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D3 North: Beaton ices it for Pentucket in OT thriller
By Mike Abelson
WEST NEWBURY – On a soggy field under trees behind a school beneath a fading sun, No. 6 Newburyport and No. 2 Pentucket put on a classic Div. 3 North semifinal that will live forever in Sachem lore.
Newburyport's Mike Kelleher's star shone brightest with a massive, 10-goal performance, but it was Ryan Beaton's fallaway goal, off a dodge, at 3:04 of overtime that was the difference in a 17-16 Pentucket victory.
“We had run some set plays at the end of the regulation and it