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It was a nice start to the indoor season for the Pinkerton boys track team, which won an eight-team meet at UNH with 70 points. Ryan Dane (55 dash, 6.70), Stephen Connelly (1,500, 4:27.57) and Conor Seleny (55 hurdles, 7.84) all had individual wins for the Astros, who also won the 4x160 relay.

SALEM  —There were storylines galore Saturday at one of the most exciting Blue Devil Classics of the last 15 years.

Upsets flourished, including of a defending New England champion, there were dual titles by Central Catholic's Glynn brothers and a near sweep by the Sills brothers of Windham, an altercation nearly caused a disqualification and the Raiders nearly overtook perennial winner Concord for first.

Pinkerton opened its wrestling season with a 66-10 rout of Manchester Memorial as the Astros had nine pins and two forfeits. Eight of the pins were in the first period, the quickes in 14 seconds by heavyweight Jake Scarelli.

LONDONDERRY — The game couldn’t have started any better for Pinkerton.

LONDONDERRY — The game couldn’t have started any better for Pinkerton.

The Pinkerton volleyball team fell to an early 2-0 deficit to Dover, but rallied back to win the next two sets, both by a score of 25-17. But No. 6 Dover used a late 4-point rally in the decisive fifth set to win, 15-12, for the 3-2 match victory. The third-seeded Astros, which end their fine season 17-3, were led by 26 digs, 11 kills, 19 service points and 5 aces from Ella Dandrade.

NASHUA — Pinkerton's boys have enjoyed some excellent races at the Meet of Champions, but perhaps none can compare with how the Astros ran Saturday.

With virtually every runner recording a personal-best time, the Astros qualified for New England with a stupendous second-place finish, coming in front of both Concord and Keene, both of which finished ahead of Pinkerton in Division 1.

DERRY — Veteran Pinkerton coach Brian O'Reilly always has confidence in his players.

Okay, maybe some more than others.

But O'Reilly's confidence is sky high on senior placekicker Brandon Roy.

Macy Graves scored in regulation and in PKs as No. 9 Pinkerton beat No. 8 Portsmouth in the Divsion 1 girls soccer prelims. The Astros won it in six rounds of PKs as Graves, Olivia Pavao, Chayse Dube, Adria Forand and Sawyer Jackson tallied for the 5-4 advantage. Jordan Wheaton, who came in for the PKs, made the one pivotal save to win it. 

The Astros are at 16-0 Exeter Sunday (2 p.m.) in the quarterfinals.

The third-ranked Pinkerton volleyball team didn't mess around in its Division 1 opener, sweeping No. 14 Alvirne, 3-0. Ella Dandrade had 16 kills, 16 digs and 3 aces for the Astros (17-2), who will host Dover in the quarterfinals on Saturday (6 p.m.). Pinkerton won the regular-season meeting, 3-1.