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NORTH ANDOVER — Jake Donahue awoke yesterday morning with images of being a Central Catholic hockey hero in his head.

Tyler Nelson (19 points, 5 3 pointers) just beat the shot clock with a 3-pointer in the final minute and Lucas Hammel was 4-for-4 from the line from the final 24 seconds as Central Catholic held on to beat Cathedral High of Springfield in the Hoophall Classic at Springfield College, 72-66.

Dawrin Pereyra poured in 18 points, including netting four 3-pointers, to lead Lawrence to a 77-69 victory over Cathedral. 

Sophomore Morgan Gott pumped in 18 points to lead Georgetown past Cathedral, 70-37. Kelli O'Brien pulled down 12 rebounds and Kristin Hogan dished out five assists for the Royals, who finished 6-14 but made the state tourney due to their record vs. Division 4 teams.

Five-foot-7 guard Jaylen Alicea netted 16 points as he helped Lawrence earns its first victory this season with a 68-45 rout over Cathedral. Alicea, a sophomore who averaged 10.0 points per game last year, scored just six points in Lawrence's (1-1) opener. Meanwhile, senior Michael Calzetta, who sat out last year, scored 10 points.

Powered by Sarah Oteri's hat-trick, the Andover girls hockey team reached 100 program wins with a 6-0 victory over Cathedral. Oteri finished with 4 points while adding an assist to her three goals while Nicole Giroux notched two goals and an assist as well. Goaltender Megan Pettoruto stopped 24 shots en route to her eighth shutout of the season.

Julio Colon had 16 points, but it wasn't enough as the Georgetown boys basketball team lost to Cathedral, 54-53. The Royals closed out the first half with an 18-14 lead, but Cathedral dropped a ridiculous 40 points in the second half to pull away. Go-to-guy Jaymie Spears (nine points on 2-for-19 shooting) had a buzzer-beating field goal attempt clank off the front of the rim to end the game. Georgetown struggled mightily from the free-throw line (16 of 31), and also missed seven easy layups.

HAVERHILL — After a season of late-game setbacks, John Tricomi and his Whittier teammates wanted to take care of business right away yesterday.

"We set the tone early," said the senior linebacker following the Wildcats 49-12 rout of Cathedral that started when he took a fumble 34 yards into the end zone for an early score.

Nicole Rogers made a tremendous save with one minute remaining to secure Central Catholic's 0-0 tie with Cathedral. Alyssa Reilly played a solid defensive game for the Raiders and Adelle Dagher had a strong game at midfield.