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NORTH ANDOVER — It isn’t appropriate to call this a rivalry. After all, Andover and their North Andover counterparts rarely meet on the court. But last night’s match up in front of a raucous full house certainly had the feel.

 Presentation of Mary, by defeating Chelsea 49-33 last night, recorded their second straight undefeated Commonwealth Conference small school division title. Danielle Silva led the Panthers (15-4 overall, 11-0 in CAC action) with 14 points, Meg McDonough added 11 points and Kate St. Peter ans Rosie Pagan dominated the boards.

Junior Matt Swett recorded his first hat trick and added two assists to spark Andover's hockey team to a 5-2 victory over Westford. Alex Driscoll added three assists for the Warriors (8-8-3), who need two points in their last two games to qualify for the tournament.

Methuen's hockey team, which was 5-12-3 last year and hadn't qualified for the state tournament in 10 years (since going 10-9-2 in 1999-2000), advanced yesterday with a 5-3 victory over Agawam. Playing well for the Rangers (8-6-4), were senior Pat Luce, who had a goal and three assists, and senior defenseman Pat Fleming.

 A pair of local Plymouth State University student-athletes have been honored by the Little East Conference.

Plymouth State freshman Jennifer Samaro from Salem, N.H., was named Little East Conference Rookie Swimmer of the Week, and former Pinkerton standout Ryan Lambert, a junior from Derry, was selected to the LEC Men's Basketball Weekly Honor Roll.

 Junior Becky Cairns of Andover scored the game-winning goal with 45 seconds remaining in the third period to lift Hamilton College to a dramatic 3-2 win against nationally ranked Middlebury College in a New England Small College Athletic Conference game over the weekend.

Andover may have been hit by injuries this season, but the Golden Warriors still led the way at the Merrimack Valley Conference championship last night.

Led by a stellar performances by Rachel Mattison and Jenny Coneeny in the all-around, the Golden Warriors placed second overall with a 139.45, trailing just Chelmsford (143.7). Methuen finished a close third (138.5).

LAWRENCE - Vulnerable? Sure, as a runaway steamroller.

Unbeaten Central Catholic, with top scorer Jimmy Zenevitch limited to spectator status by an ankle sprain, throttled upset-minded Lawrence, 73-60, before about 800 fans last night.

LAWRENCE - He's 6-foot-7, 225 pounds of scoring punch, and somehow, over an eight-minute stretch Andover High just couldn't find him.

Central Catholic junior Jimmy Zenevitch owned the third quarter with 18 of his game-high 24 points on 8 of 10 shots, turning a fist fight into a rout, 61-47, before a raucous, standing-room crowd of about 1,500.