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NORTH ANDOVER - The North Andover boys soccer team had a tremendous season. The Scarlet Knights went 16-1-1 in the regular season, won the MVC Small title and went into the Division 2 North tournament as the top overall seed.

But none of that mattered on Tuesday, when historically dominant Concord-Carlisle came to town and quickly proved who the better team was.

Austin Ward and Ryan McDonald scored to help North Andover boys soccer beat Chelmsford 2-1. With the win, the Scarlet Knights officially clinched the MVC Small championship.

With five minutes left in the game, Lowell was handed a red card and North Andover's Andy Pelletier converted the PK. That's how it ended, a 2-2 tie. North Andover hit the crossbar with about four minutes left and the Knights thought the ball trickled in but the refs ruled otherwise.

North Andover scored all three goals in the second half to beat Billerica, 3-0. The Knights, who improved to 9-1, got goals from Ryan McDonald, Connor Willis and Tom Cossingham,

 Luke SiSalvo scored his second goal of the game with six minutes left to lift unbeaten North Andover to a 3-2 victory over arch-rival Masconomet. Goalie Sam Naftal played outstanding for the Knights (6-0), stopping two breakaways and making 10 saves overall.

North Andover trailed 1-0 at the half but rolled to a 3-1 win on goals by Stefan Kitabjian, Tommy Cossingham and Connor Willis. The Knights are now 5-0.