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Pelham, which went 22-0 in the regular season, placed third at Division 3 States. The Pythons' top golfers were: 3. Jake Vaiknoras 79, 8. Nick Neary 82, 10. Alex Newton 84

Merrimack College senior quarterback Joe Clancy has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the third time in four weeks. He leads the NE-10 in all passing categories. He finished off his impressive come-from-behind 43-30 victory over Assumption by going 36 for 60 for 415 yards and five touchdowns.

Merrimack College junior captain Jordan Heywood has been named the Hockey East Athletic  Player of the Week. He is the second Warrior to win the honor in as many weeks, after Mike Collins picked up the honor last week. Heywood scored three times over the weekend and added an assist, getting his first career two-goal game in a 5-2 win at Northeastern Friday. He netted the game-winner late in the third period on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at homecoming. Merrimack was also named the Hockey East Team of the Week for the second time this season. Heywood is tied for third in Hockey East in scoring and is tied for first among all defenders with eight points. His four goals are tops among league defensemen and are tied for first nationally among blue liners. Merrimack (4-3-1, 3-1-1 HEA) is home for a pair of games this weekend.

With another impressive performance, St. John's Prep easily came out on top of the Division 1 North leaderboard in sectional competition at Bradford Country Club yesterday.

With its top four golfers shooting a combined 312, Central Catholic nosed out Lincoln-Sudbury by a single stroke for the runner-up spot, 11 shots behind the Eagles.

North Andover put the final touches on its MVC Division 2 championship season by downing Lowell 235-254. Will Berberich shot a 37 and MVC Division 2 MVP Alec Brown and Justin Myerson fired 38s,

Playing at No. 6 yesterday, Jack Riley turned in a superb round of golf, co-medaling with Brett Krekorian with matching 37s as Andover edged Billerica, 11-9.

Led by North Andover's Max Burt's 37 in rainy conditions,  St. John's Prep defeated Malden Catholic 243-263. The Eagles (12-3) clinched a co-championship in the Catholic Conference with BC High.

Andover's golf team got some revenge against Haverhill, winning 16 1/2-3 1/2, after losing at Haverhill last week 15-5. Brett Krekorian and Tyler Stahle led the way with par-36 rounds.

Despite a pouring rain, Pinkerton slipped past Londonderry 213-216 in a match at Passaconaway Country Club to improve to 21-5. Andrew Wentworth led the way with a 41 and Matt Barnes shot a 42. Taylor Simpson of Londonderry was medalist with a fine 39.

St. John's Prep's young golfers improved to 6-2 by beating Catholic Memorial. The two low scorers for the Prep, freshmen Steve Dilisio and James Turner, shot a 35 and 36 respectively and junior Max Burt of North Andover fired a 37.