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HAVERHILL - Twice in the last week, the Haverhill High baseball team stared out at one of the MVC's top returning righties, falling behind early.Both times, the Hillies dusted themselves off and rallied, picking up giant conference wins. Yesterday, it was Ronnie Wallace and Tewksbury in town, holding leads of 2-0 and 3-2. Down to their last strike, Haverhill manufactured victory, with single runs in the seventh and eighth of a dramatic, 4-3, win."We're a group of battlers, who just don't give up," said catcher Ronnie Rosario, who tripled to lead the eighth and scored the game-winner when Chad Kimball drew a four-pitch, bases-loaded walk."We're going to fight to win every inning."With two out in the seventh, Wallace plunked Matt Pickles on the back on an 0-2 count. The Hillie No. 9 man stole second and then scored when Josh Chasse doubled for the tie. A tireless Kimball then went out and mowed the Redmen down in the eighth, registering his seventh strikeout of the complete-game, setting up the eighth-inning Rosario bomb to left.After a pair of intentional walks to set up a force at home, reliever Robbie McVey just couldn't locate the plate and walked the winning pitcher Kimball to score Rosario."To beat the defending champs is just a big boost," said Rosario. "Everybody in this conference is tough, but we know the (small school) league title goes through them."Kimball was sharp, spacing eight hits and four walks over the eight frames, matching the all-conference Redmen right-hander pitch for pitch.Chasse and Rosario combined for four of the five Hillie hits. Zach Cox had the other.

Senior Kevin Singer threw a complete-game five-hitter, and drove in four runs as North Reading pounded Wilmington 12-2.

Georgetown destroyed Triton 18-1 in a road game that was played at Georgetown due to an unplayable field at Triton. The Royals exploded for seven first inning runs and never looked back. Joe Esposito had a tremendous game with a double, triple, and grand slam. Anthony Conte held Triton to eight hits over seven solid innings of work.

Yunior Vasquez allowed just one hit and struck out 11, upping his total to 25 Ks over the last two games, as Lawrence downed Billerica 6-2. Mike Calzetta hit a solo homer and Harvey Blanco added a two-run double for the Lancers.

Londonderry crushed Bishop Guertin, 12-0, behind multi-hit games from Kyle Neverman (3 for 5), Jake Finnegan (2 for 3) and Sean Caron (3 for 5). Neverman drove in three runs and Finnegan and Caron each tallied a pair. Kasey Carollo limited the Cardinals to two hits over seven innings while striking out seven and walking just two.

Victor Mendez earned his first varsity win as he pitched seven innings of four-hit ball in Lawrence's 6-1 victory over Malden. Dionys Quezada smacked a two-run round-tripper in the fourth to give the Lancers a couple of insurance runs.

Andrew Sinkiewicz had two homers and four RBI as Georgetown topped Lynnfield, 10-4. Josh Ingram was a perfect 3 for 3, and Ryan Browner picked up his third win of the season.

Dillon Ryan tallied 14 strikeouts in seven innings of work to help Whittier beat Shawsheen, 9-6. Ryan helped his own cause with a hit and an RBI, while both Steve Clark and Jonathan Tannian had two hits and two RBI apiece.

Despite giving up four unearned runs in the first inning after a frustrating week of dealing with rained out games, Georgetown battled back on the strength of Andrew Sinkewicz's (3 for 4, 2 home runs, 2 runs, 4 RBIs) big day at the plate and Ryan Browner's great performance on the hill (7 innings pitched, 0 earned runs, 6 strike outs, 3 walks, 2 hit by pitch).