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Andover's Chris McConnell won the 55-meter dash in a time of 6.52 at yesterday's Winter Festival, at the ReggieLewis Center. MConnell then ran with Mark Vetere, Brenden Campbell and Kerrick Stevens to win the 4x200 in a time of 1:32.65.

The Andover girls hockey team improved to 2-1 witha 7-0 win over Cambridge. Sarah Oteri was flat-out dominant, racking up three goals and an assist. It's her second hat trick of the year. Meghan McCarthy had a trio of helpers, and Nicole Giroux had a pair of goals.

St. John's Prep is a No. 16 seed in the Division 1 North Tournament, but it doesn't perform like a No. 16 seed.

The Eagles got off to a rip-roaring tourney start yesterday, drubbing Cambridge, 12-0, as Jordan Edgett and reliever Chris Carmain combined for the shutout and Trevor Manzi triggered the offense with a double, home run and five RBI.

Methuen senior John Sughrue didn't get the match he would have preferred, but he had plenty of consolation yesterday at the Methuen Invitational.

Because he moved up a weight class to 130 pounds this year, there was no showdown with Salem star Trevor Dearden, but both Sughrue and Dearden came away big winners.

HAVERHILL | One shot in the third quarter of yesterday's Pentucket-Cambridge semifinal matchup in the Haverhill Christmas Tournament by sophomore standout Ashley Viselli just might have a domino effect.

Steve Lesiczka took the ball down field and crossed it to Alex Sindoni at the 20. Sindoni then went past two defenders and fired it past the goalie into the lower left corner of the goal midway through the first period to give No. 5 Haverhill a 1-0 win over No. 10 Cambridge in the Division 1 North first round.

CAMBRIDGE | The Peabody High football team isn't only looking for its first win of the Dick Woodbury Era | they're still looking for their first points.

Hitting the road for the first time this season, the Tanners and their new head coach travelled to Cambridge and, for the second straight week, were held off the scoreboard in falling to the host Falcons, 36-0.

Alex Farr and Sean Bishop scored first-half goals to power St. John's Prep past Cambridge 2-1. Netminder Doug Wilson made four saves to win in his first-ever start for the Eagles.

PEABODY | Paul Uva said he was "heartbroken for the kids" who had put much of their own hearts into this game.

His Peabody High football team is still be winless after an 8-0 overtime loss to first place Cambridge last night at swampy Lee Field | but their spirit was hardly shattered. Uva, the Peabody head coach, marked his 46th birthday Thursday. The team had gotten wind of the milestone and gave him the old bucket of water dunking after practice.