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Sam Dowden scored 27 points and pulled down nine rebounds as Andover won for the second straight game,  this time with a 68-55 win over Haverhill. James Costello had 10 for Andover and Edwin Valentin led Haverhill with 23.

Olivia Biles scored 16 points, including netting three 3-pointers, and Devon Caveney also had 16 points in Andover girls basketball's 72-35 victory over Methuen.

Andover's wrestling team won its first meet of the season, 39-37 over Everett. Shiv Chawla, Joey Solimini and Nick Marcotte all recorded pins for the Warriors and Ben Dykstra had a technical fall. Jack Reilly and James Burke had pivotal one-point decisions. 

Andover outshot Billerica, 40-20, but couldn't put the puck in the net, dropping a 6-3 decision. Emily Appleton helmed a strong defensive effort for the Warriors despite the setback.

Andover closed out its MVC gymnastics season with a bang, sweeping a tri-meet over previously unbeaten Chelmsford as well as Billerica to win the league title. Six Warrior athletes posted personal bests in the meet including all-around winner Courtney Carver (from 34.35 to 36.0) and Jesse Livingston in the vault (9.2 to 9.3).

With a strong defensive effort that blanked one of the best hockey players in the state, Connor Lynch, Andover dealt Boston Latin its first loss of the season, 4-1. Matt McIver, who scored for the Warriors, highlighted a effective team defense that didn't yield a goal until just nine minutes were left to play.

With the seven of the top eight finishers at Bradford Ski Area yesterday, St. John's Prep easily swept past Andover and Masconomet to remain unbeaten in North Shore Ski League competition.

The unbeaten Andover girls basketball team faced a tough test with Rhode Island power LaSalle (15-2), which had only a loss to a New York City team, and came away with an impressive 66-57 victory.

Courtney Carver and Jesse Livingston led the way, finishing one-two in the all-around with scores of 35.8 and 35.7, as Andover remained unbeaten (8-0) in girls gymnastics, clipping Central Catholic 139.95 to 134.70. 

Setting a new junior class school record and coming within 0.2 of a second of the overall standard, Methuen's Mike O'Donnell blazed to victory in the 1,000 meter run at the Coaches Elite Meet in Boston.