No. 10 North Andover boys lacrosse fell to No. 7 Franklin 12-7 in the Division 1 Round of 16. The Scarlet Knights finished the season 15-5.
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Boys Lacrosse, 06/12/22 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Lauren Adams scored two goals and Lillian Jagger made 26 saves for the shutout as Andover beat Franklin 4-0 in the Division 2 Round of 32 on Friday. Abby Murnane and Eliza O'Sullivan each added a goal for the Golden Warriors, who will face Canton on Wednesday at Breakaway Ice in Tewksbury.
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Girls Ice Hockey, 03/06/22 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Claire Finney scored 18 points as Central Catholic rolled past Franklin 54-35. Ashley Dinges kept rolling with 24 points and 15 rebounds.
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Girls Basketball, 02/19/22 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
FRANKLIN — In the hunt for a second straight state tournament upset,
and a trip to the Division 1 semifinals, Methuen came on flying Friday
night.
On his first pass of the game, Rangers quarterback Drew
Eason found a wide-open Will McKinnon for a 48-yard gain, setting up a
5-yard touchdown run by JP Muniz and a 7-0 lead 5:11 into play.
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Football, 11/13/21 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
Haverhill's Elijah Haas scored 23 points and Phillip Cunningham, also of Haverhill, and Lawrence's Daniel Almarante each added 13 points as Northern Essex Community College men's basketball opened conference play with an 89-52 win over Quinsigamond. Lawrence's Cristian Kinsley hit four 3-pointers for the winners.
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Field Hockey, 11/09/21 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
St. John's Prep was on top of its game Saturday and rolled to the Division 1 dual-meet state title, romping past West Springfield 51-17 in its last meet. Rawson Iwanicki of Andover was 3-0 for the Prep.
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Wrestling, 02/08/20 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
ANDOVER - The record isn't quite going to reflect it, but Andover has
played some pretty good football through its first two games of the
season.
Last week, the Warriors played hard-hitting Wayne Valley
(N.J.), which started practices before Massachusetts teams, and hung
around until late in the fourth. As a reward, the Warriors got to
welcome Franklin on Saturday, which was ranked No. 14 in EMass by the
Boston Globe.
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Football, 09/14/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
WOBURN — With the chance to make history, Andover freshman Lauren Adams was battling some mean butterflies in her stomach as she took the ice on Friday.
“I was really, really nervous!” said Adams. “I was excited, but I was so worried about losing. I was scared, but going into the second period, I shook off the nerves some.”
Once she calmed down, the youngster delivered the performance of her life.
Adams tallied her first career high school hat trick, leading No. 4 Andover to a 5-2 comeback victory over No. 5 Franklin in the Division 1 state quarterfinals on Friday.
“This feels amazing,” said Andover captain Emma Gilmartin. “We have such an amazing team, and we knew if we played our hearts out we could come out on top. And to make it past the state quarterfinals for the first time is unbelievable.”
The victory sends Andover (19-2-1) to the state semifinals for the first time since the Golden Warriors made three straight Division 2 semis from 2004-06. They moved up to Division 1 the following season.
The Warriors advance to face the winner of Saturday’s matchup between top-seeded Austin Prep (21-0-0) and No. 8 Braintree (17-4-1) on Monday, back at O’Brien Arena in Woburn.
A win Monday would send Andover to its first state championship game in the history of the program, which began varsity play in the 2002-03 season. Another victory would also match the 2004-05 team (20-3-0) for the most wins in team history, according to Eagle-Tribune records.
“This is the furthest we have been (in Division 1), so that’s pretty unbelievable,” said coach Kevin Drew. “The girls are so excited. We didn’t play a great first period, but we told them that we knew we had better hockey in then. And they delivered.”
After a sluggish start for Andover, Franklin led 1-0 after one period on Friday. But that was when the Golden Warriors — and Adams in particular — took over.
Just 0:48 into the second, Adams corralled a rebound and fired it home from an impossible angle to the left of the goalie.
Then, only 3:24 later, she scored her second goal to give Andover a 2-1 lead.
“The first one was a rebound off a teammate’s shot that I put in,” said Adams. “I was so excited that we tied the game. Then, the second, I wrapped around the net and put it through the goalie’s legs.
“We always knew we were still in the game, but I think those goals really gave us our confidence back. We were ready to go.”
Franklin tied it with 5:06 left in the second to make it 2-2 heading into the third.
But 53 seconds into the final period, Adams struck again. She attacked the net, had her first shot was saved, but gathered the rebound and flipped a backhand home.
“She was amazing,” said Gilmartin. “She has stepped up this year and has done an amazing job. She’s a great all-around player, she has great hands, she can pass. She can do it all.”
That marked Adams’ first high school hat trick, after three two-goal games in the regular season. She now has 20 goals for the season, tied with Gilmartin (20) and behind just Callie Wiley (21) for the team-high.
“For a freshman to come in and do this is unbelievable,” said Drew. “She is great ever day. She’s a little pit bull. You can’t say enough about her. She’s amazing.”
Senior defenseman Laura Olson extended the lead with 7:20 left, flipping a pass in from the blue line that eluded the Franklin goalie. Gilmartin then iced the win in the final seconds with an empty-netter, setting off a wild celebration.
“This feels amazing,” said Adams. “It’s so exciting, especially to do it with my sister (senior defenseman Kathleen Adams) on the team. We know we have a lot on our shoulders in the next game, but we can keep winning.”
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Girls Ice Hockey, 03/08/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
After a lopsided loss to powerhouse Springfield Central in the quarterfinals of the Division 1 State Dual Meet tourney, Lawrence rebounded with a solid 42-37 win over Framingham to gp 2-1 on the day.Jaycob Zapata won the clinching match by pin for the win over Framingham and Luis Mauricio (106) and John Vazquez were both unbeaten on the day.
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Wrestling, 02/02/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
For the second time this year, all three of Central Catholic's Glynn family captured tournament titles, this time at the Eagle Classic at Franklin Tech.
Freshman Jimmy Glynn was the 106-pound champ and was named tourney Outstanding Wrestler, Mike Glynn won at 120 and Tyler Glynn was the 138-pound champ. They fueled the Raiders to the team title in the 21-team field.
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Wrestling, 12/22/18 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
