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Lukas Rousseau had a 14-second pin at 152 and brother Adam Rousseau pinned in 1:15at 132 pounds as Whittier clippedHopkinton 48-33.

Central Catholic’s Josh Lavallee watched his Tom Brady motivational videos Tuesday and listened to “Hall of Fame” by the group The Scripts.

 Kaitlyn Sawyer, the No. 9 hitter in the order, was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and had the game-winning hit in the eighth as Central Catholic (7-8) kept thits playoff hopes alive with a 7-6 win over Hopkinton. Abby Latham was 2 for 4 with a solo home run, two RBIs and two runs scored.

Whittier Tech got off to an impressive start to the season by sweeping Hopkinton, Wilmington and North reading/Lynnfield, scoring at least 48 points in every meet. Angel Alicea, Edgar Feliciano and Andrew Buzzell were all a perfect 3-0 on the day.

NORTHBOROUGH - Andover knew what it was up against in Wednesday night's state semifinal.

In its inaugural season in Division 1, Central-West Champion Hopkinton continues to prove it belongs with the state's best. A perennial power, the Hillers had won two of the previous three Division 2 state championships.

Tori Cipollone turned aside 20 shots as unbeaten Windham held off upset-minded Hopkinton 14-12. Kayla Breton and Melissa Cino pumped in four goals apiece.

At one time the St. John's Prep baseball team may have looked iffy as a tournament qualifier when it had records of 6-5 and 7-6. It had opened the season 6-1.

The Eagles, spurred on by Jordan Edgett's five-hit pitching over six innings, earned a ticket to the postseason playoffs for the 13th straight year by overpowering highly-ranked Hopkinton, 9-3.

The Eagles (6-4) lost their third straight as unbeaten Hopkinton's offense couldn't be quelled in a 13-7 setback. Chris Carmain clubbed two doubles and drove in three runs to help the Prep draw within striking distance at 8-4, but the hosts answered back and put it out of reach. Also recording RBI for the Prep were Mike Yastrzemski, Greg Donahue and Andrew Gordon.

Methuen senior John Sughrue didn't get the match he would have preferred, but he had plenty of consolation yesterday at the Methuen Invitational.

Because he moved up a weight class to 130 pounds this year, there was no showdown with Salem star Trevor Dearden, but both Sughrue and Dearden came away big winners.