MacDougall laced a tie-breaking three-run triple in the fourth to give the Tigers their first lead while Brady Morin fired 4.1 key innings of relief as Taunton earned a spot in the Div. 1 state title game in an 10-6 win over No. 6 St John’s Shrewsbury on Tuesday night at Holy Cross.

The defending champion Tigers (20-4) will make their third state final appearance in four years.

“Our guys just enjoy playing the game,” Taunton coach Blair Bourque said. “I don’t think anyone plays these games to win state championships. We play for our teammates, ourselves, our family, and our community. I’ve just incredibly proud of what these guys have accomplished so far.”

St. John’s held a tenuous 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third, but a MacDougall’s two-out RBI single to center evened the score.

One inning later, the Dayton signee who lifted Taunton to the state championship a year ago with a tie-breaking home run in the final versus Franklin, delivered again with the game-changing hit.

With the bases loaded, two outs, and a full count MacDougall, blasted a bases clearing triple to right to put Taunton in front 6-3. A wild pitch moments later brought home MacDougall to put the Tigers up 7-3.

“We had to battle back and our pitching staff did an amazing job,” MacDougall said. “We compete well. We just manage to get the job done and put up runs when we have to.”

Morin meanwhile was efficient in relief. The right hander escaped a jam in the third, held the Pioneers scoreless in the fourth and fifth, and allowing just a lone run in the sixth.

Ahead 8-4 in the bottom of the sixth, Taunton star Dawson Bryce put on the exclamation point launching a two-run blast to left to give the Tigers a 10-4 advantage.

“Ryan is a clutch player who has been hard on himself all year,” Bourque said. “He’s had some good games and some tough plays but it shows his tenacity.”

St. John’s jumped out of the gate as James Benestad blasted a leadoff home run on the second pitch of the game to put the Pioneers up 1-0. Later in the inning the visitors stretched their lead as Noah Basgaard connected on an RBI groundout before Brady Collins singled to make it 3-0 St. John’s.

For the first half of Tuesday’s Division 2 state semifinal, heavy underdog East Longmeadow did just that, and were within shouting distance.

But after that, East Longmeadow found out what everyone who has played NDA already knows: running with the Cougars for 50 minutes is a different story.

NDA pulled away with a dominant second half in a 22-6 rout that was on running clock for most of the second half. The Cougars are now 24-0 and advance to the state final, where they hope to repeat as D2 state champs.

East Longmeadow’s season ends at 18-4.

“Absolutely, I think, especially this team, I think that was why it was a tougher first half for us,” said NDA’s Emma Connerty, who scored four goals. “They kept up. They were keeping up. That threw us off, because we like our fast breaks and pushing in transition. They were with us, and I think that kind of slowed us down. But, again, we just picked it up in the second half.”

It was a balanced attack for NDA, as Siobhan Colin and Jane Hilsabeck scored four goals. Alexa Kenney and Aubrey McMahon had three each, and Carolina Haggerty, Elizabeth Dillon, Taylor Watts, and Reilly Walsh all had one goal apiece.

NDA led most of the first half, but East Longmeadow hung around. The Spartans scored the final three goals of the opening frame, including one from Addy Jordan with nine seconds to go, as NDA only held an 8-5 edge.

But that was as close as the Spartans would get. NDA scored the next 13 goals before the Spartans answered, and it was well over from there.

“We knew that they were going to come out (strong). They were very strong on the draw, very good in transition. I felt like they capitalized on all our first-half mistakes. We got a little careless with the ball, just a little bit too eager with our decisions. They were on every single ground ball, finished every shot. We just needed to make sure we cleaned up our execution in the second half and did a better job finishing,” Notre Dame head coach Meredith McGinnis said.

Luckily, her scintillating senior captain, Lil Hancock, had what her coach was looking for.

Hancock’s ground ball win off the final draw of the game helped the Wolverines seal a 10-9 win, to allow them the opportunity to play for a possible third girls lacrosse state title in a row.

Westwood improves to 22-3, while Franklin ends its season at 20-4.

When asked if she noticed who made that play, Spatola said, “I have no clue,” but acknowledged its importance.

“We needed that,” Spatola said. “It was about time.”

Hancock scored two goals in a balanced Westwood attack. Caroline Nozzolillo, Emilie DeMaio, and Charlotte DeMaio also scored twice, and Kella McGrail and Ava Connaughton each added a goal.

Westwood goalie Riley Harrington made 10 saves and was terrific in the first half, with eight.

But Franklin dominated in the draws in the second half, and worked its way back from an 8-1 deficit. Led by Katie Peterson, who was great on the draws and scored four goals, the Panthers had all the momentum.

Hancock secured the final draw though with a little over three minutes remaining, and Westwood survived.

“It was key,” said Hancock, who complimented Nozzilillo on the last possession. “We had to get it, or else they would have scored and made it a tie game. It could have gone into overtime. But we knew we could get it, and we all trusted each other and fought to the end.”

What the senior attackman didn’t truly realize, however, was that he was on the verge of turning a career performance. Sawyer went on to register a game-high four goals, as the top-seeded Eagles clinched their third straight trip to the Div. 1 boys lacrosse championship with a convincing 14-5 rout of No. 5 Hingham at Weston High School.

“I didn’t get told, but I had a feeling I would play,” Sawyer said afterward. “I felt good coming into the game, and everything went well today.”

These two historic programs had already engaged in one barn-burner this spring on May 27, with St. John’s Prep (21-1) closing its regular season with a thrilling 12-9 win. Most envisioned a similar battle in the semifinals. For the first seven minutes, it certainly appeared that it would pan out as such. Harlan Graber sniped a goal 48 seconds into play to provide the Eagles a 1-0 edge, a score that would hold until later in the opening frame.

Hingham (20-3) made an emphasis to neutralize St. John’s Prep standout attackman Jimmy Ayers, and successfully did so for the most part. However, in doing so, the Harbormen began to surrender opportunities midway through the first quarter. Cam McCarthy found the net off a rebound with 4:48 to play in the frame for the Eagles. Jake Vana then added a pair of goals before Christian Esposito scored following a face-off win to close the stanza. Suddenly, St. John’s Prep was leading 5-1 at the end of the stanza.

Yet, even when the Harbormen managed to find ways to subtract those star players, someone else managed to step up for the Eagles.

Enter Sawyer. The senior proceeded to record a hat trick in the second quarter alone, the last of which came with 12.4 seconds left in the half as St. John’s Prep seized an 8-1 lead at the break.

“I actually was thinking this morning about last year when we went down (to Hingham) and jumped out on them,” chuckled St. John’s Prep lacrosse coach John Pynchon. “We did everything really well in the first half, and I think we were up 8-1. Then in the second game, it was much closer. I was like: ‘It would be really nice if we could flip those games this year, because we already did the close one.’ ”

While Hingham found somewhat of a spark from senior captain Joe Hennessey (two goals, assist), the Harbormen were simply unable to keep up with the Eagles’ high-octane attack. When all was said and done, eight different players scored for St. John’s Prep.

McCarthy, Vana and Lucas Verrier each finished with two goals apiece for the Eagles.

To this point in the postseason, St. John’s Prep has outscored its opposition at a whopping 57-9. Now, the Eagles will look to continue their dynastic run by winning the Div. 1 title for a third consecutive year this upcoming weekend.

When the game was over, the Eagles gathered for their traditional ‘Circle’ to celebrate their latest victory. It was then that Sawyer was awarded the ‘Chain’ for the second time this year, given to the player of the game.

“It’s my senior year,” said Sawyer. “This is what I live for. I want to win (it all) as a senior. I’m just trying to do that.”

No. 9 batter Bella Boyer rocked River View Field with a two-run homer in the fifth inning that gave the top-seeded Raiders a lead it never relinquished in a 4-2 win over the Tanners.

Central (23-1) advances to face either Taunton or King Philip at UMass Amherst this weekend for a state title.

“I’m just happy that I could get a hit like that for the team,” Boyer said.

One of those people not truly surprised that Boyer came up huge was Central coach Stacy Ciccolo.

“We have a lot of faith in Bella,” Ciccolo said. “We like having her in that spot so we can turn the order around.”

The Raiders were fortunate to be in a 2-2 tie as they left nine on base over the first four innings against Peabody’s Abby Bettencourt. Central also committed three errors and saw Logan Lomasney and Bettencourt homer in the first and third innings respectively to give the Tanners (22-2) a 2-1 lead.

Central (23-1) tied the game in the bottom of the fourth as Amelia Orelles led off with a walk. A ground out and a fly ball got pinch runner Jill Clements to third with two outs where Caitlin Milner singled to left to deadlock things.

Peabody threatened in the top of the fifth as Bettencourt scorched a double to left and stole third, setting up the game’s most controversial moment.

Lomasney hit a slow roller to first baseman Ava Perrotta, who stepped on the bag and fired home to get a sliding Bettencourt by inches. Peabody coach Tawny Palmieri vehemently argued the call but it was upheld.

That set the stage for Boyer’s dramatics. Perotta singled and was still at first with two outs when Boyer turned on the first pitch she saw and rocketed one well over the bullpen in left field for a 4-2 lead.

“Abby was doing a great job of keeping us off-balance and we didn’t do a great job of getting the hits we needed with people on,” Ciccolo said. “Once we finally settled down we were able to make the adjustments.”

Elizabeth Kearney came in for Julia Malowitz in the circle to begin the sixth and she slammed the door on Peabody in the final two innings to save the win.

Taylor, a legend in the Massachusetts high school cross country and track community, coaching teams to several Tri-Valley League and state titles, had a life-changing event in May 2020. One of the most well-liked and popular track coaches in the state, Taylor was diagnosed with a Grade 4 Gliobastoma cancer with an IDH Mutation that resulted in doctors performing emergency surgery, removing 90% of the tumor on his frontal lobe and a secondary lesion behind it. There were setbacks along the way as well. Taylor endured blood clots in his lungs and a deep bone thrombosis.

Antosca spoke of Taylor’s courage and unwavering optimism in his battle against the disease.

“Many of us will never have to hear the words; ‘You have cancer.’ Thus, many of us will not experience cancer,” Antosca told the crowd from the podium at the edge of the 50-yard-line. “But unfortunately, many of us will have to witness cancer. In this instance, we saw Coach Taylor’s life start to slip through the hands of time and all we could do was watch. In a period of chaos, never once did we see Coach Taylor hesitate or surrender to the challenge at hand, rather we saw him valiantly win his battle with cancer; spoiling the plans of any odds against him. Only one word can describe him: Hero.”

Taylor, who received a standing ovation when he went to the podium, thanked everyone in attendance and said each one of them has made an impact in his life.

“It significantly changed the trajectory of my life and my family’s lives,” said Taylor of his more than three-year odyssey. “All things considered, my life mantra has become carpe diem (seize the day). I live by this every day and I would encourage all of you to try and do the same.”

Taylor said he was “in shock” when he heard there was a student-athlete movement to have the track named for him. “I have never been more humbled in my life,” he said. “Rest assured, this is a memory I will take with me for the rest of my life.”

Taylor especially thanked school superintendent Dr. Joseph F. Baeta. “This facility will be part of your legacy too sir. Thank you for the support you’ve given to the schools for over 30 years,” Taylor said.

Baeta asked all the student athletes in attendance, who had Taylor as a teacher or coach, to stand. “Folks this is what it is all about,” he said. “Coming back as a community in a great town.”

Baetra said the process of a dedication for Taylor was a “unique” one. A facility is not just named after anyone and there is a process that includes a nomination, and a “unanimous endorsement” by the school committee and then to him. “All of it, from Day 1 was unanimous,” Baetra said. “It was the right thing we wanted to do as a school community. I’ve never seen a student movement to name a facility after one of their coaches,” he said. “Typically, this happens after retirement and all that. But in this particular case, to have the civic pride of students wanting to do this is so meaningful and original for the community of Norton.”

No. 1 Brookline (23-0) took down No. 4 Wellesley 4-1 while No. 3 Lexington (24-0) squeezed by No. 2 St. John’s Prep 3-2 to advance to the state final at MIT on Saturday.

For Brookline, this is a chance to avenge a loss in last year’s state championship, while the Minutemen revel in finally advancing out of the semifinal.

Lexington reached the state championship in 2016 but has otherwise struggled to advance out of the semifinal round for much of the past decade. Head coach Chris Pugliese said he is thrilled for his players.

“We’ve had some bad luck in the semis, I’m not going to lie,” Pugliese said. “It’s good for the kids to see that they can get to the state title because they have been heartbroken.”

The key to the Minutemen’s victory came from the second doubles, which took consecutive sets and put the first victory on the board for Lexington. Pugliese was thrilled with this turn, as the position lost to the Eagles earlier in the season.

“Two doubles impressed me,” Pugliese said. “I didn’t expect them to come first off the court, that was good to see.”

The second point came from top singles player Joel McCandless, and the senior captain was ecstatic to finally reach the state championship.

“This is momentous for us,” McCandless said. “It’s a position we’ve never been in and as long as we stay grounded and remember what we are her to do. Having a few laughs along the way helps us out.”

On the other set of courts at Newton South High School, the Warriors grinded out four consecutive victories to clinch the berth in the final. Head coach Mike Mowatt credited the success to excellent play right out of the gate.

“I thought my guys got off to good starts,” Mowatt said. “I knew it was going to be a competitive match, but we had the confidence going in.”

Mowatt says the team will now turn its attention to some tune-up scrimmages before facing the Minutemen. He said the main focus will be confidence.

“In the finals last year, we were a little hesitant,” Mowatt said. “I saw a lot of confident strokes right from the start today. If they do that against Lexington, we should have a pretty good chance.”

Senior Owen Eskey echoed that statement, saying that his team is capable of victory if it keeps focused.

“A lot of it for us is mental,” Eskey said. “Maybe we got a little tight last year, we need to let loose and play our best tennis in the final.”

BASEBALL

Brady Shea went the distance as No. 6 St. John’s (Shrewsbury) handed No. 3 Westford Academy its first loss 10-3 in a Div. 1 quarterfinal. Jack Forgues and Trevor Melo each drove in two runs for the Pioneers (19-4), while James Benestad reached base three times and scored twice.

Jayden Downing allowed one hit in six innings and Jake O’Day delivered a two-run single as No. 4 Oakmont (21-3) defeated fifth-seeded Tantasqua 3-2 in a Div. 3 quarterfinal. …Eddie Ferris had a game-winning RBI in the last of the seventh as No. 1 Taconic (20-2) edged eighth-seeded Ashland, 2-1.

Matt Visbeek singled in Cam Athens for what proved to be the winning run as No. 9 Northbridge (14-9)  edged 16th-seeded Lowell Catholic 2-1 in a Div. 4 quarterfinal. … Spencer Merrick and Henry Rogers delivered RBI hits in the sixth and John Sellon struck out 10 as No. 12 Abington (15-8) rallied to beat No. 13 Amesbury, 3-2. … Jaden Arruda went 3-for-4 and Kevin Crowe struck out six in three innings as No. 3 Seekonk (19-4) defeated No. 11 Millbury, 5-4.

SOFTBALL

McCoy Walsh pitched a shutout and Libby Walsh belted two home runs as No. 2 King Philip (23-2) advanced to the Div. 1 semifinals with a 4-0 win over No. 7 Bishop Feehan. … Izzy Bettencourt hit a game-winning two-run homer in the last of the seventh to give No. 5 Peabody (20-1) a 3-1 win over No. 13 North Andover.

All-Scholastic Samantha Ryan struck out 13 in five innings as No. 3 Tewksbury (18-5) blanked No. 11 Bedford, 13-0.

Mallory Johnson singled in Kyla Story with the winning run in the seventh as No. 7  Triton (19-4) beat second-seeded Dighton-Rehoboth 3-2 in a Div. 3 quarterfinal.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Val Beigel scored the winning goal with less than a second remaining to give No. 4 Foxboro (19-4) a wild 14-13 win over No. 15 Pentucket in a Div. 3 quarterfinal.

Paige Garlitz scored three times in the first half as No. 5 Manchester-Essex (14-7) built up a 6-3 lead and went on to defeat fourth-seeded Nantucket 10-4 in a Div. 4 quarterfinal. … Halle Greenleaf scored four times as No. 1 Ipswich (18-1) edged No. 8 Mt. Greylock, 9-8.

Alyssa Burke led off with a home run and Jillian Ondrick allowed just five hits as No. 5 Archbishop Williams (20-5) defeated No. 4 Tyngsboro 5-1 in a Div. 4 quarterfinal.

BOYS LACROSSE

Cullen Granara and Robbie Granara combined to score nine goals as top-seeded Reading (20-1) advanced to the Div. 2 semifinals with a 14-9 win over eighth-seeded Walpole.

CLASS NOTES

The MBCA will be hosting a tripleheader on Thursday at Rotondi Field/Howard Park in Malden featuring the top underclassmen baseball talent in the state. The action starts at 3 with a Best of the East battle between the Juniors and Sophomores, followed by the Juniors Select Game and capped off with the Sophomore Select Game.

On Tuesday, June 20, the Central vs, Western Mass. Senior Select Game will take place at Shaw Field in Millbury (6:30 p.m. first pitch). The following night, the Eastern Mass. Select Game pitting the top players from the North and South will play at BC High’s Monan Field (6:30 p.m.).

The ISL Underclass All-Star Game will be played on Thursday night at Harvard (6 p.m.). The day promises to offer an opportunity to showcase each individual player’s talents alongside the best uncommitted players in the league in front of college coaches from the region and around the country.

