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Masconomet coaching legend Len Emmons has never been a fan of night soccer. He drew even further away from the idea of it after his previously-unbeaten Chieftains (12-1-3) fell at Wilmington last Friday, 2-1.

Lawrence High, stumbling at 1-5 and rife with disciplinary benchings, was the ultimate wounded puppy.

Unbeaten Masconomet pushed the Lancers into a corner and refused to relent, laying a rain-soaked 34-7 beating on the host club last night.

Masconomet Regional High's band does not march much, but that does not mean those students who play in the concert band can't march when they go to college.

"Even though we don't have a marching band, kids who leave here, it's not so hard for them to get" on a college marching band, said Walter 'Randy' O'Keefe, director of the band program at the regional high school for Topsfield, Boxford and Middleton.

Minutes after Cape Ann League scoring leader Mike Kennedy spotted Lynnfield a one-goal advantage yesterday afternoon, one thing became abundantly clear | host Masconomet was done fooling around.

The Chieftains assaulted the Pioneers' net in the latter stages of the first half to emerge with a 4-1 victory that kept their unbeaten record intact at 12-0-3.

If last Tuesday's tightly played 1-0 loss to North Andover wasn't a wake-up call to the rest of the league that Georgetown was for real, then yesterday's Royals' 0-0 draw against Masconomet made that clear.

IPSWICH | Masconomet's undefeated season was never really in jeopardy as the visitors ran through the mud and were too slick for the Ipswich Tigers, 42-8 last night.

Senior T.C. Mannetta led a quartet of running backs for the 6-0 Chieftains, gaining 72 yards on just four carries, including the a 51-yard touchdown run in the early minutes.

The Clippers played what coach Robb Gonnam believes to be their best half of the season en route to taking a 1-0 lead into the break against Masconomet. Jillian Kinter scored the lone Clippers' goal at 16:19. Unfortunately, the home team came out of the break a step behind and Masco's Ashley McKinley made the Clippers pay with a goal in the 55th minute.

TOPSFIELD -- Masconomet football coach Jim Pugh didn't have a pep talk prepared for halftime. Even if he did, his team never would have allowed him the time to deliver it.

The Chieftains took it upon themselves to turn things around after getting overpowered by Wilmington in the first half last night. Masco took control in the trenches, and erased a seven-point halftime deficit for a 17-14 win.

It seems like the games just keep getting tougher for unbeaten Masconomet.

After the Chieftains (4-0) dismantled Bishop Fenwick, 35-14, in the third week of the season, they had to bounce back and play long-time Cape Ann League rival Hamilton-Wenham the following weekend. Then, after their 29-22 victory over the Generals, they immediately started looking at the next challenge.

Annie Burns recorded her fifth shutout of the season as Masconomet downed Manchester Essex 7-0.

Ashley McKenelley scored twice and had an assist and Blaire Shrewsbury dished out two helpers as the Chieftans (7-1, 5-0 CAL) remained unbeaten in league action.