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Truthfully, the North Shore has yet to really make its mark on the face of postseason girls lacrosse. The Chieftains would love to change that.

Masco is 12-2 with games remaining against Hamilton-Wenham and North Andover, and so far it has averaged 18.9 goals per game. The Chieftains maxed out at 25 goals and twice hit 24. Clearly, any team that meets them in the postseason will need to find a way to slow down the offense.

Number 14 wasn't suited up and on the field yesterday in the Masconomet Chieftains girls lacrosse game against Ipswich.

But Kate Evans' presence, as well as her uniform number, were everywhere -- both on the field and on the sidelines.

More than once this season, you probably had to rub your eyes and look twice at the scores for the Masconomet girls team's results. If it seems like the Chieftains are putting up big numbers, it's because they are.

The Chieftains (8-1, 8-0 CAL) racked up 20 goals for the fourth straight game in rolling by Newburyport 25-8. Sydney Godett led the onslaught with six goals and four assists while Brittany Fraser and Kathleen Ragan added four goals each. Madeline Hardy added a hat trick and Maura Brazel was the table-setter with a goal and five helpers as Masco held a commanding 16-4 lead at the break and the second half was academic.

Heather and Brittany Fraser are the stereotypical twins.

Brittany has picked up shirts while shopping and turned around to see Heather holding the same article of clothing. And finishing each other's thoughts? That happens more frequently than the Fraser-led Masconomet girls lacrosse team has been scoring goals this spring.

Maura Brazel scored six goals and Sydney Godett added five more as the Chieftains (7-1) had too much offense for Newburyport to handle in a 24-13 triumph. Margeaux Guercia and Madeline Hardy recorded hat tricks while Kathleen Ragan also had three goals along with two assists. Meanwhile, Heather Fraser had two scores and four helpers and Brittany Fraser added a goal with five assists to help pace a balanced Masco attack.

Brittany Fraser notched an eye-popping seven goals as the Chieftains (6-1) prevailed in a Cape Ann League slugfest, 24-16 over Pentucket. Playmaker Maura Brazel dished out five assists in addition to five goals while Sydney Godett scored fived time to help Masco pull away late. MacKenzie Morris stopped 25 shots in net to earn the win.

The Manchester Essex girls lacrosse team was overmatched yesterday against Division 1 Masconomet, but the Hornets will be better off for it.

At least that's what head coach Sarah Holch believes after seeing her Hornets, a Division 2 state tournament team last year, fall to Masco, 22-6, in the season opener for both teams. Due to a scheduling change in the Cape Ann League, Manchester Essex saw Masconomet for the first time ever.

For a long time it looked like the Masconomet Regional girls lacrosse team was going to kick off its season with loss. Then, after a difficult first half, the Chieftains got things together.

Heather Fraser scored the game-winner with about two minutes to play as Masco erased an early deficit for an opening day 8-7 win over Triton.