Boston, MA
2024 Girls Golf All-Scholastics and All-Stars
GIRLS GOLF
Victoria Adams (Walpole)
Isabel Brozena (North Reading)
Harper Capilli (Duxbury)
Hanley Correia (Bishop Feehan)
Callie Crean (Hingham)
Sadie Cumming (Medfield)
Lillian Guleserian (Westwood)
Julia Imai (Brookline)
Jillian Johnson (Notre Dame Hingham)
Rebecca Kriegsman (Ashland)
Bianca Ligotti (Bishop Stang)
Mya Murphy (Sturgis West)
Katherine Ng (Wellesley)
Erika Redmond (Concord-Carlisle)
Sophie Richmond (Concord-Carlisle)
Isabella Scioletti (St. John Paul)
Maddie Smith (Westford Academy)
Champa Visetsin (Lincoln-Sudbury)
Sabrina Wu (Lexington)
HONORABLE MENTION
Riva Chatterjee (Newton North)
Gretchen Connelly (Walpole)
Carlie Dias (North Andover)
Alexa Garthee (Barnstable)
Megan Garthee (Barnstable)
Kendra Hayes (Dennis-Yarmouth)
Alika Lavu (Wellesley)
Julie Massey (Walpole)
Ava Packett (Monomoy)
Kayla San Clemente (Falmouth)
Briah Uhlman (Barnstable)
Kathryn Ventura (Andover)
ALL-SCHOLASTICS
VICTORIA ADAMS
WALPOLE
The sophomore captain played a large part in a highly successful season for the Timberwolves’ program. She took a third at the South Sectionals in helping Walpole cart home the team title. A Bay State Conference All-Star, Adams shot a 76 at the Avidia Cup Qualifier. An award-winning student with a 4.2 GPA, Adams is a student ambassador for the MIAA and participates in leadership workshops.
ISABEL BROZENA
NORTH READING
One of the most decorated golfers in state history, Brozena ended her career on a high note, shooting a six-under-par 66, to capture the State Individual title for the second time. Brozena shot a 65 at the North/Central/West sectionals a week earlier, good enough for second place. A member of the National Honor Society, Brozena will continue her golfing career at Xavier University in Ohio.
HARPER CAPILLI
DUXBURY
The Most Valuable Player in the Patriot League, the three-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic ended her career with a stellar 58-7 record and was a state qualifier in each of her four seasons. The honor roll student competed in the New England International Championship last October. She will golf at Catholic University in the fall.
HANLEY CORREIA
BISHOP FEEHAN
The sophomore turned in another solid for the Shamrocks. Correia placed fifth in the South Sectional and 12th in the State Individuals. A honor roll student, Correia’s longterm goal is to golf somewhere warm.
CALLIE CREAN
HINGHAM
The freshman was 11-2 in dual meets competing as the No. 1 player on the team. Crean finished tied for 12th at the State Individuals. The team’s Most Valuable Player, Crean is an excellent student with a 4.4 GPA. A member of the school’s hockey team, Crean earned co-Rookie of the Year honor after registering 19 points.
SADIE CUMMING
MEDFIELD
The Tri-Valley League All-Star shot a 76 at the South Sectionals to finish ninth. A week later, Cumming fired an 80 to tie for 12th at the State Individuals. She competed on the boys varsity team for four seasons and was a captain as a junior and senior. A four-year varsity basketball player and a member of the National Honor Society, Cumming will play golf at St. Lawrence University.
LILLIAN GULESERIAN
WESTWOOD
The team MVP for the third straight season, Guleserian won the South Sectional title by shooting a blistering 64. At the State Individuals, Guleserian was second as she shot a 72. An honor roll student, Guleserian has verbally committed to play golf at Penn State in the fall of 2025.
JULIA IMAI
BROOKLINE
A Bay State Conference All-Star, the senior was 8-1-2 in dual meet sduring the regular season. She went on to tie for fourth at the North/Central/West Sectional and tied for fifth in the State Individuals. A four-time BSC All-Star, Imai ended her career with a 42-1-4 record in individuals matches. A member of the National Honor Society, Imai will be playing golf and majoring in food science at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
JILLIAN JOHNSON
NOTRE DAME (HINGHAM)
The senior was 11-1-1 in dual meets during the regular season, then went on place second at the South Sectionals and 12th at the State Individuals. A three-year varsity captain, Johnson also competed in Alpine Skiing. Johnson will continue her golfing career at Merrimack College in the fall.
REBECCA KRIEGSMAN
ASHLAND
A Tri-Valley League All-Star, the sophomore earned team MVP honors after averaging a 39.7 during the season. She placed in the top 15 at both the North/Central/West Sectionals as well as the State Individuals. An MIAA Student/Athlete Ambassador, Kriegsman was the recipient of the school’s Director’s Award for Outstanding Musicianship.
