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LOWELL — By the way they performed over the previous 20-plus games, you would never have believed that Lawrence High didn't get a sniff of respect in the preseason and had to rip through an 11-2 Merrimack Valley Conference season before anyone outside of the city even gave a second glance.

LOWELL — By the way they performed over the previous 20-plus games, you would never have believed that Lawrence High didn't get a sniff of respect in the preseason and had to rip through an 11-2 Merrimack Valley Conference season before anyone outside of the city even gave a second glance.

PEABODY — Peabody High coach Mark Bettencourt tipped his cap to Lawrence High yesterday.

"That's a spirited team, they hit the baseball hard. If you look at their lineup, I think 1-to-9,everyone had a hit," he said.

LAWRENCE — It isn’t uncommon for Yunion Vasquez to throw 120 pitches. But those occasions are rarely nine-inning affairs.

With the senior Vasquez showing uncanny control, allowing only six baserunners in a complete-game performance, fifth-seeded Lawrence ground out a 4-1 victory yesterday over 12th-seeded Cambridge Rindge & Latin in the first round of the Division 1 North tournament.

LAWRENCE — A disappointed onlooker three straight times, Mike Weisman wasn't about to let this opportunity to make history slip through his grasp.

"I've played in this tournament four years, and up until this year, we really hadn't been close," said the North Andover High senior lefty. "So yeah, this one was big to me and to all of us."

LAWRENCE — A disappointed onlooker three straight times, Mike Weisman wasn't about to let this opportunity to make history slip through his grasp.

"I've played in this tournament four years, and up until this year, we really hadn't been close," said the North Andover High senior lefty. "So yeah, this one was big to me and to all of us."

LAWRENCE — A disappointed onlooker three straight times, Mike Weisman wasn't about to let this opportunity to make history slip through his grasp.

"I've played in this tournament four years, and up until this year, we really hadn't been close," said the North Andover High senior lefty. "So yeah, this one was big to me and to all of us."

LAWRENCE — A disappointed onlooker three straight times, Mike Weisman wasn't about to let this opportunity to make history slip through his grasp.

"I've played in this tournament four years, and up until this year, we really hadn't been close," said the North Andover High senior lefty. "So yeah, this one was big to me and to all of us."

LAWRENCE — A disappointed onlooker three straight times, Mike Weisman wasn't about to let this opportunity to make history slip through his grasp.

"I've played in this tournament four years, and up until this year, we really hadn't been close," said the North Andover High senior lefty. "So yeah, this one was big to me and to all of us."

LAWRENCE — A disappointed onlooker three straight times, Mike Weisman wasn't about to let this opportunity to make history slip through his grasp.

"I've played in this tournament four years, and up until this year, we really hadn't been close," said the North Andover High senior lefty. "So yeah, this one was big to me and to all of us."