BASEBALL

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Franklin 2, Bridgewater-Raynham 1

Taunton 3, BC High 2

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Methuen 4, Central Catholic 2

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 10, Westford Academy 3

DIV. 1 STATE SEMIFINALS – TBA

Franklin vs. Methuen

Taunton vs. St. John’s (Shrewsbury)

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Milton vs. Whitman-Hanson

St. Mary’s vs. King Philip

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Bishop Stang 8, Foxboro 2

Medfield 3, Newburyport 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Oakmont 3, Tantasqua 2

Taconic 2, Ashland 1

DIV. 3 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Medfield vs. Bishop Stang

Oakmont vs. Taconic

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

English 3, Hamilton-Wenham 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Abington 3, Amesbury 2

Northbridge 2, Lowell Catholic 1

Seekonk 5, Millbury 4

DIV. 4 SEMIFINALS – TBA

English vs. Seekonk

Northbridge vs. Abington

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Bourne 8, Greenfield 1

Pioneer Valley Regional 3, Hopedale 1

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Ayer Shirley 14, Frontier Regional 3

Hopkins Academy 11, Georgetown 9

DIV. 5 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Pioneer Valley Regional vs. Hopkins Academy

Bourne vs. Ayer Shirley

BOYS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday

St. John’s Prep vs. Hingham, 4:30 (Weston)

Acton-Boxboro vs. BC High, 7:30 (Burlington)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Duxbury 13, Minnechaug 4

Longmeadow 9, Billerica 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Reading 14, Walpole 9

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Monday

Marblehead at Nauset, 4

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Duxbury vs. Nauset/Marblehead

Reading vs. Longmeadow

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Newburyport 11, Dracut 8

Norwell 12, Pope Francis 6

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Falmouth 12, Pentucket 9

Medfield 13, Grafton 6

DIV. 3 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Norwell vs. Medfield

Newburyport vs. Falmouth

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Sandwich 15, Lynnfield 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Cohasset 16, Wahconah 6

Dover-Sherborn 10, Nantucket 3

Weston 13, Abington 3

DIV. 4 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Sandwich vs. Dover-Sherborn

Weston vs. Cohasset

GIRLS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday

Franklin vs. Westwood, 4 (Walpole)

Reading vs. Lincoln-Sudbury, 5 (Burlington)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Notre Dame (Hingham) 19, Burlington 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Duxbury 15, Masconomet 3

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

East Longmeadow 12, Leominster 7

Wayland 12, Scituate 8

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday

Duxbury vs. Wayland, TBA

Notre Dame (Hingham) vs. East Longmeadow, 5:45 (Walpole)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Norwell 9, Cohasset 8 (ot)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Medfield 22, Hanover 15

Newburyport 20, Apponequet 3

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Foxboro 14, Pentucket 13

DIV. 3 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Medfield vs. Norwell

Newburyport vs. Foxboro

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Weston 17, Hamilton-Wenham 15

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Dover-Sherborn 16, Sandwich 5

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Ipswich 9, Mt. Greylock 8

Manchester-Essex 10, Nantucket 4

DIV. 4 SEMIFINAL – Tuesday

Dover-Sherborn vs. Weston, 7:45 (Walpole)

DIV. 4 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Manchester-Essex vs. Ipswich, 6 (Whittier)

BOYS RUGBY

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Belmont vs. St. John’s Prep, TBA

DIV. 2 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Algonquin vs. Weymouth, TBA

GIRLS RUGBY

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Brookline vs. Belmont, TBA

SOFTBALL

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Central Catholic 10, Methuen 0

Taunton 12, Woburn 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

King Philip 4, Bishop Feehan 0

Peabody 3, North Andover 1

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Tuesday

Central Catholic vs. Peabody, 4 (UMass-Lowell)

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Taunton vs. King Philip, 5 (UMass-Dartmouth)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Somerset Berkley 5, Billerica 1 (11i)

Westfield 4, Silver Lake 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Burlington 2, North Attleboro 1

Tewksbury 13, Bedford 0

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Wednesday at Worcester State

Westfield vs. Burlington, 5

Somerset Berkley vs. Tewksbury, 7

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Middleboro 8, Hudson 5

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Bishop Fenwick 2, St. Mary’s 0 (9i)

Norton 5, Apponequet 2

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Triton 3, Dighton-Rehoboth 2

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Tuesday

Middleboro vs. Triton, 7 (Worcester State)

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Bishop Fenwick vs. Norton, 3 (UMass-Dartmouth)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Clinton 2, Nipmuc 1

Hampshire 11, Amesbury 7

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Archbishop Williams 5, Tyngsboro 1

Case 11, Uxbridge 8

DIV. 4 SEMIFINAL – Tuesday

Hampshire vs. Clinton, 5 (Worcester State)

DIV. 4 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Archbishop Williams vs. Case, 3 (Worcester State)

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Greenfield 8, Drury 1

Turners Falls 2, Franklin Tech 1

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Hopkins Academy 27, Mt. Greylock 14

Tahanto 5, West Boylston 4

DIV. 5 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday

Turners Falls vs. Hopkins Academy, 3 (Westfield State)

Greenfield vs. Tahanto, 5 (Westfield State)

BOYS TENNIS

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Monday at Newton South

Brookline vs. Wellesley, 4:30

St. John’s Prep vs. Lexington, 4:30

DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Monday

Concord-Carlisle vs. Westborough, 4 (Marlborough)

DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Duxbury vs. Hopkinton, 5 (Lexington)

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday

Martha’s Vineyard vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4 (Somerset Berkley)

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Wayland vs. Bedford, 5 (Lexington)

DIV. 4 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday at Newton North

Weston vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 4:30

Cohasset vs. Lynnfield, 4:30

GIRLS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro 3, Hingham 2

Lexington 5, Wellesley 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Bishop Feehan 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Boston Latin 3, Winchester 2

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday at Newton South

Boston Latin vs. Lexington, 4:30

Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Acton-Boxboro, 4:30

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Wednesday at Newton South

Bishop Stang vs. Masconomet, 4:30

Westborough vs. Notre Dame (Hingham), 4:30

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday at Lincoln-Sudbury

Weston vs. Wayland, 5

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Tuesday at North Reading

Newburyport vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Bromfield 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Lenox 3, St. John Paul II 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Lynnfield 4, Mt. Greylock 1

Manchester-Essex 4, Hopedale 1

DIV/ 4 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Hamilton-Wenham vs. Lenox

Manchester-Essex vs. Mt. Greylock/Lynnfield

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday

Brookline vs. Newton North, 6 (Newton South)

Needham vs. St. John’s (S), 6 (Concord-Carlisle)

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday

Westfield vs. Milford, 5 (Worcester North)

Agawam vs. O’Bryant, 6 (Assabet Valley)

“It’s been a while since we’ve gotten to the quarters, but we lost, so this is a big thing for us,” said Wilson of her top-seeded, unbeaten (19-0) squad. “We knew this was going to happen. I mean, you don’t take anything for granted. I knew they were coming and they meant business. They’ve been here before a lot of times. When you get to this point either you win or you lose.”

The afternoon was certainly a dramatic one as the 9th-seeded Red & Black (16-4) tried to extend its season. Winchester’s Daryana Skobeleva and the second doubles squad of Sophie Kim and Andrea Bilic were victorious matches, tying the contest at 2-2 with Latin’s Vanessa Vu locked in a three-hour match with Winchester’s Claire Lupien.

Both players were fighting fatigue in the third set, but it was the freshman Vu who dropped in scoring shots close to the net for the win (6-7, 6-2, 6-4), clinching a trip to the semifinals against defending state champion Lexington. The Red & Blue picked up a huge win against the Minutemen on May 21, making the semifinal match loom even bigger.

Halina Nguyen, the Wolfpack’s freshman No. 1 singles player, felt sluggish early against Kaitlin Tan, but bulled her way through to a 6-0, 6-0 win.

“It was really hot out,” said Nguyen. “I could feel it affecting me. I just felt really heavy. My forehands were definitely the reason I won today because I was able to manipulate the shots even better.”

Nguyen is looking forward to going up against Lexington’s terrific No. 1 singles player Diya Pachamuthu after nerves got the better of her in their last match.

“Last time I played her she gave me a lot of short balls,” said Nguyen. “Just balls that were basically around the service line. And in tennis those are the balls you have to take advantage of and the ones you have to win. Last time I played her I was so nervous even though I know I should have lost that match. I was just hitting it back, you know? I wasn’t finishing the point.”

Wilson stressed the importance of Boston Latin staying focused and engaged moving forward. “We’ll approach it the same way,” she said. “Everybody needs to stay focused, play their game, have confidence and know they can win. We have to play aggressive. You can’t be on your heels. You have to be on your toes.”

Pappalardo threw six innings of two-run ball while also belting the go-ahead RBI triple as No. 21 Methuen advanced to the Div. 1 state semifinals with a stunning, 4-2 win over No. 4 Central Catholic on Sunday afternoon at Haverhill Stadium.

Methuen, which has won three straight road games, will take on No. 1 Franklin for a spot in the state final.

“I haven’t slept in two weeks,” said Roper, the Rangers head coach. “Look at our guys. Cinderella. Snow White. Call us whatever you want. We’re a hell of a baseball team.”

The highly anticipated matchup between Merrimack Valley Conference foes entered the sixth deadlocked 2-2. Methuen, however, jumped in front. Owen Kneeland led off the top of the frame with a single, setting up an opportunity for Pappalardo. The Rangers’ best hitter blasted a triple to deep right center to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead.

Later in the inning Methuen grabbed insurance when Owen Sullivan scampered home on a passed ball. Now in front, Pappalardo spun his best inning, striking out the side in the sixth before Sullivan came in as the Rangers’ established closer and fanned three to start the celebration.

“This is different from anything else I’ve been able to experience,” Pappalardo said. “Our energy has been high. We’re together as a team. It’s been so much fun.”

Both Pappalardo and Central Catholic starter Josh Florence cruised through the first two innings but the Rangers jumped in front in the third when Kneeland grounded a two-run single to right to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.

One half-inning later the Raiders evened the score as Will Norris hit an infield RBI single before Nate Kearney connected on an RBI groundout to tie the game 2-2. Pappalardo, however, worked out of trouble in the 4th and induced a double play in the fifth to send the game to the sixth even.

After starting the season 1-7 the Rangers are now headed to the Final Four, a run reminiscent of Xaverian (2012) and Norwood’s (2016) state championship years where both entered the tournament with .500 records.

“We feel we can compete with anyone. We needed to put together some clean baseball games,” Roper said. “Earlier we were more of a divided team but now we’re playing together and the kids are showing what they can do.”

Farrell’s feeling proved to be right on the money. Her Red Devils seized the one chance they got against Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year Kelly Colleran.

Burlington took advantage of the only two walks Colleran issued to plate a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth. Red Devils ace Cece Imbimbo did the rest as she struck out 13 to lead her team to the Div. 2 semifinals with a 2-1 win at Marvin Field. The Red Devils (19-4) move on to face top-seeded Westfield in the semifinals.

“You just knew it was going to come down to a run with how the pitching was and it wasn’t going to be easy to push them across,” Farrell said.

After striking out 11 times and being held to one hit through five by Colleran, it looked like the Red Devils were in trouble. But when Imbimbo walked to begin the bottom of the sixth, the door was opened for a comeback.

Megan Ryan sacrificed Imbimbo to second and a wild pitch put her 60 feet from tying the game. Maddie King then worked a walk as the Red Devils plate patience began to pay off. Left fielder Shea McDonald was able to get a fly ball just deep enough to left that allowed Imbimbo to score just ahead of Colleran’s tag at the plate.

King took third on the play and that proved to be pivotal as Colleran (12 K, 2 BB, 1H) uncorked a wild pitch with Katie Hayes up that allowed King to scamper home with the go-ahead run.

“We kept telling the kids not to go at her pace at the plate. And that helped us to be patient and see more pitches,” Farrell said.

Suddenly staked to a 2-1 lead, Imbimbo went to the circle in the seventh trying to seal a win. Her 11th and 12th strikeouts sandwiched a Mary Ellen Charette infield single.

A hit batter kept the Red Rocketeers alive and had the tying run on second base. But Imbimbo regrouped and fanned Grace Simmons swinging to end the game.

“Cece is one of those type of players that doesn’t come around very often,” Farrell said. “Nothing seems to bother her. And she just wants the ball. You could see at the end that there was no way she was going to lose. She was just determined to strike her out at the end.”

North Attleboro’s lone run came in the fourth when Colleran led off with a single, was bunted to second and scored on a Charette infield single.

Westford Academy showed true grit in rallying to keep its undefeated season and championship hopes alive for another day.

The Ghosts staged a three-run rally to tie the score in the last of the seventh, then Justin Davighi’s bases loaded single in the eighth gave No. 3 Westford Academy (21-0) a dramatic 4-3 win over Dual County League rival Lincoln-Sudbury in a Div. 1 second-round contest.

Down to their last three outs, the Ghosts relied on RBI singles by Kush Gami and Ben Mulgrew to deadlock the score, setting the stage for the extra-inning heroics.

In a Div. 1 quarterfinal contest, Shawn Cali’s fourth-inning sacrifice fly plated AJ Lewis with what proved to be the winning run as No. 2 Taunton (19-4) edged seventh-seeded BC High, 3-2. … Alfred Mucciarone threw a four-hitter while striking out 11 and allowing one earned run as No. 1 Franklin (22-3) edged No. 9 Bridgewater-Raynham 2-1.

In the Div. 2 quarterfinals, Evan Yakavonis threw a shutout while giving up just seven hits and striking out five and senior captain Brandon Craven hit a homer as No. 5 Whitman-Hanson (19-4) blanked No. 20 Westfield 5-0. … Brendan Sencaj hit a walkoff double as No. 3 King Philip (16-7) edged No. 6 Westwood 1-0. …Michael DeMaino tied the score with a two-run single, then Tad Giardina capped off a three-run seventh with an RBI as No. 10 St. Mary’s (16-7) rallied past 15th-seeded Mansfield, 4-3. … Owen McHigh struck out 11 as defending Div. 2 state champion Milton (20-3) edged No. 9 Plymouth North, 1-0. Eagles starter DC Brown was credited with a no-hitter but was done in by a sacrifice fly in the third inning.

Jack Collins allowed one unearned run, two hits and struck out eight while adding two hits and an RBI as No. 2 Medfield (17-5) outlasted No. 23 Newburyport 3-1 in the Div. 3 quarterfinals matchup. Jack Iovino got things rolling with a home run for the Warriors in the second. … Aiden Cardoza picked up his eighth win of the season as No. 3 Bishop Stang (16-5) defeated sixth-seeded Foxboro, 8-2.

SOFTBALL

Makenzie Jacob had a two-run double and Emma Javier and Bella Nugent added RBI hits in the top of the 11th as No. 7 Somerset Berkley (17-6) stunned second-seeded Billerica 5-1 in a Div. 2 quarterfinal.

All-Scholastic Julia Malowitz allowed two hits and helped her own cause with a pair of RBI as No. 1 Central Catholic (22-1) rolled to a 10-0 win over No. 9 Methuen in a Div. 1 quarterfinal. … Brooke Aldrich hit a grand slam home run and teammates Mia Fernandes and Bella Bourque also homered as No. 3 Taunton (22-1) defeated No. 11 Woburn, 12-0.

BOYS LACROSSE

In the Div. 1 quarterfinals, Harlen Graber and Jimmy Ayers each scored twice as top-seeded St. John’s Prep (20-1) defeated No. 8 North Andover 13-2. Gavin Kornitsky also made 12 saves for the Eagles. … Connor Lasch had two goals and three assists as No.5 Hingham (20-2) defeated fourth-seeded Franklin, 9-6.

Nolan Petrucelli scored four goals as top-seeded Norwell (17-6) defeated No. 8 Pope Francis 12-6 in a Div. 3 quarterfinal. … Owen Kreuz tallied five times, while Jack Hadden netted the game-winner with 7:37 left as No. 3 Newburyport (17-3) went on to defeat sixth-seeded Dracut, 11-8.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Caroline Jadul scored the game-winning goal in overtime as No. 5 Reading (22-1) knocked off fourth-seeded Walpole 8-7 in a Div. 1 quarterfinal.

TRACK AND FIELD

Bishop Stang standout Jacob Cookingham won the New England title in the shot put Saturday afternoon  with a throw of 66-00.25. He was one of the two male athletes from the Bay State to emerge victorious, the other being Methuen’s Darwin Jiminez, who won the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.66.

On the girls side, Reading’s Katie Caraco captured the high jump title with a leap of 5-05.00. Westborough’s Melinda Haagensen won the pole vault (12-03.00), while Dedham’s Catherine Sargent was the shot put titlist (44-03.00)

SATURDAY’S SCORES

BASEBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

BC High 4, St. John’s Prep 3

Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0

Franklin 5, Walpole 2

Methuen 2, Xaverian 1

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Central Catholic 8, Chelmsford 0

Taunton 8, Springfield Central 0

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Saturday

Westford Academy 4, Lincoln-Sudbury 3 (8i)

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Franklin 2, Bridgewater-Raynham 1

Taunton 3, BC High 2

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Central Catholic vs. Methuen, 12 (Haverhill Stadium)

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) at Westford Academy, 12

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

King Philip 1, Westwood 0

Milton 1, Plymouth North 0

St. Mary’s 4, Mansfield 3

Whitman-Hanson 5, Westfield 0

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Milton vs. Whitman-Hanson

St. Mary’s vs. King Philip

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Bishop Stang 8, Foxboro 2

Medfield 3, Newburyport 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Ashland at Taconic, 2

Tantasqua at Oakmont, 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

English 3, Hamilton-Wenham 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Lowell Catholic at Northbridge, 1

Millbury at Seekonk, 1

Amesbury at Abington, 3:30 (Graham Field)

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Bourne 8, Greenfield 1

Pioneer Valley Regional 3, Hopedale 1

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Hopkins Academy at Georgetown, 1

Frontier Regional at Ayer Shirley, 3:30

BOYS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Acton-Boxboro 15, Lincoln-Sudbury 7

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

BC High 14, Xaverian 5

Hingham 9, Franklin 6

St. John’s Prep 13, North Andover 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Duxbury 13, Minnechaug 4

Longmeadow 9, Billerica 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Walpole at Reading, 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Monday

Marblehead at Nauset, 4

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Newburyport 11, Dracut 8

Norwell 12, Pope Francis 6

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Falmouth at Pentucket, 12

Medfield at Grafton, 6:30

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Sandwich 15, Lynnfield 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Nantucket at Dover-Sherborn, 1:30

Wahconah at Cohasset, 6

Abington at Weston, 6:30

GIRLS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Franklin 12, Wellesley 5

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Lincoln-Sudbury 11, Central Catholic 8

Reading 8, Walpole 7 (ot)

Westwood 11, Longmeadow 10 (ot)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Notre Dame (Hingham) 19, Burlington 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Duxbury 15, Masconomet 3

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Scituate at Wayland, 5

Leominster at East Longmeadow, 7

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Norwell 9, Cohasset 8 (ot)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Medfield 22, Hanover 15

Newburyport 20, Apponequet 3

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Pentucket at Foxboro, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Weston 17, Hamilton-Wenham 15

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Dover-Sherborn 16, Sandwich 5

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Manchester-Essex at Nantucket, 1

Mt. Greylock at Ipswich, 2

BOYS RUGBY

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Belmont vs. St. John’s Prep, TBA

DIV. 2 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Algonquin vs. Weymouth, TBA

GIRLS RUGBY

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Brookline vs. Belmont, TBA

SOFTBALL

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Central Catholic 10, Methuen 0

Taunton 12, Woburn 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Bishop Feehan at King Philip, 2

