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By Kevin J. Stone
READING - The last two Division 3 North sectional champions met at Austin Prep on Sunday night with a berth in the sectional semifinals on the line.
The offense was hard to come by on Sunday night, but ultimately the top-seeded Cougars did enough to get by eighth-seeded Dracut Middies 7-4 to advance to the Sectional semis.
Austin Prep (15-1) will face fifth-seeded Triton on Wednesday (TBD) while the Middies’ season ends at 10-5. Sunday’s matchup was actually a rematch of the 2019 D3 North title game which Dracut won 17-10.
“They’re a great team,” AP head coach Peter Smyth. “I don’t think the seedings really worked out the way they were supposed to