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Haverhill's Tom Palleschi scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, but Phillips fell to Salisbury Prep 81-59 in the Class A semifinals. Ryan Hartung added a team-high 15 points for the Big Blue.

Good defense and limiting turnovers allowed fourth seed Phillips to take a tight Class A quarterfinal contest from No. 5 Kent, 68-64. Tom Palleschi was immense for the Big Blue with 24 points and 16 rebounds while Max Lippe added 10 points and 8 boards. Gibby Graves contributed six assists to the offense for Phillips, who will play the winner of No. 1 Salisbury and No. 8 Loomis Chaffee in the semifinals Friday.

Phillips' Ryan Hartung of Haverhill netted 31 points, including pouring in seven 3-pointers, but Phillips lost 74-71 to Brimmer and May.

NORTH ANDOVER — With prep schools transforming into college basketball factories all over New England and the sleaze factor rising to all-time highs in the chase for players, John McVeigh rebels.

Haverhill's Tom Palleschi scored a team-high 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Ryan Hartung, also of Haverhill, added 18 points as Phillips bested Worcester Academy 85-73.

Ryan Hartung of Haverhill scored 32 points to lead Phillips boys basketball to a 72-61 victory over Deerfield.

Belmont Hill led 39-33 at the half but Phillips coach Leon Modeste must have given a heck of a halftime speech as the Big Blue outscored the visitors 51-23 in the second half to post an 84-62 win. Haverhill's Tom Palleschi erupted for 23 points and 18 rebounds. "He was ridiculous," said Modeste of the 6-8 junior.

Haverhill's Tom Palleschi combined 17 points with 18 rebounds as Phillips Academy won its second game of the day to finish fifth in the St. Sebastian's Tournament. Ryan Hartung, also of Haverhill, scored 19 points. Earlier, in a game Hartung missed, Phillips beat St. Sebastian's 62-40.

A pair of second-half 3-pointers from North Andover's Mark Hanson set up by Ray Barry (24 points) broke things open for Phillips in a rare victory over Kimball Union, 74-56. Haverhill's Tom Palleschi was another of four Big Blue players in double figures with 15 points.

Phillips Academy beat Loomis Chaffee for the first time in four years 60-54. Tom Palleschi of Phillips scored 20 points with 13 rebounds in the win.