Softball
Timberlane 5,
Merrimack 3
Junior Audrey Cordeiro was on base four times, including a solo home run and three walks, while she scored twice to lead the Owls’ offense. In the circle, the combination of Ellie Shanley (win) and Brooke Salafia (save) gave up just two earned runs, while striking out four.
Windham 2, Exeter 1
Senior Claire Ballard hurled a three-hit, 11-strikeout gem to earn the win. Senior Captain Anna Mitroe hit a towering homerun and junior Ella Wilkins finished 3-for-3 at the plate.
Pinkerton Academy 10,
Nashua South 3
Mia Marshall was 2 for 2 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI. Caitlin Lemay (double) and Brielle Foote also had two hits each. Nalia Hilton also smacked a home run, while Mollie Wheale and Samantha Harrington legged out triples.
On the mound, Julia Caruso went the distance, striking out 14.
Greater Lawrence 10,
Northeast 3
Samantha Nasella earned the win tossing a four-hitter and striking out ten. She was helped out offensively by Arielle Merlina with three hits and Aysha Paula with two. Brooke Nasella was strong defensively.
Central Catholic 10, Haverhill 5
Emily Goc smacked a home run and knocked in four runs as part of her 3 for 4 day. She also scored three times. Ava Perrotta had two doubles, and both Amelia Ovalles and Ella O’Connell had two hits.
For the Hillies, Ava Moscaritolo belted a two-run homerun. Gianna Pistone added two his and made a diving catch in the outfield.
Methuen 23, Lowell 7
Ava Nartiff led the attack going 4 for 4 while scoring four runs. Freshman Sam Chalupa was 3 for 3 and had four RBI. Bella Medeiros had three hits, and Adriana Delaney, KK LaFlamme and Melany Reyes had two safeties each. Reyes was also the winning pitcher.
Brooks 15, Thayer 0
Three local players Addi DiAntonio (Andover), Finley Cronin (Andover) and Sophia Florencio (Lawrence) combined for eight hits, eight RBI and five runs scored to lead the offense. Jackie Giordano (Andover) pitched four perfect innings striking out seven, allowing no hits and no baserunners.
Baseball
North Andover 4,
Tewksbury 1
The trio of Cole Mullen (win), Luke Yorba and Gabe Polonsky (save) combined to give one earned run, while striking out six to lead the Knights. Offensively, Sean Kilcoyne had two hits, while Zach Faro, Jake Jackson, Mike Phelps and Brendon Salach each drove in a run.
Methuen 10, Lowell 3
The Rangers (2-0) already equaled their win total from all of last year with a convincing win over the Red Raiders. Kyle Notenboom earned the win going the first four innings with four strikeouts. Julius Soto and Nick Andreottola combined for three shut out innings of relief.
Offensively, the Rangers had many stars. Lead-off hitter Colin Robinson was 4 for 4 with a RBI and two stolen bases. Nolan Smith was 1 for 2 with three walks, Justin Fajardo walked four times, including twice with the bases loaded.
Lawrence 8, Haverhill 3
Isaias Romero and Anderson Silverio led the Lancers offense with three hits each. Jayden Minaya was terrific on the mound, picking up the win, He went four innings, giving up one earned run and struck out seven.
Shawsheen Tech 12,
Greater Lawrence 0
Randy Fernandez, Jerlin Melo, Richard Dominguez and Deinny Arias Peguero each had a hit in the loss.
Exeter 5, Windham 1
Josh Martino turned in a strong performance on the mound, going four innings while striking out nine. Jake Sullo led the Jaguars’ offense with two hits.
Boys Tennis
Methuen 5, Lowell 0
In the singles matches, Gavin Minott (6-2, 6-2), Langh Lal (6-0, 6-0) and Sophy Chhung (6-0, 6-1) captured wins, as did the doubles teams of Dhruv Patel and Hiro Neang (6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-8) as well as Finn Gilday and Chance Soy (6-2, 6-1).
Andover 4, Cambridge R&L 1
Securing wins for the Golden Warriors were Sam Gomer (6-4, 6-1) and Kain Keyhan (6-0, 6-0) at second and third doubles, and the doubles teams of Matt Wang and Ryan Furlong (6-1, 6-3) and Ricky Tran and Cam Nutter.
Billerica 3, Haverhill 2
The Hillies first two singles players, Miles Stapel and Jesse Rubera came away with wins, but the Indians finished it out by winning the last three matches. Stapel won his match by scores of 6-2 and 6-4 and Rubera won 6-1, 6-3.
Derryfield 9, Windham 0
Connor Belair lost his match by an 8-6 score and he also paired up with Riley Hodges and they put up a good fight in doubles, losing 8-3. On Monday, Exeter defeated Windham 9-0. Faryan Biswas and Rocco Mancini lost their matches by 8-4 scores.
