Boston, MA
Monday’s high school tournament scores and highlights
ROUNDUP
BASEBALL
Junior Matt Lowe tossed six and two-thirds innings, allowing just one run while striking out eight as No. 28 Mt. Everett (12-9) upset fifth-seeded Carver 4-1 in the Div. 5 first round.
In the Div. 4 first round, David Tracy struck out seven over six strong as top-seeded Lynnfield (19-2) blanked No. 33 South Hadley 10-0.
DC Brown had a two-hitter with nine strikeouts as No. 2 Plymouth North (18-3) routed No. 31 Burlington 12-1 in the Div. 2 first round.
Carter Lucido and Oliver Thibeault combined on a one-hit shutout as No. 1 Georgetown (20-1) beat No. 32 Cape Cod Tech 11-0 in a Div. 5 first-round contest.
Nathan Levesque struck out nine in a complete game shutout while Lucas Tremblay (two hits) drove in two runs for fourth-seeded Apponequet in a 4-0 Div. 3 first-round win over No. 29 Gloucester.
BOYS LACROSSE
In the Div. 4 first round, Jason Rothwell scored six times with an assist as No. 13 Swampscott (18-1) took down No. 20 Medway 13-4. … Nolan Petrucelli netted five goals and Jake McGurik added four more as No. 2 Norwell (13-6) toppled No. 31 Belchertown 18-3. … A seven goal eruption from Will Norton paired well with four goals and three assists from Michael Murphy, leading fourth-seeded Lynnfield to a 20-8 win over No. 8 Triton. … Cole Rodgers, Dan Oman and Avery Richardson all registered hat tricks as third-seeded Sandwich (16-3) defeated No. 30 Lenox, 17-3.
Kevin O’Connor won 16 faceoffs while notching five goals and an assist, combining with four goals and an assist from Kenny Wisniewski to lead No. 10 Apponequet over No. 23 Swampscott, 13-11, in a tight Div. 3 first-round affair.
GIRLS LACROSSE
In the Div. 2 Round of 32, Giovanna Gulinello netted a hat trick and added one assist, as No. 15 Billerica (5-14) defeated No, 18 Marshfield, 12-8.
Halle Greenleaf (three goals, three assists), Ella Stein (three goals) and Allie Wile (two goals, one assist) led the way as No. 4 Ipswich (16-1) blanked No. 29 AMSA 17-0 in the Div. 4 first round matchup.
In the Div. 4 second round, Charlise Cox and Holly Panttila each had four tallies as No. 7 Norwell (11-10) topped No. 10 Tahanto 16-6. … Unbeaten No. 2 Nantucket (21-0) used five goals apiece from Bailey Lower (four assists) and Emerson Pekarcik to best No. 34 Hampshire, 16-0. … Avery Laundry finished with a hat trick and added an assist, as No. 12 Swampscott (16-3) coasted past No. No. 21 Oakmont, 13-3.
SOFTBALL
In the Div. 1 first round, No. 9 Chelmsford (14-7) came back from an 8-2 deficit in the seventh to defeat No. 24 Plymouth North 9-8 on a walkoff hit from Zoey Moscato. … Lilyana Newman drove in the winning run in the sixth and Sofia Blanco struck out eight as No. 16 Marshfield edged No. 17 Whittier, 2-1. … Caitlin Milner went 2-for-3 with three RBI as No. 2 Central Catholic (17-2) defeated No. 31 Natick, 11-3.
Emma Penniman struck out 13 in a one-hitter and drove in four while Skylar Colburn had 4 hits as No. 6 Triton (17-4) blanked No. 27 Oakmont 10-0 in the Div. 3 first round. … Alyssa Burke (4-for-4, four runs, three RBI) and Ashley Caruso (three RBI, two runs) each homered for No. 13 Archbishop Williams, backing Jill Ondrick’s nine-strikeout one-hitter in a 12-0 win over No. 20 Hanover in five innings. … Lauren Bernaiche batted 2-for-3 from the dish and fanned 15 over a complete game from the circle, leading No. 2 Apponequet over No. 31 Medfield, 4-1. …Genesis Nunes went 3-for-3 with three RBI, while Olivia Araujo added a three-run double as part of a seven-run fifth inning as No. 11 Greater New Bedford (12-11) defeated No. 22 Seekonk, 11-9.
