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The Haverhill baseball and softball teams went 2-0 on the day with the boys beating Tewksbury 9-2 and the girls dropping Newburyport 10-8.

For the boys, Taylor Robinson went 2 for 3 with a team-high four RBIs while Chad Kimball scattered seven hits over seven innings while striking out five to earn the win. In softball action, Lisa Betances cracked a pair of triples, including a huge three-run three-bagger in the seventh, to rack up four RBIs. Katelyn Demers had the game's decisive hit as she singled home the go-ahead run as well as an insurance run with a seventh-inning single.

Cassandra Davis was 4 for 5 with two doubles for the Clippers (12-4). Lindsey Tomasz was 2 for 4 with a home run. Taylor Summitt was 4 for 4 with three runs scored. Shannon Brunault went 2 for 3. Pitcher Beth Castantini was 2 for 4 and earned the complete-game, one-hit victory. Rachel Notargiacomo was 2 for 5.

Cassandra Davis was 3 for 4 with a triple for Newburyport (11-3). Rachel Webster was 2 for 4 with a triple. Lindsey Tomasz went 2 for 4. Beth Castantini was 3 for 4 with a triple. Laney Catcher was 2 for 4 with an RBI.

Lindsey Tomasz hit a walk-off grand slam for Newburyport (10-4), clinching the team's first state tournament appearance in 10 years. Tomasz (3 for 3) smashed a shot that soared over the head of Ipswich's four outfielders, who had been repositioned in a defensive shift. Madison Stanton, Rachel Notargiacomo and Cassandra Davis scored on the homer. Rachel Webster was 3 for 3. Molly Rowe earned the victory, pitching two innings in relief of Beth Castantini.

Newburyport committed seven errors, which resulted in four unearned runs. Newburyport's Rachel Webster was 2 for 3 with a double, triple, and two RBIs. Cassandra Davis was 2 for 4.

Newburyport overcame a 5-2 deficit in the sixth inning to push to 8-2. Cassandra Davis (2 for 4) and Lindsey Tomasz (1 for 2, 2 walks) hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning. In the seventh, Tricia Grasso scored the tying run, and Molly Rowe scored the winning run. Rachel Notargiacomo was 2 for 4.

Lindsey Tomasz went 1 for 5 with a two-run home run and scored three runs for Newburyport (7-2). Rachel Webster was 2 for 5 with two doubles, two runs and three RBIs. Elani Kacher was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Shortstop Rachel Notargiacomo turned two double plays. Molly Rowe earned the complete-game victory.

Newburyport beat Georgetown in a close game, 2-1, despite struggling at the plate striking out 10 times against the Royals. Ashley Koralis went 1 for 2 for the Clippers with an RBI.

For the second straight game, the improved Georgetown softball team lost a 2-1 heartbreaker, this time to Newburyport. Sophomore Sarah Erlandson pitched another fine game, allowing just two hits while striking out eight and helped her own cause with two hits. Cally O'Connor (2 for 4) had an RBI for the Royals.

The Clippers (4-2) only had four hits to North Reading's nine, and recorded five strike outs to North Reading's six. The Clippers made five errors on the afternoon. Newburyport was highlighted by a three-run Lindsey Tomasz home run.