Boys' Soccer: Marauders Sink Dracut, 2-0, To Meet Top-Ranked N. Andover Wednesday

A pair of goals four minutes apart midway though the second half propelled Belmont High School Boys' Soccer into the quarter finals of the Division 2 North sectional tournament after they defeated Dracut High School, 2-0, before an enthusiastic crowd of frozen supporters at Belmont's Harris Field Monday night, Nov. 4.

Junior Midfielder Ben Lazenby's shot from 15 meters out wrong-footed Dracut's senior goalkeeper Ryan Fisher and settled into the right side of the net seconds after the 20 minute mark to give Belmont the advantage after a physical hour of play with the Middies.

The Marauders' lead was doubled just before the 16 minute remaining mark when Belmont's go-to senior forward Michael Chertkov powered a header by Fisher from five meters after a precise centering pass from fellow senior Kingston Lockwood. 

The celebration after the victory will be short lived as the Marauders will go on the road on Wednesday night to meet the top team in Eastern Massachusetts in the quarterfinals. North Andover High School Knights are 19-0-0 and ranked number 1 in the Boston Globe's Top 20 poll. 

In North Andover's first round game, Mike Skarbelis – the all-time leading goal scorer in program history with 40 goals this season – scored all four goals in its 4-0 thrashing of Whittier Regional Vocational Tech of Haverhill on Sunday.

The game will take place in North Andover at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6. Directions are here.