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Hannah Bryson (Wilmington)
Adriana DeGroat (Framingham)
Mia Dineen (Hingham)
Madison Dowd (Tri-County)
Shelby Galex (Northeast/Bishop Fenwick)
Madeline Li (Andover)
Hillary MacDonald (Lawrence)
Ameliyah Martinez (Lowell)
Tessa Master (Watertown)
Olivia Polansky (Bridgewater-Raynham)
Nora Quitt (Ashland)
Brooke Weafer (Bristol-Plymouth)
Meghan Wiebe (Sharon)
HANNAH BRYSON
WILMINGTON
The Middlesex League Female Wrestler of the Year, the 126-pound senior captured the Div. 3 State and All-State titles then advanced to the New England finals. As a junior, Bryson was third at both the All-States and New Englands. The National Honor Society member will major in English at Boston University.
ADRIANA DEGROAT
FRAMINGHAM
The impressive freshman won the 120-pound title at the Div. 1 State and All-States before taking a fifth in the New England and is the 2023 U15 New England champion. The honors student trains in the offseason at the Metrowest United Wrestling Club.
MIA DINEEN
HINGHAM
The 107-pound junior posted a 33-14 record, winning the All-State title and placing third in the New Englands. The Patriot League All-Star was sixth at the Marshfield Holiday Tournament and runner-up at the Phillips Academy Girls Wrestling. The high honors student trains at both Riptide Wrestling and MetroWest United Wrestling.
MADISON DOWD
TRI-COUNTY
Dowd was one of the best 132-pounders in New England, winning the Div. 2 State and All-State title as she helped lead her team to the Div. 2 state team title. The Mayflower Athletic Conference Female Player of the Year was fourth at the New Englands. The honor roll student has committed to wrestle at Western New England University.
SHELBY GALEX
NORTHEAST/BISHOP FENWICK
The junior went 20-1 on the season and won the 145-pound title at both the Div. 2 girls state and All-State tournaments before taking a second in the New Englands. Galex also captured the Phil Tomkiel Tournament, Brendan Grant Invitational and Senators All-Girls titles. A member of the National Honor Society, Galex has a 41-16 career record.
MADELINE LI
ANDOVER
The 114-pound senior went 15-2 against female competition and took home the Div. 1 State, All-State and New England title. During the season, Li also won the Phillips Academy Invitational Tournament on her way to being named a Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star and team co-MVP. An excellent student with a 4.0 GPA, Li trains in the offseason at Doughboy Wrestling.
HILLARY MACDONALD
LAWRENCE
The sophomore captured the 185-pound title at both the Div. 1 State and All-States before winning two matches at the New Englands. A member of both the Prophecy Wrestling Club and Be Well Wrestling Club, MacDonald’s long term goals are to major in cardiology in college.
AMELIYAH MARTINEZ
LOWELL
The sophomore was the heavyweight champion in both the Div. 1 State and All-State tournament. The All-Merrimack Valley Conference performer also won the Senators All Girls Tournament as well as the Timberlane Invitational. In the offseason, Martinez trains at the Doughboy Wrestling Club.
TESSA MASTER
WATERTOWN
The junior co-captain was the Div. 3 state champion at 152 pounds, then won the All-State title a week later. Master took a third at the inaugural New England Girls Tournament. A three-time All-State place-winner, Master trains at Doughboy Wrestling Club with a goal to wrestle in college.
OLIVIA POLANSKY
BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM
An all-Southeast Conference selection as a freshman, Polansky split her season between girls and mixed-gender meets, winning 34 matches and taking a third at the Div. 2 South sectionals. In the girls tournament, Polansky won the Div. 2 state title at 107 pounds, took second at the All-States and sixth in the New Englands. An excellent student with a 4.0 GPA, Polansky trains at both the Doughboy Wrestling Club and Brickroad Wrestling Club.
NORA QUITT
ASHLAND
The 138-pound senior was the dominant wrestler in her weight class in New England, rolling to the Div. 3 State, All-State and New England titles. Quitt earned All-American status by placing third at the Nationals. Quitt plans to attend UMass where she will be majoring in Kinesiology and taking a pre-med track.
BROOKE WEAFER
BRISTOL-PLYMOUTH
The 114-pound sophomore was named the Co-MVP of the Mayflower Athletic Conference after winning the Div. 3 State championship and placing second at both the All-State and New England tournaments. A two-time MAC All-Star and member of the National Honor Society, Weafer has already won 72 matches in her short career.
MEGHAN WIEBE
SHARON
The 165-pound was undefeated against female competition during the season, winning the Div. 2 State, All-State and New England tournament. Wiebe went on to place fourth at the Nationals, earning All-American status in the process. The first female wrestler to be named a Hockomock League All-Star was a captain of the soccer team and in the offseason competes at both the MetroWest Wrestling Club and Seacoast Soccer Club.