North Andover at Peabody, 3 (Kiley)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Somerset Berkley 5, Billerica 1 (11i)

Westfield 4, Silver Lake 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

North Attleboro at Burlington, 11

Bedford at Tewksbury, 6 (Hazel)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Middleboro 8, Hudson 5

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Bishop Fenwick 2, St. Mary’s 0 (9i)

Norton 5, Apponequet 2

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Triton at Dighton-Rehoboth, 5

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Clinton 2, Nipmuc 1

Hampshire 11, Amesbury 7

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Archbishop Williams at Tyngsboro, 1

Uxbridge at Case, 2

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Greenfield 8, Drury 1

Turners Falls 2, Franklin Tech 1

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Hopkins Academy at Mt. Greylock, 1

West Boylston at Tahanto, 3

BOYS TENNIS

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Monday at Newton South

Brookline vs. Wellesley, 4:30

St. John’s Prep vs. Lexington, 4:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Hopkinton 3, Hingham 2

Westborough 5, Burlington 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Concord-Carlisle 4, Sharon 1

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Duxbury 5, Belmont 0

DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Monday

Concord-Carlisle vs. Westborough, 4 (Marlborough)

DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Duxbury vs. Hopkinton, 5 (Lexington)

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday

Martha’s Vineyard vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4 (Somerset Berkley)

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Wayland vs. Bedford, 5 (Lexington)

DIV. 4 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Weston vs. Hamilton-Wenham

Cohasset vs. Lynnfield

GIRLS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro 3, Hingham 2

Lexington 5, Wellesley 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Bishop Feehan 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Winchester at Boston Latin, 2:30

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday at Newton South

Boston Latin/Winchester vs. Lexington, 4:30

Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Acton-Boxboro, 4:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Masconomet 4, Minnechaug 1

Westborough 5, Sharon 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Bishop Stang 3, Duxbury 2

Notre Dame (Hingham) 4, Longmeadow 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Newburyport 4, Pembroke 0

Wayland 5, North Reading 0

Weston 4, Norwell 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Dover-Sherborn 3, Old Rochester 2

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday at Lincoln-Sudbury

Weston vs. Wayland, 5

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Tuesday at North Reading

Newburyport vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Bromfield 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Lenox 3, St. John Paul II 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale, 11 (Endicott)

Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield, 4 (Lynnfield MS)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday

Brookline vs. Newton North, 6 (Newton South)

Needham vs. St. John’s (S), 6 (Concord-Carlisle)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Agawam 3, Greater New Bedford 0

Milford 3, West Springfield 1

Westfield 3, Medfield 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

O’Bryant 3, North Quincy 1

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday

Westfield vs. Milford, 5 (Worcester North)

Agawam vs. O’Bryant, 6 (Assabet Valley)

Now, after winning their first playoff game in 19 years just two seasons ago, the revamped Tigers are headed to their first-ever state semifinal.

Behind 25 kills from senior star Jonathan Narsjo in an otherwise well-rounded effort Saturday afternoon, sixth-seeded O’Bryant overcame deficits in the third and fourth sets to defeat reigning finalist No. 3 North Quincy, 3-1 (25-18, 22-25, 27-25, 25-23), in a Div. 2 state quarterfinal.

Senior Son Nguyen dished out 50 kills to add to his record-breaking career with the Tigers, while Ziyou Zhang added six kills with four aces. Desmond Ugoji chipped in eight kills with four blocks, and Nathan Tan had nine kills with three aces.

O’Bryant will face No. 2 Agawam at Assabet Valley on Tuesday for a spot in the Div. 2 state title game.

“I’m super excited, I’m trying not to cry here,” Pitts-Dilley said. “It’s amazing. Where we were 14 years ago – we go from not winning a state tournament game in 19 years to being a Final Four and counting team. … I’m super proud.”

“The second the game ended, I wanted to celebrate with my guys, but the first thing was I literally broke down in tears,” Narsjo added. “Every year, it’s a new height that we’re reaching. … It’s the most important thing to me.”

It’s only fitting how large of a turnaround the Tigers displayed from a 3-0 loss to the Raiders to close out the regular season, exemplifying the major improvements the program has made to put itself in this position. It’s also fitting how O’Bryant, which frequently struggles with transportation for road games and even had the power in its own gym go out to move a home game this year, overcame adversity once again to move on.

Rushing over from graduation earlier in the day, the Tigers got off to a hot start by getting small contributions across the board. North Quincy stars Cameron Johnston and Nate Caldwell couldn’t get much going in a 25-18 loss in the first set, but combined for 12 kills in the second to build a lead as large as seven points in a 25-22 win.

Tied at 1-1, Johnston (16 kills), Caldwell (10 kills) and Liam Bailey (seven kills) continued to thrive off of senior Bobby Lin’s setting (42 assists) alongside middles Anthony Chui and Dylan Clifford in the third set to turn a 15-9 deficit into a 21-21 tie. North Quincy was even in the driver’s seat with a 25-24 lead after trailing 24-22, but a red-hot Narsjo buried his 11th kill of the frame to hold the Raiders off. Nathan Tan and Ashton Mei took care of the next two Nguyen sets, and O’Bryant escaped with a 27-25 win toward a 2-1 match lead.

North Quincy came out firing in the fourth in search of forcing a fifth set, leading as much as 18-12. But the Tigers, who focus on runs of three at a time in those situations, clawed back behind their depth. Zhang’s two aces and another Narsjo kill played a part in a 7-0 run for a 23-21 lead, and kills from Narsjo and Tan closed out the win.

“I think it’s our experience, it’s been the same guys that have been playing together for so many years now,” Narsjo said. “We know that the set’s not done. We’ve played hundreds and hundreds of sets together, and we know that the set isn’t done until it’s 25-whatever the score is. … We have to come back, no matter what.”

A lofty goal? Sure, yet with each passing day, they are becoming closer and closer to making it a reality.

Will Emsing (hat trick, two assists) and Patrick Maroney (hat trick, assist) led the attack, while Cooper Chapman (two goals, three assists) also had a banner afternoon as second-seeded BC High punched its ticket to the state semifinals for a third straight season with a convincing 14-5 victory over No. 7 Xaverian.

The score appear lopsided, but this game was essentially a tale of two chapters. For the entirety of the first quarter, the two Catholic Conference foes traded swings, with BC High (18-2) taking a 5-4 lead into the second.

With 8:44 to play in the half, Xaverian (12-7) turned in arguably one of the plays of the year as freshman midfielder Jake Fraga corralled a loose ball. In doing so, he lost his balance, and lobbed an over-the-shoulder pass to Dante Mariani out of desperation. The junior attackman somehow hauled it in, and sniped the cage in one underhanded motion. Suddenly, the Hawks’ sideline was exploding, and their fans erupted into pandemonium as they cut it to a 6-5 game.

“I told our guys that they were going to play with desperation,” said Craigwell. “They’re going to do stuff that they’ve never done before. They were going to tap into a different type of energy. We were prepared for it, right? They gave us a really good first quarter. We weren’t winning many faceoffs. We just needed to rely on what we know. Just play our game. Just figure it out through the pace, through the chaos. We did that in the second quarter, and we didn’t let up.”

Some teams might wilt following such a sequence. Instead, the Eagles responded with authority.

Georgetown commit James Carroll proceeded to find the net, only to have Maroney net his second goal 1:01 later, giving BC High an 8-5 advantage with 7:29 to play in the second quarter.

“We trusted each other,” Carroll said. “That was our mindset going in. We knew that was kind of a lucky goal. This was our third time playing them, we know what they have. We kind of felt that was all they had after that first quarter. So we trusted each other throughout the rest of the game.”

Emsing and Brody Rice later added a pair of tallies in the closing minutes of the frame, as the Eagles constructed a 10-5 lead by intermission. The momentum carried on into the third, as Emsing and Maroney each completed their respective hat tricks with a goal apiece, and BC High cruised from there, netting eight unanswered tallies.

Cole Jette paced Xaverian with two goals.

Last season, Carroll was forced to miss the Eagles’ Div. 1 state championship bout with St. John’s Prep after sustaining a lacerated kidney and spleen during a game with Acton-Boxboro in the Round of 8. The following few months were a journey back to recovery. Now, he and his teammates will look to return to the title game by knocking off the very same opponent.

“You never know when it’s going to be your last time playing,” said Carroll. “You never know if one hit is going to take you out. So I think it’s just about keeping that mentality, about going as hard as possible. Especially today … this is my sixth year here on this field, and this is the last game. We wanted to leave everything out on Cotter Field today. I think we did that.”

No. 9 Bishop Fenwick (15-9) received a two-run single from Katie O’Brien in the top of the ninth inning to break a scoreless tie in pulling off a 2-0 shocker over No. 1 St. Mary’s (20-2) at Grace Rogato Field.

The Crusaders, winners of 10 straight, move on to face Norton in the state semifinals.

“That was just nuts,” Fenwick coach Brian Seabury said. “Katie did a great job of hitting the ball where it was pitched and got us the hit that we needed.”

It felt like neither team was going to score as Spartans hurler Anna Fringuelli and her counterpart, Gigi Aupont, traded zeroes for over two hours. But in the ninth, it was Fringuelli and the Spartans who blinked first.

Walks to Mia Mercurio and Aupont began the frame. After a sacrifice from Sophia Longo, O’Brien swung at the first pitch and dumped a single into short right to give her team the lead.

The rest of the job was left to Aupont, who danced out of jams in the fifth and sixth and seventh innings to keep the game scoreless.

After Fringuelli reached on a leadoff error, Aupont (CG, 4 hits, 8 strikeouts) got back-to-back groundouts before she made a spectacular diving catch on Michaela Walker’s pop-up to end the game and spark a wild celebration.

“I kind of equate what Gigi does to being a goaltender in hockey that makes 40 saves a game,” Seabury said. “That’s just the way she pitches and we expect that from her every time she goes to the mound.”

SOFTBALL

Brigid Gaffny threw a complete game with nine strikeouts and delivered the game-winning sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to lift No. 13 North Andover (15-7) to a 2-1 upset win over No. 4 Wachusett in a Div. 1 second round showdown.

In a Div. 3 tilt, Paige Rooney and Alexandra Welch each connected for a two-run homer, as No. 6 Middleboro (19-4) advanced to the Final Four for the second straight season with an 8-5 win over third-seeded Hudson.

BOYS LACROSSE

Avery Richardson netted five goals, and Cole Rodgers scored four as No. 2 Sandwich (14-7) earned its third straight double-digit win in the postseason, beating No. 7 Lynnfield 15-4 in a Div. 4 quarterfinal.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Kaitlyn Carney scored seven goals as No. 7 Franklin (20-3) defeated second-seeded Wellesley 12-5 in a Div. 1 quarterfinal.

GIRLS TENNIS

Sky Jara, Naomi Provost and Chloe Gern each won their singles matches without relinquishing a game as top-seeded Hamilton-Wenham (20-1) advanced to the Div. 4 semifinals with a 5-0 win over No. 9 Bromfield. The doubles tandem of Abby Simon/Sienna Gregory and Alle Benchoff/Laynee Wilkins won their matches in straight sets.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Cam Jilek touched down 15 kills and Charlie Perdue added nine, proving reliable for freshman setter Alec Smagula (30 assists, seven kills) as 11th-seeded Brookline upset No. 3 Natick in a Div. 1 state quarterfinal matchup.

CLASS NOTES

Boston Herald All-Scholastic Kelly Colleran of North Attleboro was named the 2022-23 Gatorade Massachusetts Softball Player of the Year. The BU-bound senior right-handed pitcher compiled a 15-3 record through 20 games this season with a 0.33 ERA in 126.2 innings pitched, striking out 306 batters compared to just nine walks while posting a 0.395 WHIP. She also batted .552 with 13 home runs, 27 RBI and 32 runs scored, posting a 2.007 OPS. She fired two perfect games this spring and was named the 2023 Hockomock League MVP.

BASEBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

BC High 4, St. John’s Prep 3

Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0

Franklin 5, Walpole 2

Methuen 2, Xaverian 1

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Central Catholic 8, Chelmsford 0

Taunton 8, Springfield Central 0

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Saturday

Lincoln-Sudbury at Westford Academy, 1

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

BC High at Taunton, 1

Bridgewater-Raynham at Franklin, 6

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Central Catholic vs. Methuen, 12 (Haverhill Stadium)

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Westford Academy/Lincoln-Sudbury vs. St. John’s (Shrewsbury)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Mansfield at St. Mary’s, 12:30 (Fraser Field)

Plymouth North at Milton, 1 (Cunningham)

Westfield at Whitman-Hanson, 1

Westwood at King Philip, 2

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Foxboro at Bishop Stang, 11

Newburyport at Medfield, 12

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Ashland at Taconic, 2

Tantasqua at Oakmont, 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Lowell Catholic at Northbridge, 1

Hamilton-Wenham at English, 6:30

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Millbury at Seekonk, 1

Amesbury at Abington, 3:30 (Graham Field)

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Greenfield at Bourne, 1

Hopkins Academy at Georgetown, 2

Pioneer Valley Regional at Hopedale, 2 (Town Park)

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Frontier Regional at Ayer Shirley, 3:30

BOYS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Acton-Boxboro 15, Lincoln-Sudbury 7

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

North Andover at St. John’s Prep, 11

Xaverian at BC High, 12

Hingham at Franklin, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Minnechaug at Duxbury, 4

Billerica at Longmeadow, 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Walpole at Reading, 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Monday

Marblehead at Nauset, 4

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Dracut at Newburyport, 10

Pope Francis at Norwell, 2

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Falmouth at Pentucket, 12

Medfield at Grafton, 6:30

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Sandwich 15, Lynnfield 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Nantucket at Dover-Sherborn, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Wahconah at Cohasset, 6

Abington at Weston, 6:30

GIRLS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Franklin 12, Wellesley 5

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Reading at Walpole, 3

Central Catholic at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4

Longmeadow at Westwood, 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Notre Dame (Hingham) 19, Burlington 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Masconomet at Duxbury, 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Scituate at Wayland, 5

Leominster at East Longmeadow, 7

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Norwell 9, Cohasset 8 (ot)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Apponequet at Newburyport, 12:30

Hanover at Medfield, 3

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Weston 17, Hamilton-Wenham 15

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Sandwich at Dover-Sherborn, 11

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Manchester-Essex at Nantucket, 1

Mt. Greylock at Ipswich, 2

BOYS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Belmont 49, BC High 14

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Friday

St. John’s Prep 15, Xaverian 7

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Belmont vs. St. John’s Prep, TBA

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Thursday

Algonquin 28, Catholic Memorial 26

Weymouth 19, Hanover 17

DIV. 2 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Algonquin vs. Weymouth, TBA

GIRLS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Brookline 24, Lincoln-Sudbury 17

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Thursday

Belmont 31, Weymouth 7

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Brookline vs. Belmont, TBA

SOFTBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Bishop Feehan 7, Attleboro 4

Central Catholic 14, Arlington 2

King Philip 3, Chelmsford 0

Methuen 3, Bridgewater-Raynham 1

Peabody 11, St. Paul Diocesan 3

Taunton 3, Franklin 0

Woburn 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Friday

North Andover 2, Wachusett 1 (8i)

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Methuen at Central Catholic, 11

Woburn at Taunton, 6

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Bishop Feehan at King Philip, 2

North Andover at Peabody, 3 (Kiley)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Somerset Berkley at Billerica, 12 (Marshall Middle)

Silver Lake at Westfield, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

North Attleboro at Burlington, 11

Bedford at Tewksbury, 6 (Hazel)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Middleboro 8, Hudson 5

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Apponequet at Norton, 11

Bishop Fenwick at St. Mary’s, 11 (Breed)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Triton at Dighton-Rehoboth, 5

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Nipmuc at Clinton, 1

Amesbury at Hampshire, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Archbishop Williams at Tyngsboro, 1

Uxbridge at Case, 2

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Greenfield 13, Georgetown 1

Mt. Greylock 8, Frontier 4

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Franklin Tech at Turners Falls, 7

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Hopkins Academy at Mt. Greylock, 1

Drury at Greenfield, 2

West Boylston at Tahanto, 3

BOYS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Lexington 5, Winchester 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Brookline 4, Westford Academy 1

Wellesley 3, Acton-Boxboro 2

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

St. John’s Prep 3, Newton North 0

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Monday at Newton South

Brookline vs. Wellesley, 4:30

St. John’s Prep vs. Lexington, 4:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Hopkinton 3, Hingham 2

Westborough 5, Burlington 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Concord-Carlisle 4, Sharon 1

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Belmont at Duxbury, 5

DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Monday

Concord-Carlisle vs. Westborough, 4 (Marlboro)

DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – TBA

Duxbury/Belmont vs. Hopkinton

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Wayland 5, Cape Cod Academy 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

Dover-Sherborn 4, Apponequet 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Bedford 4, Wilmington 1 (Woburn Racquet Club)

Martha’s Vineyard 5, Medfield 0

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday

Martha’s Vineyard vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4 (Somerset Berkley)

DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – TBA

Wayland vs. Bedford

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Weston 4, Manchester-Essex 1

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

Lynnfield 5, Bromfield 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Cohasset 5, Nantucket 0

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Sutton 0

GIRLS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro 3, Hingham 2

Lexington 5, Wellesley 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Bishop Feehan 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Winchester at Boston Latin, 2:30 (Carter Playground)

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday at Newton South

Boston Latin/Winchester vs. Lexington, 4:30

Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Acton-Boxboro, 4:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Masconomet 4, Minnechaug 1

Westborough 5, Sharon 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Duxbury at Bishop Stang (Buttenwood Park), 10

Notre Dame (Hingham) at Longmeadow, 12

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Newburyport 4, Pembroke 0

Wayland 5, North Reading 0

Weston 4, Norwell 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Old Rochester at Dover-Sherborn, 10

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bromfield 3, Uxbridge 2

Lynnfield 4, Lee 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Quaboag 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Hopedale 4, Monomoy 1

Lenox 3, Cohasset 2

Manchester-Essex 4, Wareham 1

St. John Paul II 3, Amesbury 2

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Friday

Mt. Greylock 3, Ipswich 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Bromfield 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

St. John Paul II vs. Lenox, 10 (Sandwich)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale, 11 (Endicott)

Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield, 4 (Lynnfield MS)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 3, St. John’s Prep 1

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Brookline 3, Natick 0

Needham 3, Cambridge 1

Newton North 3, Lowell 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Agawam 3, Greater New Bedford 0

Milford 3, West Springfield 1

Westfield 3, Medfield 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

O’Bryant at North Quincy, 3

The moment came and she delivered a blistering shot into the twine to give the Clippers a thrilling 9-8 victory over Cohasset in the Division 3 quarterfinals.

