzzer on a 23-footer in OT as Pentucket beat Masconomet in a 60-58 thriller. Cleary had 20 points, Peter Lopata 15 and Sam Stys 11 for the Sachems. Jake Etter was hurt in the first quarter. Coach Ed Hickey said it could be a knee sprain and the early prognosis is he could be out 1-2 weeks.

Greater Lawrence got off to a solid start to the season in a six-team meet, winning twice and tying Tewksbury out of five meets. Aden Ranno (126)and Amauris Gomez (160) were both a perfect 5-0 on the day and Edward Pimental (182), Dominic Colon (195) and heavyweight Benedict Nouel were all 4-1.