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AAA

Winchester won twice. Chris McCarthy’s second goal of the game, with 1:25 left, was the winner in a 4-3 decision over Acton-Boxboro, Danny Collins with a goal and two assists in the win and Nathan Smith and Tyler Edwards a goal and an assist apiece in the loss – and Hannon had two goals and two assists, Collins posted 2-1-3 and Stevenson 1-2-3 in a 6-1 win over Waltham;

Luke Long scored with 5:45 left to give Dorchester a 2-1 decision over Wellesley; Brody Sharpe snapped a 1-1 tie in the second period and Mark Herlihy had 1-1-2 as Wellesley trimmed Reading 3-1; Drew Damiani’s 1-1-2 helped Lynnfield/Saugus past Reading 2-0; and Luke Silverman and Greyson Henry were in goal for Acton-Boxboro and Marco Picano for Reading in a 0-0 tie.

AA

In the North, Will Saratella scored the winner in the second period as Needham edged Wellesley 2-1; Finian Burke handed out three assists, Robert Hauser scored twice and Matvey Malinovski had 1-1-2 in Andover’s 4-1 victory over NH East; Jack Sullivan scored four goals and No. 18 had 1-1-2 in Newburyport’s 6-1 win over Peabody; Merchant’s second and third goals of the game came in the third period and gave Twin City a come-from-behind 3-3 tie with Masco – Joe Young and Cam Juliano with goals 23 seconds apart late in a three-goal first period for Masco; Brad McAlpine scored twice, Kiernan Corcoran had two assists and Timmy Sullivan scored what turned out to be the winner with 7:23 left as Beverly edged Andover 3-2 – No. 22 with 1-1-2 in the loss; Reid Festel, who also had an assist, scored with 7:56 left and Mike Arria then came through with 43 seconds remaining to give Wakefield a 3-2 decision over Beverly – Frankie Leone with 1-2-3 in the win and Jack Mertz 1-1-2 in the loss; and Conor Sealy posted 1-1-2 and Cooper Branzell pitched the shutout as Everett/Revere defeated Winthrop 4-0.

In the South, Jack Duehring scored two goals and set up another and Mikey Mazzola and Connor Dasilva both posted two assists as the Railers topped Cape Ann 7-1; Sullivan wore the hat, Skilling had 1-2-3, Holman scored twice, McDermott had 1-1-2 and No. 3 two assists in Triboro’s 8-1 victory over Charlestown; No. 88 had 2-1-3 and Robert Ritter had 1-1-2 in Maine’s 5-2 win over Triton; Brett Ebert scored four goals to lead Wilmington to a 6-3 victory over Maine – Aviv Rosenbaum with 2-1-3 and No. 88 1-1-2 in the loss; Harry Scheel delivered 2-1-3,Matt Donovan had 1-2-3 and Chase Barlow 1-1-2 in Stoneham’s 5-1 win over Triton; and Aidan Fitzpatrick clicked for two goals and an assist, Ryan Walsh posted 1-1-2 and Mike Kelter two assists as Hyde Park topped Brookline 5-2.

In the East, John Bishop’s fourth goal of the game, with 1:05 left, gave Haverhill a 5-4 decision over Methuen – Gabriel Lozowski with two goals in the win; Tyler Blake wore the hat and added two assists and Jack Walker also had two assists as NH East trimmed North Andover 5-3 – Trevor Chicoyne with two assists in the loss; Jared Nielsen wore the hat, Matt McDonough scored twice and Cathal Walls came within 3:06 of a shutout as the Railers topped Parkway 5-1; Will Curley scored all five goals, including a natural hat, and John Sanderson posted two assists as Medfield defeated Somerville 5-2; Steve O’Malley had 1-1-2 in Dorchester’s 4-1 victory over Medford; Mike Fuccione scored the winner with 3:29 left and Connor Brophy and Jason Pino both posted 1-1-2 as Melrose edged Reading 4-3 – Tom Fratto with 1-2-3 and Colby Robinson 1-1-2 in the loss; and Aroian came within 1:53 of a shutout, Swartz had two assists and Sawin scored what turned out to be the winner early in the second period as SMS trimmed Medford 3-1.

North Central wore a pair of ties in the West. Robert Christman’s second goal of the game, 36 seconds into the third period, gave the Railers a 2-2 tie with North central – and Andrew Pisciotta, Oliver Harris and Pisciotta again scored in a 2:43 span late as Triboro came from three down and tied NC 3-3, Quinn Salvi with two assists for Triboro;

Mike Bierwith wore the hat and added an assist in Chelmsford’s 5-1 victory over the Crusaders; Jack Baker scored twice in the third period to give the Leafs a 4-2 victory over Triboro – Jared Walsh with both goals and Oliver Harris assists on both in the loss; Anthony Giacchino wore the hat and had an assist and Dom Cerundolo scored twice in Masco’s 6-3 win over Agawam – Luke Graham with two goals and No. 56 1-1-2 in the loss; Jesse Peck and Jake Quinn both scored twice and Max O’Brien posted 1-1-2 in Westwood’s 7-0 victory over Belmont; Lucas Kenneally scored with 5:29 left and Tim Kastinov followed with 1:16 remaining to give Allston/Brighton a 4-3 decision over Arlington – Finn Conneally with 1-1-2 in the win and Shawn Boyce 1-1-2 in the loss; Andrew Dunbar scored twice in North Reading’s 3-1 victory over Wakefield; Abraham scored twice as Waltham topped S&S 3-1; and Herlihy scored twice, Pappalardo had two assists and Babineau pitched a shutout as S&S scored a big win over Winthrop.