“I wasn’t supposed to get it, so I was just there for the team,” McDonald said. “I ended up getting open in the middle and I put a fake on and put it away.”

While the moment was big, Clippers coach Kara Connerty said her team was expecting the game to be very tight.

“We knew it was going to be a terrific game,” Connerty said. “In practice this last week we have done scenario plays.”

She said that the veteran presence on the team was a key factor in the victory.

“The senior strength,” Connerty said. “We have 10 seniors, four on defense, and keeping a high-powered attacking team to eight goals just speaks to the strength of those four.”

Neither team took a multiple-goal lead in the contest. The Skippers scored the opening tally, but after the first half it was 4-3 Norwell. Cohasset quickly took a 5-4 lead in the second half, but the teams traded leads up until the final minute.

A huge key to this was excellent play in the crease. Aizza Chase stopped numerous high-quality Clipper chances, including a blast from McDonald as time expired. However, 10 saves from goalie Charlotte Pithie, including several leg saves from the slot, helped Norwell maintain pace.

“I always get the save on my leg,” Pithie said. “I don’t know why, it just happens.”

After winning the draw, the Clippers looked for an opening, before McDonald finally put the game away. Connerty said that her captain has been clutch all year.

“She’s been tremendous all season long,” Connerty said. “Her stick is so strong and her will to find a way to put that ball away with that pressure was huge.”

McDonald led the Clippers with four goals, Danielle Cox had two and Charlise Cox, Caroline Burtch and Margot Bonnevie added the other Norwell tallies. Reese Hansen scored a hat trick for Cohasset, Laney Larsen had two and Kira Fulton, Kate Greer and Schiffman added the other Skipper goals.

The victory avenged a 6-3 loss to the Skippers on April 4 and advanced the Clippers to the semifinals, where they await Hanover or Medfield. McDonald said that the team will enjoy the victory for the moment, but will be ready to face the next challenge.

“This weekend we will be dialed in and working on whoever we play next,” McDonald said.

On Friday night, the latest opportunity to make a statement arrived on their doorstep in the form of a bitter rival, and they succeeded in very impressive fashion. Seniors Tyler Clayton (four goals, two assists) and Cam Matthews (four goals, assist) shouldered things offensively, as third-seeded Acton-Boxboro punched its ticket to the Final Four with a convincing 15-7 rout of No. 6 Lincoln-Sudbury.

“We wanted to get out to a good start,” Clayton said. “(Lincoln-Sudbury) is such a great team, and we knew that if we could possess the ball, we knew we could do our thing, do anything we wanted to. We just wanted to get right to the ball, (and make plays).”

This game was tabbed as a showdown between two of the state’s top teams, and for obvious reason. Both programs were flooded with talent, had similar play styles and great coaching to boot, so most felt this matchup could be considered a coin flip.

Yet, when this heavyweight bout kicked off, the Revolution (17-4) threw the first series of jabs, and the Warriors found themselves struggling to gain their collective footing. Matthews would open things with a goal nine seconds into play, before Ryan Cho and Christian Maranian added tallies during the next handful of minutes. With 8:09 left in the opening frame, Acton-Boxboro had already constructed a 3-0 lead.

“We knew we could score in clips if we could get the ball,” said Acton-Boxboro coach Pat Ammendolia. “We knew we’d have the opportunity to score a lot, so yeah, that was on the scouting report.”

The Revolution would build a first-half cushion as great as 6-1 off a goal by Joey Cronin with 9:44 left in the second quarter, before Lincoln-Sudbury (13-6) began to stage. Ryan Berkel and Van Tanguay each tallied a goal in the second quarter, as the Warriors cut their deficit to 7-3. Lincoln-Sudbury would draw within 7-4 with 8:10 remaining in the third off a goal from Luke Ohler. But then, the levee finally collapsed for the Warriors as Acton-Boxboro closed the game on a 7-2 scoring run, with Clayton scoring three of his four goals in the second half.

In addition to Clayton and Matthews, the Revolution received a great spark from Cho (goal, three assists). Will Steinkrauss recorded 13 saves in the cage for Acton-Boxboro, while Mike Calvo won 14 faceoffs.

Berkel finished with a hat trick to carry Lincoln-Sudbury offensively, while Tanguay also added a pair of assists in his effort.

Acton-Boxboro will now take on the winner of Saturday’s Round of 8 tilt between second-seeded BC High and No. 7 Xaverian in the Final Four.

“(Lincoln-Sudbury) got the best of us here in 2021,” said Matthews. “We remember things. We remember it all. To come out here, prove a point and shock the state – that’s all it takes.”

A year removed from a second-round tournament exit, the No. 7 Tigers (17-6) showed just what they’re capable of at full strength by upsetting No. 2 Lowell, 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-18) in a Div. 1 state quarterfinal on Friday.

Smiles spread like wildfire on a team that again suffered new health issues just about every other week, overcoming it to down a legitimate force in the Red Raiders (21-2).

And yet, Newton North isn’t looking at the Final Four trophy as highly as what it aspires for. It gets No. 11 Brookline next after the Warriors upset No. 3 Natick.

“They came out and really showed why we are one of the top teams in the state, and they played their best,” said Newton North head coach Nile Fox. “We’re just ready to keep competing. This feels good, but we’re not OK with it. We want to keep going. … We’ve been hungry for it for a long time.”

Star setter Tyler Randall, who missed about two weeks with an ankle injury, orchestrated an overwhelming attack that flourished in dominant second and third sets with 34 assists. Junior Adam Christianson, weeks after missing a few starts himself, led with 16 vicious kills.

Simon Vardeh proved nearly as deadly with eight kills and two aces, and Samuel Huang’s supreme athleticism broke out with seven kills and three blocks. Sophomore Paul Nelson, who hadn’t been at full health most of the year, complemented them perfectly with five kills.

It’s never easy to dominate the net against Lowell. Cody Fitzpatrick showed how dangerous he is with 13 kills, and there were plenty of jump balls at the net that Lowell won, especially in a 25-20 first-set loss.

Keeping up with Newton North’s depth proved an improbable mission, though.

“It was terrible,” said Christianson of the health woes. “This year, we were able to show I know what we could do last year. … We did really well.”

“It’s really cool to see what it looks like when we have everybody on the roster healthy,” added Fox. “I think everybody did their job. That’s something we’ve been talking about this last end of the season. … I’m really proud of them for that.”

The first set showed the expected rock fight of the highly-anticipated matchup between one of the best in the Bay State Conference and the best of the Merrimack Valley Conference. Tyrell Lout showed off his versatility, and Ceazar Joseph flashed some pop alongside Fitzpatrick to make it interesting.

But after the Tigers’ four primary hitters combined for 14 kills to take that opening set, all phases erupted for Newton North.

Lowell struggled to get much past the blocking of Huang, Peter Reale and Christianson. The Red Raiders picked up steam to fight well toward the end of the set, but trading points only did so much in a 25-16 loss. The momentum didn’t carry over into the third, with Newton North surging to a 14-3 lead as its stars continued to shine.

Lowell utilized good passing and more strong hitting from Fitzpatrick to outscore Newton North 15-11 the rest of the way, but it was far too little for a comeback.

“(Losing last year) fueled us a lot,” Fox said. “We made a pact that we didn’t want to go out in the second round like we did last year. We’ve just been pushing after that.”

Dwayne Burgo and Ryan MacDougall each drove in three runs as No. 2 Taunton (18-4) defeated Springfield Central 8-0 to advance to the Div. 1 quarterfinals.

Dan Joyce’s game-winning RBI single lifted No. 5 Whitman-Hanson (18-4) to a 3-2 win over No. 12 Somerset Berkley in a Div. 2 second-round contest. … Joshua Wagner scattered three hits and allowed an unearned run as No. 20 Westfield (13-7) eliminated No. 29 Marblehead, 4-1.

In Div. 3 second-round action, Scott Donahue smashed a walk-off home run to lift No. 2 Medfield (16-5) to a 2-1 victory over No. 18 Apponequet.

GIRLS LACROSSE

In the second round of the Div. 4 tournament, Halle Greenleaf and Ella Stein each potted a hat trick for top ranked Ipswich (17-1) in a 17-5 win over No. 17 Monomoy (16-4).

Emerson Clark had seven goals as No. 6 Masconomet (17-5) defeated No. 11 Ashland 12-5 in a Div. 2 second-round contest.

BOYS LACROSSE

Baxter Jennings tallied five goals as No. 7 Marblehead (20-0) handled No. 23 Milton 16-8 in a Div. 2 second-round contest. … Senior Jake Lins scored four times for No. 8 North Andover (13-7) in an 8-7 win over No. 9 Catholic Memorial (11-8).

SOFTBALL

In a Div. 4 second-round matchup, Jill Ondrick struck out 15 and Alyssa Burke finished 3-for-4 to lead No. 5 Archbishop Williams (19-5) past No. 12 Wahconah, 4-0.

BOYS TENNIS

Dhevin Nahata and Peter Khudyakov picked up key wins at second and third singles as No. 1 Brookline (22-1) advanced to the Div. 1 semifinals with a 4-1 win over No. 9 Westford Academy. The Warriors swept the doubles as brothers Ravin and Kiran Bhatia won at No. 1 doubles and teammates Owen Eskey and Jacob Kapusta rolled in straight sets. The Ghosts earned their only point at first singles as Connor Liona remained undefeated with a straight set win over Deven Devaiah.

In another Div. 1 quarterfinal, River Craciun and Charlie Coleman picked up key wins as No. 4 Wellesley (19-4) edged fifth-seeded Acton-Boxboro, 3-2.

GIRLS TENNIS

All-Scholastics Diya Pachamuthu and Kyra McCandless led the way with impressive wins as No. 5 Lexington (22-1) defeated No. 4 Wellesley 5-0 in a Div. 1 quarterfinal.

SCORES

BASEBALL

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Sunday

Central Catholic 12, Attleboro 4

Methuen 3, Andover 1

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Monday

BC High 5, Barnstable 0

Bridgewater-Raynham 3, Bishop Feehan 1

Chelmsford 4, Boston Latin 2

Franklin 5, Lexington 1

Lincoln-Sudbury 2, St. Paul Diocesan 1

Lynn English 4, Weymouth 3

Milford 2, Beverly 0

St. John’s Prep 9, Braintree 1

St. John’s (S) 2, Waltham 1

Taunton 9, Durfee 4

Walpole 3, Wachusett 1

Westford Academy 1, Winchester 0

Weymouth 4, Lynn English 3

Xaverian 5, Algonquin 3

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Springfield Central 4, Natick 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

BC High 4, St. John’s Prep 3

Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0

Franklin 5, Walpole 2

Methuen 2, Xaverian 1

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Central Catholic 8, Chelmsford 0

Taunton 8, Springfield Central 0

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Friday

Lincoln-Sudbury at Westford Academy, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

BC High at Taunton, 1

Bridgewater-Raynham at Franklin, 6

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Central Catholic vs. Methuen, 12 (Haverhill Stadium)

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Westford/Lincoln-Sudbury vs. St. John’s (Shrewsbury)

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

King Philip 4, North Attleboro 3 (11i)

Mansfield 6, Leominster 2

Milton 9, Norwood 3

Plymouth North 4, Holliston 1

St. Mary’s (Lynn) 4, Reading 0

Westwood 2, Masconomet 1

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Westfield 4, Marblehead 1

Whitman-Hanson 3, Somerset Berkley 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Mansfield at St. Mary’s, 12:30 (Fraser Field)

Plymouth North at Milton, 1 (Cunningham)

Westwood at King Philip, 2

Westfield at Whitman-Hanson, 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Ashland 3, Fairhaven 1

Bishop Stang 2, North Reading 0

Newburyport 2, Weston 1

Oakmont 5, East Bridgewater 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Foxboro 4, Archbishop Williams 0

Medfield 2, Apponequet 1

Taconic 12, Stoneham 0

Tantasqua 5, Pittsfield 3

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Foxboro at Bishop Stang, 11

Newburyport at Medfield, 12

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Ashland at Taconic, 2

Tantasqua at Oakmont, 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Lowell Catholic at Northbridge, 1

Hamilton-Wenham at English, 6:30

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Millbury at Seekonk, 1

Amesbury at Abington, 3:30 (Graham Field)

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Ayer Shirley 3, Sutton 0

Frontier 3, Oxford 2

Greenfield 4, Westport 2

Hopedale 5, Drury 2

Pioneer Valley Regional 6, Millis 3

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bourne 5, Maynard 3

Georgetown 6, St. John Paul 3

Hopkins 6, Douglas 3

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Greenfield at Bourne, 12

Hopkins Academy at Georgetown, 2

Pioneer Valley Regional at Hopedale, 2 (Town Park)

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Frontier Regional at Ayer Shirley, 3

BOYS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Acton-Boxboro 11, Chelmsford 3

BC High 14, St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 4

Hingham 14, Algonquin 5

Lincoln-Sudbury 16, Andover 10

Xaverian 13, Marshfield 10

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Franklin 18, Needham 6

North Andover 8, Catholic Memorial 7

St. John’s Prep 16, Wellesley 1

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Lincoln-Sudbury at Acton-Boxboro, 6

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

North Andover at St. John’s Prep, 11

Xaverian at BC High, 12

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Hingham at Franklin

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica 12, Burlington 4

Duxbury 16, Westwood 13

Longmeadow 19, Plymouth South 5

Nauset 20, Silver Lake 7

Walpole 14, Mansfield 6

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Marblehead 16, Milton 8

Minnechaug 12, Scituate 10

Reading 14, Sharon 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Minnechaug at Duxbury, 4

Billerica at Longmeadow, 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Marblehead at Nauset

Walpole at Reading

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Newburyport 7, Foxboro 6

Pope Francis 15, Groton-Dunstable 5

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dracut 16, Hanover 5

Norwell 21, Shawsheen 7

Pentucket 13, Wayland 2

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Falmouth 14, Old Rochester 4

Grafton 12, Bedford 2

Medfield 20, Apponequet 8

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Dracut at Newburyport, 10

Pope Francis at Norwell, 2

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Grafton vs. Medfield

Falmouth vs. Pentucket

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Wahconah 11, Ipswich 10

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Abington 18, St. Bernard’s 9

Dover-Sherborn 17, Assabet Valley 1

Lynnfield 10, Manchester-Essex 6

Nantucket 13, Rockland 3

Sandwich 16, AMSA 3

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Cohasset 19, South Hadley 7

Weston 11, Winthrop 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Lynnfield at Sandwich, 4

Nantucket at Dover-Sherborn, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Wahconah vs. Cohasset

Weston vs. Abington

GIRLS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Central Catholic 9, Chelmsford 7

Franklin 7, Concord-Carlisle 3

Lincoln-Sudbury 7, Hingham 4

Longmeadow 12, Weymouth 11

Walpole 9, Natick 7

Wellesley 14, North Andover 8

Westwood 12, Shrewsbury 4

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Reading 12, Acton-Boxboro 11

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Franklin at Wellesley, 5

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Reading at Walpole, 3

Central Catholic at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4

Longmeadow at Westwood, 5

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Burlington 14, Grafton 9

Leominster 14, Minnechaug 6

Notre Dame (Hingham) 18, Melrose 4

Scituate 15, Falmouth 10

Wayland 15, Billerica 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Duxbury 15, Bedford 3

East Longmeadow 19, Holliston 6

Masconomet 12, Ashland 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Burlington at Notre Dame, 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Masconomet at Duxbury, 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Scituate at Wayland, 5

Leominster at East Longmeadow, 7

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Newburyport 16, North Reading 2

Norwell 15, Fairhaven 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 11, Swampscott 7

Cohasset 20, Bishop Fenwick 4

Hanover 21, Essex Tech 6

Pentucket 15, Old Rochester 9

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Foxboro 18, Bromfield 7

Medfield 21, Notre Dame (Worcester) 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Norwell at Cohasset, 6

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Apponequet at Newburyport, 12:30

Hanover at Medfield, 3

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Foxboro vs. Pentucket

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Mt. Greylock 17, Cape Cod Academy 16

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dover-Sherborn 18, St. John Paul II 5

Hamilton-Wenham 16, Nipmuc 8

Manchester-Essex 14, Tahanto 5

Sandwich 15, Georgetown 4

Weston 17, Tyngsboro 4

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Ipswich 17, Monomoy 5

Nantucket 14, Watertown 5

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Sandwich at Dover-Sherborn, 2

Hamilton-Wenham at Weston, 5

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Manchester-Essex at Nantucket, 11

Mt. Greylock at Ipswich, 2

BOYS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Belmont 49, BC High 14

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Friday

Xaverian at St. John’s Prep, 5

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Belmont vs. Xaverian/St. John’s Prep, TBA

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Thursday

Algonquin 28, Catholic Memorial 26

Weymouth 19, Hanover 17

DIV. 2 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Algonquin vs. Weymouth, TBA

GIRLS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Brookline 24, Lincoln-Sudbury 17

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Thursday

Belmont 31, Weymouth 7

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Brookline vs. Belmont, TBA

SOFTBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Bishop Feehan 7, Attleboro 4

Central Catholic 14, Arlington 2

King Philip 3, Chelmsford 0

Methuen 3, Bridgewater-Raynham 1

Peabody 11, St. Paul Diocesan 3

Taunton 3, Franklin 0

Woburn 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Friday

North Andover at Wachusett, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Methuen at Central Catholic, 4

Bishop Feehan at King Philip, 7

Woburn at Taunton, 7

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

North Andover/Wachusett vs. Peabody

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica 3, Ludlow 0

Burlington 6, Shepherd Hill 1

North Attleboro 4, Nashoba 1

Somerset Berkley 6, Leominster 5

Tewksbury 8, Dartmouth 3

Westfield 11, Wakefield 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bedford 10, Holliston 2

Silver Lake 6, Grafton 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

North Attleboro at Burlington, 3:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Somerset Berkley at Billerica, 12 (Marshall Middle)

Silver Lake at Westfield, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Bedford at Tewksbury, 6 (Hazel)

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 6, Pittsfield 1

Dighton-Rehoboth 7, Newburyport 6

Hudson 12, Medway 3

Middleboro 12, Arlington Catholic 0

Norton 2, Gloucester 1

St. Mary’s 4, Dedham 1

Triton 5, Greater New Bedford 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bishop Fenwick 2, North Reading 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Apponequet at Norton, 4

Triton at Dighton-Rehoboth, 4

Middleboro at Hudson, 6

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Bishop Fenwick at St. Mary’s, 11 (Breed)

