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 GLOUCESTER - According to Manchester Essex head football coach Mike Athanas, the team's offense has been so effective because they have so many weapons. When opposing defenses key in on one player, the Hornets aren't hesitant to go to another.

Presentation of Mary won their final contest of the season, comming back to defeat Northeast Metro after losing the first set. Panther seniors playing their for the final time turned in solid perfomances as Becky Smith led in kills (4), blocks (3) and service points (14, 10 aces) while classmates Kasha Pryzbylska had nine assists. Samanatha O'Toole and Jessica Goulet also were pointed out as playing well in their last game as well.

WAKEFIELD — Greater Lawrence was unable to overcome a scoreless first half, losing to the Northeast Knights 26-20.
The Reggies had many opportunities in the second half to take a lead, but were stopped by a strong Northeast defense that gave them trouble all night.
Northeast took a 12-0 lead heading into the locker room at the half. Greater Lawrence bounced back in the second half.
“Hold them and start scoring,” head coach Tony Sarkis said he told his players during the half.
The Reggies’ first drive of the second half ended in a short touchdown pass from quarterback Juan Carlos Gomez to Chris Rocker.
“We ended up getting the ball right away,” said Sarkis. “We ended up scoring on that first run and that helped us out emotionally.”
The defense came in and forced a punt. The Reggies then drove 75 yards, culminated in a 60-yard rush by Angel Rivera, tying the score. The Knights, though, came right back, scoring on a 49-yard rush by Christian O’Leary with 1:48 left in the third to take a 20-12 lead.
Greater Lawrence was poised to tie it up, but a 59-yard drive stalled.
“Coming down and not scoring on the 2-3 yard line really killed us,” said Sarkis. “That hurt us emotionally and that would have been a big swing for us.”
With 3:43 left, the Reggies did score the equalizer on a 10-yard pass from Juan Carlos Gomez to Rocker, for their second TD connection of the evening. The two combined for the conversion pass and the game was deadlocked at 20-20. The hosts, however, had one final answer. Dan Martin scored his third TD of the game, crashing in from four yards out.
The Reggies returned the kick to their own 43 but an interception on the first play from scrimmage ended any hopes of a comeback victory.

Strung at the buzzer

Northeast Metro received a free kick with 20 seconds to play and converted for a 1-0 win over Presentation of Mary (1-7-1). Goalie Danielle Riccardi made nine saves to keep the game close throughtout. The Panthers could not convert on 12 shots.

Whittier Tech improved to 4-0 with a shutout win over Northeast behind eight kills from Jordan Alper.

Kendra Hobbs chipped in seven assists, and Danielle Ryan served a dozen points in the victory.

The Bulldogs (15-3) got out of a bases loaded jam in the seventh inning to emerge with a 7-4 win over Northeast. Whitney Bell paved the way with three hits including an RBI triple while Jillian Tentindo had two hits and an RBI and Stephanie Rudis also drove in a run.

The Bulldogs upset Northeast 11-8 thanks to Ben Dora, who was 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and had three innings of shutdown relief work in the hill. North Shore pulled away with runs from Dora, J.J. Navis and Andrew Rainville. With Northeast threatening in the sixth, Cam Fletcher caught a fly ball and heaved it home to save a run and execute a crucial double play.

Sophomore right-hander Stephanie Rudis of Methuen pitched the first no-hitter of her career and the fourth in the history of the school as she dominated Northeast Regional of Wakefield, 12-0. Rudis finished with one strikeout and two walks and the Bulldogs defense played superbly behind her. North Shore Tech improved to 7-1

It might have looked dark and gloomy in the skies above Bishop Fenwick's lacrosse field yesterday afternoon. The results on the field, though, were anything but as the Crusaders opened the 2008 season with an 18-7 romp over Northeast Regional.

After one quarter last night, the Manchester Essex girls basketball team found itself down 9-4 at Northeast Regional. Despite that slow start, the Hornets responded to post a dominating 47-19 win in Wakefield over the Knights.