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No. 5 seed Pinkerton lost a heartbreaker 37-35 to No. 12 seed Manchester Memorial in the first round of the Division 1 tournament.

Manchester Memorial (9-10) went ahead 37-35 with approximately 50 seconds remaining.

LAWRENCE — Four score and four wins to go, Central Catholic's bounding ballers kept their postseason drive alive, rumbling past Lowell High, 61-49, in the Division 1 North quarterfinals before about 1,500 crazed fans here last night.

HAVERHILL – Last night, Whittier became the second Commonwealth squad in as many days to find out how tough the Northeastern Conference is.

ACTON —Lawrence High hit only one 3-point shot in its second round loss in the Div. 1 North state tournament.

Enough said.

Also, the fact that Acton-Boxboro High, hit seven of 13 shots from beyond the arc was enough to do in the Lancers, which end the season 15-6.

Danvers dominated from the beginning and rolled to a 74-45 win over Pentucket in the Division 3 North quarterfinals. 

"We had a lot of breakdowns defensively in the first half and that dug us a hole. We weren't able to dig out.," said Sachems coach Leo Parent.

Jayde Dawson scored 23 points but Brooks could not recover from a six-point halftime defict and fell to Beaver Country Day, 63-53, in the semifinals in the Prep School Class B tourney.

LAWRENCE — A major upset brewing with No. 1 seeded North Andover clinging precariously to a 37-34 fourth-quarter lead, Mike McVeigh looked at one player in the huddle.

Cape Ann League MVP Zach Karalis.

Ben Slepian had a night to remember to spark Salem's boys basketball team to an impressive 73-51 victory over Bishop Guertin and the No. 2 seed in next week's Division 1 tournament, which begins Tuesday. Slepian hit eight 3-pointers (one off the school record) and was 7 for 7 in the first half when he scored 27 of his game-high 32 points and outscored BG by himself. Jonny Klecan had six assists in the first half and 11 for the game for the Blue Devils (15-6).

Despite 18 points from senior Joseph Urena and 14 more from Oscar Reynoso, Greater Lawrence fell out of the Division 3 tourney after an 80-60 loss to Saugus.  The No. 9 Reggies fell behind early in the first half and couldn't catch up.

Pinkerton's boys basketball team ended its regular season with its fifth straight win, 59-52 over Trinity. Chris Light led the Astros (13-5) with 18 points and Kevin Colbert added 14.