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Amesbury 1, Millbury 0

Nipmuc 13, Easthampton 0

Tyngsboro 7, Abington 0

Uxbridge 9, Lynnfield 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Case 6, AMSA 1

Clinton 7, Blackstone Valley 0

Hampshire 7, Bay Path 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Archbishop Williams 4, Wahconah 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Uxbridge at Case, 4

Archbishop Williams at Tyngsboro, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Nipmuc at Clinton, 1

Amesbury at Hampshire, 4

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Greenfield 13, Georgetown 1

Mt. Greylock 8, Frontier 4

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Drury 4, Oxford 2

Franklin 6, Taconic 0

Tahanto 5, Hopedale 4

Turner Falls 9, Lenox 2

West Boylston 4, Millis 1

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Hopkins Academy 10, Maynard 6

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

West Boylston at Tahanto, 3:30

Drury at Greenfield, 6

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Franklin Tech at Turners Falls, 7

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Hopkins Academy at Mt. Greylock, TBA

BOYS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Lexington 5, Winchester 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Brookline 4, Westford Academy 1

Wellesley 3, Acton-Boxboro 2

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Newton North at St. John’s Prep, 1:30

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Monday at Newton South

Brookline vs. Wellesley, 4:30

Newton North/St. John’s Prep vs. Lexington, 4:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Hopkinton 3, Hingham 2

Westborough 5, Burlington 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Belmont at Duxbury, 4

Sharon at Concord-Carlisle, 4

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Duxbury/Belmont vs. Hopkinton

Sharon/Concord-Carlisle vs. Westborough

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Wayland 5, Cape Cod Academy 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

Dover-Sherborn 4, Apponequet 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Medfield at Martha’s Vineyard, 2 (Fennessey TC)

Auburn at Bedford, 3 (Woburn Racquet Club)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Weston 4, Manchester-Essex 1

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

Lynnfield 5, Bromfield 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Sutton at Hamilton-Wenham, 3 (Pingree)

Nantucket at Cohasset, 4 (Milliken Field TC)

GIRLS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro 3, Hingham 2

Lexington 5, Wellesley 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Bishop Feehan at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Winchester at Boston Latin, 2:30 (Carter Playground)

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Boston Latin/Winchester vs. Lexington

Bishop Feehan/Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Acton-Boxboro

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Duxbury 3, Westwood 2

Longmeadow 5, Plymouth North 0

Masconomet 5, Marblehead 0

Westborough 5, Hopkinton 0

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Minnechaug 3, Bishop Fenwick 2

Notre Dame (Hingham) 3, Scituate 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Sharon 3, North Attleboro 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bishop Stang 4, Reading 1

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Sharon at Westborough, 1 (Shrewsbury Club)

Minnechaug at Masconomet, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Notre Dame (Hingham) at Longmeadow, 12

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Duxbury at Bishop Stang

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Newburyport 4, Pembroke 0

Wayland 5, North Reading 0

Weston 4, Norwell 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Old Rochester at Dover-Sherborn, 10

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bromfield 3, Uxbridge 2

Lynnfield 4, Lee 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Quaboag 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Hopedale 4, Monomoy 1

Lenox 3, Cohasset 2

Manchester-Essex 4, Wareham 1

St. John Paul II 3, Amesbury 2

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Friday

Ipswich vs. Mt. Greylock, late

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Bromfield vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 3 (Pingree)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

St. John Paul II vs. Lenox, 10 (Sandwich)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Ipswich/Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield, TBA (Lynnfield MS)

Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale, 11 (Endicott)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 3, St. John’s Prep 1

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Newton North at Lowell, 4

Cambridge at Needham, 5

Brookline at Natick, 5:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Medfield at Westfield, 4:30

Greater New Bedford at Agawam, 5

West Springfield at Milford, 6

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

O’Bryant at North Quincy, 3

Dwayne Burgo and Ryan MacDougall each drove in three runs as No. 2 Taunton (18-4) defeated Springfield Central 8-0 to advance to the Div. 1 quarterfinals.

Dan Joyce’s game-winning RBI single lifted No. 5 Whitman-Hanson (18-4) to a 3-2 win over No. 12 Somerset Berkley in a Div. 2 second-round contest. … Joshua Wagner scattered three hits and allowed an unearned run as No. 20 Westfield (13-7) eliminated No. 29 Marblehead, 4-1.

In Div. 3 second-round action, Scott Donahue smashed a walk-off home run to lift No. 2 Medfield (16-5) to a 2-1 victory over No. 18 Apponequet.

GIRLS LACROSSE

In the second round of the Div. 4 tournament, Halle Greenleaf and Ella Stein each potted a hat-trick for top ranked Ipswich (17-1) in a 17-5 win over No. 17 Monomoy (16-4).

Emerson Clark had seven goals as No. 6 Masconomet (17-5) defeated No. 11 Ashland 12-5 in a Div. 2 second-round contest.

BOYS LACROSSE

Baxter Jennings tallied five goals as No. 7 Marblehead (20-0) handled No. 23 Milton 16-8 in a Div. 2 second-round contest.

SOFTBALL

In a Div. 4 second-round matchup, Jill Ondrick struck out 15 and Alyssa Burke finished 3-for-4 to lead No. 5 Archbishop Williams (19-5) past No. 12 Wahconah, 4-0.

BOYS TENNIS

Dhevin Nahata and Peter Khudyakov picked up key wins at second and third singles as No. 1 Brookline (22-1) advanced to the Div. 1 semifinals with a 4-1 win over No. 9 Westford Academy. The Warriors swept the doubles as brothers Ravin and Kiran Bhatia won at No. 1 doubles and teammates Owen Eskey and Jacob Kapusta rolled in straight sets. The Grey Ghosts earned their only point at first singles as Connor Liona remained undefeated with a straight set win over Deven Devaiah.

In another Div. 1 quarterfinal, River Craciun and Charlie Coleman picked up key wins as No. 4 Wellesley (19-4) edged fifth-seeded Acton-Boxboro, 3-2.

GIRLS TENNIS

All-Scholastics Diya Pachamuthu and Kyra McCandless led the way with impressive wins as No. 5 Lexington (22-1) defeated No. 4 Wellesley 5-0 in a Div. 1 quarterfinal.

BASEBALL

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Sunday

Central Catholic 12, Attleboro 4

Methuen 3, Andover 1

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Monday

BC High 5, Barnstable 0

Bridgewater-Raynham 3, Bishop Feehan 1

Chelmsford 4, Boston Latin 2

Franklin 5, Lexington 1

Lincoln-Sudbury 2, St. Paul Diocesan 1

Lynn English 4, Weymouth 3

Milford 2, Beverly 0

St. John’s Prep 9, Braintree 1

St. John’s (S) 2, Waltham 1

Taunton 9, Durfee 4

Walpole 3, Wachusett 1

Westford Academy 1, Winchester 0

Weymouth 4, Lynn English 3

Xaverian 5, Algonquin 3

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Springfield Central 4, Natick 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

BC High 4, St. John’s Prep 3

Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0

Franklin 5, Walpole 2

Methuen 2, Xaverian 1

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Central Catholic 8, Chelmsford 0

Taunton 8, Springfield Central 0

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Friday

Lincoln-Sudbury at Westford Academy, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

BC High at Taunton, 1

Bridgewater-Raynham at Franklin, 6

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Central Catholic vs. Methuen, 12 (Haverhill Stadium)

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Westford/Lincoln-Sudbury vs. St. John’s (Shrewsbury)

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

King Philip 4, North Attleboro 3 (11i)

Mansfield 6, Leominster 2

Milton 9, Norwood 3

Plymouth North 4, Holliston 1

St. Mary’s (Lynn) 4, Reading 0

Westwood 2, Masconomet 1

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Westfield 4, Marblehead 1

Whitman-Hanson 3, Somerset Berkley 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Mansfield at St. Mary’s, 12:30 (Fraser Field)

Plymouth North at Milton, 1 (Cunningham)

Westwood at King Philip, 2

Westfield at Whitman-Hanson, 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Ashland 3, Fairhaven 1

Bishop Stang 2, North Reading 0

Newburyport 2, Weston 1

Oakmont 5, East Bridgewater 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Foxboro 4, Archbishop Williams 0

Medfield 2, Apponequet 1

Taconic 12, Stoneham 0

Tantasqua 5, Pittsfield 3

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Foxboro at Bishop Stang, 11

Newburyport at Medfield, 12

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Ashland at Taconic, 2

Tantasqua at Oakmont, 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Lowell Catholic at Northbridge, 1

Hamilton-Wenham at English, 6:30

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Millbury at Seekonk, 1

Amesbury at Abington, 3:30 (Graham Field)

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Ayer Shirley 3, Sutton 0

Frontier 3, Oxford 2

Greenfield 4, Westport 2

Hopedale 5, Drury 2

Pioneer Valley Regional 6, Millis 3

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bourne 5, Maynard 3

Georgetown 6, St. John Paul 3

Hopkins 6, Douglas 3

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Greenfield at Bourne, 12

Hopkins Academy at Georgetown, 2

Pioneer Valley Regional at Hopedale, 2 (Town Park)

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Frontier Regional at Ayer Shirley, 3

BOYS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Acton-Boxboro 11, Chelmsford 3

BC High 14, St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 4

Hingham 14, Algonquin 5

Lincoln-Sudbury 16, Andover 10

Xaverian 13, Marshfield 10

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Franklin 18, Needham 6

North Andover 8, Catholic Memorial 7

St. John’s Prep 16, Wellesley 1

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Lincoln-Sudbury at Acton-Boxboro, 6

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

North Andover at St. John’s Prep, 11

Xaverian at BC High, 12

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Hingham at Franklin

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica 12, Burlington 4

Duxbury 16, Westwood 13

Longmeadow 19, Plymouth South 5

Nauset 20, Silver Lake 7

Walpole 14, Mansfield 6

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Marblehead 16, Milton 8

Minnechaug 12, Scituate 10

Reading 14, Sharon 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Minnechaug at Duxbury, 4

Billerica at Longmeadow, 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Marblehead at Nauset

Walpole at Reading

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Newburyport 7, Foxboro 6

Pope Francis 15, Groton-Dunstable 5

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dracut 16, Hanover 5

Norwell 21, Shawsheen 7

Pentucket 13, Wayland 2

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Falmouth 14, Old Rochester 4

Grafton 12, Bedford 2

Medfield 20, Apponequet 8

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Dracut at Newburyport, 10

Pope Francis at Norwell, 2

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Grafton vs. Medfield

Falmouth vs. Pentucket

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Wahconah 11, Ipswich 10

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Abington 18, St. Bernard’s 9

Dover-Sherborn 17, Assabet Valley 1

Lynnfield 10, Manchester-Essex 6

Nantucket 13, Rockland 3

Sandwich 16, AMSA 3

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Cohasset 19, South Hadley 7

Weston 11, Winthrop 2

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Lynnfield at Sandwich, 4

Nantucket at Dover-Sherborn, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Wahconah vs. Cohasset

Weston vs. Abington

GIRLS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Central Catholic 9, Chelmsford 7

Franklin 7, Concord-Carlisle 3

Lincoln-Sudbury 7, Hingham 4

Longmeadow 12, Weymouth 11

Walpole 9, Natick 7

Wellesley 14, North Andover 8

Westwood 12, Shrewsbury 4

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Reading 12, Acton-Boxboro 11

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Franklin at Wellesley, 5

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Reading at Walpole, 3

Central Catholic at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4

Longmeadow at Westwood, 5

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Burlington 14, Grafton 9

Leominster 14, Minnechaug 6

Notre Dame (Hingham) 18, Melrose 4

Scituate 15, Falmouth 10

Wayland 15, Billerica 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Duxbury 15, Bedford 3

East Longmeadow 19, Holliston 6

Masconomet 12, Ashland 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Burlington at Notre Dame, 5

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Masconomet at Duxbury, 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Scituate at Wayland, 5

Leominster at East Longmeadow, 7

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Newburyport 16, North Reading 2

Norwell 15, Fairhaven 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 11, Swampscott 7

Cohasset 20, Bishop Fenwick 4

Hanover 21, Essex Tech 6

Pentucket 15, Old Rochester 9

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Foxboro 18, Bromfield 7

Medfield 21, Notre Dame (Worcester) 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Norwell at Cohasset, 6

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Apponequet at Newburyport, 12:30

Hanover at Medfield, 3

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Foxboro vs. Pentucket

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Mt. Greylock 17, Cape Cod Academy 16

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dover-Sherborn 18, St. John Paul II 5

Hamilton-Wenham 16, Nipmuc 8

Manchester-Essex 14, Tahanto 5

Sandwich 15, Georgetown 4

Weston 17, Tyngsboro 4

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Ipswich 17, Monomoy 5

Nantucket 14, Watertown 5

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Sandwich at Dover-Sherborn, 2

Hamilton-Wenham at Weston, 5

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Manchester-Essex at Nantucket, 11

Mt. Greylock at Ipswich, 2

BOYS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Belmont 49, BC High 14

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Friday

Xaverian at St. John’s Prep, 5

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Belmont vs. Xaverian/St. John’s Prep, TBA

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Thursday

Algonquin 28, Catholic Memorial 26

Weymouth 19, Hanover 17

DIV. 2 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Algonquin vs. Weymouth, TBA

GIRLS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Brookline 24, Lincoln-Sudbury 17

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Thursday

Belmont 31, Weymouth 7

DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry

Brookline vs. Belmont, TBA

SOFTBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Bishop Feehan 7, Attleboro 4

Central Catholic 14, Arlington 2

King Philip 3, Chelmsford 0

Methuen 3, Bridgewater-Raynham 1

Peabody 11, St. Paul Diocesan 3

Taunton 3, Franklin 0

Woburn 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Friday

North Andover at Wachusett, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Methuen at Central Catholic, 4

Bishop Feehan at King Philip, 7

Woburn at Taunton, 7

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

North Andover/Wachusett vs. Peabody

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica 3, Ludlow 0

Burlington 6, Shepherd Hill 1

North Attleboro 4, Nashoba 1

Somerset Berkley 6, Leominster 5

Tewksbury 8, Dartmouth 3

Westfield 11, Wakefield 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bedford 10, Holliston 2

Silver Lake 6, Grafton 2

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

North Attleboro at Burlington, 3:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Somerset Berkley at Billerica, 12 (Marshall Middle)

Silver Lake at Westfield, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Bedford at Tewksbury, 6 (Hazel)

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 6, Pittsfield 1

Dighton-Rehoboth 7, Newburyport 6

Hudson 12, Medway 3

Middleboro 12, Arlington Catholic 0

Norton 2, Gloucester 1

St. Mary’s 4, Dedham 1

Triton 5, Greater New Bedford 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bishop Fenwick 2, North Reading 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Apponequet at Norton, 4

Triton at Dighton-Rehoboth, 4

Middleboro at Hudson, 6

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Bishop Fenwick at St. Mary’s, 11 (Breed)

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Amesbury 1, Millbury 0

Nipmuc 13, Easthampton 0

Tyngsboro 7, Abington 0

Uxbridge 9, Lynnfield 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Case 6, AMSA 1

Clinton 7, Blackstone Valley 0

Hampshire 7, Bay Path 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Archbishop Williams 4, Wahconah 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Uxbridge at Case, 4

Archbishop Williams at Tyngsboro, 4

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday

Nipmuc at Clinton, 1

Amesbury at Hampshire, 4

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Greenfield 13, Georgetown 1

Mt. Greylock 8, Frontier 4

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Drury 4, Oxford 2

Franklin 6, Taconic 0

Tahanto 5, Hopedale 4

Turner Falls 9, Lenox 2

West Boylston 4, Millis 1

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Hopkins Academy 10, Maynard 6

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

West Boylston at Tahanto, 3:30

Drury at Greenfield, 6

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Franklin Tech at Turners Falls, 7

DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday

Hopkins Academy at Mt. Greylock, TBA

BOYS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Lexington 5, Winchester 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Brookline 4, Westford Academy 1

Wellesley 3, Acton-Boxboro 2

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Newton North at St. John’s Prep, 1:30

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Monday at Newton South

Brookline vs. Wellesley, 4:30

Newton North/St. John’s Prep vs. Lexington, 4:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Hopkinton 3, Hingham 2

Westborough 5, Burlington 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Belmont at Duxbury, 4

Sharon at Concord-Carlisle, 4

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Duxbury/Belmont vs. Hopkinton

Sharon/Concord-Carlisle vs. Westborough

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Wayland 5, Cape Cod Academy 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

Dover-Sherborn 4, Apponequet 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Medfield at Martha’s Vineyard, 2 (Fennessey TC)

Auburn at Bedford, 3 (Woburn Racquet Club)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Weston 4, Manchester-Essex 1

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

Lynnfield 5, Bromfield 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Sutton at Hamilton-Wenham, 3 (Pingree)

Nantucket at Cohasset, 4 (Milliken Field TC)

GIRLS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro 3, Hingham 2

Lexington 5, Wellesley 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Bishop Feehan at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Winchester at Boston Latin, 2:30 (Carter Playground)

DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – TBA

Boston Latin/Winchester vs. Lexington

Bishop Feehan/Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Acton-Boxboro

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Duxbury 3, Westwood 2

Longmeadow 5, Plymouth North 0

Masconomet 5, Marblehead 0

Westborough 5, Hopkinton 0

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Minnechaug 3, Bishop Fenwick 2

Notre Dame (Hingham) 3, Scituate 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Sharon 3, North Attleboro 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bishop Stang 4, Reading 1

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Sharon at Westborough, 1 (Shrewsbury Club)

Minnechaug at Masconomet, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Notre Dame (Hingham) at Longmeadow, 12

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Duxbury at Bishop Stang

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Newburyport 4, Pembroke 0

Wayland 5, North Reading 0

Weston 4, Norwell 1

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

Old Rochester at Dover-Sherborn, 10

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bromfield 3, Uxbridge 2

Lynnfield 4, Lee 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Quaboag 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Hopedale 4, Monomoy 1

Lenox 3, Cohasset 2

Manchester-Essex 4, Wareham 1

St. John Paul II 3, Amesbury 2

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Friday

Ipswich vs. Mt. Greylock, late

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Bromfield vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 3 (Pingree)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

St. John Paul II vs. Lenox, 10 (Sandwich)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday

Ipswich/Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield, TBA (Lynnfield MS)

Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale, 11 (Endicott)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 3, St. John’s Prep 1

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Newton North at Lowell, 4

Cambridge at Needham, 5

Brookline at Natick, 5:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Medfield at Westfield, 4:30

Greater New Bedford at Agawam, 5

West Springfield at Milford, 6

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday

O’Bryant at North Quincy, 3

Lukasz Rondeau fired a complete-game shutout, allowing just three hits and striking out eight while the Central Catholic offense exploded for five runs in the fourth inning on its way to an 8-0 win over No. 13 Chelmsford on Thursday afternoon in the Division 1 baseball Round of 16 at Northern Essex Community College.

