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Sixth-seeded Pinkerton dropped a 1-0 decision to No. 11-seeded Merrimack in the first round of the Division 1 soccer tournament.

This is the first time since 2004 Pinkerton has been eliminated in the first round.

The Pinkerton boys soccer team not only wrapped up a fine regular season with a 5-0 victory over Dover, but they wrapped up the year withoiit one yellow card, something that, says coach Kerry Boles, "in my 21 years of coaching at Pinkerton, I have never had a team finish the regular season without (one)." Tim Wood and Tommy Martin both had two goals for the Astros (11-5).

Second-half goals by Devin Moore and Tim Wood lifted Pinkerton to a 3-1 victory in the rain over Merrimack and encouraged coach Kerry Boles.

Rob Hart scored four times as Londonderry ran past Pinkerton, 5-1, to remain perfect (9-0). Kenny Desmarais had the first Londonderry goal while Dylan Holland had a pair of assists for the Astros. Chris Horan had the lone goal for Pinkerton (8-3).

After falling behind defending Division 1 state soccer champ Manchester Central at halftime, Pinkerton got career-best efforts from sophomores Josh Johnston and John Hamilton to turn the tide and take a 2-1 victory. Johnston scored the game-winner and assisted on the Astros' first tally.

 Despite outshooting Bishop Guertin 13-2, Pinkerton's boys soccer team was deadlocked at halftime, 2-2, but the Astros pulled away in the second half for a 5-2 season-opening win. Owen Murray scoredtwice for Pinkerton and Ryan Williams had a gioal and an assist.