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Sophomore right-hander Stephanie Rudis of Methuen pitched the first no-hitter of her career and the fourth in the history of the school as she dominated Northeast Regional of Wakefield, 12-0. Rudis finished with one strikeout and two walks and the Bulldogs defense played superbly behind her. North Shore Tech improved to 7-1

It might have looked dark and gloomy in the skies above Bishop Fenwick's lacrosse field yesterday afternoon. The results on the field, though, were anything but as the Crusaders opened the 2008 season with an 18-7 romp over Northeast Regional.

After one quarter last night, the Manchester Essex girls basketball team found itself down 9-4 at Northeast Regional. Despite that slow start, the Hornets responded to post a dominating 47-19 win in Wakefield over the Knights.

WAKEFIELD | Northeast Metro football coach Don Heres told North Shore Tech coach Mike Drouin and some of his players to "hang in there" after last night's season finale. "I told them they're going to be really good in a couple of years," said Heres.

WAKEFIELD | Joe Esposito rushed for a pair of touchdowns and threw for two more as Georgetown cruised to a 27-0 win over Northeast.

The junior quarterback rushed for 88 yards and passed for another 149. Esposito ignited the offense with a 36-yard touchdown pass to Nadjee Harrigan, with 13 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

WAKEFIELD | Trap game. That phrase alone causes football coaches (at all levels) across the country to cringe. Manchester Essex traveled to Northeast Metro on Saturday, a game that looked like a total mismatch on paper. The Hornets were 5-1 overall and 1-0 in the Commonwealth Small Conference while the Knights were 0-6 entering its first league game. The contest had trap game written all over it and unfortunately for the Hornets, that's exactly how it turned out.

Northeast tripped PMA, 2-1. Jessica Brasil tallied for the Panthers. Maggie Donohoe played an inspired game in the loss but had the misfortune of breaking her leg in the final seconds of the game. Jessica Biggart also played well.

WEST ANDOVER | There's a lot more to Greater Lawrence Tech football than Nate Adames.

True, he is posting monster numbers in the early going and went over the 1,000-yard mark yesterday in just five games, but Northeast targeted Adames effectively. The senior, running fluidly after twisting his knee last week, was stopped three times for negative yardage and only had one carry for over 10 yards.