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No. 2 seeded North Reading lost 9-8 to 15th seeded Saugus in the in the first round of the Division 2 North tournament despite Alicia McCauley hitting for the cycle.

North Reading's softball team enjoyed an impressive 4-1 victory over Tewksbury to finish the regular season at 18-2, which its best mark going into the tournament since 1991. Leadoff batter Shelby Carney was 3 for 4 with two RBIs and Terri Ferrazzani threw a three-hitter for the win.  

North Reading's softball team nipped Lynnfield 1-0 when Shelby Carney brought in freshman Sophie Warren with a suicide squeez bunt in the third inning. Merri Moise got the only hit for the Hornets (17-2), a line single in the first after fouling off 11 pitches.

With a 17-1 romp over Manchester Essex, North Reading softball coach Rusty Russell won his 400th game. Tarah Reilly led the way fr the Hornbets (16-2) with three hits, four RBIs and three runs scored.

Tarah Reilly and winning pitcher Terri Ferrazzani both had bases-loaded triples to pace North Reading to a surprising easy 14-1 victory over Amesbury. Reilly finished with four hits and five RBIs for the Hornets (15-2). 

What was supposed to be a Cape Ann League showdown became a mismatch as North Reading (11-2) blasted Masconomet 17-2 —  the same Masconomet team that beat the Hornets earlier in the season.Terri Ferrazzani threw a one-hitter in the five-inning game, striking out seven, and had two hits and four RBIs. Shelby Carney and Tarah Reilly both had three hits and scored three runs.

Masconomet nipped North Reading, 6-5, in a battle of softball unbeatens.

North Reading's Terri Ferrazzani and Lynnfield's Melody Mancinelli hooked up in a classic pitchers duel, yielding just two hits apiece. With a second-inning suicide squeeze from sophomore Tarah Reilly and a fourth-inning RBI triple from Ferrazzani, North Reading did just enough to escape with a 2-0 victory. Shelby Carney backed Ferrazzani up with six putouts in center field and Merri Moise took a pair of Lynnfield hits away with her strong range at shortstop.

In a battle of unbeatens and perennial powers, Terri Ferrazzani and North Reading outdueled Carolina Merrill and Amesbury 2-0. Both teams had three hits but Ferrazzani was sharper, striking out eight without issuing a walk.

Terri Ferrazzani threw a nifty one-hitter, striking out 12, and had the first home run of her career and three RBIs as North Reading ripped Triton 11-0.