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LAWRENCE - Andover attacked, pressured and slugged away at Lawrence High with a purpose in every at-bat. Mike Calzetta was just better.

The Lancer righty buckled up in a nine-inning, 132-pitch marathon powering Lawrence to a bit of revenge over Andover, 2-1, in a Division 1 North first-rounder before about 500 fans last night.

LAWRENCE - Andover attacked, pressured and slugged away at Lawrence High with a purpose in every at-bat. Mike Calzetta was just better.

The Lancer righty buckled up in a nine-inning, 132-pitch marathon powering Lawrence to a bit of revenge over Andover, 2-1, in a Division 1 North first-rounder before about 500 fans last night.

Georgetown freshman pitcher Ryan Browner was dominant again, firing a complete-game six-hitter, as the Royals scored a 3-1 win over Arlington Catholic in the first round of the Division 3 North sectional. Browner allowed just a single run, registering six strikeouts. Georgetown will play either Weston or Amesbury in the quarterfinals.

HAVERHILL - By the time it found a way to nick up Arlington High starter Mike Griffin, the Haverhill High baseball's afternoon and season were pretty much over.

Ronnie Rosario singled sharply to left with one out in the Hillie sixth to end Griffin's no-hit bid. But by that time, Arlington had ridden three Hillie errors to a 9-0 lead, ultimately stopping Haverhill in the Division 1 North tourney opener, 9-2.

HAVERHILL - By the time it found a way to nick up Arlington High starter Mike Griffin, the Haverhill High baseball's afternoon and season were pretty much over.

Ronnie Rosario singled sharply to left with one out in the Hillie sixth to end Griffin's no-hit bid. But by that time, Arlington had ridden three Hillie errors to a 9-0 lead, ultimately stopping Haverhill in the Division 1 North tourney opener, 9-2.

Dan Lagasse accounted for all of Londonderry's runs in a 3-1 win over Spaulding. Lagasse (2 for 3) had a two-run double in the first and followed that with an RBI single in the third. The Lancers knocked out eight hits on their way to a 17-2 regular season finish.  Sean Caron also had two hits in the win.

Matt Sheehan ripped a solo homer to lead off the seventh inning, but it was too little, too late as Timberlane fell to Nashua South, 2-1.

Andrew Ruiz-Henriquez (4 for 6, 6 RBIs, 3 runs) smashed a bases-loaded triple in a big 11-run first inning to get the scoring underway in Andover's huge 23-1 victory over Boston English. Jake Ponti, John Hennessy, Dan Gusovsky and Vince Bellino all had multi-hit games for the Warriors, and John Farrell fanned seven in three scoreless innings to earn the win. Andover faces Lawrence tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the First Round.

Andrew Sinkiewicz allowed just two runs while fanning 10 in seven innings and also helped his own cause at the plate with two hits and two RBIs as Georgetown topped Tyngsboro, 9-3, in the Division 3 North preliminaries. Josh Ingram also had a big day at the dish as he went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. The Royals face Arlington Catholic in the First Round tomorrow at 2 p.m.

There was not a lot of great pitching, but Georgetown wasn't complaining after defeating Newburyport 7-6 in the finals of the second annual Bert Spofford Memorial Tournament.

“It’s nice that we were able to come out on top,” said Royals coach Mark Rowe, who’s starting pitchers, Andy Sinkewicz and Ryan Browner walked off with tournament co-MVP honors. “We lost in the championship game last year, honoring Bert, who was really important to us and to be able to win a tournament in his name is a great feeling for me and I know it is for my players as well.”

"This game will not go down in Cooperstown history," said Central Catholic coach Marc Pelletier in reference to the Raiders' 12-11 win over Haverhill yesterday and it's easy to see why. "It was pretty ugly."

HAVERHILL - Hopefully, the lessons absorbed yesterday in the 5-4 State Vocational Tournament 5-4 loss to Diman Tech will pay dividends later this week.

Whittier Tech baseball coach Joe Boland is banking on it.

HAVERHILL - Hopefully, the lessons absorbed yesterday in the 5-4 State Vocational Tournament 5-4 loss to Diman Tech will pay dividends later this week.

Whittier Tech baseball coach Joe Boland is banking on it.

HAVERHILL - Hopefully, the lessons absorbed yesterday in the 5-4 State Vocational Tournament 5-4 loss to Diman Tech will pay dividends later this week.

Whittier Tech baseball coach Joe Boland is banking on it.

LAWRENCE - Andover High sent a shudder through Division 1 North the last two days and in the process picked up its 15th title at the 28th Lawrence Invitational Baseball Tournament.

For the second straight night, the Warriors banked on and received a dominating mound effort, this one a Shawn Carlson three-hitter, to knock off Lawrence High, 5-1, and claim the championship before about 250 fans encircling Mark Devlin Field.