North Andover Lax Keeps Rolling against Billerica

By Michael Abelson (@ABELS0N)

North Andover, Mass. - The North Andover Scarlet Knights continued tearing through their opponents, rolling past Merrimack Valley Conference rival Billerica 11-7 at Walsh Stadium.

The Knights never trailed and led by as many as eight. North Andover raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. The Scarlet Knights led 7-2 at halftime and 10-3 after three quarters.

The win kept the Knights undefeated at 8-0. During its dominant start, North Andover has outscored its opponents 118-34 so far this season.

Duxbury Runs Away from Billerica

By Marisa Ingemi (@Marisa_Ingemi)

BILLERICA - Fueled by nine different goal scorers, Duxbury was able to torch Billerica 15-10 in a road contest on Wednesday night. The Dragons (13-3) jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but the Indians (10-8) scored the next three to make it a tightly contested game. From there, however, the Dragons soared, dominated the second half.

Riley Bergstrom scored twice in the first quarter, and added an assist, as a part of the initial 4-0 run, and senior attack Bobby Maimaron scored all three of his goals in the opening half. Despite the Indians' initial comeback, the Dragons held onto an 8-5 lead at the half thanks to a late second quarter defensive stand.

To begin the third quarter, the Dragons took off, led by two tallies from Charlie Gans. Gans, along with Bergstrom and Nick LoConte, all scored two goals apiece overall.

“That’s a good sign that we can spread it around and get scoring from a bunch of different players,” said Dragons head coach Chris Sweet.