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An improbable run to the Division 2 state semifinals ended as the first-year Tewksbury-Methuen team fell to top-seeded Duxbury 8-0. Taylor Lirakis had a whopping 51 saves and freshman defenseman Kathleen LeFebre starred against the two-time defending state champion Green Dragons.

The first-year Tewksbury-Methuen girls hockey program continues to surprise. Yesterday in the first round of the Division 2 tourney 20th-seeded T-M manhandled Canton 7-3. Methuen High's Amanda Conway had three more goals to give her 51 and Rangers Kelly Blackwell and Kathleen LeFebre also tallied.

The Andover girls hockey team scored twice in the second period, on goals by Veronica Alois and Mikayla Panneton and then held on for a 2-1 Division 1 North victory over Winthrop. Goalie Mackenzie Dutton had 28 saves.

The Methuen-Tewksbury girls hockey team keeps reaching milestones in its first year. After making the tournament, Methuen won its first postseason game yesterday, blasting Norwell 10-3. Amanda Conway continued her scoring spree with four goals while seventh grader Kelly Golini had three goals and two assists. Methuen plays again tomorrow at Canton at 4:30.

In its first season, the Methuen/Tewksbury girls hockey team qualified for the tournament, defeating Concord-Carlisle 5-1 to end the regular season with an 8-7-3 record. Amanda Conway had another hat trick to end the regular season with 44 goals and also added an assist to finish with 50 points. Kelly Golini added two goals and goalie Taylor Lirakis added an assist to her 29 saves.

Jess Leone, Caroline Hughes and Mary Latona each scored one goal and assisted on another as Andover blasted Boston Latin 6-0.

St. Paul's senior Ethan Rheault of Salem, N.H., had an outstanding tournament at the Independent School League meet Sunday. Not only did he remain undefeated by coasting to the title at 152 pounds  but he was named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.

Casey Pedro and Olivia Lucey each scored twice as Central Catholic girls hockey roughed up Bishop Fenwick 7-0 for its second win of the season.

Down two players in the third period, Kelly Golini and Kathleen LeFebre stepped it up defensively and Tewksbury-Methuen held on for a 2-2 tie vs. Wayland-Weston. Amanda Conway netted her 31st goal.

Amanda Conway continued to surge with a hat trick to lead Methuen to a 4-3 victory over Algonquin.

Molly Bryant netted a pair of goals and assisted on a third, helping the Central girls hockey team to their first win of the season, 6-1, over Bishop Fenwick.

Methuen's Amanda Conway netted all four goals but the Ranger co-op hockey team with Tewksbury fell to Andover, 7-4. Freshman Meghan Rodriguez paced the Warriors with a pair of goals.

Amanda Conway had another hat trick, giving her 19 goals in eight games, but Lincoln-Sudbury scored three goals in the third and beat Tewksbury-Methuen 4-3.

Caroline Hughes scored twice and the defense took care of the rest as Andover's girls hockey team blanked Newton South 2-0.

Northern Essex Community College beat UMaine Augusta 82-58 to improve to 7-7. Will Angelini led the Knights with a season-high 19 points while Kyle Davis had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Matt Sifferlen had 12 points and eight assists. Also, Jarvis Castro chipped in with 10 points for the Knights and, in his best game of the season, Neph Carmona had eight points and nine rebounds.