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Methuen's Ian Gallagher allowed just two hits and one earned run in five innings, but the No. 14 Rangers fell to No. 3 Lexington 2-0 in the Division 1 North first round.

  Yarmilis Vasquez and Alexa Gatonwon atsecond doubles for the Methuen girls tennis team but the Rangers fell to powerful Lexington, 4-1, in the Division 1 North quarterfinals. On the boys side, Methuen's fine season was halted by Acton-Boxboro, 5-0.

METHUEN, Mass. - With under two minutes remaining in Methuen's home battle with Lexington football, the Rangers' defense faced a decisive 4th-and-10 with the Minutemen standing at the Methuen 27-yard line. The Lexington defense had come up with the game's first turnover - a Ben Burnham interception with just under 4 minutes to play - and now the Minutemen offense looked to take the late lead in a game in which they had trailed nearly the whole time. Instead, Methuen's defense held firm, forcing two straight incompletions to deliver the Rangers the win, 21-16.

LAWRENCE — The whole Central Catholic football team was ready and determined to open the Division 1 playoffs on a high note Friday night against Lexington.

But no one could have been more determined than two-way senior AJ Caggionelli.

Andover swept the doubles to pull out a tough 3-2 win over Lexington. The clutch doubles teams were Annette Kim/Caroline Yang at No. 1 and Elia Petros/Anna Higgins at No. 2. The Golden Warriors (18-1) will next play Boston Latin (19-2) in the Division 1 North semifs.

Locked in a heated match with Lexington, it all came down to the first doubles team of Annette Kim and Caroline Yang for Andover. The duo won the first set 6-3, got clobbered 0-6 in the second set, but rallied to win the decisive third set 6-1 to give the Warriors (16-1) a 3-2 match victory.

In a battle of two of the top girls tennis programs in the region, Andover slipped past Lexington 3-2. The Warrioirs (16-1) won both doubles and got a pivotal 6-2, 7-5 win at third singles from Sidney Conway.