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North Andover's Kelley Johnson, a senior tri-captain, scored his first goal of the season for St. John's Prep as they tied defending Div. 1 state champion St. John's of Shrewsbury. Haverhill product John Woelfe was also singled out by coach Dave Crowell as having a strong game.

Sam Percival scored once and assisted two others in Andover's 4-1 win over Lawrence. The win came despite a great performance by Lawrence keeper Edwin Gutierez, who made 17 saves. "Gutierez covered alot of ground to keep them in the game" said Andover coach Mike Wartman. Wartman cited strong ball control and continued pressure as the key to overcomming Gutierez and the Lancers.

Brian Lundquist scored four goals and an assist to increase his season total to 14 goals in seven games as Fellowship Christian rallied from a 5-2 halftime deficit to win 7-6. Trever Glines added two goals and two assissts as Coach Chris Dyer made special note to the team's first conference win.

Brooks edged Groton 2-1 in boys soccer as Nick Vozella assissted Ayo Iwuagwu twice and freshman Cam Johst stepped in to fill the void left by starting goalie Glen Martin, who left the game with internal injuries. Johst finished with 7 saves and coach Dusty Richard said the freshman played "remarkably well."

With the score deadlocked at 1-1 at the end of the first half, Pinkerton Academy had a lot of work to do to keep its undefeated season alive. Three unanswered second half goals later, the Astros improved to 7-0 to remain perfect this season. Pinkerton was led by Mike Wanelik (two goals) and Kenny Kolbeck (two assists).

Andover earned its first win of the season thanks to the strong play of Kaelan Crawford, Tom Busta and Josh Torres, each of whom recording a goal in the winning effort. Torres also added an assist, and goalie Andrew Osborne had six saves.

In a game in which Greater Lawrence goalkeeper Jazmin Patricino recorded an astonishing 23 saves, brothers Christian and Alejandro Cano came up big for the home team. Christian scored a pair of goals to salvage the tie for the Reggies, while Alejandro assisted on one of his brother's goals.

Huge upset

After opening the season with two straight losses, the Brooks boys soccer team needed a boost and they got it yesterday with a 2-1 win over BB&N, the defending Independent School League champion and a Prep Class A finalist. "This was an enormous upset," said Brooks coach Dusty Richard. "They only lost one player from last year." Ayo Awuagwu had a goal and an assist for Brooks and Ryan Daley also scored. Andreas Burbank-Crump of North Andover was superb on defense and goalie Glen Martin shined while making 12 saves.

Varsity call-up Brian Smart made a sparkling debut, scoring the deciding goal in Salem's 1-0 win over Manchester West. Junior goalie Taylor Morin (4 saves) also made his first varsity start, spelling injured Ethan Carr.

Unanswered

After spotting Manchester Central a 2-1 halftime lead, the Pinkerton boys soccer team scored three times in the second half for a 4-2 win, keeping its perfect record (6-0) in tact.