RallyNorth.net

Six-foot-3 junior center Jessica Goulet is establishing herself as quite the shot blocker. She blocked six shots to help Whittier beat the Minuteman 53-48. Goulet also had six blocks in a win over Shawsheen Jan. 12.

 Five-foot-10 freshman Molly Hoopes scored eight points and collected  12 rebounds but Haverhill still lost 51-41 to Dracut. Hoopes is averaging 13 rebounds per game over the past three contests.

Soph guard Maggie Lundqvist career high 14pts in a losing effort.

A second-half rampage allowed Souhegan to pull away from Pelham for a 76-56 victory. Jacqui Perry (21 points) and Gina Grimes (12 points) provided the offense for the Pythons.

Junior Kaisha Rodriguez and sophomore Kendra Brasil energized Whittier in the second half, helping whittle a large Everett lead to six points, but the Wildcats couldn't continue the climb in an eventual 41-34 defeat.

A couple of Central Catholic athletes came off the bench and did a fine job subduing Dracut in a convincing 75-45 triumph. Juniors Juliana Piemonte (6 points and 2 steals) and Courtney Williams (8 points) provided impressive  defense for the Raiders (11-1).

METHUEN — Considering the circumstances, Joe DeBlois' expectations of a .500 season may have seemed lofty.

After all, he had assumed the head coaching position of Presentation of Mary's girls basketball team just a couple of weeks before the season started. Bob Melillo, the Commonwealth Conference Small Coach of the Year rewarding a 14-7 season, had left to helm the Haverhill program.

Despite solid offensive contributions from sophomore guard Maggie Lundquist, scoring half of her team's total, Fellowship Christian dropped a 42-12 decision to Mystic Valley.

Lawrence's freshman point guard Angelice Gonzalez had a season-high 18 points and added 7 assists and 3 steals in a 50-43 victory over Amesbury.

Erin McNamara and Ashley Viselli combined for 28 points to lead 12-0 Pentucket to a 50-28 victory over Masconomet. The two seniors are having strong seasons as Viselli was averaging 18.0 points per game entering yesterday and McNamara was averaging 13.9.