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Veteran goalie Tyler Correnti scored a goal and got credit for the shutout as Pentucket's boys soccer team opened its season with a 3-0 win over Triton.

Brady Ash scored twice and Sanborn topped Pelham 3-1. Ryan Doherty added the other Indians goal.

Brooks jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half and rolled past Suffield 3-1 in the NEPSAC Class B quarterfinals. Jack Brown scored twice for the Green and White (10-4-4) and James Wood also scored. Goalie JJ Calareso only needed to make one save.

The No. 12 Central Catholic boys soccer team got off to a slow start and trailed 1-0 at halftime to No. 13 Wakefield, but tied the game up early in the second on a goal from Bobby Bakhtiari. But Wakefield took the lead thanks to a corner kick, and added insurance with a minute left to beat the Raiders, 3-1, in the Division 2 North quarterfinals. 

Allen Gao booted home a goal top shelf with his left foot in double-overtime, to give surging No. 16 seed Andover boys soccer a 3-2 victory over No. 8 St. John's Prep in the Division 1 North quarterfinals on Thursday night.

Eric Fisher set up teammate John McCarthy for a goal with 20 minutes left in regulation, and that was all the Central Catholic boys soccer team needed to take down Masconomet, 1-0, in the Division 2 North first round. James Sorenson played a strong game in net for the No. 12 Raiders (11-8), who were without starting defensive midfielder Alex Furry (concussion). And, the Raiders will actually get to host No. 13 Wakefield in the quarters on Saturday (6 p.m.).

Jimmy Boyle wowed the North Andover crowd by pulling out an unexpected bicycle kick, which caused a Billerica defender to save the shot with his hand and force a penalty kick. Boyle then calmly stepped up and buried the try, and that was all the top-seeded Knights needed in a 1-0 win in their Division 2 North first round game. The Knights will host No. 9 Concord-Carlisle in the quarterfinals Saturday at 2 p.m.

Andover's boys soccer team got two goals from Zoah Silva-Landry and a single goal from Evan Arpin to upset No. 1 seed Lynn English 3-1 in Division 1 North First Round action. Andover, which entered as the No. 16 seed, outshot Lynn English and controlled the action much of the game. Lynn English ended its season at 14-1-2 while the Warriors advance to a tough 3 p.m. matchup Thursday at St. John's Prep.

Joe Atwood made 11 saves for the shutout, leading No. 16 Andover past No. 17 Haverhill 3-0 in the Division 1 North preliminary round. Anthony Previte, Allen Gao and Evan Arpin each scored a goal for the winners.

The No. 7 Timberlane boys soccer team took No. 2 Manchester Central to the limit, but fell 4-3 in penalty kicks for a technical 1-0 loss in the Division 1 quarterfinals. The Owls end their season 10-5-3.

The Windham boys soccer team saw its opportunity in the sixth round of penalty kicks after Nashua South missed, and Preston Neal took it. The Jaguar goalie came out of the net and buried his chance to lead the Jaguars to a, technical, 1-0 win over Nashua South in the Division 1 quarterfinals (5-4 PKs). The Jaguars will now play top-seeded Bedford in the semifinals on Tuesday at Stellos Stadium (6:15 p.m.). The team's split their regular-season matchup, 1-1, which is Bedford's only dropped point this year.

Ryan Boggiatto broke up field, sliced through the defense then sent a pass to Jacob Stewart, who buried the game-winning with under a minute left in double-overtime as No. 7 Timberlane beat No. 12 Merrimack in the Division 1 first round. It was Stewart's second goal of the game.

Lawrence won its season finale, 5-4, over Tewksbury. Jesus Echeverria and Santos Zelaya each scored twice. The Redmen stormed back from a 5-1 deficit but the Lancers (3-14-2) held them off with some stellar defense from Jesus Guzman.

Central Catholic's boys rallied from a halftime deficit with goals from Jackson Wetherbee and Alex Furry to avenge an early season loss to Lowell, winning 2-1.