Volleyball
Pinkerton Academy 3, Concord 0
During the middle of the Astros 11th straight victory to open the season, senior Aaliyah Gooden recorded her 200th career block, which is twice as many as any other player in program history. She finished the game with seven blocks and six kills.
Also playing were Izzy McIntyre (13 digs, 8 kills), Maddie Andrade (15 digs, 8 kills), Lola Hideriotis (14 service points, 4 aces), Taylor Nastasi (14 assists) and Lucy Denu (11 assists).
Salem 3, Winnacunnet 1
Salem (7-2) was led by Riley Blanchet (10 kills, 6 aces, 10 assists), Michaela Dailey (9 kills, 4 digs) and Mia Contarino (6 kills, 10 digs).
Central Catholic 3, Lowell 0
The Raiders improved to 10-2 with the sweep. Julie Hall (20 kills, 26 digs), Bella Sierpina (3 blocks), Madison Blanchet (31 assists) and Sydney Faria (20 service points with 5 aces) all played well.
Andover 3, Lawrence 0
The Golden Warriors were too strong with their serves as Jessie Wang, Farah Berty and Naomi Vajda combined for 33 service points with 15 aces. Wang and Vajda also had seven kills each. Tina Zheng (18) and Rosemary Igew (7) combined for 25 assists.
Whittier Tech 3, Gloucester 0
Kelleisha Gilbert led the attack for the Wildcats with five aces, three kills and two blocks. Also giving a helping hand were Samantha Evans (5 digs) and Kelly Vigneaux (2 blocks).
Field Hockey
Windham 4,
Nashua North 0
Windham completely dominated putting 22 shots on net, while not allowing a defensive corner. Jaidyn Seitzer scored two goals, while Ella Gallinelli and Kendall Salvador had the others.
Laikyn Reeners, Emma Mulrenan, and Abbie Petrini also played well.
Uxbridge 3, Andover 0
The four-time Division 4 state champions with eight future Division 1 collegiate players on its roster, were too much for the two-time Division 1 state finalists of Andover. Golden Warriors goalie Rayna Cozzaglio made 16 saves.
North Andover 1,
Central Catholic 0
Sabrina Scalisi scored the lone goal, while goalie Sofia Bea made all five saves to earn the shutout.
Raiders (2-7-1) goalie Gianna Bonanno had another strong game with 13 saves.
Golf
Central Catholic 14.5, Chelmsford 5.5
Played at the Chelmsford Country Club (par-34), the Raiders (7-1-1) came away with a hard earned win over a strong Lions team. Central winners were Jake Morowski (34E, 3&2) and Andrew Bolton, Zach Jacobson and Evan Smith who all won their matches 1Up.
Haverhill 20, Methuen 0
Haverhill improved to 5-6-1 behind wins from Tommy Murphy (5&4), Matt Baker (4&3), Max Boyer (2Up), Alec Simoneau (2Up), Brady Bergeron (3&2), Teddy Kempinski (2&1), Jack Kelly (3&1) and Colby Smith (5&4).
Murphy shot a four-under par 32 as the match medalist.
Pinkerton Academy takes second
In a quad match held at the Hoodkroft Country Club in Derry (par 36), Bishop Guertin took the top overall score of 178, followed by Pinkerton (197), Exeter (211) and Keene (215). The Astros (13-7) top five performers were Tyler Morin (38), Matt Barnaby (39), while Brady Cuneo, Luke Lojko and Nolan Thoekos all shot a 40.
Girls Soccer
Shawsheen Tech 5,
Whittier Tech 2
Riley Clark and Sandy Tascuri scored the goals for the Wildcats thanks to assists from Maddy Landry and Kamryn Eaton. Goalie Meredith MacIver had nine saves and in front of her Mackenzie Andrews and Miley Clancy played well.
Phillips Andover 5,
Pingree 0
Captain Wylie Roossien couldn’t be stopped as she scored four times, while Lola Aguirre had the other. Goalkeeper Adele Russell seven saves to help push Phillips to a 5-2 record.
CAC Leaders
The CAC announced its statistical leaders on Monday. In the small school, Greater Lawrence’s Carmela Bellitti leads the conference in scoring with 11 goals and 11 assists. Her teammates Lailah Paulino ranks third with 10 goals and 1 assist. Reggies’ goalie Jannaliss Herrera ranks first, with a 1.00 GAA.
Football
Pelham 50, Hollis-Brookline 0
Played Friday night, the Pythons improved to 4-0 behind two touchdowns each from Cameron Marvin, Noah Johnson and Luke Draper, while, Jacob Chafe had the other. Draper also had an interception and Johnson had a blocked punt on the defensive end.
Greater Lawrence 35, Norton 26
Also from late Friday night, the Reggies (3-1) were led again by running back Gustavo Varela, who finished with 324 rushing yards on 23 carries and three touchdowns (runs of 67, 10 and 34 yards) and a two-point conversion rush. He also caught one pass for seven yards. He now has 14 touchdowns in four games.
Ziah Herring scored a pair of rushing touchdowns and rushed for 40 yards and caught seven passes for 51 yards. Quarterback Zion Padilla completed 10 of 13 passes for 90 yards. Defensively, Adrian Arias had two interceptions.
Boys Cross Country
Pinkerton Academy had the top five finishers to finish with a perfect score of 15 to capture the Kennett Invitational held in Conway, New Hampshire on Saturday.
The place finishers were Trainor Mailloux (16:22), Oscar D’Amelio (16:29), Jason Robie (16:33), Joe Gustavson (16:38) and Austin Cipriano (16:47).
Greater Lowell 15,
Greater Lawrence 49
Josiah Kabuve was the Reggies top finisher, taking seventh overall (18:52).
College Soccer
In a rematch of last seasons region championship game, the Northern Essex Community College men’s soccer team defeated visiting Quinsigamond Community College on Saturday afternoon by a 3-0 result and improved their record 4-2 overall and 2-0 in region play.
Throughout the games 90 minutes, the Knights controlled most of the play and took a lead five minutes before the halftime break when Ryan Duffy (Andover) knocked home a crossing pass just inside the six-yard box to the lower right corner of the goal.
Dylan Gavin (Methuen) made four saves in net.