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Andrew Ouellette potted five goals as Central Catholic held off hard-charging Burlington 12-11. Jimmy Smith and Brandon Lavoie each added three goals.

North Andover survived a sloppy, penalty-filled contest in which Peabody pitched a second-half shutout, holding on for a 7-3 victory. Defensive midfielder Zac Iovanella blanketed Peabody's top scorer, holding him to just one goal while scoring one himself. Garrett Alter won the majority of his faceoffs and sophomore Ernest Guerrero paced the Knights' offense with a pair of goals.

Defeensman Brendan McDonough went coast to coast for the tying goal with three minutes left and Steve Domoracki soon after added the winner as Brooks beat St. Paul's, 9-8. Nick Galanos was immense with 18 saves.

With Alex Blane out with mono, Colin Foley continued his hot play. The senior attack pumped in four more goals as North Andover whipped Wilmington, 11-3.

Kevin Dunn scored three times, including netting the game winner in double overtime, to lift Pentucket to a 7-6 victory over Marblehead. Dunn returns this year after he missed most of last season after he broke his wrist in the third game of the season and needed suirgery on it. 

Freshman attacker Jeremy Buckley wasted little time getting onto the varsity scoreboard, netting two quality goals in North Reading's season-opening 6-1 victory over Malden. Chris DiPietro also scored a pair in a game played under monsoon conditions at the Hornets' new artificial turf field.

Massive 6-foot-5, 245-pound Alex Blane scored two goals and assisted on two others as North Andover lacrosse opened its season with a 6-4 victory over Newton North. Zach Iovanella and Tommy O'Connell each exceled at midfielders to sustain the lead.

After enjoying its best season in the program's five-year history, No. 4 Timberlane fell to top-seeded Bow, 11-5, in the Division 2 semifinals. Jake Schlicte tallied two goals and added an assist. Alex Desmaris made 10 saves, but Bow netminder Dave Bucchino did him one better with 16 blocked shots.

Despite getting hat tricks from all three of C.J. Ziogas, Mike Woonton and Sean Paradis, No. 4 Pelham fell to Monadnock, 14-9, in the Division 3 semifinals. Andrew Keegan turned aside 18 shots, but it wasn't enough to keep the top-seeded Huskies at bay. Pythons coach Matt Regan was especially proud of what this year's club, which went 12-4, was able to accoplish after the team finished dead last at 2-12 last year.