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North Andover had its eyes on a state title, but a scary fall knocked the Scarlet Knights off their game.

Freshman Sydney Schwalm took a "horrific fall," which shook up her teammates at Tuesday's state championships at Berkshire East.

The North Andover domination continued. The five-time regular-season North Shore League champs won their fifth straight Interscholastic (league meet) title. Maria Cavallaro, who is nursing a knee injury, placed second overall with a 46.29 (combined slalom and giant slalom). Masconomet's Faith Stanton was the overall champ in 45.75.
Other top Knights were her twin sister Rachel in third and Sydney Schwalm in eighth. Andover's Anna Souter and Cayley Denoncourt placed fourth and seventh, respectively. Haverhill's Jana Laurendeau, a Billerica High student, placed 11th.
  

Danielle Martineau placed sixth overall in the slalom and giant slalom to lead Pinkerton a second-place finish as a team at the New Hampshrie Division 1 girls ski championship with 708.5 points. Emily Gardner added a ninth in the giant slalom while Katelyn Bennett was 16th in the slalom for the Astros. 

North Andover girls skiing wrapped up its fifth straight unbeaten season in North Shore League action. Coach Jerry Marchegiani said that's never happened before in the 45-year history of NS League girls skiing. The 14-0 Knights got another first from Maria Cavallaro while Sydney Schwalm tok third and Rachel Cavallaro seventh.

Senior standout Maria Cavallaro was runner-up and freshman Sydney Schwalm was an impressive fourth as the North Andover girls ski team remained unbeaten with two wins to improve to 12-0.

The Cavallaro sisters, Maria and Rachel, finished one-two as North Andover's girls skiers remained unbeaten with a pair of wins in North Shore Ski League action. The Knights will square off against also unbeaten Masconomet Wednesday.j

The Georgetown girls ski team split its tri-meet at Bradford Ski Area on Monday, beating Haverhill 83-52 while dropping a tight 68-67 score to Manchester Essex. Emily Muzi was the top racer for the Royals, placing 10th overall in the league (25.24), followed by Sammy Quarentiello in 17th (25.57) and Caroline Bortz (22nd, 26.16).

Andover's Anna Soutter, who finished 12th in the North Shore Ski League last year, pulled a stunner to open the season, placing first in a time of 22.73. Overall, however, North Andover rolled to two easy wins, including 84.5-50.5, led by the Cavallaro sisters, Maria and Rachel, in third and fourth respectively. Freshman Jane Freund was sixth for the Knights.

NEWBURY, N.H. — Friday was a banner day for Nicole Gonya and the Pinkerton girls ski team at the Division 1 state championships at Mt. Sunapee.

Gonya, a senior, won the slalom (1:02.65) and the giant slalom (1:15.04) to lift the Astros to the tight win over Bedford 755-744. Seventeen teams competed including Timberlane (10th) and Londonderry (15th).

Erica Irvin placed 17th in the giant slalom and 12th in the slalom to lead Windham to a 9th place finish at the Division 2 State ski championships on Tuesday.

North Andover's Maria Cavallaro finished first for the seventh straight race to complete the regular season, which gave her a perfect score — the first time a girl skier has done that since 1998. She led the Knights to an easy win over Haverhill to give them a perfect 12-0 team record.

Isaiah Ruffen scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Northern Essex, but the Knights fell to Massasoit 87-77. Eddie Cardona added 17 points, Felix Moore finished with 11, Angelo Pilato had 10 and Grant Bellino chipped in with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

North Andover's girls ski team got the first four places, something veteran coach Jerry Marchegiani can't remember ever happening, as the Knights remained unbeaten (9-0) with a pair of wins. Maria Cavallaro finished first, followed by sister Rachel Cavallaro,  Cameron Deery and Emma Camallaro for the Knights.

North Andover sisters Maria Cavallaro (21.35) and Rachel Cavallaro (21.74) took the top two spots and teammate Emma Callamaro placed third (22.22) as the Scarlet Knight ski team beat Austin Prep (87-48) and Manchester Essex (87-48).