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ANDOVER — Anna Foley and Amelia Hanscom each scored 20 points and No. 1 Andover held off upset minded No. 16 Framingham, 60-52, Tuesday night at the Dunn Gym. Andover (19-1) advances to the State Division 1 quarterfinals against Cinderella No. 24 Newton North (12-11), which scored on an improbable buzzer-beater by Abigail Wright to beat Chelmsford, 46-45.

Kaitlyn Tierney's 3-pointer with a minute left snapped a 43-43 tie and Thyanais Santiago and Brooke Tardugno hit clutch late free throws as Methuen shaded Framingham 51-46.

Sophomore Emma Giordano scored her first two varsity goals as Methuen-Tewksbury stormed back from a 3-0 deficit in the third period to tie Framingham, 3-3.

Haverhill wrestling swept a quad-meet including 45-35 over Framingham. Heavyweight Colin McAninch's pin sealed that win.

The Central Catholic girls hockey team had five different goal scorers and got 21 saves from goalie Liz Smith to take down Framingham, 5-2, in the first round of the Inclusion Cup Tournament. The Raiders will now play Algonquin in the tourney finals on Thursday at 2:20 p.m.

Olivia Barron scored 15 points and Methuen rolled past Framingham 52-34.

Lawrence has been struggling in dual meets thus far, but it made a huge statement Friday by placing second at the Framingham Tournament.

West Springfield was the impressive champion with 225 points but the Lancers were next in the 23-team field with 165. Methuen placed 11th.

Timberlane, as expected, is flexing its muscles in the middle weights. In a quad-meet sweep of Phillips Exeter, Framingham and Noble, Maine, Connor McGonagle, Antonio Pallaria and Nick Pallaria all had three pins from 138 to 152 pounds. One of Nick Pallaria's pins was over Maine state champ Sam Martel.

FRAMINGHAM — They're becoming "The Big Three" for the Methuen wrestling team.

Zabian Cruz (145), Dan O'Connell (182) and heavyweight Bryce Smith all placed first for the third tournament of their still-young season as the Rangers finished third at the 22-team Framingham Tournament.