Central Catholic will take on No. 21 Methuen in the quarterfinals Sunday at noon at Haverhill Stadium.

“Lukasz got stronger as he went and the last four innings he was lights out,” Central Catholic coach John Sexton said. “He is typically someone where if you want to get him, you better get to him early. He was very good today.”

Rondeau and Chelmsford’s Matthew Stuart were locked in a pitcher’s duel through the first three and a half innings, but in the home half of the fourth the Raiders broke through.

A hit batter and two walks loaded the bases with two outs and Jake Bartlett connected on a line drive RBI single to right to put the hosts up 1-0. Moments later, No. 9 hitter Jeremy Dela Cruz provided separation by drilling a bases-clearing double to left center to put Central on top 4-0. Joshua Florence capped off the two-out rally with an RBI triple to center to stretch the advantage to five.

“We just focus on having one good at bat in a row and it worked out today,” Sexton said. “Matthew Stuart is good. He throws hard and throws a lot of strikes. We had a big inning where we got five and then cracked it open later. That’s the biggest hit that Jeremy has had at Central Catholic.”

Rondeau survived a bases-loaded one-out scare in the first and then hit cruise control. The left-hander allowed a mere three baserunners between the second and seventh innings, with none reaching scoring position. Central Catholic put on the exclamation point in the bottom of the sixth as Merrimack Valley Conference Division 1 player of the year Nate Kearney crushed a three-run double to center field to make it 8-0 Raiders.

“Methuen is probably the hottest team in Massachusetts,” Sexton said of the upcoming matchup. “This is the part of the year where you have to beat real good pitching to win. That’s the price of poker.”

With a resilient bottom of the order, the Lakers came away with a 6-2 victory over No. 9 Grafton in the Div. 2 Round of 16 contest at Silver Lake Thursday afternoon.

“What we’ve focused on this year is staying composed,” said Lakers coach Tony Pina about being able to shake off the early deficit. “Our highs don’t get too high and our lows don’t get too low.”

Silver Lake (20-2) scored quickly after allowing a homer in the top of the first as a Madyson Bryan grounder to short scored Alanna Waters from third knotted the score 1-1.

In the bottom of the second, junior captain Nina O’Neil led off the frame by reaching via a walk and sophomore Hannah Selig put two runners in scoring position with a double to left. Sophomore Kenna Slyker stepped up to the dish and hit the first pitch just over the left field foul pole to put the Lakers in front for good at 4-1.

“As a No. 8 batter (Slyker) came up and was able to square one up,” Pina said. “If you look at the book, the bottom of our order gave (Grafton) some problems.”

The bottom third of the lineup got on base five out of 10 times in the contest.

Silver Lake got another run in the fourth with an RBI double for junior captain Samantha Waters to score Slyker from second to push the lead to 5-1.

Lakers finished off the scoring with an RBI single up the middle for Bryan to score Waters in the sixth to make it 6-2. This came just after Grafton (16-6) scored a run on two Silver Lake errors.

Not to be outdone, sophomore Delaney Moquin pitched well on the hill to limit the Gators’ attack.

“(Moquin) just goes about her business,” said Pina about the Patriot League MVP. “She is a pitcher and not a thrower. She will throw all of her pitches at any point and she has confidence in all of her pitches.”

She finished with nine strikeouts and the lone earned run came on a home run for senior Abby DuBois.

Next up, the Lakers will travel just over two hours to take on top-seeded and reigning Div. 2 champion Westfield on Saturday at Noon.

“We are going in there loose and going there expecting to compete,” said Pina about making the trek to Westfield.

BASEBALL

Matt Burt (4-1, 0.40 ERA) stayed on form with a complete-game shutout, striking out three and walking two while allowing six hits as third-seeded Bishop Stang (15-5) defeated No. 19 North Reading 2-0 in a Div. 3 Round of 16 tilt. … Chris Bialzik went the distance for No. 8 Ashland (13-9) in a 3-1 win over No. 9 Fairhaven.

Tommy Falasca struck out six and scattered four hits over another seven innings of shutout baseball, while Josh Doney (single, two RBI), Jaiden Driscoll (single, RBI) and Michael DeMaino (2-for-3, run) paced the offense for No. 10 St. Mary’s (Lynn) (15-7) in a 4-0 Div. 2 second round victory over No. 26 Reading. … Cody Quinn fired a two-hitter with seven strikeouts, zero walks and zero earned runs, and Connor Mackenzie and George Slauson went 2-for-4 with an RBI single each as No. 9 Plymouth North (18-7) topped No. 8 Holliston, 4-1. … Matt Kelley had two hits and an RBI and scored the deciding run for No. 3 King Philip (15-7) in extras in a hard-fought 4-3 win over No. 19 North Attleboro.

Tyler Kropis hit a walk-off single to cap off a 3-for-4 game and give No. 3 Seekonk (18-4) a 4-3 win over No. 14 Tyngsboro in a Div. 4 second round clash.

Senior captain Andrew Manning stepped up in the fifth inning, clearing the bases with a double to power seventh-seeded BC High (14-8) to a 4-3 win over familiar foe No. 10 St. John’s Prep in Div. 1 second round action.

BOYS LACROSSE

Hunter Grafton sniped eight goals and dished out an assist, while Jonathan Halpin scored five goals and provided four assists as No. 4 Abington (16-4) doubled up No. 21 St. Bernard’s 18-9 to clinch a spot in the Div. 4 quarterfinals for the first time in program history. … Cole Rodgers dialed in for five goals, Dan Oman and Avery Richardson each a hat trick, and No. 2 Sandwich (13-7) had four other goal-scorers in a 16-3 ousting of No. 15 AMSA.

Zach Falls and TJ Pikul each netted four goals for third-seeded Duxbury (18-3) in a 16-13 triumph over No. 13 Westwood in Div. 2 second round play.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Evie Bernard (seven goals, assist, 12 draw controls) and Avery Nistl (three goals, two assists) set the tone offensively for No. 7 Hamilton-Wenham (13-7) in a 16-8 win over No. 10 Nipmuc in the Div. 4 Round of 16. … Ryann Cobban registered four goals and Sophia Visceglio added a hat trick to help No. 6 Sandwich (17-4) top No. 11 Georgetown (11-11).

Charlize Collins stayed red-hot with another four-goal outing, pairing with hat tricks from Elisabeth Delorey and Caitlyn Tremblay to power ninth-seeded Burlington (15-5) past No. 8 Grafton 14-9 in a Div. 2 second round bout.

SOFTBALL

Emma Penniman excelled on the mound (five strikeouts, four hits) and at the plate (solo home run, grand slam), leading the way for No. 7 Triton (18-4) in a 5-1 Div. 3 second round win over No. 10 Greater New Bedford. … Lucy LaTour belted the winning two-run home run in the sixth inning, while Madelyn Kelley finished 3-for-4 with three singles and two runs scored as second-seeded Dighton-Rehoboth (18-4) held off No. 15 Newburyport, 7-6. … Lauren Bernaiche punched out six and gave up one earned run over seven innings while also going 2-for-4 at the plate, and Caleigh Venuti finished 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored for No. 12 Apponequet (12-10) in a 6-1 victory over No. 5 Pittsfield. … Cassidy Machado struck out seven, walked nobody and allowed just one hit, and Alexandra Welch blasted two consecutive grand slams to power sixth-seeded Middleboro (18-4) to a 12-0 victory over No. 22 Arlington Catholic in five innings.

Naomi Boldebuck tallied 17 strikeouts, and Olivia Loftin tripled as Billerica bested Ludlow 3-0 in the Div. 2 Round of 16. … Kelly Colleran secured her 340th strikeout of the season (18 in the game), while Emma Hanwell and Lucy Palmer drove in two runs apiece for fifth-seeded North Attleboro (17-5) in a 4-1 win against No. 12 Nashoba. … Cece Imbibo collected 15 strikeouts and gave up one earned run in the circle while delivering two hits at the plate, and Madison King finished with three hits as fourth-seeded Burlington (18-4) bested No. 20 Shepherd Hill, 6-1.

Morgan Barmash stood firm in the circle, and Hanna Niemsyk went 2-for-3 with a bullet off the fence to lift No. 11 Woburn (19-3) to a 3-2 Div. 1 Round of 16 upset of No. 6 Lincoln-Sudbury (20-2). … Mackenzie Yirrell struck out six and scattered four hits, while Lea Lynch and Ella Hayes hit solo home runs to propel No. 9 Methuen (15-7) past No. 8 Bridgewater-Raynham, 3-1.

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES

BASEBALL

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Sunday

Central Catholic 12, Attleboro 4

Methuen 3, Andover 1

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Monday

BC High 5, Barnstable 0

Bridgewater-Raynham 3, Bishop Feehan 1

Chelmsford 4, Boston Latin 2

Franklin 5, Lexington 1

Lincoln-Sudbury 2, St. Paul Diocesan 1

Lynn English 4, Weymouth 3

Milford 2, Beverly 0

St. John’s Prep 9, Braintree 1

St. John’s (S) 2, Waltham 1

Taunton 9, Durfee 4

Walpole 3, Wachusett 1

Westford Academy 1, Winchester 0

Weymouth 4, Lynn English 3

Xaverian 5, Algonquin 3

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Springfield Central 4, Natick 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

BC High 4, St. John’s Prep 3

Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0

Franklin 5, Walpole 2

Methuen 2, Xaverian 1

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Chelmsford at Central Catholic, 4 (Northern Essex CC)

Lincoln-Sudbury at Westford Academy, 4

Springfield Central at Taunton, 4

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

King Philip 4, North Attleboro 3 (11i)

Mansfield 6, Leominster 2

Milton 9, Norwood 3

Plymouth North 4, Holliston 1

St. Mary’s (Lynn) 4, Reading 0

Westwood 2, Masconomet 1

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Marblehead at Westfield, 3:30 (Bullens Field)

Somerset Berkley at Whitman-Hanson, 4

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Ashland 3, Fairhaven 1

Bishop Stang 2, North Reading 0

Newburyport 2, Weston 1

Oakmont 5, East Bridgewater 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Apponequet at Medfield, 4

Archbishop Williams at Foxboro, 4

Pittsfield at Tantasqua, 4:30

Stoneham at Taconic, 4:30

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Abington 15, AMSA 2

Amesbury 10, Bay Path 3

English 12, Clinton 2

Hamilton-Wenham 9, Monument Mountain 1

Lowell Catholic 2, Bellingham 1

Millbury 3, Uxbridge 2

Northbridge 2, Blackstone 1

Seekonk 4, Tyngsboro 3

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Ayer Shirley 3, Sutton 0

Frontier 3, Oxford 2

Greenfield 4, Westport 2

Hopedale 5, Drury 2

Pioneer Valley Regional 6, Millis 3

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Hopkins at Douglas, 3:30 (Soldiers Field)

Maynard at Bourne, 4

St. John Paul at Georgetown, 4:30

BOYS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Acton-Boxboro 11, Chelmsford 3

BC High 14, St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 4

Hingham 14, Algonquin 5

Lincoln-Sudbury 16, Andover 10

Xaverian 13, Marshfield 10

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Wellesley at St. John’s Prep, 5

Needham at Franklin, 6

Catholic Memorial at North Andover, 6:30

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica 12, Burlington 4

Duxbury 16, Westwood 13

Longmeadow 19, Plymouth South 5

Nauset 20, Silver Lake 7

Walpole 14, Mansfield 6

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Milton at Marblehead, 5

Minnechaug at Scituate, 5

Sharon at Reading, 6:30

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Newburyport 7, Foxboro 6

Pope Francis 15, Groton-Dunstable 5

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dracut 16, Hanover 5

Norwell 21, Shawsheen 7

Pentucket 13, Wayland 2

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Old Rochester at Falmouth, 5

Apponequet at Medfield, 7

Bedford at Grafton, 7

DIV. 4 FIRST ROUND – Friday

Ipswich 20, Whittier 4

Wahconah 16, Hull 5

DIV. 4 FIRST ROUND – Sunday

Cohasset 18, Blue Hills 4

DIV. 4 FIRST ROUND – Monday

Abington 17, South Shore 4

AMSA 20, Blackstone Valley 7

Assabet Valley 17, Archbishop Williams 7

Dover-Sherborn 10, East Bridgewater 3

Lynnfield 17, Hamilton-Wenham 2

Manchester-Essex 17, Bourne 6

Nantucket 16, Seekonk 0

Rockland 16, Martha’s Vineyard 7

St. Bernard’s 7, Littleton 6 (ot)

Sandwich 15, Stoneham 3

Weston 15, Minuteman 4

Winthrop 13, Tyngsboro 8

DIV. 4 FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

South Hadley 14, Old Colony 4

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Wahconah 11, Ipswich 10

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Abington 18, St. Bernard’s 9

Dover-Sherborn 17, Assabet Valley 1

Lynnfield 10, Manchester-Essex 6

Nantucket 13, Rockland 3

Sandwich 16, AMSA 3

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Winthrop at Weston, 7

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – TBA

South Hadley at Cohasset

GIRLS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Central Catholic 9, Chelmsford 7

Franklin 7, Concord-Carlisle 3

Lincoln-Sudbury 7, Hingham 4

Longmeadow 12, Weymouth 11

Walpole 9, Natick 7

Wellesley 14, North Andover 8

Westwood 12, Shrewsbury 4

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro at Reading, 4

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Burlington 14, Grafton 9

Leominster 14, Minnechaug 6

Notre Dame (Hingham) 18, Melrose 4

Scituate 15, Falmouth 10

Wayland 15, Billerica 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bedford at Duxbury, 4

Ashland at Masconomet, 4:30

Holliston at East Longmeadow, 6

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Newburyport 16, North Reading 2

Norwell 15, Fairhaven 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 11, Swampscott 7

Cohasset 20, Bishop Fenwick 4

Hanover 21, Essex Tech 6

Pentucket 15, Old Rochester 9

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bromfield at Foxboro, 5

Notre Dame (Worcester) at Medfield, 5

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Mt. Greylock 17, Cape Cod Academy 16

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dover-Sherborn 18, St. John Paul II 5

Hamilton-Wenham 16, Nipmuc 8

Manchester-Essex 14, Tahanto 5

Sandwich 15, Georgetown 4

Weston 17, Tyngsboro 4

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Monomoy at Ipswich, 4

Watertown at Nantucket, 4

BOYS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Belmont 49, BC High 14

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Friday

Xaverian at St. John’s Prep, 5

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Thursday

Catholic Memorial at Algonquin, 5 (Westborough)

Weymouth at Hanover, 6

GIRLS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Brookline 24, Lincoln-Sudbury 17

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Thursday

Weymouth at Belmont, 6:30

SOFTBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Bishop Feehan 7, Attleboro 4

Central Catholic 14, Arlington 2

King Philip 3, Chelmsford 0

Methuen 3, Bridgewater-Raynham 1

Peabody 11, St. Paul Diocesan 3

Taunton 3, Franklin 0

Woburn 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Friday

North Andover at Wachusett, 4

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Thursday

Leominster 9, Masconomet 3

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Friday

Dartmouth 3, Danvers 2

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Saturday

Grafton 7, Milton 3

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Sunday

Nashoba 6, Minnechaug 3

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Monday

Bedford 4, Westborough 1

Burlington 4, Pembroke 0

Ludlow 2, East Longmeadow 1

North Attleboro 5, Norwood 0

Shepherd Hill 8, Agawam 5

Somerset-Berkley 6, Westwood 2

Stoughton 9, Tewksbury 1

Westfield 12, Plymouth North 0

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Tuesday

Billerica 4, Notre Dame (Hingham) 1

Silver Lake 15, Oliver Ames 2 (5i)

Wakefield 12, Wilmington 11

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Holliston 10, Walpole 4

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica 3, Ludlow 0

Burlington 6, Shepherd Hill 1

North Attleboro 4, Nashoba 1

Somerset Berkley 6, Leominster 5

Tewksbury 8, Dartmouth 3

Westfield 11, Wakefield 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Grafton at Silver Lake, 3:30

Holliston vs. Bedford, TBA

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 6, Pittsfield 1

Dighton-Rehoboth 7, Newburyport 6

Hudson 12, Medway 3

Middleboro 12, Arlington Catholic 0

Norton 2, Gloucester 1

St. Mary’s 4, Dedham 1

Triton 5, Greater New Bedford 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bishop Fenwick at North Reading, 4:30

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Amesbury 1, Millbury 0

Nipmuc 13, Easthampton 0

Tyngsboro 7, Abington 0

Uxbridge 9, Lynnfield 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Case 6, AMSA 1

Clinton 7, Blackstone Valley 0

Hampshire 7, Bay Path 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Wahconah at Archbishop Williams, 2

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Greenfield 13, Georgetown 1

Mt. Greylock 8, Frontier 4

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Drury 4, Oxford 2

Franklin 6, Taconic 0

Tahanto 5, Hopedale 4

Turner Falls 9, Lenox 2

West Boylston 4, Millis 1

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Maynard at Hopkins Academy, 4

BOYS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Lexington 5, Winchester 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro at Wellesley, 2:30

Newton North at St. John’s Prep, 4

Westford Academy at Brookline, 4 (Waldstein)

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Hingham 5, Mansfield 0

Westborough 5, Dartmouth 0

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Burlington 4, Reading 1

Concord-Carlisle 5, Walpole 0

Duxbury 5, Melrose 0

Hopkinton 3, Nashoba 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Belmont 5, Marblehead 0

Sharon 5, Nauset 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Burlington at Westborough, 3:30

Hopkinton at Hingham, 4:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Belmont at Duxbury, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Sharon at Concord-Carlisle

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bedford 5, Dedham 0

Cape Cod Academy 3, Old Rochester 2

Medfield 3, Sturgis West 2

Wayland 5, Swampscott 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Dover-Sherborn 5, Foxboro 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 3, Gloucester 2

Martha’s Vineyard 5, Latin Academy 0

Wilmington 5, Auburn 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Wayland 5, Cape Cod Academy 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Apponequet vs. Dover-Sherborn, TBA (Medway)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Auburn at Bedford

Medfield vs. Martha’s Vineyard

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bromfield 3, Medway 1

Cohasset 5, Westport 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion 0

Lynnfield 4, Rockport 1

Manchester-Essex 4, Monomoy 1

Weston 5, Bartlett 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Nantucket 3, Hopedale 2

