Field Hockey
Pinkerton 5, Timberlane 0
Jaelyn Crossman had a career day, scoring all five goals for the Astros in the New Hampshire Division I contest. Cayden Madeiros dished out two assists, while, Hannah Lisauskas and Meaghan Shea had one each, while she also had a defensive save. Goalie Molly Kuncik made three saves for the shutout.
Also playing well were Gwen Lee and Jada Vasquez on the forward line and Ayvree Hamilton on the defensive line.
Pelham 7, Conval 1
Seven different players found the back of the net for the Pythons with Cassidy Harrington, Kylie Almeida, Jordan Robito, Mya Dion, Makenzie Comtois and Katelyn Hawley. Lyla Prince had two assists, while, Almeida and Sarah Coppinger had one each.
Salem 2, Manchester Central 1
Avery Aliberti scored both goals, while teammate Lexi Whipple assisted on both to lead the Blue Devils to the win.
Central Catholic 5,
Westford Academy 4
Senior Kerri Finneran ignited the Central (9-0-1) offense scoring four goals, while, Alex Kohalmi had the other. Franchesca Thurston, Liz Medford and Celinna Perham had one assist each. Goalie Ava Perrotta didn’t see any action but takes home the shutout win.
St. Mary’s 2, North Andover 0
The Scarlet Knights (3-4-1) couldn’t get anything offensively in the non-league loss. Sofia Bea made nine saves in net.
Girls Soccer
Whittier Tech 2,
Northeast 0
The Wildcats improved to 6-2-2 on the season with a CAC victory over Northeast. Kamryn Eaton notched two goals, giving her ten on the season, while, Miley Clancy had the other. Goalie Cali Moore made four saves to record the win.
Newton North 2,
Central Catholic 1
The Raiders (5-3-1 overall, 4-0-1 in MVC) were edged out in the non-league game. Lucy Irwin scored the lone goal for the Raiders, her 11th of the season, on a set-up from Alyssa Furtado. Goalie Sarah Parker played well making seven stops.
Pinkerton 6, Alvirne 0
Six different players found the back of the net for the Astros with Kayla Silveira, Makenzie Bergevine, Audrey Earehart, Verity Ungaro, Nora Brayall and Bella Sippel. Collecting single assists were Sippel, Cami McNulty, Riley McClellan and Lexi Doyle. Goalie Sydney Mlynarski made one save for the shutout victory.
Volleyball
Andover 3, Lawrence 0
The Golden Warriors (6-5) came away with the convincing three-set sweep by scores of 25-14, 25-18 and 25-9. Playing well for Andover were Jessie Wang (11 kills), Naomi Vajada (7 kills, 2 blocks), Tina Zheng (23 assists, 24 service points and 9 aces), Megan Durant (9 digs) and Kate Hilson (8 digs).
For Lawrence (1-9), Santa De Leon had six kills and one ace, Rachelle Torres had ten assists and one block, Josairi Vargas had four serving points and Haneliz Frias added four digs.
Boston Latin 3,
Haverhill 0
The Hillies were swept (25-15, 25-17 and 25-18) in the non-league match. Gabby Burdier led the way with ten kills, eleven digs and one ace. Olivia Lesswing added nine assists and Cecily Russell had three blocks.
Salem 3, Winacunnet 0
The Blue Devils prevailed (25-20, 25-18 and 25-15) behind the strong play from Madi Mohan (9 kills, 10 digs and 3 aces), Grace Hoover (7 kills) and Marina D’Amico (10 assists and 2 aces).
Pinkerton 3, Concord 0
The Astros (8-3) had a number of strong performances in the three-set sweep (25-20, 25-21 and 25-13). Maddie Andrade contributed in all different ways with 14 service points with three aces, eight kills and ten digs. Lucy Denu had nine service points and ten assists, Kara Porter had three aces and dished out a dozen assists. Izzy McIntyre and Molly Jones combined for 12 kills, Brooke Little served three aces, Aaliyah Gooden had three blocks and Calli Miller finished with 12 digs.
Windham 3, Londonderry 2
Contributing in the win were Ella Conrad (14 kills, 2 blocks), Maddie Begley (32 assists and 4 aces), as well as Ryleigh Jacobs and Kate LeClair, who both finished with seven kills and two blocks.
Golf
Concord 188,
Windham 189,
Salem 196
Windham’s Ethan Peluso was low medalist with a plus-one, 36, while, Cassidy Gallant finished with a 37 and Thomas Manning had a four-over 40.
For Salem, Lincoln Freitas led with a 39, followed by Logan Smith (41), Jakob Robblee (38), Mike Daigle (39) and James Houghton and Tyler Pizzano (40).
Timberlane 215,
Merrimack Valley 219,
Hollis-Brookline 228,
Milford 243
Timberlane swept the quad match behind Breckin O’Connor, as he finished with a 41.
Pinkerton 197,
Exeter 198,
Manchester South 226
Held at the par-36 Hoodkroft Country Club, Pinkerton (11-9) swept the tri-match behind the play of Connor Urnek (37), EJ Baker (39), Cam Burke and Tyler Morin (40) and Johnny Barbarossa (41).
Billerica 15, Methuen 5
Winners for Methuen were Aiden Cashman (37) and Ryan McKinnon (38).
Boys Soccer
Pinkerton 4, Alvirne 0
The Astros (4-2-2) were in complete command the entire game as Hayden Marshall scored two goals and assisted on another, while, Andrew Perfetto and Phoenix Beaulieu had one each. Ethan Fonseca and Beaulieu had one helper each. Goalies Rolston Ladd and Dylan Devold combined for the shutout, both making one save.
Freshman Ryan Olivierra also played well.
Cross-Country
The Pinkerton girls and boys cross-country teams both participated and won the Kennett Invitational Meet held on Saturday.
The girls finished with 18 points, followed by Portsmouth (59), Plymouth (68), Kennett (97) and Kingswood (155). Sophomore Sookie Folsom won her second race of the week with a time of 19:32. She was followed by junior captain Gabby Bedard (2nd, 19:57), senior Althea LeBlanc (4th, 20:33), junior Parker Knowlton (5th, 20:50) and junior Kali Marzolf (6th, 21:21).
Senior Captains Ava Mohammed (21:38, 53 second personal record) and Mia Eckerman (21:45, 20 second personal record) both turned in outstanding performances.
On the boys side, Pinkerton finished with 20 points, well ahead of the other seven participating teams. Sean Hayes was second overall in 16:27.80 and was followed by Oscar D’Amelio (3rd, 16:34.68), Trainor Mailloux (4th, 16:44.20), Austin Cipriano (5th, 17:01.06) and Joseph Gustavson (6th, 17:14.57.