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Nine different players were involved in the scoring as North Andover's boys soccer team whipped Amesbury 7-1. Jay Marchand led the way with a pair of goals and an assist for the Knights (12-1-2).

Sarah Kopaciewicz scored on a direct kick from 20 yards out with 1:37 to play to lift the Pentucket girls soccer team to a 3-2 comeback win over Amesbury.

Pentucket's Jason Steele claimed second overall, shooting an even-par round of 35 at Bradford Country Club, leading the Sachems to second overall in a four-team meet with the Newburyport (first), Triton and Amesbury. Pentucket moved to 9-6, claiming a pair of victories to lock up a spot in the state tournament. Steele scored 36 points in the Cape Ann quote scoring system, while teammate Vito Martello was fifth at 32.

AMESBURY — Amesbury stacked up Georgetown quarterback Chris Esposito inside the Amesbury 1-yard-line with 3:10 remaining in the fourth quarter, effectively sealing a 3-0 victory at Landry Stadium. “You can’t get any better than winning on a goal-line stand,” Amesbury coach Thom Connors said. “They pushed us right to the goal-line, but we did what we needed to do.” Amesbury (1-3) dominated possession in the first half, running 32 offensive plays to Georgetown’s 10. Amesbury opened the game with a nine-play, 40-yard drive, which ended when Nick Croce missed a 46-yard field goal attempt. Three plays later, the Royals (0-4) fumbled on their own 39.

North Reading sophomore Lauren Hebert, who is in her first year starting on varsity, helped her team erase a one-goal halftime deficit by scoring the game-winner with 20 minutes left in the contest. Hebert also scored one goal in the first half as North Reading beat Amesbury 3-2. Lauren Pawlowski, who is returning from an ACL injury, also scored a goal and added an assist.

NORTH ANDOVER — After a crushing last-second loss to archrival Andover Week 1, North Andover running back Zac Iovanella admitted his squad entered Week 2 with a little extra fire in their eyes.

According to North Andover head coach Courtney Breen, Amesbury's goalie subdued a persistent offense with a staggering 30 saves. But scoring machine Candace Waldie found the mark twice in the first half and that was enough to keep the Scarlet Knights unbeaten, 2-1 over the Indians. Allie and Gabby Moen had the assists on Waldie's scores.

Sisters Amy and Carolyn Babeu along with teammate Alanna Poretta finished within a second of each other as Pentucket rolled to a 16-47 win over Amesbury.

Pentucket came out blazing to start its Cape Ann League campaign, pumping in three first-half goals and cruising to a 4-1 win over Amesbury. Two Sachem freshmen kicked off their varsity careers in style as Haley Desrosiers and Kayla O'Connor each scored on penalty kicks.

Opening day translated into a sparkler for the North Andover boys and girls cross country teams,which swept Amesbury and Georgetown.
Ally Brillaud, a senior, picked up her first career victory in the girls meet.
For the boys, both winner Max O'Brien and runner-up Darryll Varney snapped the old Georgetown course mark in a sweep.