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Framingham and NH East both won twice. Louie Walls wore the hat and George Anastos had a goal and an assist in Framingham’s 6-3 victory over Hollis – and Walls clicked for a goal and two assists in a 5-1 triumph over Marblehead; Flynn Martin pitched a pair of shutout for NH East as Ben Richard clicked for 2-1-3 in a 4-0 victory over Lexington/Bedford – and Richard’s 1-1-2 helped NHE to a 3-0 win over Haverhill;

Nathan Pinto and Steve Vramis scored 11 seconds apart as Danvers trimmed Billerica 3-1; Etic Ballmer scored what turned out to be the winner early in the third period as Wellesley edged Billerica 3-2; Drew Carney scored early and Kal Wilson came within 2:09 of a shutout as Lynnfield/Saugus downed Burlington 4-1; Quinn Donovan and Beauparlant both scored twice, Everett Kenney had 1-1-2 and Pat Lehan two assists in Newburyport’s 8-4 victory over Hollis – Jack Michaud with a hat trick and an assist and Jake Dodge three helpers in the loss; Cam Abramovitch scored twice as Haverhill nipped Beverly 5-4 – Dom Triberil with two goals in the loss; Connie Shediak scored twice and Tobias Wilken had 1-1-2 as Winchester trimmed Danvers 3-1; Mason Robson scored with 1:18 left to give Burlington a 4-3 decision over Haverhill – Evan Curtis with three assists and Ryan Gedick two goals in the win and Abramovitch 1-1-2 in the loss; and Ethan Dangel posted 2-1-3, Jack Slade scored twice, Ronan McGowan had 1-1-2 and Charlie Mattocks the shutout in Acton-Boxboro’s 6-0 win over Cape Ann.

Dorchester and Reading both won twice and SMS posted a win and a tie in the South. Mike Mullaly and Nicky Higgins both scored twice in Dorchester’s 7-1 victory over Brookline – and Higgins scored twice, Ronan Carlson had 1-12 and Pat Brophy two assists in a 5-1 win over the Express; Jackson Calvani and Devin Melly scored in the first period as Reading topped Maine 3-1 – and Aiden Studley clicked for a goal and two assists, Bradley Esposito scored twice and Jones pitched a shutout in a 5-0 win over Greater Lowell; Luke Boudo and Ethan Hojman scored 1:42 apart in the first period as SMS trimmed Needham 3-1 – and Ben Richard, who also had an assist, scored his second goal of the game with 1:02 left in the second period as Maples tied SMS 3-3, Vincent Polcari with two goals for SMS;

John Willar wore the hat as the Railers topped Brookline 3-1; Mike Leonard’s second and third goals of the game came in the third period, the hat trick capped with 34 seconds left as Maine tied Andover 3-3 – Alex Boness with 1-1-2 for Andover; and Ferraro wore a natural hat in a four-goal third period that gave Everett/Revere a 5-2 victory over Greater Lowell – Sweet with 1-1-2 and Thomas two assists in the win.

Twin City won twice in the East. Anthony Romano scored two goals and set up another and Kiernan Lunn had a goal and an assist in a 6-1 victory over North Andover – and Ryan Patton posted 1-1-2 in a 5-2 win over Acton-Boxboro, Nick Falcone with 1-1-2 in the loss;

Bryan Dionne and Max Durkin scored 23 seconds apart and Durkin followed 2:39 later as NH East downed Acton-Boxboro 4-1; Erik Batts wore a natural hat and William Dyer and Aiden Toy both had two assists as the Breakers defeated Concord-Carlisle 6-0; Dom Perreault scored twice as the Railers trimmed the Breakers 3-1; Nathan Pletta had 1-1-2 as Concord-Carlisle nipped the Railers 3-1; Kyle Hayes scored twice and Vishant Chawla had 1-1-2 as Melrose topped Danvers 7-5 – Matt Drinkwater with a hat trick and an assist and Brady McCormack 1-1-2 in the loss; Sonny McColgan scored four goals and Jerry O’Neill, who also had an assist, snapped a 5-5 tie with his second goal of the game with 2:11 remaining as Dorchester trimmed Woburn 7-5 – Tyler Goneau with a hat trick and Shane Carta 1-2-3 in the loss; and No. 5 scored with 1:39 left to give Parkway a 4-3 decision over Waltham.

In the West, Shane Hess’ second goal of the game with 7:10 left was the winner as the Leafs edged Arlington 4-3 – Logan Casasanta with 1-1-2 in the win and Dom Marcos two goals in the loss; McStravick, who also had an assist, capped a hat trick with two goals in the third period as Wellesley nipped Framingham 4-3 – Anrep-Lilljegren with two assists in the win and Jack Kornbau two goals in the loss; D’Agostino pitched a shutout and O’Brien scored both goals as Lexington/Bedford defeated Parkway 2-0; Jase Mansi scored four goals in Wilmington’s 6-3 victory over Natick – Luke Ward with 1-1-2 in the loss; Dylan Conley scored twice and Jack Lancaster had 1-1-2 as Haverhill/Pentucket topped Triboro 5-1; Chris DiMaggio and Luke Ward both wore hats as Methuen downed Natick 6-4 – Luke Ward with two goals and an assist in the loss; and Josh Pite scored two goals and set up another and Logan Gauthier had a goal and a helper in Somerville’s 4-1 victory over Methuen.

-- MIKE SHALIN, mshalin@valley-associates.com