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After enjoying its best season in the program's five-year history, No. 4 Timberlane fell to top-seeded Bow, 11-5, in the Division 2 semifinals. Jake Schlicte tallied two goals and added an assist. Alex Desmaris made 10 saves, but Bow netminder Dave Bucchino did him one better with 16 blocked shots.

Despite getting hat tricks from all three of C.J. Ziogas, Mike Woonton and Sean Paradis, No. 4 Pelham fell to Monadnock, 14-9, in the Division 3 semifinals. Andrew Keegan turned aside 18 shots, but it wasn't enough to keep the top-seeded Huskies at bay. Pythons coach Matt Regan was especially proud of what this year's club, which went 12-4, was able to accoplish after the team finished dead last at 2-12 last year.

NORTH ANDOVER — North Andover jumped out to a 6-2 halftime lead and never looked back to beat Norwood 9-4 in a Division 2 East first-round game.

Southern New Hampshire recruit Brian Amor led the Scarlet Knights with a hat trick and an assist.

Despite three goals for Steve Ribero, No. 6 Londonderry fell to No. 3 Hanover 14-9 in the Division 1 quarterfinals. Jared Crockett also had three scores for the Lancers.

C.J. Ziogas racked up a game-high five points (2 goals, 3 assists) as Pelham easily handled Derryfield, 8-3, in the Division 3 quarterfinals. Josh Fisette and Tom O'Brien added a pair of goals, and Andew Keegan made a stellar 14 saves in net.

Thanks to four-point games from Tom Auger (3 goals, 1 assist), Teagan Norris (3 goals, 1 assist) and Jeff Guilherme (2 goals, 2 assists), Pinkerton downed Manchester Central, 12-3, in the Division 1 quarterfinals. Nolin Murphy chipped in a pair of tallies, and Brian Estes added three helpers, as well. Steve Wolenski turned aside eight shots in net.

Ryan Rothwell tallied a team high five points (2 goals, 3 assists) and Ryan Lewis had a team-high three goals as Timberlane narrowly defeated Merrimack, 9-8. Merrimack scored four times in the fourth quarter to close the deficit to one, but goalie Alex Desmarais (9 saves) did just enough to help the Owls survive.

No. 10 Andover downed No. 23 New Bedford 16-2 in the preliminary round of the Division 1 East boys lacrosse tournament. The Golden Warriors will travel to No. 7 Xaverian on Saturday at 1 p.m. 

After closing the deficit to just a single goal, Nick Vazquez drew a double team on a fast break before dishing the ball to Casey Sweeney, who was unable to get the shot off before time expired as Haverhill fell to Acton-Boxboro, 11-10, in the Division 1 East preliminary round. Parker LaMarre starred in net, and Ryan Gauthier was stellar on faceoffs.

Concord-Carlisle bounced the Central Catholic boys lacrosse team from the state tournament, beating the Raiders 10-6.

The team's seniors, coach Kevin Lally said, deserve credit.

Londonderry cashed in on a well-timed six-goal second quarter to defeat Salem, 10-7. Steve Ribero led the way with six points (four goals, two assists) for the Lancers, while the Blue Devils' Brett Miller had a hat trick in defeat.

Pelham lost to unbeaten Monadnock, 10-7, but it has been quite the regular season for the Pythons. They went from worst in 2008 (2-12) TO almost first (11-3). C.J. Ziogas, Josh Fissette and Tom O'Brien each had two goals in the loss.

Steve Wolenski made six saves, leading Pinkerton to a 15-3 win over Salem. Tom Auger scored five goals, and Brian Estes chipped in a hat trick.

Dylan Chase had a game-high four goals, Ben Stasiuk racked up a team-high five points (three goals, two assists), and Alex Connelly chipped in a trio of helpers as Pentucket rolled to an easy 15-1 win over Lynnfield.

North Andover pushed the game to a second overtime but Winchester emerged victorious, 9-8. Winchester lucked out when a Knights defender accidentally flipped the ball into his own net. Goaltender Brien O'Connor made 17 huge saves to keep North Andover in it, and Tyler Zahoruiko led the way with four points (two goals, two assists). Brian Amor chipped in a hat trick.