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The North Reading football team continued its hot start on Friday, beating Somerville 34-13 to improve to 3-0 on the season. Matt McCarthy had a monster game, scoring four touchdowns for the Hornets. His first came on an 8-yard run in the first quarter to give North Reading the lead, and after Somerville tied the game at 6-6 in the second, McCarthy burst free for an 80-yard score. Somerville tied the game again thanks to a 30-yard touchdown pass from Elijah Jeffreys to Shaquille Joseph, but North Reading took the lead for good shortly after when McCarthy scored on a 21-yard rush. He added a 33-yard touchdown in the fourth, and then Bob O'Donnell finished out the scoring with a 49-yard fumble return touchdown. North Reading is hosts Masconomet Friday at 7 p.m.

HAWTHORNE - When senior quarterback Nick Calvani found Jimmy Sherman all alone in the left corner of the end zone for a 18-yard touchdown pass early Friday night, it was the start that the Georgetown football team was hoping for. What happened the rest of the evening, however, was not. North Shore Tech went on to score five unanswered touchdowns and pinned the Royals with a 34-7 loss on opening night. The Hawks tied it up late in the first quarter, driving 73 yards before Brendan Ahern scored on a 17-yard touchdown run. J.T. Reynolds added the extra point, and it stayed 7-7 until halftime. Georgetown had trouble all night long with bad snaps that Calvani had to chase down for big losses. On the opening drive of the third quarter a snap from center sailed over the quarterback's head on the first play for a 15-yard loss, and two plays later Calvani's pass was picked off by Essex Tech defensive back Jackson Leete. That set up the Hawks' go-ahead score as Lazzaro broke through the Georgetown defense for a 30-yard touchdown run to make it 13-7. The Hawks then scored on their next three possessions to put the game safely in the win column. The next scoring drive went 82 yards in six plays, with Lazzaro finishing it off with a 63-yard TD run and Leete rushing for the two point conversion. Georgetown hosts Greater Lawrence Friday at 7 p.m.