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Surrendering a season-high amount of goals, Central Catholic was beaten by an upset-minded Bishop Fenwick squad, 5-4. The Raiders rebounded behind Taylor O'Neil to erase a two-goal deficit and draw even, but the sub-.500 Crusaders notched the next two goals to control the rest of the game. Bishop Fenwick came into the contest having lost seven of its last eight games including a 3-2 verdict against Central in late September.

Off a corner, Abbie King sent a pass to Kelly Michal, who scored a goal as time expired to give Central Catholic field hockey a 3-2 win over Bishop Fenwick. Defender Molly Bryant set up Michal's heroics, making a pair of saves behind the goalie.

Lauren Hebert posted 18 points, but No. 9 North Reading fell to No. 8 Bishop Fenwick 66-47 in the first round of the Division 3 North tournament.

"We just made too many mistakes in the first half and put ourselves in a hole," said Hornets coach Karla Sullivan. "There were too many turnovers and the shots weren't falling. We kept the pressure on in the second half, but it was too late."

For a moment, it appeared the game may be headed to overtime.

"It looked like we tied the game," said North Andover coach Peter Marfione. "But they called that the net had come loose."

READING — Still recovering from a high ankle sprain, junior quarterback Tyler Wade did it all for Georgetown in its first victory of the season yesterday, 25-14 over Bishop Fenwick. Wade opened the scoring with a 9-yard run in the second quarter, threw a 90-yard scoring strike to Derek DePasquale in the third quarter and booted impressive field goals of 40 and 39 yards in the fourth quarter to clinch the win. “Those (field goals) weren’t flukes,” said Georgetown coach Matt Bouchard. “I’ve seen him make them from 45 yards out.” Overall, Wade rushed for a team-leading 67 yards and completed 6 of 13 passes for 178 yards. DePasquale caught three of those passes for 135 yards and also rushed for 61 yards on just eight attempts. Mike Bjork led the defensive charge with three sacks for minus-40 yards and also had another tackle for a loss while Eric Gesauldi was involved in eight tackles and had a sack. DePasquale and Jared Lathrop both had interceptions. “The biggest thing was that our seniors had a meeting Monday and called out some guys who hadn’t been doing as much as they could have,” said Bouchard. “After that, we had a great week of practice — the best we’ve had in a long time — and it paid dividends.

wGeorgetown 25, Bishop Fenwick 14 Georgetown (1-5):    0 12 7 6 — 25 Bishop Fenwick (2-4):    0  0 6 8 — 14 Second Quarter  G — Tyler Wade 9 run (kick failed)  G — Derek DePasquale 2 run (kick failed) Third Quarter  G — DePasquale 90 pass from Wade (Wade kick)  BF — T. Lipka 66 pass from Brett Kidik (kick failed) Fourth Quarter  G — Wade 40 FG  G — Wade 39 FG  BF — Bill Klemczuk 28 pass from Kidik (Kidik rush) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING: G — Derek DePasquale 8-61, Tyler Wade 20-67, Max Mangano 5-5 PASSING: G — Wade 6-13-1, 178 RECEIVING: G — DePasquale 3-135, Mangano 2-16, Luke Prescott 1-27

Junior Shannon Tully, who first got involved in field hockey one week before the season started, posted a shutout in her first varsity start as undefeated Andover bested Bishop Fenwick, 2-0. "Shannon's picked up the position very quickly," head coach Maureen Noone said. "She'll be a standout next year if she's progressed this much this year."

NORTH READING — The looks on the Hornets’ faces told the story.

North Reading was shocked, watching a 22-point halftime lead slowly slip away in a 30-24 overtime loss to Bishop Fenwick.

Sophomore Jaclyn Torres, who was mainly a JV player last year, scored a hat trick and added an assist as Andover opened its field hockey season with a 7-0 victory over Bishop Fenwick. Elise Krekorian added two goals and Kate Farnham had two assists.

Breanna Yocum (4 goals, 3 assists), Kayla O’Connor (5 goals, 4 assists) and Liz Jayne (4 goals, 3 assists) all starred as No. 7 Pentucket downed No. 10 Bishop Fenwick 21-14 in the Division 2 North first round. Hilary Dandurant made 11 saves to help lead the Sachems.

BOSTON — Erin McNamara hopes that the third time is the charm for Pentucket. Yesterday, the senior guard led the way with 21 points as the Sachems advanced to their Eastern Mass. final in four years, disposing of Bishop Fenwick 58-47 in the Division 3 North final at Emmanuel College. The Sachems advance to Tuesday’s state semifinal game at the TD Garden (4:15 p.m.) against Archbishop Williams, the team that beat Pentucket in the 2007 and 2008 EMass. title games. “We hope it will be different this time around,” said McNamara, who was near perfect from beyond the arc (4 for 5). “We know that they’re a tough team. It’s great to have one last shot at them as a senior, we wouldn’t want to play anyone else.” Pentucket was fired up from the start, sometimes to a fault. The Sachems were whistled for seven traveling calls in the first quarter. “I think we were a little charged up,” said head coach John McNamara. “It’s an exciting day and a big game and we were a bit hyper. We got things calmed down, though. At the same time, you have to give credit to Bishop Fenwick because they were pressuring us which forced us to try to do too many things too quickly. “We’re an up-tempo team, but we were too hyper for a little bit.” Trailing by 8 at the half, Bishop Fenwick (16-8) cut the Pentucket lead to four heading into the fourth quarter. Then, it was McNamara’s time to take over. The senior never left the floor the entire game, knocking down a key 3-pointer midway through the final quarter to up the lead to 10. “That’s a big shot,” said John McNamara, her coach and father. “At a key point in the game that’s a key shot and it was a great job by everyone on the floor to set that play and get her the ball. Everyone did what they were supposed to, it was great.” Late in the game, after being fouled going for another three attempt, she was went to the line for three shots, knocking down all of them.  “I knew they were big shots. If I don’t make them they can come back down the floor and make it a real close game with plenty of time left,’’ said McNamara. “There is pressure, but I just told myself that I made the same shot a million times. I take so many of those shots in practice. I just imagined I was in practice.” The Sachems out-rebounded Fenwick 23-11 and nine of their 16 field goals were from 3-point range. “I don’t mind us taking threes because we can shoot,” said the coach. “I thought as the game went on, we were taking better threes in the sense that they were more quality shots. And, as the game went on, we were making more of those shots.” Fenwick tried to hit a homerun pass on multiple inbounds from under its own basket as well as a few other strategic moves to disrupt the undefeated Sachems. “We knew they could shoot,” said head coach Timothy Harrington. “We tried our best and I’m proud of our girls, but we were beaten by a very good basketball team.” Vanessa Cahill led the way with seven rebounds for the Sachems and freshman Nicole Viselli and sophomore Sarah Higgins combined for 16 points off the bench. Garden Party Yesterday’s win over Bishop Fenwick should bolster Pentucket’s confidence. In December, Fenwick lost a 62-61 squeaker to Archbishop Williams, the Sachems’ Tuesday state semifinal foe. The Archies beat Pentucket in the state semis in 2007 and 2008. They are led by 6-4 center Valerie Driscoll, who has signed with Michigan.