Sutton 5, Ipswich 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Weston 4, Manchester-Essex 1

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

Bromfield at Lynnfield, 3:30 (Lynnfield MS)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Nantucket at Cohasset, TBA (Milliken Field TC)

Sutton at Hamilton-Wenham, TBA (Pingree)

GIRLS TENNIS

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Acton-Boxboro 5, Concord-Carlisle 0

Boston Latin 5, Central Catholic 0

Hingham 3, Westford Academy 2

Lexington 5, Newton North 0

Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Arlington 0

Wellesley 4, Brookline 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Bishop Feehan 3, Newton South 2

Winchester 5, Andover 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Lexington at Wellesley, 4:30

Hingham at Acton-Boxboro, TBA

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Bishop Feehan at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Winchester at Boston Latin

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Duxbury 3, Westwood 2

Longmeadow 5, Plymouth North 0

Masconomet 5, Marblehead 0

Westborough 5, Hopkinton 0

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Minnechaug 3, Bishop Fenwick 2

Notre Dame (Hingham) 3, Scituate 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Sharon 3, North Attleboro 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Reading vs. Bishop Stang, 3:30 (New Bedford)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Sharon at Westborough, 3:30

Minnechaug at Masconomet, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Notre Dame (Hingham) at Longmeadow

Reading/Bishop Stang vs. Duxbury

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Pembroke 3, Fairhaven 2

DIV. 3 FIRST ROUND – Tuesday

Foxboro 3, Wilmington 2

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

North Reading 3, Belchertown 2

Norwell 4, Watertown 1

Old Rochester 3, Medfield 2

Wayland 5, Pope Francis 0

Weston 5, Martha’s Vineyard 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dover-Sherborn 4, Swampscott 1

Newburyport 5, Foxboro 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Norwell at Weston, 4

North Reading at Wayland, TBA

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Old Rochester vs. Dover-Sherborn

Pembroke vs. Newburyport

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bromfield 3, Uxbridge 2

Lynnfield 4, Lee 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Quaboag 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Hopedale 4, Monomoy 1

Lenox 3, Cohasset 2

Manchester-Essex 4, Wareham 1

St. John Paul II 3, Amesbury 2

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Ipswich vs. Mt. Greylock, 4:30 (Williams)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Bromfield vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 3 (Pingree)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

St. John Paul II vs. Lenox

Ipswich/Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield

Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale

TRACK AND FIELD

MEET OF CHAMPIONS

OFFICIAL RESULTS

BOYS

100-meter dash: Darwin Jimenez (Methuen) 10.66; 200-meter dash: Christopher Brooks (Wellesley) 21.42; 400-meter dash: Johnny Emmanuel (Malden) 49.32; 800-meters: Ryan Connolly (North Andover) 1:54.11; Mile: Nathan Lopez (Saint John’s Prep) 4:12.99; 2-mile: Nathan Lopez (Saint John’s Prep) 8:59; 100-meter hurdles: Sean Golembiewski (Hopkinton) 14.49; 400-meter hurdles: Sean Golembiewski (Hopkinton) 53.82; 4×100 relay: (Lexington) 42.80; 4×400 relay: (Newton North) 3:20.88; 4×800 relay: (Saint John’s Prep) 7:52.13; High jump: Jon Mignacca (Bishop Feehan) 6-06.00; Pole vault: Ryan Swenson (Andover) 14-00.00; Long jump: Amari Mow (Lexington) 21-10.50; Triple jump: Zyeem Charles (Attleboro) 45-05.75; Discus: Kaden Cassidy (Lexington) 161-10; Javelin: Edward Webb (Wellesley) 181-00; Shot put: Jacob Cookinham (Bishop Stang) 65-08.00; Penathlon: Brandon Riley (Weymouth) 3,402

GIRLS

100-meter dash: Sarah Claflin (Pembroke) 12.01; 200-meter dash: Jayani Santos (Tewksbury) 24.62; 400-meter dash: Kylee Bernard (Cambridge) 55.38; 800-meters: Amelia Everett (Newton South) 2:11.62; Mile: Amelia Everett (Newton South) 4:54.02; 2-mile: Anna McElhinney (Billerica) 11:05.55; 100-meter hurdles: Sarah Dumas (Franklin) 14.37; 400-meter hurdles: Giuliana Ligor (North Reading) 1:02.69; 4×800 relay: (Wellesley) 9:17.59; 4×100 relay: (Pembroke) 48.98; 4×400 relay: (Needham) 4:01.21; High jump: Lindsey Wilson (Peabody) 5-6; Pole vault: Melinda Haagensen (Westborough) 12-0; Long jump: Grace Hanafin (Burlington) 18-11.25; Triple jump: Nethica Auguste (Bridgewater-Raynham) 38-03.25; Discus: Catherine Sargent (Dedham) 128-03; Javelin: Elizabeth Hopkins (Franklin) 131-02; Shot put: Skye Petrie-Cameron (Newton North) 42-02.00; Penathlon: Sarah Dumas (Franklin) 3,341

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Monday

St. John’s (S) 3, North Andover 0

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Brookline 3, Acton-Boxboro 2

Cambridge 3, Lexington 2

Lowell 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 1

Newton North 3, Winchester 1

St. John’s Prep 3, Haverhill 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Natick 3, BC High 0

Needham 3, Methuen 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

St. John’s Prep at St. John’s (Shrewsbury), 6

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Newton North at Lowell, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Cambridge vs. Needham

Natick vs. Brookline

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Greater New Bedford 3, Leominster 1

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Medfield 3, Putnam 1

O’Bryant 3, Minnechaug 0

West Springfield 3, Frontier 0

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Agawam 3, Ludlow 0

Milford 3, Wayland 0

North Quincy 3, Longmeadow 0

Westfield 3, Fitchburg 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Greater New Bedford vs. Agawam

Medfield vs. Westfield

North Quincy vs. O’Bryant

West Springfield vs. Milford

Cam Morrison drove in the lone run of the game while Evan Samsel and Luke Barry combined for a three hit shutout as No. 9 Bridgewater-Raynham defeated No. 8 Weymouth, 1-0, in the Division 1 Round of 16 in front of a packed house at Libby Field on Wednesday.

The Trojans (18-4) will face No. 1 Franklin in the Division 1 Quarterfinals on Saturday at 6pm. Franklin defeated the Trojans in the quarterfinals last year before B-R handed Franklin its first loss this past regular season.

“Our regular season was great for us because it got us into a playoff type mentality. If you don’t play like that or teams like that you don’t have a chance,” Bridgewater-Raynham coach Mike Connolly said. “We’re looking forward to it because (Franklin) are the guys everyone wants to beat so hopefully we can do what we’re capable of doing.”

Morrison provided the lone run of the game in the top of the third. After Bobby Quill walked and stole second, Morrison shot an RBI base hit back through the box to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.

On the mound Samsel posted zeros through the first three innings but ran into trouble in the fourth when a walk and single put two on with one out. Connolly turned to Barry who got a pair of groundouts around a walk to keep the Trojans in front.

Jack Reyes, meanwhile, settled down for Weymouth allowing just one hit between the fourth and seventh innings to keep the Wildcats within a run.

“You hear and read about Weymouth and it’s all about their pitching staff so we expected a game like this,” Connolly said. “In retrospect that’s been the back bone of our team too.”

Weymouth’s best chance to score came in the bottom of the fifth. With one out, Andrew Daley tripled putting the tying run 90 feet away. Barry, however, got a groundout with the infield in and then another dribbler to keep the Trojans in front.

Barry retired the last six batters he faced to seal the 1-0 win.

Matt Burt (4-1, 0.40 ERA) stayed on form with a complete-game shutout, striking out three and walking two while allowing six hits as third-seeded Bishop Stang (15-5) defeated No. 19 North Reading 2-0 in a Div. 3 Round of 16 tilt. … Chris Bialzik went the distance for No. 8 Ashland (13-9) in a 3-1 win over No. 9 Fairhaven.

Tommy Falasca struck out six and scattered four hits over another seven innings of shutout baseball, while Josh Doney (single, two RBI), Jaiden Driscoll (single, RBI) and Michael DeMaino (2-for-3, run) paced the offense for No. 10 St. Mary’s (Lynn) (15-7) in a 4-0 Div. 2 second round victory over No. 26 Reading. … Cody Quinn fired a two-hitter with seven strikeouts, zero walks and zero earned runs, and Connor Mackenzie and George Slauson went 2-for-4 with an RBI single each as No. 9 Plymouth North (18-7) topped No. 8 Holliston, 4-1. … Matt Kelley had two hits and an RBI and scored the deciding run for No. 3 King Philip (15-7) in extras in a hard-fought 4-3 win over No. 19 North Attleboro.

Tyler Kropis hit a walk-off single to cap off a 3-for-4 game and give No. 3 Seekonk (18-4) a 4-3 win over No. 14 Tyngsboro in a Div. 4 second round clash.

Senior captain Andrew Manning stepped up in the fifth inning, clearing the bases with a double to power seventh-seeded BC High (14-8) to a 4-3 win over familiar foe No. 10 St. John’s Prep in Div. 1 second round action.

BOYS LACROSSE

Hunter Grafton sniped eight goals and dished out an assist, while Jonathan Halpin scored five goals and provided four assists as No. 4 Abington (16-4) doubled up No. 21 St. Bernard’s 18-9 to clinch a spot in the Div. 4 quarterfinals for the first time in program history. … Cole Rodgers dialed in for five goals, Dan Oman and Avery Richardson each a hat trick, and No. 2 Sandwich (13-7) had four other goal-scorers in a 16-3 ousting of No. 15 AMSA.

Zach Falls and TJ Pikul each netted four goals for third-seeded Duxbury (18-3) in a 16-13 triumph over No. 13 Westwood in Div. 2 second round play.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Evie Bernard (seven goals, assist, 12 draw controls) and Avery Nistl (three goals, two assists) set the tone offensively for No. 7 Hamilton-Wenham (13-7) in a 16-8 win over No. 10 Nipmuc in the Div. 4 Round of 16. … Ryann Cobban registered four goals and Sophia Visceglio added a hat trick to help No. 6 Sandwich (17-4) top No. 11 Georgetown (11-11).

Charlize Collins stayed red-hot with another four-goal outing, pairing with hat tricks from Elisabeth Delorey and Caitlyn Tremblay to power ninth-seeded Burlington (15-5) past No. 8 Grafton 14-9 in a Div. 2 second round bout.

SOFTBALL

Emma Penniman excelled on the mound (five strikeouts, four hits) and at the plate (solo home run, grand slam), leading the way for No. 7 Triton (18-4) in a 5-1 Div. 3 second round win over No. 10 Greater New Bedford. … Lucy LaTour belted the winning two-run home run in the sixth inning, while Madelyn Kelley finished 3-for-4 with three singles and two runs scored as second-seeded Dighton-Rehoboth (18-4) held off No. 15 Newburyport, 7-6. … Lauren Bernaiche punched out six and gave up one earned run over seven innings while also going 2-for-4 at the plate, and Caleigh Venuti finished 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored for No. 12 Apponequet (12-10) in a 6-1 victory over No. 5 Pittsfield. … Cassidy Machado struck out seven, walked nobody and allowed just one hit, and Alexandra Welch blasted two consecutive grand slams to power sixth-seeded Middleboro (18-4) to a 12-0 victory over No. 22 Arlington Catholic in five innings.

Naomi Boldebuck tallied 17 strikeouts, and Olivia Loftin tripled as Billerica bested Ludlow 3-0 in the Div. 2 Round of 16. … Kelly Colleran secured her 340th strikeout of the season (18 in the game), while Emma Hanwell and Lucy Palmer drove in two runs apiece for fifth-seeded North Attleboro (17-5) in a 4-1 win against No. 12 Nashoba. … Cece Imbibo collected 15 strikeouts and gave up one earned run in the circle while delivering two hits at the plate, and Madison King finished with three hits as fourth-seeded Burlington (18-4) bested No. 20 Shepherd Hill, 6-1.

Morgan Barmash stood firm in the circle, and Hanna Niemsyk went 2-for-3 with a bullet off the fence to lift No. 11 Woburn (19-3) to a 3-2 Div. 1 Round of 16 upset of No. 6 Lincoln-Sudbury (20-2). … Mackenzie Yirrell struck out six and scattered four hits, while Lea Lynch and Ella Hayes hit solo home runs to propel No. 9 Methuen (15-7) past No. 8 Bridgewater-Raynham, 3-1.

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES

BASEBALL

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Sunday

Central Catholic 12, Attleboro 4

Methuen 3, Andover 1

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Monday

BC High 5, Barnstable 0

Bridgewater-Raynham 3, Bishop Feehan 1

Chelmsford 4, Boston Latin 2

Franklin 5, Lexington 1

Lincoln-Sudbury 2, St. Paul Diocesan 1

Lynn English 4, Weymouth 3

Milford 2, Beverly 0

St. John’s Prep 9, Braintree 1

St. John’s (S) 2, Waltham 1

Taunton 9, Durfee 4

Walpole 3, Wachusett 1

Westford Academy 1, Winchester 0

Weymouth 4, Lynn English 3

Xaverian 5, Algonquin 3

DIV. 1 FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Springfield Central 4, Natick 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

BC High 4, St. John’s Prep 3

Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0

Franklin 5, Walpole 2

Methuen 2, Xaverian 1

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Chelmsford at Central Catholic, 4 (Northern Essex CC)

Lincoln-Sudbury at Westford Academy, 4

Springfield Central at Taunton, 4

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

King Philip 4, North Attleboro 3 (11i)

Mansfield 6, Leominster 2

Milton 9, Norwood 3

Plymouth North 4, Holliston 1

St. Mary’s (Lynn) 4, Reading 0

Westwood 2, Masconomet 1

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Marblehead at Westfield, 3:30 (Bullens Field)

Somerset Berkley at Whitman-Hanson, 4

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Ashland 3, Fairhaven 1

Bishop Stang 2, North Reading 0

Newburyport 2, Weston 1

Oakmont 5, East Bridgewater 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Apponequet at Medfield, 4

Archbishop Williams at Foxboro, 4

Pittsfield at Tantasqua, 4:30

Stoneham at Taconic, 4:30

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Abington 15, AMSA 2

Amesbury 10, Bay Path 3

English 12, Clinton 2

Hamilton-Wenham 9, Monument Mountain 1

Lowell Catholic 2, Bellingham 1

Millbury 3, Uxbridge 2

Northbridge 2, Blackstone 1

Seekonk 4, Tyngsboro 3

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Ayer Shirley 3, Sutton 0

Frontier 3, Oxford 2

Greenfield 4, Westport 2

Hopedale 5, Drury 2

Pioneer Valley Regional 6, Millis 3

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Hopkins at Douglas, 3:30 (Soldiers Field)

Maynard at Bourne, 4

St. John Paul at Georgetown, 4:30

BOYS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Acton-Boxboro 11, Chelmsford 3

BC High 14, St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 4

Hingham 14, Algonquin 5

Lincoln-Sudbury 16, Andover 10

Xaverian 13, Marshfield 10

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Wellesley at St. John’s Prep, 5

Needham at Franklin, 6

Catholic Memorial at North Andover, 6:30

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica 12, Burlington 4

Duxbury 16, Westwood 13

Longmeadow 19, Plymouth South 5

Nauset 20, Silver Lake 7

Walpole 14, Mansfield 6

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Milton at Marblehead, 5

Minnechaug at Scituate, 5

Sharon at Reading, 6:30

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Newburyport 7, Foxboro 6

Pope Francis 15, Groton-Dunstable 5

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dracut 16, Hanover 5

Norwell 21, Shawsheen 7

Pentucket 13, Wayland 2

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Old Rochester at Falmouth, 5

Apponequet at Medfield, 7

Bedford at Grafton, 7

DIV. 4 FIRST ROUND – Friday

Ipswich 20, Whittier 4

Wahconah 16, Hull 5

DIV. 4 FIRST ROUND – Sunday

Cohasset 18, Blue Hills 4

DIV. 4 FIRST ROUND – Monday

Abington 17, South Shore 4

AMSA 20, Blackstone Valley 7

Assabet Valley 17, Archbishop Williams 7

Dover-Sherborn 10, East Bridgewater 3

Lynnfield 17, Hamilton-Wenham 2

Manchester-Essex 17, Bourne 6

Nantucket 16, Seekonk 0

Rockland 16, Martha’s Vineyard 7

St. Bernard’s 7, Littleton 6 (ot)

Sandwich 15, Stoneham 3

Weston 15, Minuteman 4

Winthrop 13, Tyngsboro 8

DIV. 4 FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

South Hadley 14, Old Colony 4

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Wahconah 11, Ipswich 10

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Abington 18, St. Bernard’s 9

Dover-Sherborn 17, Assabet Valley 1

Lynnfield 10, Manchester-Essex 6

Nantucket 13, Rockland 3

Sandwich 16, AMSA 3

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Winthrop at Weston, 7

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – TBA

South Hadley at Cohasset

GIRLS LACROSSE

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Central Catholic 9, Chelmsford 7

Franklin 7, Concord-Carlisle 3

Lincoln-Sudbury 7, Hingham 4

Longmeadow 12, Weymouth 11

Walpole 9, Natick 7

Wellesley 14, North Andover 8

Westwood 12, Shrewsbury 4

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro at Reading, 4

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Burlington 14, Grafton 9

Leominster 14, Minnechaug 6

Notre Dame (Hingham) 18, Melrose 4

Scituate 15, Falmouth 10

Wayland 15, Billerica 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bedford at Duxbury, 4

Ashland at Masconomet, 4:30

Holliston at East Longmeadow, 6

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Newburyport 16, North Reading 2

Norwell 15, Fairhaven 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 11, Swampscott 7

Cohasset 20, Bishop Fenwick 4

Hanover 21, Essex Tech 6

Pentucket 15, Old Rochester 9

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bromfield at Foxboro, 5

Notre Dame (Worcester) at Medfield, 5

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Mt. Greylock 17, Cape Cod Academy 16

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dover-Sherborn 18, St. John Paul II 5

Hamilton-Wenham 16, Nipmuc 8

Manchester-Essex 14, Tahanto 5

Sandwich 15, Georgetown 4

Weston 17, Tyngsboro 4

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Monomoy at Ipswich, 4

Watertown at Nantucket, 4

BOYS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Belmont 49, BC High 14

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Friday

Xaverian at St. John’s Prep, 5

DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Thursday

Catholic Memorial at Algonquin, 5 (Westborough)

