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HAVERHILL — Whittier catcher Jordan Britton worked to sum up the final game of his high school career.

“We came out very tough,” said the senior. “If we had kept that up we would have been right in the game. But we had a few errors and those add up. It just went from there.”

HAVERHILL — Even before the final out was made, the call from the Whittier Tech sideline rang out, "Who's next?"

Man, how times have changed here in Wildcat Country.

Derek Languirand pitched a complete-game four-hitter, while driving in two runs and scoring three times to lead Whittier past Minuteman 12-0.

Timely defense and a top-heavy offense earned Whittier its third straight victory, 5-1 over Division 1 foe Haverhill. Sophomore second baseman Nate Frongillo played "the best defensive game I've seen in a long time," according to Wildcat coach Joe Boland, making several stops that stopped Hillies runs from scoring. Brian Vezina had an RBI triple as well as a double and leadoff man George Gouthier added a pair of doubles.

Methuen resident Andrew Wells drove in a key run and scored another in the first inning and played stellar defense at shortstop to help lead Whittier past Methuen 3-2.

Brian Vezina got Whittier's offense going with a two-run triple, then sophomore Anthony Licciardello had a clutch RBI double that countered a Greater Lawrence rally and helped the Wildcats take a tight 10-9 decision. Jose Abreu hit a game-tying three-run homer to aid the Reggie cause.

Derek Languirand allowed just two hits and struck out seven over five innings as Whittier topped Lynn Tech 12-6.

Paul Mahoney threw 5 2/3 strong innings and had three hits offensively including a pair of doubles and three RBIs as Whittier clobbered Monty Tech, 10-3. Sophomores Nate Frongillo and Andrew Wells added two hits each as part of a 16-hit attack for the Wildcats.

Anthony Licciardello stroked a three-run triple in the bottom of the fifth inning to help Whittier baseball win 5-2 over Northeast.

Sophomore Andrew Wells was at his efficient best, throwing just 69 pitches in a complete-game three-hitter as Whittier topped Shawsheen, 8-2.  Classmate Nate Frongillo turned in the "defensive play of the year" so far, according to head coach Joe Boland, when the second baseman dove to backhand a rocket over the bag in the third inning. More strong defense was played by Anthony Licciardello, another sophomore, and junior Brian Vezina.