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SALEM — With the game on the line, Salem’s Marcus Bellomo waited for his moment, then struck.

“I was sitting outside the scrum in front of the net, waiting for the puck to poke out,” said Bellomo. “When it happened, I went for it and put it in. I knew it was going in, and it felt so great.”

Methuen's boys turned the tables on Dracut with a 9-4 victory. Senior Mark Kobrenski and sophomore Cole Lambert each scored their first varsity goal while Colby Scott, Ethan Schena and Owen Kneeland all scored twice.

Sophomore Sean Gray scored his third goal in two games as Central Catholic completed the week's sweep of Andover, winning 4-1.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Windham matched Bedford shot for shot in the first period, and controlled play for nearly the entire third. But the middle period doomed the Jaguars.

No. 2 Bedford struck for all five of its goals in the second period, on the way to defeating  No. 7 Windham 5-2 in the Division 1 quarterfinals on Saturday at Sullivan Arena at Saint Anselm College.

Bobby DiCicco and Mike Montanile scored to give Windham a 2-0 lead. Vito Mancini (16 saves) made sure it held up as the 7th-seeded Jaguars topped No. 10 Nashua North-Souhegan, 2-1, in the Division 1 tourney first round. Windham will play No. 2 Bedford Saturday (1 p.m., at St. Anselm) in the quarterfinals.

Ethan Burgess scored a hat trick as the Pinkerton boys surged past Hanover in a preliminary round game of the Division 1 state tournament. The Astros, who scored four times in the third period, will now face top-seed Concord on Saturday.

BILLERICA – The season’s end came suddenly and decisively for the North Andover boys hockey. And for the second time in three years, its demise came in the Division 2 North semifinals.

BILLERICA — As the pass from behind the net found his stick, Jimmy Boyle struggled for a split second to control the puck.

Then, the North Andover senior took care of business.

Tommy Langlois had a hat trick and Aiden Gravell also scored as Windham defeated Bow 4-1. The Jaguars improved to 10-7 in New Hampshire.

 Salem's hockey team tied Bishop Guertin with seven seconds left on a goal by Ryan Allard but Guertin got the game-winner with .01 left for a stunning 5-4 lossr

Mason Drouin scored a hat trick and Pinkerton overcame a 1-0 deficit by scoring all four goals in the third period in a 4-1 victory over Londonderry.

Senior defenseman Keegan Hughes spearheaded a suffocating North Andover defense, and the Knights got five different goal-scorers to take a 5-0 lead in an eventual 5-2 win over Lynnfield in the Division 2 North first round. The Knights will now play league rival Tewksbury in the quarterfinals Friday at 7:15 p.m. at Chelmsford. In the regular season, the Knights beat the Redmen 5-2 and then tied 2-2 in their other matchup.

Tommy Langlois potted the game-winner in overtime to lead Windham boys hockey to a 2-1 win over Londonderry on Saturday. Sam Neville had the goal for the Lancers to tie the game in the second period.

Anthony Survilas scored twice and Spencer Deane had 36 saves as Salem recorded an impressive 4-0 victory over Pinkerton. The Blue Devils improved t0 14-2-3 overall.

Pentucket had one placer at the Division 3 state meet in junior Nic Williamson, who took third at 145 pouds. With the finish, he qualifies for next week's All-State meet.