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North Andover's golfers missed qualifying for the Division 1 state meet by one stroke, finishing third to St. John's Prep and Lowell. Matt Lucey led North Andover with a 75 at the Bass Rocks Golf Club in Gloucester while Haverhill's Troy Donahue fired a 76.

Haverhill junior Troy Donahue was the medalist at the MVC Golf Championships at Vesper CC, shooting a 76 to lead the field, but Central Catholic won the team title after Alex McCool, Max Hagan and Mikey Yfantopolus all shot 78 for a combined score of 234.

After finishing second as a team at the Division 2 state championship on Thursday, Windham sent its three qualifying golfers back to Rochester C.C. on Saturday for the individual championship. The golfers' final scores was a two-day total of their Thursday and Saturday rounds.

Hanover and Windham seem to go back and forth every year for the Division 2 state golf title and yesterday at Rochester CC it was all Hanover, which beat the runner-up Jaguars 417-430. Saturday at Rochester at 10 a.m. will be round 2 to determine the D2 state open title.

Led by an even-par 72 from Lauren Thibodeau, Pinkerton finished in a tie for second with Keene at the Division 1 state meet with a 404 on Tuesday. Firing a collective 398, Bedford won its fifth team championship in the past six years.

Devin Coonradt fired a 39 and won his match as Methuen golf whipped Dracut 17-3. Joey Rogato and Grace McKinnon also had big wins.

Pinkerton great Lauren Thibodeau won her fourth straight NHIAA girls golf title, easily besting the 16-player field Saturday at Campbell's Scottish Highlands.

The Louisville recruit fired a 1-under 70 to beat runner-up Drew Hannah of Keene by 8 strokes. Thibodeau is the first girl in the 33-year history of the tourney to win all four years. The 70 tied the tournament record she set as a freshman.

Andover's Mac Lee had one of the area's all-time great performances in high school golf, shooting a 5-under 31 at Atkinson Country Club in his team's narrow 10.5-9.5 loss to Central Catholic. Coach David Fazio said it was one of the most impressive performances he has seen in his career as a golf coach.

Haverhill's John Wholly had a day he won't forget. On the par-4 second hole at Bradford CC, he holed out for an eagle from 100-yards out.

Lauren Thibodeau just finds new ways to top herself. The Pinkerton senior fierd a 4-under 31 at Green Meadow to help her team earn an easy tri-meet win over Londonderry and Nashua South.

It was a big day for Andover sophomore Mac Lee, who fired a 1-under 35 to help his team split a tri-meet with Lowell and Billerica. Lefty Josh Gruenberg came in with a 40, and both Chris Nyhan and Stephen Ingram fired a 41.

In a non-league matchup, Haverhill golf whipped Georgetown 15-5. Hilli stars included Troy Donahue 4+2, Mitch MacLean 4+2 and Matt Mazurkiewicz 5+4.

Led by a 4-over 38 from Casey Torname and a 5-over 39 from Ryan Quinlan, Salem edged powerhouse Bishop Guertin 207-208 to sweep a tri-meet with Manchester Memorial as well. The Blue Devils (10-4) continue to impress this season, as BG falls to 13-3.

Matt Lucy shot a 3-under-par 32 as one of six North Andover winners in a 15-5 win over Billerica.

Pinkerton's golf team tied Bedford with a 201 in a tri-meet with Spaulding but lost the tiebreaker to fall to 5-1. Lauren Thibodeau led the Astros with a 2-under 34.