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Sarah Higgins scored 14 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and made five steals to lead Pentucket to a 42-27 victory over Ipswich. 

Corey McNamara scored 10 of his game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter as Pentucket topped Ipswich 57-47.

Zach Karalis dropped in a career-high 26 with six 3-pointers in North Andover's 64-37 win over Ipswich.

Zach Karalis dropped in a career-high 26 with six 3-pointers in North Andover's 64-37 win over Ipswich.

Kelsey Pratt ran a personal best 5:56.52 in the mile to win the event but Pentucket girls track lost 49-37 to Ipswich.

On the strength of personal-bests from Stephen O'Grady in the shot put and Jacob Johns in the 2-mile, North Andover swept a tri-meet from North Reading and Ipswich. Mike Bitto had a solid day for North Reading, running a leg in the winning 4x400 relay while placing second in the high jump (personal best 5-4) and the hurdles.

Sam Angles won four events, and Ali Ziel, Sophia Pasewark and Allie Robinson turned in sectional cuts as North Andover won every event vs. Ipswich. Tim Howard dominated the diving.

IPSWICH — There were only 51 seconds left in the first half the first time the North Reading football team got on the scoreboard at Jack Welch Stadium last night. But behind a dominant effort from the line and junior running back Carl Lipani, they made sure the points came much more frequently over the final 22 minutes of play. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Lipani rushed the ball 36 times for 231 yards and three touchdowns in the Hornets’ single wing offense as the visitors wore down Ipswich in a 32-14 triumph. “They owned the line of scrimmage both offensively and defensively — it was very impressive,” said Ipswich head coach Ted Flaherty. “Every play they run is a like a wedge, and it was tough to see that No. 44 (Lipani) behind those big linemen. He runs low to the ground, he’s patient and hits the hole extremely well.” The Tigers had drawn first blood when freshman quarterback Nick Andreas hooked up with Louis Galanis on a 55-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Galanis, a senior, made a spectacular outstretched catch and sailed into the end zone for a 6-0 lead. But by the time the home team scored again on Peter Moutevelis’ 82-yard kickoff return in the final stanza, North Reading had started to pull away. Lipani scored on runs of 5, 50 and 45 yards as North Reading (6-3) expanded on a 7-6 halftime edge by running the ball at will in the second half. Junior Michael Moscaritolo fell on a fumble in the end zone for another touchdown while captain Eric Valenti booted a 25-yard field goal. In all, the Hornets — who were minus three starters due to injury — rushed for 348 yards and secured themselves their first winning season in eight years. “We had to rely on some seniors who hadn’t seen much of the field this season, and they came up big,” said North Reading head coach Jeff Wall, whose team, which had just one victory a year ago, has now won six games in a season for the first time since 1999.

Despite surrendering its first goal in the past five games, Georgetown surged for a 4-1 ALS Cup soccer victory over Ipswich to wrap up its regular season at 14-1-3. Matt Bitchell scored three goals, two on penalty kicks, to lead the Royals.

It was 1-1 at the half but Matt Bitchell scored three times in the second half, two on penalty kicks, to give Georgetown a 4-1 win over Ipswich.