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The Andover golf team showed off its depth in a clean, 20-0, sweep of Central Catholic. Perrenial all-star Mac Lee earned an impressive 5-and-4 win at No. 1 over Central Catholic stud Josh Lavallee, who was our MVP last year.

Wes Hamel fired a 37 to pace the surging Pelham golf team (14-1) to victory in a four-team meet. Runner-up Sanborn was led by Patrick Sullivan with a 38. 

Pentucket beat North Reading 72-71 in an abbreviated seven-hole match for the team's first win since 2017. Ava Spencer was the top Sachem with 18 points while Alex Satkus had 15.

Haverhill beat Lowell, 12.5-7.5, behind Nick Azevedo, who won at No. 1 and was medalist with an even-par 35.

Pelham golf edged Plymouth by a point in a quad-meet at Campbell's Scottish Highlands, and Russ Hamel's even-par 35 for 27 points was a big reason why. Trailing by a point after the first four golfers came through, Colby Walsh and Peter Gamache both carded 43s to put the Pythons ahead.

Jackson DiFloures shot a one-under 34 for medalist honors to lead Haverhill golf to a 15-5 victory over Tewksbury.

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.