Weymouth at Hanover, 6

GIRLS RUGBY

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday

Brookline 24, Lincoln-Sudbury 17

DIV. 1 SEMIFINAL – Thursday

Weymouth at Belmont, 6:30

SOFTBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Bishop Feehan 7, Attleboro 4

Central Catholic 14, Arlington 2

King Philip 3, Chelmsford 0

Methuen 3, Bridgewater-Raynham 1

Peabody 11, St. Paul Diocesan 3

Taunton 3, Franklin 0

Woburn 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Friday

North Andover at Wachusett, 4

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Thursday

Leominster 9, Masconomet 3

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Friday

Dartmouth 3, Danvers 2

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Saturday

Grafton 7, Milton 3

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Sunday

Nashoba 6, Minnechaug 3

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Monday

Bedford 4, Westborough 1

Burlington 4, Pembroke 0

Ludlow 2, East Longmeadow 1

North Attleboro 5, Norwood 0

Shepherd Hill 8, Agawam 5

Somerset-Berkley 6, Westwood 2

Stoughton 9, Tewksbury 1

Westfield 12, Plymouth North 0

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Tuesday

Billerica 4, Notre Dame (Hingham) 1

Silver Lake 15, Oliver Ames 2 (5i)

Wakefield 12, Wilmington 11

DIV. 2 FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Holliston 10, Walpole 4

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica 3, Ludlow 0

Burlington 6, Shepherd Hill 1

North Attleboro 4, Nashoba 1

Somerset Berkley 6, Leominster 5

Tewksbury 8, Dartmouth 3

Westfield 11, Wakefield 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Grafton at Silver Lake, 3:30

Holliston vs. Bedford, TBA

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 6, Pittsfield 1

Dighton-Rehoboth 7, Newburyport 6

Hudson 12, Medway 3

Middleboro 12, Arlington Catholic 0

Norton 2, Gloucester 1

St. Mary’s 4, Dedham 1

Triton 5, Greater New Bedford 1

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Bishop Fenwick at North Reading, 4:30

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Amesbury 1, Millbury 0

Nipmuc 13, Easthampton 0

Tyngsboro 7, Abington 0

Uxbridge 9, Lynnfield 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Case 6, AMSA 1

Clinton 7, Blackstone Valley 0

Hampshire 7, Bay Path 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Wahconah at Archbishop Williams, 2

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Greenfield 13, Georgetown 1

Mt. Greylock 8, Frontier 4

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Drury 4, Oxford 2

Franklin 6, Taconic 0

Tahanto 5, Hopedale 4

Turner Falls 9, Lenox 2

West Boylston 4, Millis 1

DIV. 5 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Maynard at Hopkins Academy, 4

BOYS TENNIS

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Lexington 5, Winchester 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Acton-Boxboro at Wellesley, 2:30

Newton North at St. John’s Prep, 4

Westford Academy at Brookline, 4 (Waldstein)

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Hingham 5, Mansfield 0

Westborough 5, Dartmouth 0

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Burlington 4, Reading 1

Concord-Carlisle 5, Walpole 0

Duxbury 5, Melrose 0

Hopkinton 3, Nashoba 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Belmont 5, Marblehead 0

Sharon 5, Nauset 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Burlington at Westborough, 3:30

Hopkinton at Hingham, 4:30

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Belmont at Duxbury, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Sharon at Concord-Carlisle

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bedford 5, Dedham 0

Cape Cod Academy 3, Old Rochester 2

Medfield 3, Sturgis West 2

Wayland 5, Swampscott 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Dover-Sherborn 5, Foxboro 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Apponequet 3, Gloucester 2

Martha’s Vineyard 5, Latin Academy 0

Wilmington 5, Auburn 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Wayland 5, Cape Cod Academy 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Apponequet vs. Dover-Sherborn, TBA (Medway)

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Auburn at Bedford

Medfield vs. Martha’s Vineyard

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bromfield 3, Medway 1

Cohasset 5, Westport 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion 0

Lynnfield 4, Rockport 1

Manchester-Essex 4, Monomoy 1

Weston 5, Bartlett 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Nantucket 3, Hopedale 2

Sutton 5, Ipswich 0

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Wednesday

Weston 4, Manchester-Essex 1

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

Bromfield at Lynnfield, 3:30 (Lynnfield MS)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Nantucket at Cohasset, TBA (Milliken Field TC)

Sutton at Hamilton-Wenham, TBA (Pingree)

GIRLS TENNIS

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Acton-Boxboro 5, Concord-Carlisle 0

Boston Latin 5, Central Catholic 0

Hingham 3, Westford Academy 2

Lexington 5, Newton North 0

Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Arlington 0

Wellesley 4, Brookline 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Bishop Feehan 3, Newton South 2

Winchester 5, Andover 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Lexington at Wellesley, 4:30

Hingham at Acton-Boxboro, TBA

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Bishop Feehan at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – TBA

Winchester at Boston Latin

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Duxbury 3, Westwood 2

Longmeadow 5, Plymouth North 0

Masconomet 5, Marblehead 0

Westborough 5, Hopkinton 0

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Minnechaug 3, Bishop Fenwick 2

Notre Dame (Hingham) 3, Scituate 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Sharon 3, North Attleboro 2

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Reading vs. Bishop Stang, 3:30 (New Bedford)

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday

Sharon at Westborough, 3:30

Minnechaug at Masconomet, 4

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Notre Dame (Hingham) at Longmeadow

Reading/Bishop Stang vs. Duxbury

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Pembroke 3, Fairhaven 2

DIV. 3 FIRST ROUND – Tuesday

Foxboro 3, Wilmington 2

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

North Reading 3, Belchertown 2

Norwell 4, Watertown 1

Old Rochester 3, Medfield 2

Wayland 5, Pope Francis 0

Weston 5, Martha’s Vineyard 0

DIV. 3 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Dover-Sherborn 4, Swampscott 1

Newburyport 5, Foxboro 0

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday

Norwell at Weston, 4

North Reading at Wayland, TBA

DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Old Rochester vs. Dover-Sherborn

Pembroke vs. Newburyport

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Bromfield 3, Uxbridge 2

Lynnfield 4, Lee 1

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Hamilton-Wenham 5, Quaboag 0

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Hopedale 4, Monomoy 1

Lenox 3, Cohasset 2

Manchester-Essex 4, Wareham 1

St. John Paul II 3, Amesbury 2

DIV. 4 SECOND ROUND – Thursday

Ipswich vs. Mt. Greylock, 4:30 (Williams)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Bromfield vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 3 (Pingree)

DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

St. John Paul II vs. Lenox

Ipswich/Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield

Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale

TRACK AND FIELD

MEET OF CHAMPIONS

OFFICIAL RESULTS

BOYS

100-meter dash: Darwin Jimenez (Methuen) 10.66; 200-meter dash: Christopher Brooks (Wellesley) 21.42; 400-meter dash: Johnny Emmanuel (Malden) 49.32; 800-meters: Ryan Connolly (North Andover) 1:54.11; Mile: Nathan Lopez (Saint John’s Prep) 4:12.99; 2-mile: Nathan Lopez (Saint John’s Prep) 8:59; 100-meter hurdles: Sean Golembiewski (Hopkinton) 14.49; 400-meter hurdles: Sean Golembiewski (Hopkinton) 53.82; 4×100 relay: (Lexington) 42.80; 4×400 relay: (Newton North) 3:20.88; 4×800 relay: (Saint John’s Prep) 7:52.13; High jump: Jon Mignacca (Bishop Feehan) 6-06.00; Pole vault: Ryan Swenson (Andover) 14-00.00; Long jump: Amari Mow (Lexington) 21-10.50; Triple jump: Zyeem Charles (Attleboro) 45-05.75; Discus: Kaden Cassidy (Lexington) 161-10; Javelin: Edward Webb (Wellesley) 181-00; Shot put: Jacob Cookinham (Bishop Stang) 65-08.00; Penathlon: Brandon Riley (Weymouth) 3,402

GIRLS

100-meter dash: Sarah Claflin (Pembroke) 12.01; 200-meter dash: Jayani Santos (Tewksbury) 24.62; 400-meter dash: Kylee Bernard (Cambridge) 55.38; 800-meters: Amelia Everett (Newton South) 2:11.62; Mile: Amelia Everett (Newton South) 4:54.02; 2-mile: Anna McElhinney (Billerica) 11:05.55; 100-meter hurdles: Sarah Dumas (Franklin) 14.37; 400-meter hurdles: Giuliana Ligor (North Reading) 1:02.69; 4×800 relay: (Wellesley) 9:17.59; 4×100 relay: (Pembroke) 48.98; 4×400 relay: (Needham) 4:01.21; High jump: Lindsey Wilson (Peabody) 5-6; Pole vault: Melinda Haagensen (Westborough) 12-0; Long jump: Grace Hanafin (Burlington) 18-11.25; Triple jump: Nethica Auguste (Bridgewater-Raynham) 38-03.25; Discus: Catherine Sargent (Dedham) 128-03; Javelin: Elizabeth Hopkins (Franklin) 131-02; Shot put: Skye Petrie-Cameron (Newton North) 42-02.00; Penathlon: Sarah Dumas (Franklin) 3,341

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Monday

St. John’s (S) 3, North Andover 0

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Brookline 3, Acton-Boxboro 2

Cambridge 3, Lexington 2

Lowell 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 1

Newton North 3, Winchester 1

St. John’s Prep 3, Haverhill 1

DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Natick 3, BC High 0

Needham 3, Methuen 0

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Thursday

St. John’s Prep at St. John’s (Shrewsbury), 6

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday

Newton North at Lowell, 4

DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Cambridge vs. Needham

Natick vs. Brookline

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Monday

Greater New Bedford 3, Leominster 1

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Tuesday

Medfield 3, Putnam 1

O’Bryant 3, Minnechaug 0

West Springfield 3, Frontier 0

DIV. 2 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday

Agawam 3, Ludlow 0

Milford 3, Wayland 0

North Quincy 3, Longmeadow 0

Westfield 3, Fitchburg 0

DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – TBA

Greater New Bedford vs. Agawam

Medfield vs. Westfield

North Quincy vs. O’Bryant

West Springfield vs. Milford

Mission accomplished. The sophomore fired six innings of shutout ball, surrendering just one hit while striking out nine as top-seeded Milton continued its intense pursuit of a Div. 2 baseball championship with a 9-3 victory over No. 17 Norwood.

“Fastball was working really good today,” said Longo. “I was painting it good on the outside corner. Slider had good movement, and I was able to get a couple of rollers with that along with the changeup. Changeup headed outside a lot, and it just got rollovers with the contact I was looking for, and the defense always makes the plays behind my back.”

In the evening leading up to this Round of 16 tilt, Milton coach Brendan Morrissey had his group prepare by facing higher velocities at practice with one of the state’s premier pitching prospects in Jack Cropper slated to start for Norwood.

After Longo opened the game by striking out three of the first four hitters he faced, the Wildcats (19-3) stepped up to the plate, and did so with the ultimate form of intensity. Jimmy Fallon got things going with a one-out triple, only to watch Longo head to the dish. The sophomore helped out his own cause by blooping a single to right, providing Milton a 1-0 advantage. The Wildcats were just getting started.

“I think it says a lot about us,” said Fallon. “I know a lot of people outside of our dugout were doubting us. He’s a great pitcher, they thought he could come in and shut us down. I thought we have a lot of confidence. Knew we couldn’t be scared of him. We just came in, and did what we did.”

Milton would tack on a pair of runs following a passed ball and a bases-loaded walk by Reid Dexter, taking a 3-0 lead into the second inning.

“We just wanted to break the ice early,” Morrissey said. “Get a run on the board. We were able to put up a few early and add to it with some aggressive baserunning, and kind of just kept padding the lead throughout the game. Then, Scott Longo was absolutely terrific. We know what he can do, and I think this was a huge game for him to show everyone else what he can do in a big spot.”

Fallon would drive in one more run in the bottom of the fourth off a fielder’s choice to make it 5-0, and his team was off and running.

Cropper tossed 5.1 innings for Norwood (11-11), allowing five runs on seven hits while striking out five. The Mustangs found a spark at the plate in the final stanza, with Gerry Frey, Sean Steeves and Brian Dearborn each driving in a run before Ben Catudal slammed the door shut with a game-ending strikeout for Milton.

“These guys didn’t shake,” Morrissey said. “They just kept competing. They came in ready to hit, dialed up the machine. I said that Jack Cropper’s a hell of a pitcher. They’re a well-coached team. We said that we had to come in and be aggressive. We were aggressive on the bases, aggressive with the bats, and it really paid off in our favor.”

The battle was a rematch of the 14-13 overtime victory for the Panthers from May 16 and Panthers coach Kristin Igoe Guarino said her team’s defensive play was the key to this victory.

“We were playing as a unit,” Igoe Guarino said. “We were fortunate enough to play them a few weeks ago and we knew some of their tendencies.”

The Panthers dominated at the jump, scoring the first five goals of the game. Three of those tallies came from junior Katie Ryan, and she said that the depth of the offensive unit helped her achieve this.

“A huge part of the game together was putting the pieces together on offense,” Ryan said. “I think we have a great lineup, and it was making sure everyone gets a touch.”

The Patriots called a timeout and then rallied to score three straight to end the half. While this was concerning for Franklin after the great start, Igoe Guarino knew Concord-Carlisle could score at any moment.

“We started hot, but we knew it wasn’t going to be a cakewalk,” Igoe Guarino said. “They are a really talented team and had some really good players. We stuck to our game plan, we were tenacious on draws, we rode hard and our defense was locked down.”

The second half saw excellent goaltending from sophomore Ella Mahoney, who was making her return after missing the last few games to an injury. She neutralized several high-quality Patriot chances and said a focus on positioning helped her performance.

“I was fixing my angles,” Mahoney said. “I was staying closer to the pipes and moving my stick where the ball was going. That really helped me make some crucial saves.”

The Panthers added two additional goals in the final half but melted the clock away with several long possessions. Ryan said that maintaining composure fueled this strategy.

“I think the important thing is to make sure we keep our cool,” Ryan said. “The other team is going to get aggressive, so making sure we play our game is necessary.”

Ryan’s three goals were supplemented by single tallies from Kaitlyn Carney, Lindsay Atkinson, Jamie Tanner and Katie Peterson. Concord-Carlisle received two goals from Lydia Karle and one from Willow Cyr.

The victory advanced the Panthers into the quarterfinals. Igoe Guarino said scoring will be the team’s focus as they look toward that matchup.

“We definitely have to continue to work on how to put the ball into the net,” Igoe Guarino said. “Moving forward, we are going to have to score more than seven.”

Millbury’s Ron Silvestri became just the 10th coach to win 600 or more games as his Woolies broke a 1-1 tie with No. 6 Uxbridge thanks to a two-run single from Alex Havalotti in the top of the seventh inning and then staved off a bottom of the seventh rally by the Spartans to take a 3-2 win at McCloskey Field.

“This has been a long time coming, obviously,” Silvestri said after getting an ice bath from his team. “This is a big accomplishment for all the kids who have played for me. I’m so thankful for all of them. This is all because of them.”

Silvestri joins a group which includes North Reading’s Frank Carey (736), Leominster’s Emile Johnson (722), Greenfield’s Tom Suchanek (676, heading into Wednesday’s game), Chicopee Comp’s Dan Dulchinos (639), Cardinal Spellman’s Peter Ambrose (628), BC High’s Norm Walsh (622), Dighton-Rehoboth’s Bill Cuthbertson (621), Newburyport’s Bill Pettingell (616) and Burlington’s Jim Curtin (612) in the exclusive 600-win club.

The win was doubly sweet as it not only moves the young Woolies (14-9) into the Division 4 quarterfinals but it came against a Spartan squad that had beaten Millbury twice in the regular season.

The game-winning rally came almost seemingly out of left field as both teams couldn’t get much going against starters Jack Nummela of Uxbridge and Millbury’s James Donnelly.

A leadoff walk to Nick Kolifrath gave the Woolies a chance in the seventh and spelled the end of Nummela’s outing. Grady Walsh came on in relief and promptly walked Matteus Mateo and Aidan Dubois to load the bases.

Havalotti wasted little time in giving his team the lead as he stroked an 0-1 pitch into left, scoring Kolifrath and Mateo to make it 3-1. Walsh got the next three batters to keep it a two-run gap and give his team a chance to try and rally against Donnelly, who had only allowed a first-inning RBI double to Talen Rosborough to that point.

Aiden Blood got the Uxbridge seventh started with a single. Dylan Donnelly followed with an infield hit and the tying runs were aboard.
A fielder’s choice and a wild pitch gave Uxbridge two in scoring position with one out. Tanner Gauthier cut the lead to 3-2 with a sacrifice fly but Donnelly bore down and fanned Braden Cammuso to end the game and spark a huge celebration for those clad in maroon and gold.

“James is just a gamer,” Silvestri said. “I knew that he was going to come out and do a great job. That’s just his makeup.”

This day, however, was all about Silvestri, who acknowledged that he is very happy to join a privileged group of coaches.

“There are some great coaches in that 600 and 700 win club. I am just humbled to be a part of it,” Silvestri said.

Ursula Budd Sturgis

Abigail Considine Monomoy

Abbie Catalano CCA

Alex Daigle CCA

Nick Kowaleski CCA Honorable Mention

Will Correia ORR

Ella Caesar ORR

Ethan Martin Sandwich

Caroline O’Neil Sandwich Honorable Mention

Tyler Lippincott Sandwich Honorable Mention

Sophie Menyhart SJP League MVP

Jack Homa SJP

Angelina Manchuk SJP

Rory Murray ACK

Alice O’Banion ACK

Eli Fuller ACK Honorable Mention

Maisy Sperry Dart

Pheobe Murray Dart

Sam Sperry Dartmouth Honorable Mention

Finn Sperry Dartmouth Honorable Mention

Nate Gedraitis Dennis-Yarmouth

Sam Riley Martha’s Vineyard League MVP

Jocelyn Baliunas Martha’s Vineyard

Simon Hammarlund Martha’s Vineyard

Juliet Morse Martha’s Vineyar

Charlie Crowell Nauset

Ruth Drake Nauset

Tolly Kaiser Nauset Honorable Mention

Max Wesp Nauset Honorable Mention

Bridget Gallagher Bishop Stang

Caden Croquette Bishop Stang

Grace Robello Bishop Stang Honorable Mention

Clare Gallagher Bishop Stang Honorable Mention

Joey Simpkins Falmouth

Marcus Greco Falmouth

Gus McGuire Falmouth Honorable Mention

Jeremy Bullock Barnstable

Jordan Johnson Barnstable

Camryn Johnson Barnstable Honorable Mention