Alvirne's Cedrik Beaulieu, left, is bothered by Hollis Brookline's J.P. Torgersen during Tuesday's Division II clash in Hollis. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

HOLLIS – Both the Hollis Brookline and Alvirne High School boys lacrosse teams got something out of their physical matchup on Tuesday.

It’s just that the Cavaliers got just a little more – a win to improve to 4-1, and another goalie.

HB, which led 6-5 at the half, pulled away in the third quarter and then held on to beat Alvirne 12-10 in an all-local Division II contest.

The Cavs’ Luke Kinney started his first game ever in goal and had eight saves, but six big ones in the second half.

“First game ever playing goalie, stepped in there, and a big reason why we won is because of him,” HB coach Mac Martin said of Kinney, who got some defensive help from Cayden Emmons, Pat Masoni and Rudy Rosa.

Ben Dufoe led the Cavs with five goals and an assist, while J.P. Torgerson had two goals and two assists. Connor Cook and Bennett Torgersen each had two goals while Colin Magnuszewski had a goal and two assists.

“A slow start today, but we continued to do what we had to do and got the win,” Martin said. “That’s all that matters.”

Alvirne (3-2) got five goals from Jon Sanatana and three from Cedrik Beaulieu. Sam Fortin and Ryan Tobin had single goals while Chris Darbe added two assists. Beaulieu and Fortin scored twice five seconds apart to make it interesting in the final two minutes.

The Cavs peppered Alvirne goalie Ayden Kelly, but he was up to the task with 20 saves.

“Hollis has some really good players, and we had to come up with a game plan for them,” Alvirne coach Cam Debrusk said. “At a certain point we didn’t make an adjustment quick enough, and it got away from us.”

But the thing for the Broncos? They stayed with it.

“One of the things I’ll always appreciate is these guys will never quit, and always fight until the last horn,” Debrusk said. “It didn’t go our way, but we’ll get one, and one of these will go our way.”

In other action on Tuesday:

BOYS LACROSSE

NASHUA NORTH 7, MANCHESTER 4

The Titans picked up their first win of the season (1-5) paced by three goals by Dylan Noble and a goal by Brody Sice. Jace Colon had 12 saves in goal for North, which is at Bedford on Friday.

MERRIMACK 9, CONCORD 8

The Tomahawks improved to 3-1 with three goals each by Max Giles (plus an assist) and Conor Dunn. Beau Lamontagne, Henry Tobin (assist) and Nathaniel Bergen each had a goal. Hudson Rouseau had a pair of assists while Gavin Hicke added an assist.

Mason Tremblay had 15 saves in goal for the defensive-minded ‘Hawks, who didn’t allow a shot in the third quarter.

Merrimack hosts Dover at 11 a.m.on Friday.

BASEBALL

NASHUA NORTH 5, MANCHESTER MEMORIAL 4

Owen Forcier didn’t allow an earned run over six innings on the mound for the Titans as they moved to 4-1. He fanned four and didn’t walk a batter.

Offensively, Ty Byrne, Austin Suchecki, Mario Ramirez and Nolan Sullivan all had multi-hit games.

North hosts Portsmouth Thursday at 1 p.m. at Holman Stadium.

DOVER 9, NASHUA SOUTH 0

Anthony Tolentino had a double while Colin Kochanek and Grant McCubrey each had singles, but it wasn’t nearly enough as the Panthers fell to 2-3.

South hosts Memorial on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Holman.

SPAULDING 6, BISHOP GUERTIN 4

The Cards fell to 5-2 despite Jackson Goldstein’s eight strikeouts over 4.1 innings in Rochester. He allowed just three hits, and only two of the four runs he gave up were earned.

Offensively, the Cards were led by Josh Wilson (1 for 4, a double, three RBIs) and Jake Boudreau (2 for 3, two runs).

Guertin is at Exeter on Friday.