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Marck Galva scored 17 points, leading Whittier to a 65-63 win over Arlington Catholic. The victory made the Wildcats 19-1 on the season, their most wins since the 1987-88 season (20-3).

After surging from a double-digit deficit to an eight-point second-half lead, Pentucket suffered from sloppy play and dropped a 44-43 decision to defending state champ Arlington Catholic in the Masconomet Tourney. Tess Nogueira led the Sachems with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Arlington Catholic erupted for four runs in the top of the sixth inning, toppling North Reading, 5-4 in Arlington Tourney consolation round play. Captain Kirsten Morrison was the offensive star for the Hornets, ripping two doubles on a three-hit day, scoring twice and driving in a pair of runs.

BILLERICA — Once again North Andover found nothing charming in playing a Division 2 North sectional game against Arlington Catholic.

For the third straight year, the Cougars from the Catholic Central League knocked the Scarlet Knights out of the postseason with another convincing victory last night. Sixth-seeded Arlington Catholic ran away from second-seeded North Andover in the second quarter before finishing with a 59-40 semifinal victory at Billerica High School.

Trailing 49-41 with 4:30 left, Pentucket went on a 14-4 run to pull out a 55-53 win over Arlington Catholic in the Division 3 North first round.

Will Angelini played the game of his life as the 6-5 junior, who is usually a complementary player, erupted for 16 points and 10 rebounds. AC limited sharpshooter Corey McNamara to five points, but Angelini and Mike Doud (14 points)  came up big. 

Casey McLaughlin scored 20 points and pulled in 12 rebounds as Central Catholic overcame a shaky start (down 13-7 after one) to defeat Arlington Catholic, 55-47.  The Raiders play Newton South, today at 2:30 p.m. in  the championship game.

Pentucket jumped out to a big lead and never looked back, controlling the tempo in its 63-41 win over Arlington Catholic. Alex Moore scored 12 points with eight rebounds.

LOWELL — Arlington Catholic head coach Joel Burke was almost hoping against hope.

Trailing 12th seed North Reading, 2-1 late in the twice-delayed Division 2 North semifinals yesterday, Burke thought his eighth-seeded Cougars still had a shot if they could get their first three hitters up one more time.

Two pressure-packed goals earned Pentucket a 6-5 overtime victory over Arlington Catholic, setting the stage for a state tourney berth win a victory in its last game against Haverhill Thursday. Jeremy Krugh kept the Sachems alive by tying the contest with one second left in regulation. With 50 seconds left in the second OT period, Jay Duchanes took a feed from Alex Connolly and found the mark for the game-winner.

BILLERICA — Central Catholic fell victim to seven tough minutes.

“I don’t know if it was nerves, but we came out flat,” said Raiders head coach Mike Jankowski. “It took us a while to get in the groove, and in the end we just couldn’t recover.”