D-III Girls’ Lacrosse

No. 5 Bow 16, No. 4 John Stark 8

Key players: Bow – Ella Gray (8 goals, assist), Jules Cusson (3 goals, 2 assists), Kate McGovern (2 goals, assist), Josie Johnson (2 goals), Kaylee Jacques (goal, assist), Kylie McKee (assist), Lexi Flynn (assist, defense), Gianna Trott (8 saves), Abby Foote (defense), Mikayla Livingstone (defense), Audrey Glennon (defense), Vera Virta (defense)

Highlights: Bow played a man down the entire fourth quarter due to four yellow cards, but the Falcons locked down defensively and still outscored the Generals to punch their tickets to the Division III semifinals. Bow led 5-4 at the end of the first quarter, 8-6 at halftime and 13-8 heading into the fourth. The Falcons were a man down with 3:34 left in the third quarter and remained that way for the rest of the game. Bow will play No. 1 St. Thomas (15-1) in Saturday’s semifinal at Bank of NH Stadium in Laconia at 6 p.m.

Coach’s quote: “Our defense was exceptional. We played the end of third quarter and the whole fourth quarter man down and Stark did not score at all. Our defense was locked and caused turnovers. Fantastic transition through the midfield all game.” – Bow’s Chris Raabe

Records: Bow 14-3; John Stark 13-3

No. 3 Hopkinton 10, No. 6 Derryfield 8

Key players: Hopkinton – Sydney Westover (4 goals, 6 draw controls, 2 ground balls), Maeve Owens (4 goals, caused turnover), Lilly Chodosh (goal, ground ball), Avery Chase (goal), Molly Hodgdon (assist), Autumn Meier (2 draw controls, caused turnover, clear), Helen Yeaton (2 caused turnovers, 3 ground balls, defense), Ryan Lang (caused turnover, ground ball, defense), Mary Maughan (caused turnover, ground ball, defense), Grace Hodgdon (2 saves)

Highlights: The Hawks flew out to a 6-2 lead in the first quarter, making their possessions count. The Cougars clawed back into the game in the second quarter, gaining possession at the draw circle and taking advantage of a Hopkinton card to score two goals and be down 9-6 at the half. The second half was a battle of clears and rides, defense and goaltending as Hopkinton held on to win and advance to the semifinals on Saturday. The Hawks will play No. 2 Gilford (13-2).

Coach’s quote: “Great to see our leaders, Maeve and Sydney, produce in playoff games. Lilly and Avery both scored key goals. I’m super proud of the work put in by of our entire defensive unit today. A game-on-the-line clear by Autumn made the difference at the end.” – Hopkinton’s Gus Madden

Records: Hopkinton 14-2; Derryfield 13-4

D-I Baseball

Londonderry 11, Concord 0, 5 inn.

Key players: Concord – Trevor Craigue (hit, 2 walks), Will Simms (hit), Kale Washburn (hit)

Highlights: Londonderry scored seven runs in the bottom of the first to build an early lead in the D-I preliminary round.

Coach’s quote: “Not the way we wanted this to go, but does not take away from how we played towards the end of the year. Tremendous growth from this team and we look to continue moving forward next year with many returning players. We want to Thank our three seniors – Trevor Craigue, Alex Lewis and Kaelen Williams – for all of their hard work and dedication to our program. They will be missed.” – Concord’s Scott Owen

Records: Londonderry 17-3; Concord 8-13

D-II Baseball

No. 9 Pembroke 8, No. 8 Kennett 4

Key players: Pembroke – Josh Maccarone (6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 K; 2-for-3, 2 runs, sacrifice, RBI), Eric Maccarone (save, 1 IP; 1-for-3, run, sacrifice), Owen Stewart (3-for-3, run), Devin Riel (2 runs, 3 SB), Andrew Fitzgerald (2-for-4, 2 RBI), Preston Perkins (1-for-2, 3 RBI), Zac Bemis (triple, run), Isaac Gioseffi (hit)

Highlights: With the game tied 3-3 through five innings, the Spartans pulled away over the final two innings to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals. Pembroke will play against top-ranked Souhegan (17-1) on Saturday at Southern New Hampshire University at 4 p.m.

Records: Pembroke 9-8; Kennett 8-10

D-III Baseball

No. 3 Bishop Brady 10, No. 14 Raymond 0, 6 inn.

Key players: Bishop Brady – Jack Speiss (WP, 4 IP, 8 K, 1 H, 0 ER; hit, 2 RBI), Dan Shedd (2 IP, 3 K, 0 H, 0 ER), Winn Thomas (2 hits, RBI, 2 runs, SB), Max Guerra (hit, 2 RBI, 3 runs), Luke Bedard (hit, 2 RBI), Henry Thresher (2 hits, 2 RBI), Owen Thornton (double, run), Ryan Bossche (2 hits, 2 runs, 2 SB)

Highlights: Brady scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning, loading the bases with two outs. Guerra hit a two-run single and Speiss followed with another two-run single. Brady added four runs in the bottom of the fifth, with an RBI single by Thomas and a two-run single by Thresher en route to a preliminary round victory over the Rams. The Giants will host No. 6 Campbell (12-5) in Saturday’s quarterfinal.

Coach’s quote: “Jack gave us a great start and Dan was excellent in relief, and it took us a bit to really get the bats going, but it was a good opening win to start the tournament.” – Bishop Brady’s Skip Foy

Records: Bishop Brady 15-2; Raymond 6-11