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Goals from North Andover's Brian Pinho and Andover's Tyler Bird in the third period broke open a tense battle as St. John's Prep toppled Central Catholic, 4-2, to advance to the Super 8 semifinals. Lloyd Hayes and Christian Thompson answered Eagles goals to draw the Raiders even before St. John's timely surge to victory.

STONEHAM — Central Catholic goalie Colin Soucy did everything he could to hold off the St. John’s Prep onslaught.

The North Andover resident made saves standing up and sitting down. He made butterfly saves and stops from his stomach, and even took a shot square off his mask in a 40-save gem.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — With the first trip to the state championship in program history within reach, No. 3 Londonderry hockey pushed No. 2 Manchester Central to the limits for 45 minutes, including a pair of shots on goal in the final seconds of regulation.

LOWELL — Taking the ice as the overwhelming underdog — a No. 8 seed facing off against a No. 1-ranked squad with just two losses for the season — Central Catholic skated in with one goal in mind.

SALEM — Just when people were wondering if anyone would break through the stellar, overtime net play, Curtis Harper put an end to a classic Division I quarterfinal.

The junior forward made Mike Donlan's assist pay off with a wrap-around winner that provided third-seeded Londonderry with a tough 3-2 victory over sixth-seeded Salem.

STONEHAM — For the better part of 15 minutes, it appeared Andover had taken control.

Trailing by two goals after one period, the Golden Warriors’ Tyler Weeks finished off an outstanding give-and-go with a shorthanded goal to cut the deficit to one just under three minutes into the second — and turn the momentum sharply in Andover’s favor.

The Brooks boys hockey team continued to surge, blanking Middlesex 4-0 in the New England Prep semifinals. Brooks once again showed good balance with Connor Moore netting a goal and an assist. It will play in the semifinals at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Icenter in Salem against a team to be determined today.

Pinkerton trailed 3-1 midway through the second period but staged a big rally to beat Concord 8-4 in its tourney opener. Devin Moore and Connor Brady scored in the final 90 seconds of the period and Brady scored again 33 seconds into the third period.  Brady and Dominic Corsetto each scored twice.

STONEHAM — With the eyes of approximately 1,000 fans fixed on him, Central Catholic’s Corey Webber saw his opportunity and called for the puck.

“I yelled to Kevin (Regan) to get me the puck,” said Webber. “I took a quick shot, got the rebound and put it in. Then the whole team came at me and jumped on me. It was just a dream. I couldn’t believe it.”

Pentucket-Georgetown's Mike Kutcher and Bishop Fenwick's Mike and Chris Napolitano were all ejected for fighting in the hockey season finale for both schools. Another Crusader was tossed late in the game.