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The relentless Malden Catholic offense knocked Marshfield out of the Super 8 with a commanding 7-0 victory to sweep the first-round series Wednesday at Chelmsford Forum in Billerica.

Senior Kyle Casey recorded 17 saves in Malden Catholics balanced attack.

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We played one of our better games all season, so the shutout wasnt too hard with the way we played, Casey said. Its just good to move onto the next round.

Malden Catholic (15-4-3) will play Arlington in the semifinals.

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Senior defenseman Matt Yianacopolus scored on shot from the point 2:10 into the game. Senior Brendan Maloney tacked on another less than 30 seconds later, and the score held at 2-0 after the first period.

Senior Joey Guarino extended the MC lead to three, netting his seventh of the season 3:37 into the frame. Marshfield (19-4-2) kept up its physicality, but struggled to keep up with the Lancers, who tallied two more goals in the second and two in the third. Junior Colin Nestor, sophomore Jagger Benson and senior Justin Collins all scored and Guarino got his second to round out the 7-0 win.

For Marshfield, the schools first Super 8 appearance ended in disappointment, but the loss didnt dimish its strong season.

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Were happy we get 2 points, and we get to play whenever they tell us the next game is, MC coach John McLean said.

Eighteen-two-two in the regular season, won the play-in game [against Austin Prep] and got to the Super 8 for the first time in school history, said Marshfield coach Dan Connolly. Right now it doesnt mean anything to them, but in a week or two weeks when they look back and realize what they accomplished, they can be proud of it.

Arlington 4, Hingham 1 Every time Hingham appeared to break through in Game 2 of its Super 8 first-round series against Arlington, Peter Scheschareg was there to turn the tide back in the Spy Ponders favor. The senior captain, nicknamed The German Freight Train by his coaches and teammates, potted three goals at Chelmsford Forum, one in each period, to lead Arlington to a date with Malden Catholic in the semifinals.

Each period gets bigger as the game goes on, and youve got to get bigger and faster, you cant slow down, Scheschareg said. You need to put everything on the line in the last couple periods, so thats what I try to do.

Hinghams forecheck was strong in the first period, but they struggled to generate high-quality scoring chances. On the other end of the ice, Scheschareg created offense for Arlington (20-2-2) on his own. He raced into the offensive zone along the left wing with just under 4:30 left in the frame and slid the puck past Hingham junior goalie Robbie Kornack to net the lone goal of the first.

Scheschareg did it again in the second, this time scoring on a shorthanded breakaway. The Harbormen (16-6-2) pushed for a goal, but junior goalie Jack Pinard was near perfect against the barrage.

In the third period, Hingham senior Jack Hennessy got his team on the board with his 13th of the season, but as the Harbormen closed in, Scheschareg answered. He completed his hat trick with 2:23 left in the contest, cutting through two defenders before slipping the puck past Kornack with just one hand on his stick. Senior Mic Curran added an empty net goal a minute later, sealing the victory. Arlington is set to square off with No. 1 Malden Catholic with a trip to the Super 8 Final on the line.

MC is the premier program in the state, Coach [John] McLean does it the right way, Arlington coach John Messuri said. I wont put the nightmare in [my teams] head just yet, Ill let them sleep one night without the night light on.

Division 1 North

St. Marys 4, Arlington Catholic 2 The Spartans (16-7-2) surged to a 3-0 first-period lead on the way to a semifinal victory at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.

St. Marys will play the Andover/Austin Prep winner in the North final on Monday.

Senior forward Dante Maribito netted the games first goal with a wrister from the blue line. Junior defensman Nicholas Scalli extended the lead from about the same spot. Junior Jason Loeser netted the third goal of the period.

We got pucks to the net early, St. Marys coach Mark Lee said. When a goaltender lets one in early, next thing you tell them is you want to get pucks to the net. We did and getting that little bit of a lead gave us some confidence early.

Arlington Catholics Mason Beecher scored with 15 seconds left in the second period to bring the Cougars within two. In the third period, Jack Bertolami scored on a two-on-one opportunity to make it a one-goal game, but Maribito netted an empty-netter to seal the game for the Spartans.

Division 1 North

Andover 2, Austin Prep 1 Prep netted the equalizer with 1:37 left, but following a timeout, Michael Reilly scored the winner with 21 seconds remaining, lifting the Golden Warriors (15-5-2) to the semifinal win at the Tsongas Center. Andover will play St. Marys in the North final on Monday. When we called the timeout after they tied it, we said we wanted to attack them deep, said Andover coach Chris Kuchar. That threw them off a little bit. We were trapping the first two and a half periods and then we said we are going to unload on them. Reilly took a pass from Caedon Dillman at the bottom of the right faceoff circle and fired a shot into the back of the net. Michael Biddle scored the first Andover goal with two minutes left in the second period. Nick Carafelli scored the tying goal for Prep.

St. Marys 4, Arlington Catholic 2 The Spartans (16-7-2) surged to a 3-0 first-period lead on the way to the semifinal win over AC (12-7-4) at the Tsongas Center in Lowell. Senior captain Dante Maribito scored the games first goal on a wrister from the blue line, junior defenseman Nico Scalli extended the lead with a wrist shot from the same spot, and junior Jason Loesner converted a centering pass from Mike Desmond with a tally from in front of the net. When the Cougars closed with one in the third period, Maribito scored an empty-netter.

Division 3 South

Old Rochester 6, Dartmouth 3 Sophomore Sam Austin netted a pair of goals for the Bulldogs (22-3) in the semifinals. Old Rochester will play Rockland in the sectional final on Sunday at 3:15 p.m. at Gallo Arena in Bourne.

Rockland 5, Nantucket 2 The Bulldogs (21-1-3) erased an early 1-0 deficit with four straight goals to hand the Whalers (19-1-3) their first loss in a semifinal at Gallo Rink. Seniors Brian McCullough, Chris McHugh, and Matt Dunn, freshman Zack Callahan, and junior Mike Flaherty score for Rockland, which will play Old Rochester/Fairhaven in Sundays final.

Division 3A Central

Oakmont 6, Lunenburg 2 Freshman Jake Hewitt scored four goals and Greg Morin added four assists as No. 4 seed Oakmont Regional skated away from top-seeded Lunenburg.

Grafton 2, Littleton 1 Brendan Coates scored 28 seconds into overtime to lift the visiting No. 3 Indians (15-6-1) over the second-seeded Tigers (12-5-4). Grafton will play Oakmont in the championship at 4 p.m. Sunday. Noah Charron scored in the final minute of the first period for Grafton. Sean Kitian scored Littletons goal with 52 seconds left in regulation.

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