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 Central Catholic golfers Mikey Yfantopulos and Josh Lavallee both fired 79s Tuesday at the Division 2 state tournament in Williamstown to tie for 16th place among individuals. Winchester's Trevor Lopez was the medalist with a 71 and Concord-Carlisle was the team champion.

BOYLSTON — Led by Mac Lee, the Andover golf team finished sixth Monday at the Division 1 state tournament at The Haven Country Club.

Lincoln-Sudbury led the way with an impressive four-player score of 300, three strokes better than Xaverian. Perennial power St. John's Prep was third.

The Merrimack Valley Conference did itself proud in sectional golf competition Monday with a pair of individual champions.

For the second year in a row, Central Catholic's Josh Lavallee was the medalist in the Division 1 tournament while, in Division 2, North Andover sophomore James Robbins won the championship.

Aiden Azevedo won at No. 1 and was medalist 3-over 38) as Haverhill beat North Andover, 13-7. 

The Pinkerton golf team was at Hoodkroft for its final meet, and certainly used the familiar terrain to its advantage. The duo of Phil Daniele and Kyle Raspuzzi each fired 2-under 34s to lead the Astros, which finished their regular season 22-1, to a quad-meet win over Salem and Manchester Central.

Andover golf's undefeated season was on the line. The Warriors trailed Chelmsford 9-6 after the first six groups had come through, but No. 7 and No. 8 golfers Tommy Tavenner (2up) and Timmy Kobelski (3&1) both won their matches outright to lift their team to an 11-9 win.

Brooke Naatz of North Andover had a game-high 10 kills to lead Northern Essex Community College to a 3-0 win over Quinsigamond. Andover's Sarah Shattuck added nine service points and eight kills and Tiara Gonzalez of Lawrence had 11 assists. 

Jack DiFloures and freshman Nick Samaha tied for medalist honors, each shooting an even-par 35, as Haverhill topped Central Catholic 14-6. Sean Crockett, Matt Murphy and Sam Boyer also had wins for the Hillies (9-3).

With Andover holding a one-point lead heading into the final two matches of the day, Noah Farland and Cade Cederchuk each scored 6-3 wins to clinch the Golden Warriors' 38-34 victory over Belmont. Andover improved to 12-0 for the season.

The North Andover golf team got wins from James Robbins, Dan Macmillan, Jack Fay, Jack Roe and Tyler Fay to squeak past Haverhill 11-9 at North Andover Country Club. Roe and Haverhill's Matt Murphy were co-medalists with 37s.

Haverhill's surprising golf team had a huge 10 1/2-9 1/2 win at Billerica to qualify for the state tournament. Among the winners for the Hillies (8-2) was Jackson DiFloures, who was the medalist with a 37, and Will Madden had a huge putt on the final hole to clinch the victory.