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Ryley Warnock drove in three runs, rapped three singles and earned the victory with 4 2/3 innings of two-hit ball as North Reading won the school's sixth baseball state title and first since 1982 with a convincing win over Mt. Everett.

BROCKTON — They were two of the grimiest, grungiest, sketchy runs you'll ever see plated in a baseball game. To the folks in North Reading, magical history.

The feisty Hornets, down 3-2 in the Eastern Mass. Division 3 title game, scrounged together the tying run in the fifth and the game-winner in the sixth to go on and outlast South champion East Bridgewater, 5-3, here at Campanelli Stadium.

Never-say-die North Reading rallies from down 1-0 and 2-1 to nip rival Lynnfield for the Division 3 North Baseball title, 3-2. Winning pitcher Ryan McAuliffe took a fastball off his belly in the top of the eighth with the bases loaded to plate the game-winner.

Never-say-die North Reading rallies from down 1-0 and 2-1 to nip rival Lynnfield for the Division 3 North Baseball title, 3-2. Winning pitcher Ryan McAuliffe took a fastball off his belly in the top of the eighth with the bases loaded to plate the game-winner.

LYNN — The profile in courage that was R.J. Warnock simply refused to accept credit — like every pitcher should be able to walk out on two days' rest, throw 120-plus pitches and still want the baseball.

NORTH READING — Play quality defense, good things happen, sometimes the hard way.

Winning pitcher Ryan McAuliffe started the rarest of rare 1-3-6 double-play in the top of the seventh, slamming the door on a powerhouse Swampscott lineup and finishing the Big Blue off, 2-1, in the Division 3 North quarterfinals.

In a season full of pitching gems, R.J. Warnock authored another, holding Bedford to one hit in North Reading's 6-0 Division 3 North first round victory. Mike Brandano's two-run single keyed a three-run second inning, and Kyle Boucher had a clutch two-run single in the fifth inning to help break the game open.

Knotted 2-2 in the seventh with Lynn Classical, North Reading erupted for four runs to capture the title in the Nipper Clancy Tournament at Fraser Field in Lynn yesterday. Gritty sophomore Keith Linnane drew a bases-loaded walk to break the tie, and Kyle Boucher added the insurance by smoking a two-run single to power the Hornets in the seventh. Junior Ryan McAuliffe moved to 7-2 on the year with the complete-game win, striking out nine and walking nobody in the five-hitter.

Knotted 2-2 in the seventh with Lynn Classical, North Reading erupted for four runs to capture the title in the Nipper Clancy Tournament at Fraser Field in Lynn yesterday. Gritty sophomore Keith Linnane drew a bases-loaded walk to break the tie, and Kyle Boucher added the insurance by smoking a two-run single to power the Hornets in the seventh. Junior Ryan McAuliffe moved to 7-2 on the year with the complete-game win, striking out nine and walking nobody in the five-hitter.

Colby Maiola's two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth propelled North Reading to a 3-1 win over St. Mary's in the first round of the Niiper Clancy  Tourney at Lynn's Fraiser Field.