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Jane Freund placed second overall and Mia Muse placed 12th North Andover went 2-0 in girls North Shore skiing action.

Jane Freund placed second overall and Mia Muse placed 12th North Andover went 2-0 in girls North Shore skiing action.

The Pinkerton girls ski team did just enough to edge out Goffstown, 382-381, at a quad-meet that also included Bishop Guertin and Londonderry on Friday. Senior Katelyn Bennett led the Astros with a third-place finish (1:39.52), and Ava Sezgin was right behind her in fourth (1:44.23).

The North Andover girls skiing team came in second at the Interscholastics meet, but Sydney Schwalm was still the top finisher with a combined slalom and giant slalom time of 47.50. Teammate Jane Freund was right behind her in 48.06, as Masconomet finished first with 791 points. On the boys side, perrenial favorite St. John's Prep beat second-place North Andover by almost 200 points (795-598). Andover's Jason Denoncourt still won the race with a combined time of 43.94.

The Pinkerton girls ski team had a solid showing at Monday's Division 1 state championship, taking fifth overall with 639 points. Bedford won the meet for the second year in a row, skiing to first with 766 points. Katelyn Bennet was the top Astro, racing to 7th in the giant slalom in 1:04.32. Danielle Martineau also had a nice day, finishing 9th in the GS (1:05.39) and 13th in the slalom (1:22.36).

Northern Essex used balanced scoring to defeat Quinsigamond 69-57. Guney Kilitciglu led with 13 points,    had 9 points on three 3-pointers and both Emir Alagoz and Kyle Scott added 8 points.

North Andover's girls ski team swept its two foes Monday to end the regular season with a 13-1 record and a tie for first with Masconomet. Sydney Schwalm finished second and would up as the league's top qualifier for state following the regular season while Jane Freund finished sixth. Andover's Anna Soutter was fourth and finished third for the season in the overall standings. 

North Andover's girls ski team avenged a rare loss to Masconomet earlier in the season with a 73-62 victory to move into a tie for first in the North Shore Ski League with an 11-1 record. Jane Freund finished fourth for the Knights but the key was an impressive ninth-place finish by Claudia Mabley.

Katelyn Bennett was a team-best third overall as Pinkerton tied for first in a seven-team meet with 378 points. Astro Hannah Peterson was fourth overall. Timberlane was sixth with 239 points.

Masconomet finally put an end to the winning streak of the North Andover girls skiing team. The Knights hadn't lost a North Shore Ski League meet for five straight years and had won 74 straight meets but that ended Monday with a 71-64 setback to the Chieftains. Sydney Schwalm finished third overall and Jane Freund was 10th but Masco's superior depth prevailed.  

North Andover's Sydney Schwalm won her second straight North Shore Ski League race by a comfortable half of a second as North Andover's girls rolled to two more wins. Andover's Anna Souter and Haverhill's Jana Lorendo.

North Andover sophomore Sydney Schwalm opened the ski season with a bang, placing first in the first North Shore Ski League race of the season with a time of 22.34 to pace the Knights to a pair of easy wins. Teammate Jane Freund finished third overall. 

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.