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LYNN — Earlier this week the Royals were crowned kings of the north, but yesterday they were unable to dethrone the champs, as the Georgetown baseball team lost to defending state champion St. John Paul II in the Division 4 state semifinal 7-3 at Fraser Field.

LYNN — Earlier this week the Royals were crowned kings of the north, but yesterday they were unable to dethrone the champs, as the Georgetown baseball team lost to defending state champion St. John Paul II in the Division 4 state semifinal 7-3 at Fraser Field.

Trailing 2-0 in the 7th inning, Georgetown got three straight singles to load the bases and then pulled ahead after Richie Gray scored on an error, Brett Mastrangelo came home on a force out and Alex Bornholdt scored the go-ahead run on an errant throw past first. The Royals will face Matignon in the Division 4 North finals on Saturday at LeLacheur Park in Lowell at 10 a.m.

Trailing by one late, Georgetown erupted for five runs in the bottom of the sixth thanks to three doubles by Alex Bornholdt, Kyle Nelson and Richie Gray. Bornholdt led off the inning and then came around to tie the game on a Tom Long single, Nelson put the Royals up with a bases clearing double to make it 4-1, and then Gray doubled Nelson home to finish the scoring.

Pentucket jumped on Georgetown with a nine-run first before finishing with a season high in a 16-5 win over Georgetown. The Sachems pounded 23 hits, including four by Pat Beaton while eight others had at least two.