Salem 6, Nashua North 3
Freshman Brendan Lynn (8-0) and seniors Max Condon (8-5) and Rocco Crescenzo (8-3) won their singles matchups. All three Salem doubles teams of Lynn/Matthew Harding (8-3), Condon/Max Sylvester (8-3) and Dylan Coyle/Crescenzo (8-4) also came home as winners.
Girls Tennis
North Andover 5,
Lawrence 0
Coming away with wins for the Scarlet Knights were Callie Dias (6-0, 6-0), Kayla Pham (6-0, 6-0) and Kate Fry (6-1, 6-1) as well as the two doubles teams of Ena Deasy and Zainab Olawole (6-1, 6-1) and Emma Roshi and Keerthana Suresh (6-0, 6-0).
Methuen 3, Billerica 2
The Rangers received wins from singles players Liv Lawrence (6-3, 6-3), her sister Bree Lawrence (6-2, 6-2) and Jill McSweeney (6-0, 6-1).
Pelham 5, White Mountain 4
Coming away with singles victories included Kathryn Haley (8-1), Olivia Squillante (8-0) and Sarah Bellahrossi (8-1). In doubles play, the team of Haley and Squillante win 8-1, and Bellahrossi and Hailey Davis also won 8-2.
Nashua North 5, Salem 4
Picking up singles wins were Amelia Cikacz (8-3) and Madison Harding (8-4). At doubles, Chelsey Blanchette and Sidney Mikhael prevailed 8-6 and Cikacz and Bradley Thompson also won, 9-7.
Boys Lacrosse
Exeter 19, Windham 4
Evan Ardizzone (two goals) and Josh Trudel (1 goal) provided the lone sparks for the Jaguars.
Girls Lacrosse
Pinkerton Academy 17,
Salem 4
The Astros opened the season with a convincing victory. Francesca Doyle led the offense with six goals and Delaney Summers added three goals and one assist. Elise Collins, Sookie Folsom and Bella Petralia had two goals each, and Mia Eckerman and Cora Udina had one each to close out the scoring.
Sara DiClemente (2 saves) and Paige Fenner (4 saves) split the net duties.
Exeter 18, Windham 5
Ally Hartmann had three goals and also assisted in both of Darby Madden’s goals. Lyla Filadora had numerous saves in goal.
Greater Lawrence/Nashoba Tech 16,
Whittier Tech 4
Delaney Auger’s big seven-point night (6 goals, 1 assist) performance powered Nashoba (4-1) past Whittier. Alanna Alden also added five goals, one assist. Angelina Racioppi, Ava Cozzolino, Brooklyn Kluck, Peyton Lupoli and Sam Richards all scored for the balanced attack. Amber King stopped seven shots for the win.
Boys Volleyball
Pinkerton Academy 3,
Londonderry 0
Up two sets to none, Ben Koelb led a six-point service run allowing the Astros to pull ahead 7-0 in the third set and not look back from there, winning the match in three sets (25-19, 25-13 and 25-13).
Koelb also added 13 assists, three aces and three blocks and Kayden Layne chipped in with eight kills
Greater Lawrence 3, Nashoba Tech 0
Anthony Rubim had a big game with 27 service points and 24 assists to lead the Reggies (5-2) to the sweep (25-2, 25-6 and 25-4). Janiel Vizcaino added eight kills and Nicholas Marshall finished with four digs.
Whittier Tech 3,
Collegiate Charter 2
The Wildcats pulled out a thrilling win by the scores of 25-15, 14-25, 25-18, 20-25 and 15-10. Jizea Vargas led the way with 16 digs and five aces. Leo Flores added nine hits, Trevor Mullarkey chipped in with five kills and Miguel Robles ended with eight assists.
Lawrence 3, Central Catholic 1
Lawrence took the match in four sets by scores of 25-18, 25-16, 12-25 and 25-16. Christian Gomez (34 assists), Greg Medrano (12 kills, 5 aces) and Dave Luna (16 digs, 8 service points, 2 blocks) led the way for the Lancers.
Playing well for Central (0-5) were Sebastian Masse with seven kills and six blocks, Michael Najjar with 15 assists and 12 service points, and Elijah Hong with ten digs.
Methuen 3, Haverhill 0
The Rangers made it a quick sweep (25-13, 25-13 and 25-15). Sean LaDuke had a big game with 30 assists, Andrew Cox had 14 kills, Adrian Blake had two blocks and Cole Tourkantonis finished with four aces.
For the Hillies, Peter Grillo had ten assists and two digs, Kole Sindoni had three kills and Jacob Dube had two serving aces.