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North Andover's boys, trailing by nine with two minutes left, rallied to tie the score in regulation, on a Matt Sifferlen put-back at the buzzer, and then took control in overtime for a 69-58 victory over Wilmington. It was the Knights' second win in 10 days over the arch-rival Wildcats. Matt O'Connell had four 3-pointers and 19 points for North Andover.

The Newburyport Clippers (3-11) were unable to dig themselves out a first half hole, and Wilmington coasted to a 65-47 victory. Bruce Pollard (10 points, 3 rebounds), Nick Welch (10 points, 4 rebounds), and Pat Reynolds (2 points, 5 rebounds) all played well for the Clippers.

Georgetown made quick work of defending champion Wilmington in a 52-35 thrashing. Jaymie Spears led the way with 16 points, and in spirte of being in foul trouble for most of the night, Julio Colon dropped in 10 of his own. Junior Chris Esposito got his first start of his varsity career and grabbed 10 boards in addition to scoring 4 points. Mike Messman had a huge night with a career-high 11 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks.

The Georgetown boys hoop team (11-2) cruised by defending CAL champ Wilmington 52-35. Jaymie Spears led the way with 15 points, 3 assists, and 3 steals, and Mike Messman (11 points, 6 rebounds, 5 blocks) and Chris Esposito (7 points and 10 rebounds) added some great defense. Julio Colon scored 10 points.

Triton had a tough time with the class of the CAL as Wilmington came to Byfield and walked away with an easy win. Jedd Hutchins (9 points) and Charles Anderson (7 points) led the Vikings in scoring. Coach Ryan Souliotis said Ben Cross played a great game underneath collecting 10 rebounds to go with several blocks and has emerged as a player for the Vikings down low.