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Erin McNamara led the Sachems (3-0) with 14 points. Ashley Viselli scored 10 for Pentucket. Emily Lane and Kirsten Daamen added eight each. Andrea Attenasio had six.

"We need to clean up a few details, but Triton is always a tough place to play," Pentucket coach John McNamara said. Brittany Caprio and Maxine Crossman led Triton (0-3) with seven points each. Lauren Mihalchick added six. Sarah Peterson scored four. Lauren Savage added three.

NEWBURYPORT | No pep talk was needed last evening when Newburyport girls basketball coach Neil Reardon addressed his team prior to its showdown with rival Amesbury.

Two bitter defeats were fresh on the minds of his players.

North Andover couldn't keep pace in the second quarter and fell to Masconomet 47-31. The Knights trailed 9-8 after the first frame but could only manage three more points before halftime and fell behind 23-11.

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Back to its winning ways, Pentucket tuned up Newburyport to the extent of a 49-31 victory, but Sachems coach John McNamara said the Clippers never gave up.

"You can see why those soccer girls from Newburyport won the state championship because they never gave up no matter what the score was," said McNamara, whose team led 24-8 at the half. "They really outplayed us in the second half and forced us to make more turnovers than we normally do."

After a bumpy start to the season, the Greater Lawrence girls took a step in the right direction yesterday afternoon.

After a 52-29 Commonwealth Conference win over Whittier, 10th-year coach Tricia Fleming, whose last two squads went 22-4 and 17-7, respectively, believes the Reggies can do much more.

Ashley Rivera admitted it: She came into last March's Division 1 North final too cocky.

"We played like it was going to be handed to us," the Lowell point guard said.

Central Catholic walked away from Tsongas Arena with a victory. Rivera walked away with a headache. "It was definitely painful," she said. "Everybody thought it was our year."

Two teams that really struggled in their opening games, Triton and Amesbury, locked up for an entertaining, high-scoring affair last night, as the Indians beat the Vikings, 65-58.

Amesbury, which was thumped by Pentucket Tuesday, 57-19, looked as if it might get blown away again early with Triton jumping on the Indians 9-0 to start the game.

The Swampscott girls basketball team may have graduated a very talented senior class last spring, but the Big Blue sent a message last night.

Showing that they remain a serious threat to win the Northeastern Conference South, the Big Blue picked up an impressive 50-41 win over a strong Winthrop team at home.

Allison Lundquist scored 27 points and added 15 rebounds to lead Fellowship Christian to a 61-44 victory over Chelsea. Brittany Glines had 24 points while Chelsea Kirmelewicz had 10 for the Rams.