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The Methuen-Tewksbury girls hockey team never led until under five minutes remaining when Cassidy Gruning sniped her second goal of the game to lift the Red Rangers to a 4-3 comeback win over Shrewsbury. M-T trailed 3-1 in the second period before Carolyn Curley and Julia Masotta netted goals to equalize. 

Alexis Mancha led Andover in kills (11), service points (24), aces (11) and digs (14), but the Golden Warriors fell in a heartbreaker 3-2 to Shrewsbury. The Warriors dropped the final set 16-14.

Andover knocked off perrenial power Shrewsbury, 3-2, to close the regular season with a 16-2 record. With the match tied at 2-2, it came down to No. 1 singles and Javier Camino posted the 6-7, (5-7), 6-0, 6-2 victory. Coach Mike Wartman said, "Javier elevated his play and played a real smart match."

After giving up two goals in the first period to No. 1 seed Shrewsbury, the HPNA girls made a game of it before dropping out of the Division 1 hockey tournament with a 2-1 loss.

For 44 minutes and 45 seconds, Andover girls hockey had kept Shrewsbury's electric goal-scorer Delaney Couture off the score sheet. But with 15 seconds remaining in a tie game, the Providence College commit found the back of the net to give Shrewsbury the 2-1 win.

SHREWSBURY — It was déjà vu all over again for the Andover girls tennis team, who ended their season exactly the way they did a year ago, by beating Shrewsbury 3-2 in the Division 1 state final to cap off a perfect season.

The Golden Warriors (23-0) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but then had to sweat through a period of uncertainty as Shrewsbury (18-3) kept within striking distance in the other three matches.

Abbie Karalis netted three goals and spread the wealth with three assists for the North Andover girls lacrosse team in a 14-8 win over Shrewsbury. Emma Johns won six draw controls (faceoffs) to spark the 4-1 Knights.

WORCESTER — From afar, the Andover High girls tennis team looked like a two-ton wrecking ball.

SHREWSBURY —  Top-seeded Andover placed fourth at the state gymnastics meet.

The top four was Algonquin 143.700, Beverly 141.55, Chelmsford 141.525 and Andover 140.85. The Golden Warriors scored 143.55 points to win the North Sectional title but injuries slowed them a bit.

Rachel Mattison was second in the bars and seventh in the all-around, while Jenny Coneeny was ninth in the all-around as Andover took sixth at the Massachusetts State Meet.