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Christian Cano notched a hat trick for victorious Greater Lawrence. Matt Jasinski added three assists.

North Andover soccer rookie Zach Karalis is already making an impact. The defender, who at 6-1 is a big weapon on offense as well, headed in a Jorge Nunez corner kick that gave the Scarlet Knights an insurance goal in a 3-1 win over Hamilton-Wenham.

Pentucket soccer's James Costello has been a productive midfielder since his sophomore year. Yesterday, the senior scored the first two goals of his career. "He had two chances and put both in," said pleased coach Christian Langlois, whose Sachems beat North Reading 3-1.

Mascenic's defensive shell kept Sanborn's boys soccer team off the scoreboard until midway through the second half, but that's when Logen Johnson broke loose.

A flick header by Johnson off Eric Sands' accurate feed drew the Indians even, 1-1, and changed the game's momentum. Five minutes later, Johnson grabbed the rebound of Rob Palumbo's low blast and poked it in the net for the game-winner. Insurance came after Mascenic's comeback was denied by a goal post with Johnson getting his natural hat trick on an 18-yard score.

Alex Golan and Sam Percival each scored for Andover in a 2-2 tie with Tyngsboro. Randy Sartor and Tom Busta each assisted for Andover and Mike Birecki made five saves to secure the win.

Brooks fell on the short end of a 4-1 decision to Worcester Academy, in its season opener.

Josh Voto scored three times and Tim Adamchuk added two more as Central Catholic downed Lawrence, 6-0. Dan Caruso scored the other Raiders (2-0-1) goal and he had an assist as well. Andrew Buttersworth added two assists and Connor Slein recorded the shutout with five saves.

Richie Sullivan scored in the second half but Pelham could get no closer in a 3-1 loss to St. Thomas.

Londonderry fell to Merrimack, 3-1. The Lancers' only goal was scored by Kyle Willis on an assist by Steve Carroll. Aaron Starkman and Craig Gurley had two saves each in the loss.

Pinkerton remained undefeated following a 2-1 win over Trinity. Marc Siragusa and Brendan Stack each scored for the Astros. Kenny Kolbeck and Corey Grant added one assist each.