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Georgetown's softball team snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 10-4 victory to end its season on a high note. Jane Erlandson, filling in for mononucleosis-plagued sister Sarah picked up her first varsity win and JV catcher Kelsey Dion, an eighth grader, did a nice job filling in at catcher. Amy Cronin was 2 for 3 and scord twice.

Pentucket's softball team capped off a fine regular season with two runs in the sixth and a run in the seventh to edge Rockport 5-4. Bernadette Corrado had the game-winning RBI in the seventh and Mary Kate Corrado was 2 for 4 and scored twice.

Julianne Meehan was 4 for 4 with four doubles and pitched a complete-game two-hitter with nine strikeouts as Pentucket beat Lynnfield 10-0. The win qualified the Sachems for the state tourney for the first time since 2004.

Senior captain Lexie Corso was a thorn in pitcher Julianne Meehan's side with three hits, but no other Masconomet hitters could break through as Pentucket avenged an opening-day loss with a vengeance, 10-0. Meehan had 10 strikeouts on the day and added a double offensively as did sisters Bernadette and Mary Kate Corrado. The Sachems now need just one more victory in their last three games to qualify for state tourney play.

North Reading's surging softball team won its eighth straight and handed Amesbury (16-1) its first loss of the season, 2-1. Terri Ferrazzani threw a four-hitter, striking out five without walking a batter and also drove in the first run for North Reading (10-5). Shelby Carney had an RBI as well as two hits.

Freshman Morgan Coakley belted three hits and had two RBIs as North Andover softball beat Georgetown 8-3.

Kendra Dow's walk-off solo home run in the seventh settled matters as Newburyport beat Georgetown in a game suspended in the sixth inning from Monday. Taylor Nelson tripled and homered for three RBIs and Kassie Barba also homered for the Royals.

The North Reading softball team (9-5) remained hot, defeating Pentucket 6-2 in five innings for its fifth straight victory.

Pentucket exploded for three first-inning runs and Julianne Meehan's pitching made them stand up, snapping Newburyport's five-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory. Meehan, who finished with a two-hitter and 13 strikeouts, had an RBI double in the first and Bernadette Corrado added a run-scoring triple.

Georgetown pitcher Sarah Erlandson threw a sparkling one-hitter, striking out 12, but two costly errors were the difference in a 2-0 loss to Lynnfield.

Tori Newbury reached first on an error, advanced to second on a walk and scored on a perfectly-placed bloop single by Amy Cronin in the seventh inning that gave Georgetown a 7-6 walkoff victory over Masconomet.

Julianne Meehan threw six no-hit innings but in the seventh two errors and a double led to three unearned runs and Wilmington beat Pentucket 3-1. The hard-luck loser fanned eight and didn't walk a batter.

GEORGETOWN — Entering the season with their third coach in four years, the Pentucket seniors didn't know what to expect. But seven games in, it looks like the program not only has found some stability, but a mentor that could lead them back to postseason play.

 Julianne Meehan pitched a one-hit gem, recording 11 strikeouts for Pentucket (3-3) in a 6-1 win over Ipswich. She also went 2 for 3 with two RBIs.