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Trevor Behrendt and Taylor Robinson shut down the Chelmsford bats just as Haverhill's came alive in a come-from-behind 5-2 victory. After the Lions took a 2-0 lead, Behrendt shut the door through sixth inning to set up his sixth victory and Robinson tossed a scoreless seventh to earn the save. Ronnie Rosario's hustling infield single scored the eventual winning run in the fifth while sixth-inning RBI doubles from Chad Kimball and Brendan Bretton locked up the win for the Hillies (10-6).

NORTH ANDOVER - Central Catholic's baseball mission became a lot clearer right about at dinner time yesterday.
The Raiders, upended in 10 innings by Chelmsford, 4-1, now know losing is not an option if they desire to defend their Merrimack Valley Conference title.
"We saw their ace, and we're going to see everybody's ace this week," said coach Marc Pelletier, whose Raiders are no 7-3 in the league, a game behind Lowell with three to play. "We have to win. You try to win every game, but in this league one is not any more important than the others."
Talk about a monster task, though. The Raiders have to go through 12-2 Lawrence tomorrow night, arch-rival Andover Thursday and the 8-6 Red Raiders of Lowell Friday night at Alumni.
Yesterday's squander of a Matt Novak side-arming masterpiece was huge.
Central stranded 10 on the bases and ran into the third out to end the third with two on.With Novak watching, the Lions dropped in three more hits to grab the decisive 4-1 lead.
"We just didn't clutch up at the plate," said Pelletier. "I think 1-through-9, everybody had a chance today, but we just didn't get it done."
Novak, now 2-1, pitching into the 10th, surrendering a one-out single that ended his 130-pitch day.
"That's as fine a pitching performance as you're going to get," said Pelletier of his Northeastern-bound submariner, who allowed four hits and three walks, while striking out six. "And the kid on the on other side (Chelmsford's Mike Martell) matched him pitch for pitch."
Martell had the Raiders off balance all day, toughest of all with runners on. He also pitched into the 10th.
Pat Noone had two hits and knocked in the Central run with a single in the third.
Recuperating Andrew Guyer, seeing his third game action, added a pair of hits, while sizzling slugger Tim Wheeler (.533) extended his season-long hit streak to 13 games.

Central Catholic scored three sixth-inning runs without a ball leaving the infield, turning the tide on an upset-minded Chelmsford squad for a come-from-behind 7-5 victory. In the midst of 3 2/3 innings of scoreless, no-hit relief, Pat Noone iced the victory with a two-run single as part of a 3 for 4 day at the plate, scoring twice.

Sophomore Yunior Vasquez struck out 14 batters for Lawrence as it went on to beat Chelmsford 5-2. Vasquez went all seven innings giving up only two runs on eight hits. Juniors Harvey Blanco and Devin Montanez each had three hits and one rbi for the Lancers. 

Andover starter John Farrell took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before giving up back-to-back singles in the Golden Warriors' 5-1 victory over Chelmsford. Farrell earned the win while fanning seven and giving up just one earned run in 5 1/3 innings of work. John Hennessy and Erik Riemer each drove in a pair.