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Georgetown won its school-record 15th game, surviving a tough Senior Night start to fell Rockport, 57-45. Kyle McKay got the Royals off and running with a 3-pointer to start the second half, and defensive pressure from Julio Colon (16 points and 18 rebounds), Mike Messman (10 boards) and Chris Esposito helped to extend the lead. Jaymie Spears also had 16 in the win.

The Georgetown Royals (15-3) recorded a win over Rockport, 57-45, and extended their school record with their 15th win of the season. Jaymie Spears (16 points), Julio Colon (16 points, 18 rebounds), Mike Messman (7 points, 10 rebounds), Joe Esposito (8 points), and Chris Esposito (5 points, 4 rebounds) all played well in the win.

After an unbelievable 34-point performance by Jaymie Spears, in addition to five steals and six assists, Georgetown tied a school record for wins with 14 in a season. The Royals survived a tough Manchester Essex team that nearly climbed all the way back from a 10-point lead inside the final two minutes. However, with a big fourth quarter effort by Julio Colon (7 points in the quarter, 11 overall), Georgetown survived.

 Guard Bill Medvitz scored a game-high 27 points, but it wasn't nearly enough as Amesbury fell in a non-conference game to Gloucester. Jared Flannigan added seven points and four rebounds, while Steve Serwon grabbed 13 rebounds.

The Triton Vikings (1-12) extended their five game losing streak with a 73-41 loss to Manchester-Essex. Charles Anderson led the Vikings with 13 points, 5 steals, 4 assists, and 3 rebounds, and Tom Bashaw added 10 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals.

One quarter made a huge difference in a matchup of two Vikings' teams, as Rockport outscored Triton 23-1 in the second quarter and won by a comfortable margin,  51-36.

However, Vikings' coach Ryan Souliotis said Triton worked really hard in the second half and Bert Comins (7 points) was a real spark plug for the team. Sam Ferrara led the Vikes with 10 points.

Up by two at halftime, the North Andover boys basketball team caught on fire in the third  scoring 26 points in the eight-minute quarter against Rockpoint in its 62-35 win. However even more impressive than its scoring was its defense, which held the Vikings to zero points throughout the frame. 

Jaymie Spears inagurated Georgetown's season with a buzzer-beater to down Manchester-Essex, 51-49. The sophomore went the length of the court and hit a short jumper as time expired. Spears had 23 to lead the Royals and Julio Colon added 11.

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The wildness began innocently enough with a Central Catholic boys blowout of Acton-Boxboro on Feb. 25 and ended Saturday night with a pair of Division 1 state finals.

For the record, this corner actually witnessed 18 full games live in those 20 days. From Durham, N.H., to Worcester,  Mass., to a slew of points in between.

This is my shot at glory, the skinny, blond-haired kid said to himself. Might as well make the most of it.

Central Catholic led Boston Latin by 18 points. Less than a minute remained. The game was nearly over.

On average, 18 million youths each year will suffer some sort of injury related to athletics. Of those, roughly 3.5 million will be sustained by kids under the age of 15 years old.

That was the topic of discussion at a lecture on kids and sports injuries held at Merrimack College. The was sponsored by Eagle Tribune Publishing's RallyNorth.net, as well as Merrimack College and the Northeast Rehab Health Network.

If I could have last Thursday night back, I would make sure that I was sitting in the stands inside the Smith Field House at Gloucester High School around 8:30 p.m.

Eight days ago, in that aforementioned location, arguably the most emotional and inspirational moment of the Cape Ann winter sports season took place.

When it comes to athletics, Rockport High School is fighting an uphill battle.

Rockport's total enrollment for all of its high school students is routinely less than 400 year-in and year-out, a number that is far less than some of the larger schools that play alongside the Vikings boys and girls basketball teams in the Cape Ann League. Thus, talent and depth is difficult to come by on the hardwood for Rockport, which sits in the basement of the CAL standings in both boys and girls hoops.

Senior night is always special for any athlete. Manchester Essex boys basketball star Marty Nally made sure his would be especially unique as he pumped in a career-high 41 points. It was an incredible individual performance that people will remember forever as his Hornets held off visiting Rockport 71-57 in both team's season-finale.