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Impressive defensive play from Todd Patnaude, John Enright, Jeff Warden and captain Connor Boudreau stood out in North Andover's scoreless soccer tie with Dracut. Now at 8-1-2, the Knights qualified for state tourney play with the deadlock, a result so rare that 22-year veteran head coach Bill Tarbox couldn't remember the last time it happened on his watch.

Todd Patnaude, John Enright and Jeff Warden locked down the defensive end for North Andover in a 5-1 soccer victory over Methuen. In the late stages, senior Preston Hall played well to help preserve the victory margin.

Zack Chapman lofted a pass ahead to Matt Farrell who attempted to head the ball, missed, but recovered to slide it past the goalie 32 minutes into the game to give Pentucket a 1-0 victory over North Andover in a matchup of  undefeated teams.

Mike Skarbelis (three goals) and Evan Dudney (four assists) led North Andover boys soccer 4-1 over Haverhill. 

Drew Johnson scored for Andover and Evan Dudney did the same for North Andover as the two teams played to a 1-1 tie in their first game as MVC rivals.

Andover's Connor Merinder (nine saves) and North Andover's Marc Patnaude (three saves) each played well to secure the tie.  Both teams are now 1-0-1 and next meet on Oct. 11, at Andover.

Marc Patnaude made a great save on a Lowell breakaway to keep North Andover boys soccer ahead 2-1 late in the contest. The Scarlet Knights won by that score to claim their first victory in their first game in the MVC.