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BRAINTREE — Maureen Noone is in her 22nd year coaching field hockey at Andover High.

BRAINTREE — Maureen Noone is in her 22nd year coaching field hockey at Andover High.

BRAINTREE - Maureen Noone is in her 22nd year coaching field hockey at Andover High.

She loves the sport. She's passionate about the sport. She wants to see the sport continue to grow and expand.

READING — With a trip to the state semifinals on the line, Andover's Paige Gillette refused to crack.

The goalie turned in a whopping 32 saves, keeping unbeaten No. 1 seed Acton-Boxboro scoreless through regular and two overtimes, and No. 3 seed Andover delivered in the penalty stroke shootout to earn a, technically, 1-0 victory and the Division 1 North championship.

The Andover field hockey team is back in the Division 1 North final, where it's been nine of the last 10 years, following a 1-0 victory over a strong Natick club. Sydney Gregory scored the lone goal on a corner with an assist to Hanna Medwar and Paige Gillette made seven saves in goal.

Hanna Medwar scored both goals, the second one in OT, as No. 6 Andover shaded No. 3 Lexington, in the Division 1 North field hockey quarterfinals. Paige Gillette "was spectacular" with 13 saves. Hailey Doherty, Kate Gemmell and Abby Miller also came up big for AHS. 

Emma Reilly scored two goals and assisted on another as No. 6 Andover rolled past No. 11 Concord-Carlisle in the Division 1 North field hockey first round. 

Trailing by a goal at halftime, the Andover field hockey team came back to earn a 3-2 win over Cohasset. Heather Graham had a goal and an assist for the Warriors (12-2-4).

The North Andover field hockey team battled to a solid 1-1 tie against perenial power Andover thanks to a massive 23-save effort from goalie Jenna Bard. Lexi Rivet opened the scoring for the Knights (7-4-5) in the first half before Heather Graham tied it up a little less than three minutes before the break.

Hanna Medwar had two goals and two assists and Heather Graham and Hailey Doherty also scored twice in Andover field hockey's 7-1 win over Tewksbury. Freshman Emma Reilly starred at center-midfield.