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WEST ANDOVER - As the buzzer sounded at halftime, Greater Lawrence seemed to have finally found the momentum it had been searching for on Monday.

Brandon Palmer aggressively jumped in front of an opponent and picked off a pass. He then fired the ball to Wander Languasco on the fast break, and he tossed in a shot as time expired in the half.

Jeremiah Mejia wasn't going to let Greater Lawrence lose. The senior drained six 3s and finished with 27 points, as the Reggies hung on for a 66-63 win over a talented Mystic Valley team.

The Greater Lawrence girls basketball team rebounded from a loss to Whittier on Thursday with a 55-52 win over Shawsheen last night. Miany Molina led the Reggies with 14 points, and Hessey Calixte pitched in 12.

Needing a strong second half, Danielle Lear came up huge with five steals to help Whittier take down Greater Lawrence 64-53. Grace Efosa (31 points), Staci Krafton (17) and Aliyah Talley (14) led the Wildcats in scoring yet again.

Grace Efosa poured in 32 points as Whittier Tech pulled away from Greater Lawrence with a 68-54 victory to clinch at least a share of the Commonwealth Conference title.

Trailing by 11 points at halftime, Notre Dame of Lawrence charged back with 37 points in the second half  to edge Greater Lawrence 52-50.

NORTH ANDOVER — This is becoming quite an enjoyable tradition for the Central Catholic wrestling team.

For the third straight year, the Raiders captured the Division 2 state dual meet title Satuday, and doing it in overwhelming fashion.

Greater Lawrence's wrestling team had perhaps its best showing of the season, crushing Dedham, 59-12. Edward Pimentel had the fastest pin of the day, in 32 seconds.

Greater Lawrence's boys won their sixth straight game, 53-42 at Whittier as Brandon Palmer led the way with 16 points. Sam Cruz added 13 for the Reggies (10-4)

Aiden Ranno (126). Amauris Gomes (160) and Anthony Araujo (220) were all 3-0 for Greater Lawrence but the best the Reggies could manage in a quad-meet was a tie against Excel Academy.