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All the hard work against bigger, Division 1 schools is starting to pay off for a young Georgetown squad. Playing with discipline, the Royals responded after losing the lead in the second half, downing Ipswich, 13-12 to climb into first place in Division 2 of the Cape Ann League. Timely goals from Michelle Reilly (four goals) and Emma Cannon (two goals) helped Georgetown grab just enough momentum to prevail. "This is a really good group that's found its way together," Said Royals head coach Heather Hartford.

Pentucket made all of its runners count in a 6-1 victory over Ipswich. Pushing the issue with an effective brand of "smallball," the Sachems bunted effectively and stole four bases, generating its runs from just 10 base runners (four hits, three walks and three hit batters). Mike Dowd stroked a triple to highlight Pentucket's attack.

Sarah Erlandson fired a four-hitter with 12 strikeouts and Taylor Nelson hammered a three-run homer to lift Georgetown past Ipswich 8-2.

North Andover's softball team won its fourth straight, 10-4 over Ipswich. Gwen Vozeolas was 2 for 4, scored twice and had an RBI for the Knights (7-3) and Candace Waldie was 2 for 3, scored twice and had an RBI. Freshman Courtney Green (2 for 4) had two RBIs. 

On Monday, North Andover's Tyler Leavitt came within one out of a no-hitter. Yesterday, Mother Nature assured that the same fate would not strike Brandon Walsh. The Knight sophomore covered five innings on the hill, stifling Ipswich with five strikeouts, a walk and a pair of hit batters before the rain and lightning hit. The result, a five-inning no-no and a 3-0 victory over the Tigers, was plenty good for Knights coach Todd Dulin. "Tyler just pitched a beautiful game, I think he went to one 3-ball count all day," said Dulin, whose club improved to 7-1 and 5-0 in the Cape Ann League. "But Brandon just brought the heat. He was dominant."

Very strong defensive performances from Allison Coleman, Megan Connolly and Caitlin Enright shut down Ipswich just enough for visiting North Andover to escape with a 13-11 victory.

Lexi Kitsakos was a force in Pentucket's tri-meet split, a victory over Newburyport and loss to Ipswich, winning the triple jump, high jump and 200 while helping the 4x100 relay quartet to the top spot.

C.J. Lataille ran an impressive 11.4 second 100-meter dash, winning the event as Pentucket split a tri-meet, beating Ipswich and losing to Newburyport. Lataille also was triumphant in the long jump (19-0) while running the anchor leg in the victorious 4x100 relay.

Eric Diffily came through with a two-run triple to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh, and Brandon Currier delivered the walk-off single to score Diffily in North Reading's 9-8 win over Ipswich.