BIANCA LIGOTTI
BISHOP STANG
The junior qualified for the sectionals and states for the third straight season. Ligotti tied for third at the South Sectionals and placed in the top 20 at the State Individuals. An excellent student with 4.603 GPA, Ligotti was the recipient of the Rochester Institute of Technology Scholarship Award.
MYA MURPHY
STURGIS WEST
The Cape and Islands girls champion went on to win the South Sectional title and finished tied for second at the State Individuals. A five-time Cape and Islands All-Stars, Murphy is an IB Diploma Candidate. She will be studying political science with an eye on pre-law while playing golf at Merrimack College.
KATHERINE NG
WELLESLEY
The senior was the Bay State Conference champion as she shot a 36. She went on to help her team win a third straight South Sectional title, then placed eighth at the State Individuals. An honor roll student in each of her four years at the school, Ng will be playing her college golf at Bowdoin College.
ERIKA REDMOND
CONCORD-CARLISLE
The junior took a third in the North/Central/West with a round of 71. Redmond went on to plave eighth at the State Individuals as she fired a 78. She was the Co-Medalist MVP at the Dual County League tournament. A member of the National Honor Society, Redmond intends on playing golf in college.
SOPHIE REDMOND
CONCORD-CARLISLE
A Dual County League All-Star, Redmond placed 10th in the North/Central/West Sectionals as she shot a 77. At the State Individuals, she finished in the top 20 with a score of 81. During the regular season, Redmond maintained an average of 41.87. Redmond is a high honors student.
ISABELLA SCIOLETTI
ST. JOHN PAUL
The junior earned all-Cape and Islands League honors after placing sixth in the South Sectionals (85) and cracked the top 20 at the State Individuals (83). In the fall, Scioletti was 18-1 while competing on the boys team. She came in first in six of seven golf tournaments throughout the NEPGA. An excellent student, Scioletti carries a 4.0 GPA.
MADDIE SMITH
WESTFORD ACADEMY
The sophomore was a stalwart for a Westford Academy which went undefeated in the Dual County League, posting an overall record of 9-1-1. Smith placed in the top 10 at the North/Central/West Sectionals, then fired a 76 which was good for fifth at the State Individuals. The 2023 Massachusetts Junior Amateur Champion, Smith is a high honors student.
CHAMPA VISETSIN
LINCOLN-SUDBURY
The runner-up at the Challenge Cup Invitational and a three-time Drive Chip and Putt National Finalist, Visetsin tied for fourth at the North/Central/West Sectionals and placed third at the State Individuals. An honor roll student who takes accelerated courses, Visetsin will compete in Mass. Golf Tournaments as well as Challenge Cup, AJGA and NEPGA.
SABRINA WU
LEXINGTON
The freshman had an impressive campaign for Lexington, placing in the top 15 at the North/Central/West Sectionals, then finishing tied for fifth at the State Individuals. Wu tied for third at the AJGA Qualifier at Bethpage State as well as the Spinal Technology Junior Classic Girls Division and the New York State Invitational. An honors student, Wu was also named to the Middlesex League All-Star team.
LEAGUE ALL-STARS
CATHOLIC CENTRAL LEAGUE
Jillian Johnson, Keara Riley, Anna Schauber, Kaitlin Ryan (Notre Dame); Cailin Kelly, Victoria Wright, Makenna Devine (Ursuline); Dalia Meyers, Cailin Foley (Malden Catholic); Lilian Golden (Notre Dame Tyngsboro); Isabella Fernald (Fontbonne); Emma Ryan (Cardinal Spellman)
PATRIOT LEAGUE
Callie Crean, Lauren, Rebecca Kardoos, Claire Joyce (Hingham); Harper Capilli, Caroline Donovan, Hailey Flynn, Ava Welch (Duxbury); Julia Bianchi, Zoe Willock (Cohasset); Jenna Zarges (Quincy/North Quincy); MaryKate McKenna (Silver Lake); Grace Dunning (Scituate)
MVP: Harper Capilli
Three days after an alleged carjacker hit and killed a woman in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, members of the community came together to honor her life.
A candlelight vigil was held Tuesday evening for 32-year-old Mabinty Janneh of Dorchester. She died after being hit Saturday afternoon on Blue Hill Avenue.
Ibraim Matos, 37, of Hyde Park, is charged with murder in the crash. He allegedly stole a vehicle and drove it onto the sidewalk, fatally hitting Janneh.
Ibraim Matos of Hyde Park has been charged with murder in the deadly crash.
Heartbroken family, friends and community members gathered near the site of the crash to remember Janneh Tuesday.
“We need justice for Mabinty,” said her aunt, Mbalu Tarawally.