Bilyana Wilkin, Jess Mulrey and Kate Schulte each recorded three hits and Sienna Sullivan drove in three runs for 17th-seeded Hingham (12-9), which used a nine-run seventh inning to put away a 12-2 win over No. 16 Westwood in Div. 2 first round action. … Abby Hunt and MK Maloney combined on a three-hitter as No. 5 Milton (18-3) defeated 28th-seeded Milford, 3-1.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Branch Barnes buried 11 kills and John Carroll added nine more, leading No. 3 Natick to a Div. 1 first round win over No. 30 Springfield Central, 3-0.
Finn Bell’s 13 kills with two blocks paired with 25 assists and five digs from Liam Frenzel to power No. 3 Wayland over No. 19 Lynn Classical, 3-0, in the Div. 2 second round.
CLASS NOTES
Dexter Southfield catcher Matt Conte was named the 2023-24 Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year. Conte is the second Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year to be chosen from Dexter Southfield, the other being Josh Baez..
The 6-foot-1, 210-pound senior catcher led Dexter Southfield to an 12-9-1 record and a berth in the Central New England Prep School Baseball League semifinals. The Wake Forest-bound Conte batted .459 with four home runs and 15 RBI, producing an on-base percentage of .588 and an OPS of 1.375. He also made just one error on 165 defensive chances behind the plate. He is ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 146 overall draft prospect.
SCORES
BASEBALL
DIVISION 1
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Wellesley 7, Andover 1
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
BC High 6, Brookline 3
Catholic Memorial 4, Central Catholic 2
North Andover 3, Bishop Feehan 2 (11i)
St. John’s (S) 7, Waltham 0
Westford Academy 4, King Philip 3
Xaverian 9, Framingham 2
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Braintree 9, Peabody 2
Durfee 4, Wachusett 2
Franklin 5, Lawrence 2
Springfield Central 3, Attleboro 1
Weymouth 4, Barnstable 0
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Leominster 3, St. Paul Diocesan 2 (9i)
Lincoln-Sudbury 7, Chelmsford 3
St, John’s Prep 8, Needham 3
Taunton 19, Whittier 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Catholic Memorial at St. John’s Prep, 4
Franklin at St. John’s (Shrewsbury), 4
Wellesley at BC High, 4
Weymouth at Braintree, 6
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Durfee at Taunton, 4
Lincoln-Sudbury at Xaverian, 4
Westford Academy at Leominster, 6:30
SECOND ROUND – Thursday
North Andover at Springfield Central, 6
DIVISION 2
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Milton 4, Somerville 0
Nashoba 3, Shepherd Hill 1 (15i)
Norwood 3, Longmeadow 2
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Algonquin 5, Grafton 4 (11i)
Hopkinton 4, Reading 1
Somerset Berkley 3, West Springfield 1
Westwood 9, Marblehead 3
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Billerica 2, Minnechaug 0
Masconomet 5, Whitman-Hanson 4
North Attleboro 1, Bay Path 0
Westfield 9, Malden Catholic 3
Woburn 11, Middleboro 10 (9i)
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Dartmouth 6, Mansfield 2
Milford 4, Hingham 1
Plymouth North 12, Burlington 1
Walpole 12, Marshfield 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Nashoba at Westfield, 3
Westwood at Algonquin, 4
Woburn vs. Milton, 4 (Cunningham)
Norwood at Somerset Berkley, 4:30
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Masconomet at Plymouth North, 4
North Attleboro at Walpole, 4
Dartmouth at Hopkinton, 5
Billerica at Milford, 6:30
DIVISION 3
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Bishop Stang 5, Auburn 3
Dover-Sherborn 3, Holliston 1
Norwell 2, Fairhaven 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Lowell Catholic 3, Greater Lowell 1
Nauset 3, Newburyport 2
North Middlesex 5, Ashland 4
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Dighton-Rehoboth 8, Triton 3
Hanover 5, Weston 2
Oakmont 1, Arlington Catholic 0
St. Mary’s 5, Pentucket 0
