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Pentucket's girls cross country team finished an impressive third at the Bob McIntyre Invitational Friday night. Phoeve Rubio led the way, finishing 12th in 18:58.8, while Kaylie Dalgar came in 19th at 19:17.4.

TEWKSBURY – Lauren Adams needed only 30 seconds to give Andover the lead in its Division 1 North hockey opener.

Lillian Jagger spent the next 44:30 ensuring that goal would be all the Warriors needed to advance to the first round.

BRIGHTON — Kelly Golini scored twice and Cassidy Gruning scored as Methuen-Tewksbury tripped up Barnstable 3-1 in the Division 1 state quarterfinals.

Barnstable didn't have an answer for North Andover's Sebastian Keane. The sophomore threw a complete game shutout with nine strikeouts to help his Knights win their third straight.

Andover volleyball picked up its biggest win of the season, knocking off state volleyball power Barnstable in an exciting 3-2 thriller. Both teams came into the match undefeated, and previously Barnstable had lost in last year's state semifinal, but won 10 of the previous 11 state championships before that.

Emma Geary had 10 kills and Hallie Dunn added 12 service points as Central Catholic pushed powerhouse Barnstable to the limit before falling 25-14, 18-25, 25-18, 20-25, 15-13.

BURLINGTON — Give superstar LeBron James an assist for the Andover High girls tennis victory yesterday.

Golden Warriors coach Alan Hibino — who bears a striking resemblance to LeBron’s coach Erik Spoelstra — did some research after James cramped up during Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals last week.

Barnstable volleyball has won 15 state titles in the previous 20 falls. Central Catholic knew well what it was getting into, having fallen to the Red Raiders in the 2011 title match. In season opening action yesterday on the Cape, the Red Raiders tripped up the Raiders 3-0. Playing well in defeat were Victoria Nassar and Olivia Imprescia.

NORTHBOROUGH — For the third time in four years, the Central Catholic girls volleyball team found itself one victory away from a state championship. But once again, the Raiders found the experience anything but charming.

BRIDGEWATER — Brushing away a few tears, Andover’s Moira Cronin allowed a brief smile to show through her sadness.

“This is a tough way for it to end,” she said. “But it has been one unbelievable season. On the bus ride home, we’re not going to sit in silence. Even though we lost, even though we’re sad, we’re still going to sing and be our same goofy selves. That’s the kind of team we are.”