LEAGUE ALL-STARS
COMMONWEALTH ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Lillie Normandie (Greater Lowell); Jerymar DeJesus, Marisol Almanzar (Greater Lawrence); Natalia Jaramillo (Nashoba Tech); Shelby Galex (Northeast Metro Tech/Bishop Fenwick)
MAYFLOWER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Brooke Weafer (Bristol-Plymouth); Hannah Dyckman (Bristol Aggie/Dighton-Rehoboth); Luca Marshall, Madi Dowd (Tri-County); Gianna Cycan (South Shore)
MVP: Brooke Weafer, Madi Dowd
MERRIMACK VALLEY CONFERENCE
ALL-CONFERENCE: Alexia Henriquez (North Andover); Madeline Li (Andover); Brooke Lightfoot (Tewksbury); Hillary MacDonald (Lawrence), Daniela Garcia (Lawrence); Siima Wambuzi, Ashley Dehney (Central Catholic); Vivi Gonzalez (Methuen); Amanda Moundele, Amelyiah Martinez (Lowell); Meaghan Irwin (North Andover)
MIDDLESEX LEAGUE
ALL-CONFERENCE: Ava Svistunov (Belmont); Logan Murray (Woburn); Hannah Bryson (Wilmington); Kamila Vizcinesk (Arlington); Tessa Masters (Watertown)
WRESTLERS OF THE YEAR: Hannah Bryson, Tessa Masters
TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE
Angie Nommi, Nora Quitt, Kirrane Quitt (Ashland); Saddie Herrman (Holliston)
MVP: Nora Quitt
This time, the people marched in resistance to the harsh treatment of immigrants by the Trump administration.
“We descend from Immigrants and Revolutionaries,” read a battle cry beamed onto the side of the brick meeting house Tuesday.
“The society that stops seeing the people at the grocery line or the people that ride the bus with us, as human beings with beating hearts, then it’s not far off before our society devolves into no society at all,” Gilberto Calderin, director of advocacy at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition said to the crowd of hundreds.
The protest was organized by activist groups Boston Indivisible and Mass 50501, and began at the Irish Famine Memorial Plaza, just steps from the meeting house.
The lively crowd held up signs, waved American flags, and chanted during the march along Milk Street and Congress Street to the harbor.
Janet England of Brighton held a sign that read, “Democracy Needs Courage.”
The protesters, she said are “true patriots because we want freedom and democracy.”
“Although protest is a long game, we can’t give up. If you think about women’s suffrage, gay rights, the civil rights movement, it took years, but we just can’t give up,” she said.
Gloria Krusemeyer, from Alrington, used a walker to join the march.
“I’m irritated that I haven’t done more, and I’m just lucky that I can walk fast enough to be doing this,” she said.
Rick Mueller, from Cambridge, was dressed as Uncle Sam and held a large sign that read, “Liberty and Justice For All.”
“We’re fighting for America, so I’m gonna be America,” he said of his costume.
He handed small American flags out to protesters who waved them enthusiastically.
Ice dumping duties was limited to volunteers and select people.
Among them was Sarah, a mother who brought her 4-year-old daughter, Fiona.
Sarah declined to share her last name for her daughter’s safety.
After throwing ice into the harbor, Fiona shyly said that she wanted to come to the protest to “help families stay together.”
Through tears, Sarah said her decision to bring along Fiona came from wanting to teach her daughter to care about people from all walks of life.
“Kindness and compassion are things we learn in kindergarten and she will be in kindergarten so it’s really important for her to be kind and compassionate,” Sarah said, kissing her daughter’s check.
Likewise, Sara Sievers, from Cambridge, brought her parents, sister, her nephews and niece to dump ice.
“I think this is one of the most brutal regimes we’ve had in this country, and I want my niece and nephew to remember that it’s important to protest, and that we in Boston are part of a proud tradition of dumping things into the harbor with which we disagree,” Sievers said.
The family wore costumes of historical figures including Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and King Charles.
As the protest came to a close, Martha Laposata, spokesperson for Boston Indivisible said she wanted protestors to walk away knowing their voices matter.
“We cannot stand down,” Laposata said. “When people rise up against an authoritarian government, if they stay consistent and they keep growing, ultimately an authoritarian government will stand down.”
Camille Bugayong can be reached at camille.bugayong@globe.com.
Crime
An MIT professor was shot and killed in Brookline on Monday night.
Brookline police responded a report of a man shot in his home on Gibbs Street, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office.
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was transported to a local hospital and was pronounced dead on Tuesday morning, the DA says.
Loureiro was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics. Originally from Portugal, the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs announced his death in a regulatory hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities on Tuesday, according to CNN.
“Sadly, I can confirm that Professor Nuno Loureiro, who died early this morning, was a current MIT faculty member in the departments of Nuclear Science & Engineering and Physics, as well as the Director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Our deepest sympathies are with his family, students, colleagues, and all those who are grieving,” an MIT spokesperson wrote in a statement.
In January, Loureiro was honored as one of nearly 400 scientists and engineers with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from former president Joe Biden.
The investigation into the homicide remains ongoing. No further information was released.
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A man was hospitalized after being shot Monday night in Brookline, Massachusetts.
The shooting happened on Gibbs Street. There was a large police presence at the scene.
The victim was brought to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. His condition was not known.
Police said the victim was shot three times and grazed by another round.
Authorities did not say if any arrests had been made.
No further information was immediately available.
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