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A day after the Rangers knocked off Burlington, Drew Eason led Methuen to a convincing straight-set victory over Central Catholic for the program's first back-to-back wins since 2016. Eason had 16 kills, 11 digs and 16 service points.  James Levesque added 13 kills, Liam Doherty had 31 assists and Matt Kovacev had a career-high 15 digs.

Central Catholic softball scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning, then survived a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to hand Burlington its first loss of the season, 6-3. Leadoff hitter Julia Malowitz was 2 for 3 with two runs scored and was the winning pitcher, Katie Fox added two hits and two RBIs and Ava Iannessa drove in a run and scored another for the winners.

Six players drove in at least one run as Central Catholic bounced Haverhill 12-2. Sophomores Jack Savio (2-3 with three runs and three RBI) and Brady Rickenbach (2-4, three runs) led an offense that pounded 17 hits.

Andover outlasted Central Catholic 3-1 in a four-game match in which each set was decided by three points or fewer. Sophomore Marco Gomez-Cabo was huge for the Warriors with 25 assists, six kills four blocks and 15 service winners. Captain Owen Chanthaboun had 25 kills. 

Olivia Foster won the pole vault (10-6) and 100 dash (12.5) as Andover scored a thrilling 73-72 win over Central Catholic. Peyton Levental took the long jump (17-1.5) and the 200 (26.4) for the winners. Janessa Duren won the 400 hurdles (69.8) for the Raiders.

Ryan Hebert won the shot put (45-7) and discus (126-6) to lead Central Catholic to an 84-52 win over Andover. Raider Aden Pemble won the high jump (5-6) and 400 hurdles (57.6) while Colin Kim took the mile (4:38) and 800 (2:03.1) for the Golden Warriors.

Ryan McShan notched 21 kills and Keith Shaheen had 10 assists and two aces to lead Pinkerton to a 3-2 win over Chelmsford, taking the fifth and deciding game 19-17.

Ryan McShan notched 21 kills and Keith Shaheen had 10 assists and two aces to lead Pinkerton to a 3-2 win over Chelmsford, taking the fifth and deciding game 19-17.

Hayley Rapaglia and winning pitcher Julia Malowitz each had four hits as Central pounded a 10-4 win over Chelmsford to move to 4-4 on the year. Freshman Amelia Ovalles belted a two-run homer, the first of her career for Central.

Ryan Cloutier struck out nine over five innings, but the Central Catholic bullpen couldn't hold the lead, allowing Lowell to rally for five in the seventh in an 8-3 comeback win at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. Josh Florence and Ryan Cloutier each had two hits for Central in the loss.