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Phillips Andover baseball posted eight runs in the final two innings to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 10-3 win over Phillips Exeter. Jackson Emus, Jonathan Santucci and North Andover native Tristan Latham each had two RBIs.

Phillips Andover softball scored six runs in the final two innings and held off a late push from Phillips Exeter for a 7-6 win. Jacque Harrington went 3 for 4 with four RBIs to lead the way offensively.

It was a great day for the Phillips girls track team, which raced to first at the NEPSTA Division 1 Championship with 111 points, topping rival Exeter in second place (98). Tessa Conrardy won the 300 hurdles (46.39), took a third in the 100 hurdles (15.48) and ran a leg on both the winning 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay teams. Athalia Esty, Myra Bhathena and Victoria Kadiri joined her on the 4x100 relay (50.16), and Esty, Bhathena and Lillie Cooper joined her on the 4x400 (4:02.61).

It wasn't easy, but Phillips Academy won twice Saturday to advance in the winner's bracket to the semifinals in the Big East tournament. After defeating St. Paul's 1-0 in the morning, the Big Blue rallied with three runs in the sixth to tie the game and then scored four times in the eighth for a 7-4 victory over Phillips Exeter. Cassidy Musco hit a home run in the second game and Andover's Hannah Cuff stayed red-hot. going 3 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI.

It's always a good day when you beat your archrivals, and Phillips baseball got to do that twice on Saturday. Big Blue beat Phillips Exeter 6-1 and 1-0 in a doubleheader, and remains a perfect 9-0 this spring. In Game 1, LJ Keevan went the distance on the mound and allowed only one, unearned run, and North Andover's Tristan Latham had a double and an RBI. Then in Game 2, Jackson Emus tossed a complete-game one-hitter with 10 strikeouts. The one hit he allowed was the first batter of the game.

Phillips Andover softball topped Phillips Exeter, 3-0, in a rivalry battle between the two prep schools. Anna Bargman had two RBIs, driving in both Kaitlin Ervin and Emma Slibeck, who each went 2-for-3. Slibeck also went the distance in the circle, allowing six hits and no runs.

Lilly Feeney was the hero, punching in the game-winning goal with 90 seconds left to send Phillips girls hockey to a feel-good 2-1 win over rival Exeter. What more, the win pushed Phillips into the postseason. A loss would have brought an end to the season.

Hannah Cuff of Andover, in her first game back from an ankle injury, scored the game's only goal as the Phillips Academy field hockey team remained unbeaten (14-0) with a 1-0 win over Phillips Exeter. Goalie Katie Wimmer of Windham got her 10th shutout of the year.