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BEVERLY — A couple of weeks ago, Danvers High senior captain Danny Lynch joked that he probably leads all of New England in bunt singles.

The Central Catholic softball team won its ninth straight game, 6-0 over Danvers, to improve to 18-2 and likely earn the No. 1 seed in the Division 1 North tournament. Pitcher Niamh Walker notched her second straight shutout and has only given up one run in the last four games while red-hot Bella Jankowski was 2 for 4 with a run scored and two RBIs.

Leila Camplese hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third to fuel Central Catholic to a victory over Danvers. Niamh Walker pitched the shutout for the Raiders.

North Reading freshman Sean Fagen made a big impression in his varsity debut, erupting for four goals and two assists to lead the Hornets to a 13-0 win over Danvers. Jack Schille also had three goals and Brian Cotter and Cam Fagen each had two.

Haverhill got two goals from Cam Belanger and one from Brian Mackie to beat Danvers 3-0 to advance to the finals of the Newburyport Bank Tournament. The Hillies will face Masconomet for the title on Friday.

Whittier celebrated the return to the lineup of Gavin Henderson, who had been out injured with a quad-meet sweep, beating Taunton, Woburn and Triton, the latter with its first loss of the year.

Brenna Keefe scored twice and Darsie Peterson also tallied as Andover field hockey handed Danvers its first loss. Jillian Hughes and Caroline Curtin dominated the midfield.

Brenna Keefe scored twice and Darsie Peterson also tallied as Andover field hockey handed Danvers its first loss. Jillian Hughes and Caroline Curtin dominated the midfield.

Junior goalie Andrew Santos, in his first varsity start, had a shutout of a solid Danvers team as Andover grabbed a 2-0 victory in the first round of the Newburyport Bank Classic. Also, sophomore Michael Biddle scored his first career goal for the Warriors (10-3-5).

Meg Collins made a clutch diving save on the third penalty kick and North Andover's Taylor Casale, Abbie Karalis, Amanda DeMaio and Mikayla Guthrie each made their PKs to give the Knights a 2-1 win over Danvers Tuesday night.