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Central Catholic’s Josh Lavallee watched his Tom Brady motivational videos Tuesday and listened to “Hall of Fame” by the group The Scripts.

CHIOPEE —  Timmy Dias fired a superb 1-over par 71 at the Chicopee Country Club Monday to pace North Andover to fourth place at the Division 1 state golf tournament.

Central Catholic sophomore Ryan Lavallee of Haverhill continued his white-hot play with a 71 to earn co-medalist honors in a 130-golfer field at the Division 2 North sectionals. He tied with Danvers' Jared Mscisz. The last Raider to win a sectional title? They've had some greats but the answer is Central's third-year head coach Eric Boucher. Central junior Mikey Yfantopulos tied for eighth with a 75. Central didn't have a complete team so they weren't in the team rankings. Lavallee earned his title in style, sinking a bogey on the final hole on the par-72 Four Oaks Country Club course in Dracut. Last Thursday he won the MVC Open. The Division 2 States are at Marshfield Country Club, Tuesday, 10 a.m.

Freshman James Robbins fired a terrific 75 and teammates Timmy Dias was two strokes back with a 77 as North Andover continued its fine season by winning the Division 1 North golf crown at Turner Hill Country Club in Ipswich, finishing with a score of 314. Dan MacMillan added a 79 for the Knights, who edged perennial power St. John's Prep by two strokes.

Central Catholic's Josh Lavallee fired a 75 to earn first place as an individual and lead the Raiders to the team title at the Merrimack Valley Conference Golf Championship on Thursday at Vesper Country Club. 

It took until its final match, but the Haverhill golf team qualified for the state tournament with a 13-7 win over Billerica. Troy Donahue, John Whooley, Jack DiFloures, Aiden Azevedo and Sean Crockett were all winners for the Hillies.

Haverhill golf (now 6-7-1) stayed alive for Division 1 North compettion with a dual meet win (12-8) over Tewksbury. The Hillies need to win today vs. Billerica (at Bradford 3 p.m.) to make the postseason.

Following an opening-round 1-under 70 during the Division 2 team championship on Tuesday, Windham's Andoni Tsoukalas followed with a 9-over 79 on Saturday to finish second in the D2 individual championship. He was tied with St. Thomas Aquinas' Justin Grondahl after the opening 18 holes, but Grondahl fired a 5-over 75 on Saturday an was crowned D2 individual champion.

North Andover improved to 12-0-1 with a 12-8 win over Central Catholic. Luke DePolito and Nolan Whitlock both won 5 and 4 for the Knights.

Thanks to a spectacular 1-under round of 70 from Andoni Tsoukalas, the Windham golf team fired a team score of 400 to place second at the Division 2 state championship Tuesday morning. St. Thomas Aquinas won the tournamnet by nine strokes (391).

Andover's John Rowe came up huge from the No. 8 spot, winning 1-up to help clinch the Golden Warriors' wins over Haverhill (4.5-3.5) and Chelmsford (5-3) in a tri-meet. John Wholley led the Hillies with a 1-up win at No. 2.

Newburyport's Jacob Grossi-Hogg shot an even-par 36 to lead his team to a 156-68 win over Pentucket. Michael Twomey added 29 points as the Clippers improved to 8-2. Newburyport has also qualified for the state tournament.

Mikey Yfantopulos and Josh Lavalley remained unbeaten as Central Catholic's No. 1 and No. 2 golfers in a 16-4 defeat of Haverhill. Yfantopulos shot a 2-under-par 34 at Atkinson Country Club.

Windham's golf team tuned up for next week's Division 2 state meet with a sweep of Hollis-Brookline and Goffstown to cap the regular season with a 21-4 record. Andoni Tsoukalas led the Jaguars with 26 points.