Sandwich 10, Taconic 0
Shawsheen 9, North Reading 0
Tantasqua 2, Swampscott 0
Tewksbury 9, Wakefield 1
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Apponequet 4, Gloucester 0
Belchertown 2, Blackstone Valley 1
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Tewksbury at Bishop Stang, 3
Lowell Catholic at Hanover, 4
Norwell at St. Mary’s, 4
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Dighton-Rehoboth at Tantasqua, 4
Dover-Sherborn at Apponequet, 4
Nauset at Oakmont, 4
Shawsheen at North Middlesex, 4:30
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Sandwich at Belchertown
DIVISION 4
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Abington 8, Hampshire 3
Dennis-Yarmouth 3, Hamilton-Wenham 1
Oxford 6, Southwick 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
East Bridgewater 4, Frontier Regional 1
Monument Mountain 4, Bellingham 2
Pittsfield 2, Upper Cape 1
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Millbury 6, Monomoy 0
Northbridge 4, West Bridgewater 1
Salem 4, St. John Paul 3
Seekonk 10, Mashpee 0
Tyngsboro 3, AMSA 1
Uxbridge 11, Manchester-Essex 2
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Case 5, Wahconah 2
Clinton 1, Ipswich 0 (9i)
Littleton 3, Stoneham 1
Lynnfield 10, South Hadley 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Dennis-Yarmouth at Uxbridge, 4
Monument Mountain vs. Salem, 4 (Salem State)
Tyngsboro at Seekonk, 4
Abington at Pittsfield, 4:30
East Bridgewater vs. Millbury, 6 (Shaw)
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Littleton at Northbridge, 3
Oxford at Lynnfield, 3:30
Case at Clinton, 4
DIVISION 5
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Maynard 1, McCann Tech 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Bartlett 10, Quaboag 0
Bromfield 8, Mystic Valley 3
Douglas 6, Millis 1
Drury 15, Sutton 2
English 5, Rockport 4
Greenfield 4, Boston International 3
Hopkins 6, West Boylston 5
Pioneer Valley 4, Hull 1
Ware 16, Turners Falls 4
Westfield Tech 4, Hopedale 0
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Ayer Shirley 6, Monsoon 1
Bourne 6, Westport 3
Georgetown 11, Cape Cod Tech 0
Mt. Everett 4, Carver 1
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Mt. Greylock at Tahanto, 4
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Bartlett at English, 3:30
Maynard at Georgetown, 4
Westfield Tech at Greenfield, 4
Bromfield at Pioneer Valley, 6
Hopkins at Drury, 6:30
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Mt. Everett vs. Douglas, 4
Ware at Ayer Shirley, 4
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Bourne vs. Mt. Greylock
BOYS LACROSSE
DIVISION 1
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Acton-Boxboro 19, Attleboro 4
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Andover 15, Belmont 5
Central Catholic 20, Framingham 7
Concord-Carlisle 6, Lexington 5
Winchester 13, Arlington 3
Xaverian 13, Waltham 1
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
BC High 17, Newton South 4
Catholic Memorial 19, Haverhill 6
Lincoln-Sudbury 18, Brookline 0
Needham 11, Shrewsbury 5
St. John’s (S) 15, Weymouth 2
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
St. John’s Prep 15, Chelmsford 3
Wellesley 13, Newton North 1
Westford Academy 16, Wachusett 8
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Franklin 18, Barnstable 7
Natick 14, Bishop Feehan 10
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Westford Academy at Acton-Boxboro, 4
Winchester at Needham, 5
Central Catholic at Lincoln-Sudbury, 6
Concord-Carlisle at BC High, 7
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Franklin at Catholic Memorial, 4
Wellesley at Xaverian, 4:30
St. John’s (Shrewsbury) at Andover, 7
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Natick at St. John’s Prep
DIVISION 2
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Milton 7, North Attleboro 3
Sharon 15, Canton 5
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
King Philip 13, Agawam 8
