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The Phillips girls swim team came to play against archrival Phillips Exeter. Led by three event wins from Emma Donchi (200 medley relay, 100 backstroke, 400 freestyle relay), Phillips scored a 111, which is the program's highest point total since 2006.

It was a great day for Pinkerton's Zoe Freedman. The senior swimmer raced to first in the 100 freestyle at the Division 1 state championship with a time of 56.21, was fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:05.58) and was a leg on the third-place 400 freestyle relay team (3:54.11). The Astros finished fifth as a team with 97.5 points. Timberlane finished ninth out of 15 teams with 58 points, and Salem was 13th (25 points).

Lindsey Whittaker, Emily Hogan and Ava Coppeta were multiple winners to power Timberlane to a 105-65 win over Salem. Emily MacIver won the 50 and 100 freestyles for the Blue Devils.

Juliet Sparks took first in four events as the Triton girls swim team beat North Reading 102-65 on Saturday. Sparks won the 200 IM (2:23.54) and 100 breaststroke (1:17.98) and teammed with Kali Vetree, Sarah Harrington and Caroline Cullen to win both the 200 medlay (2:05.54) and 400 freestyle (4:14.86) relays.

WORCESTER — All Andover senior Sophia Ju has known during her high school swimming career is the feeling of being a champion.

And that’s never going to change.

WORCESTER — The Andover swim dynasty added another feather to its caps by taking the North Sectional Meet.

Coach Marilyn Fitzgerald's crew scored 409 points while Reading made it interesting, scoring 356 for second.

The Andover girls swimming and diving team capped off another MVC Large championship, beating Chelmsford 94-81 to finish the season 12-0 overall. Freshman Ashley Grover won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:02.29, and she was also on the winning 200-medley relay.

The Andover swim team tuned up for Friday's MVC showdown with unbeaten Chelmsford with an easy 103-78 win over Belmont. Sophomores Eliza Williams and Emily Ma had big days for the Warriors (11-0).

Central Catholic's Cecelia Burke took the top prize at the MVC Diving Championships, scoring a 455.50 to edge out Haverhill's Megan Carroll (432.45) for first place. Other top finishers included Carroll in second, Andover's Sydney Ho (427.95) in third, Andover's Maddie Quill (387.90) in fourth and North Andover's Alison DelMarco (368.45) in fifth.

Andover (10-0) had several swimmers step up in a romp over Billerica. Two of the big stars were double-winners Maddie Kessel and Andrea Pantazi.

Ella Reck and Sarah Leinbach were two of the stars for Andover swimming, which rolled past Dracut to remain unbeaten.

Andover won every event in rolling past North Andover. One of the highlights was a stellar effort by Dreea Zetea in winning the 100 breaststroke.

ANDOVER — The members of the 2017 Andover High swim team may not have experienced the losses, but they know the stories of the Golden Warriors’ rivalry with Acton-Boxboro.

The Warriors heard about the 2007 heartbreak, when Acton-Boxboro snapped Andover’s 99-meet winning streak that dated back to 1999.

Alivia Petrozza won the 200 IM (2:18.74) and 100 butterfly (1:00.20) and swam on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays as Central Catholic beat Lowell 99-71.

Fueled by the talented Clements sisters, Jordy and Emily, Andover swimming rolled past Haverhill.