Tennis Knights March On, Lax Loses

Boys Tennis

Quite fittingly, was North Andover Patch’s Athlete of the Week yesterday. The junior tennis star had a 6-1, 6-2 win to help the Knights cruise passed Malden Catholic with a 5-0 win in the MIAA Division 2 North Tournament’s first round.

At second singles, Sherwin Yamin won 6-1, 6-1 and at third singles, Alex Hammond won a third set tiebreaker to win as well. The tie-breaker was held because the Knights were already up four matches to none.

The doubles matches featured Ross Boyle And Alex Durfee scoring a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win. At second doubles, Andrew Smith and Kyle White won 6-0, 6-3.

On Monday, the Knights move into the quarterfinal round of the tournament against Malden High School.

Girls Tennis

Theteam had its season come to an abrupt end in the MIAA Division 2 North Tournament thanks to a 5-0 loss at the hands of Concord-Carlisle.

The Knights were underdogs as the 12th seed and they fell to the tournaments number five seed. North Andover finished its season with a 9-8 record.

Boys Lacrosse

The boys lost to Concord-Carlisle 8-2 yesterday to put an end to their strong season. North Andover Patch will have a full article on the game today.

Today

The boys and girls track teams will participate in the All-States competition at Bridgewater State University. The meet gets underway at 3:00 p.m.

O-Zone Lock of the Week

The O-Zone closed out its inaugural year of predictions on a strong note by picking the baseball team to beat Dracut. The North Andover boys crushed Dracut 11-1 on Thursday. Click here to see a video of the game.

The O-Zone now has a 12-1 career record predicting Scarlet Knights games.

With only playoff games remaining in the spring season, the O-Zone Lock of the Week will go on hiatus until September. Look forward to some football predictions as it will be no time before soon-to-be senior and the Knights are back out on the gridiron.