Palace, Rockets hold off Woolies; Scanlon adds 10 points for Auburn.

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COLUMN: HOMETEAM HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

Auburn 42, Millbury 37: Junior Sarah Palace scored 14 of her game-high 16 points in the first half as the Rockets (3-0, 3-0 SWCL) beat the visiting Woolies (1-2, 1-2).

Junior Erin Scanlon had 10 points and 4 steals for Auburn, which jumped out to a 25-19 halftime lead.

Meg Crain had 11 points for Millbury, which shot just 15 of 31 from the foul line.

Abby Kelley 37, North Central Charter 23: Junior Cileena Terra scored a game-high 15 points for the host Bears (1-3).

Sophomore Alyssa Price made four 3-pointers, scoring 12 points for Abby Kelley.

Annie Thomas netted 12 points for the Tigers (0-2).

Gardner 65, Quabbin 55: Junior guard Denise Della-Giustina led all scorers with 29 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, for the host Wildcats (2-1).

Senior Jill Sauvageau added 11 points for Gardner.

Lindsey Howland (16 points) and Madison Schiltz (12 points) registered in double figures for the Panthers (0-4).

Grafton 39, David Prouty 32: Senior center Meg Driscoll had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and sophomore Shannon Dewar added 10 points to lead the visiting Indians (1-2, 1-2 SWCL) past the Panthers (0-3, 0-3).

Senior captain Hayley Chesson had 19 points and made 10 of her 12 free throws in the fourth quarter as David Prouty's rally fell short.

Hopedale 64, Milford 32: Anna Siefring had 22 points and six steals, while teammate Kara Bresciani added 19 points to lead the Blue Raiders (2-0).

Kendall Lindsay had 10 points to lead the visiting Scarlet Hawks (0-3).

Keefe Tech 29, AMSA 13: Jasmine Deleon had a game-high 13 points to pace the visiting Broncos (1-2) past the Eagles (0-3) in Marlboro.

Pranjali Ichalkaranje led AMSA with 7 points.

Leicester 39, Bartlett 31: Amanda Stanick had a game-high 16 points and Kayla Fontaine added nine points to lift the visiting Wolverines (2-2) over the Indians (1-2).

Bartlett led, 8-0, to start the game, but Leicester went on a 17-4 run to take control. Lindsay Bond paced the Indians with 12 points and Ashtin Morio chipped in nine.

Lunenburg 60, Bromfield 50: Mary O'Connell scored a game-high 17 points for the visiting Blue Knights (3-0).

Jessie Klauer added 15 points for Lunenburg.

Senior forward Katja Lierhaus and junior guard Montana Burke each scored 13 points for the Trojans (1-2).

Maynard 47, Whitinsville Christian 34: Taylor Kapsimalis scored nine of her game-high 12 points in the fourth quarter when the host Tigers (1-1) went on a 19-2 run to...