“I just felt like I needed to be present,” said Rev. Dr. Barbara Simmons. “If the family lost a person, the least I can do is come here and show my face.”
“She was young, vibrant. Hard worker. Wants to do everything,” said Ahmad Thorley, a family member of Janneh.
The suspect in a deadly carjacking and crash in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood appeared in court to face charges including murder.
Witnesses said Matos dragged Janneh several hundred feet after hitting her.
The stolen Toyota RAV4 crashed into an MBTA bus, and people at the pulled Matos out of the car and holding him there until police arrived.
Matos pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of leaving the scene of personal injury and death and motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, along with murder and carjacking. His defense attorney spoke briefly on Monday, saying they will evaluate “where we stand” in a few weeks after the mental health evaluation.
Boston taxis will be able to pick up passengers who request Uber and Lyft rides under a new pilot program announced by Mayor Michelle Wu Tuesday.
Customers who get a cab through a ride-hailing app will still see the cost upfront on their phone as opposed to the typical taxi fare structure.
“The goal of the pilot is to give Boston passengers more options to hail a taxi and to allow Boston’s licensed taxis to participate directly in meeting the demand for trips generated through Uber and Lyft,” the city said in a news release.
Wu said the yearlong pilot will allow cab drivers to earn more while reducing wait times for passengers.
“We’re thankful for the collaboration and advocacy from our taxicab drivers to introduce this new transportation service, and excited to support the people who keep our city moving,” the mayor said.
The program excludes taxi trips to Boston’s Logan Airport, and allows the Hackney Division to make exceptions during some special events in the city.
Uber’s website informs users “you might get matched with a Boston taxi driver.”
“If so, you’ll enjoy the same 24/7 availability and affordable prices you know with UberX while riding to your destination in a cab,” Uber says.
The city said it expects taxi drivers will now be able to “access a significantly larger number of trips than most currently serve.”
“This change is a major boost for taxi drivers in Boston and the passengers we serve,” said Balwinder Gill, who has owned and operated a Boston taxi for 25 years.
The World Cup economic windfall boosting Boston gives rise to a question: Could the Hub host the Olympics?
Certainly Bostonians have more than risen to the occasion in terms of welcoming international visitors to our city and showing them a good time (and vice versa, Tartan Army). But it takes more than great hosts and a convivial atmosphere to pull off an epic sporting event.
It takes money, lots of it, political transparency, and a process open to public scrutiny and feedback. In other words, no, we couldn’t.
Public reception to the 2014 Olympics bid was tepid at best, as it would entail multiple construction projects. And when big construction projects are presented in Boston, taxpayers get suspicious. Big Dig, anyone?
Boston 24 announced it estimated the Games would produce at least $4.8 billion in revenues from television broadcast rights, ticket sales, corporate sponsorships and other revenues, the Associated Press reported. They assumed nearly $4.6 billion in costs, including $176 million for a temporary Olympic Stadium, $90 million for the athletes’ village, about $754 million to build other Olympic venues and another $132 million to rent other locations.
They reportedly announced all this to answer critics who said the privately funded Boston 2024 withheld details of the bid to prevent the public from assessing whether the Games could be staged, as promised, without the need for taxpayer money.
We learned the answer to that soon enough.
In this case, as the Herald reported that year, details from Boston 2024’s so-called bid book indicated that plans sent to the U.S. Olympic Committee called for the Hub to fund “land acquisition and infrastructure costs” at Widett Circle, where a temporary Olympic stadium was being proposed. It came after months of promises that the group planned to run a privately funded Olympics.
“They’ve been saying for months, ‘No taxpayer (money),’ ” said Evan Falchuk, a vocal bid critic who pushed for a statewide ballot question on hosting the games. “Then you read what they told the USOC. … It’s a devastating blow to their credibility. There’s a reason why voters don’t trust what they’ve heard and (Boston 2024 has) got a lot of work to do to earn that trust.”
And all this talk of money came before any cost overruns made an appearance. London’s budget for the 2012 Summer Games escalated by about 300%, ending somewhere in the $14 billion range. What were the chances we’d fare any better?
No wonder Bostonians gave the Olympics idea the cold shoulder.
But what of the city’s World Cup success story? For starters, Gillette Stadium is already built, and the only large element requiring a cash infusion was the MBTA, which shelled out $35 million to upgrade Foxboro Station in advance of the Cup. They’ll make a nice chunk of that back, as the T spiked round-trip Commuter Rail ticket prices between South Station and Gillette Stadium for fútbol fans to $80.
In this case, Bostonians are on the winning side, reaping benefits from free-spending (and thirsty) visitors, and reveling in the good vibes.
It would be great for the city if megaprojects, or even minor ones, came with the guarantee of financial transparency before shovels hit the dirt. Optimists should look at White Stadium before calling it a day.
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