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Bridgewater-Raynham 11, Marblehead 10 (ot)
Hopkinton 8, Minnechaug 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Billerica 14, Milford 10
Duxbury 21, Masconomet 4
Hingham 20, Dartmouth 3
Longmeadow 22, Silver Lake 3
Mansfield 12, Tantasqua 6
Marshfield 15, Melrose 3
Plymouth South 8, Algonquin 4
Reading 16, West Springfield 6
Walpole 19, Whitman-Hanson 5
Westfield 18, North Andover 10
Westwood 10, Grafton 8
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Bridgewater-Raynham at Marshfield, 5
Milton at Duxbury, 6:30
King Philip at Billerica, 7
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Westwood vs. Mansfield
Hingham vs. Hopkinton
Longmeadow vs. Plymouth South
Westfield vs. Reading
Walpole vs. Sharon
DIVISION 3
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Dracut 15, Wayland 2
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Burlington 17, Martha’s Vineyard 5
Dover-Sherborn 13, St. Bernard’s 6
Nashoba 12, Arlington Catholic 2
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Hanover 11, Blackstone Valley 2
Nauset 21, Old Rochester 1
Scituate 25, Auburn 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Apponequet 13, Shawsheen 11
East Longmeadow 16, North Middlesex 9
Falmouth 22, Lowell Catholic 2
Foxboro 14, Wakefield 5
Holliston 8, Ashland 5
Newburyport 19, Archbishop Williams 2
Pembroke 13, Essex Tech 8
Wilmington 13, Bishop Stang 12
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Tewksbury at Medfield, 5
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Dracut at Burlington, 5:30
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
East Longmeadow at Nauset, 4
Hanover at Scituate, 6
Shawsheen/Auburn at Nashoba, 6:30
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Falmouth vs. Pembroke
Medfield/Tewksbury vs. Holliston
Newburyport vs. Wilmington/Bishop Stang
Foxboro at Dover-Sherborn
DIVISION 4
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Abington 18, Monomoy 6
Pentucket 15, North Reading 8
Weston 14, Bellingham 5
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Fairhaven 12, Rockland 9
Wahconah 20, Seekonk 5
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Cohasset 18, South Hadley 5
FIRST ROUND – Monday
AMSA 14, South Shore Tech 5
Ipswich 14, Oakmont 8
Lynnfield 19, Triton 8
Manchester-Essex 17, Bourne 6
Nantucket 19, Littleton 3
Nipmuc 17, Old Colony 3
Norwell 18, Belchertown 3
Sandwich 17, Lenox 3
Swampscott 13, Medway 4
Winthrop 16, Tyngsboro 9
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Wahconah at Weston, 6
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Ipswich at Cohasset, 6:30
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Abington at Pentucket
Lynnfield vs. Swampscott
Nantucket vs. Winthrop
Norwell vs. Fairhaven
Nipmuc vs. Manchester-Essex
Sandwich vs. AMSA
GIRLS LACROSSE
DIVISION 1
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Needham 16, Boston Latin 8
Weymouth 18, Haverhill 6
Newton North 12, Natick 10
Peabody 15, Belmont 11
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Braintree 12, Wachusett 10
Concord-Carlisle 15, Shrewsbury 2
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Acton-Boxboro 16, Bishop Feehan 6
Andover 14, Winchester 5
King Philip 11, Brookline 3
Lexington 11, Beverly 8
Wellesley 16, Waltham 1
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Chelmsford 17, Attleboro 2
North Andover 18, Quincy 5
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Central Catholic 20, Bridgewater-Raynham 4
Lincoln-Sudbury 9, Barnstable 4
Westford Academy 8, Franklin 7
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
King Philip at Wellesley, 4
Peabody at Concord-Carlisle, 5
Needham at North Andover, 6
Braintree at Weymouth, 7
Newton North at Chelmsford, 7:30
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Acton-Boxboro at Andover
Central Catholic vs. Westford Academy
Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Lexington
DIVISION 2
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Burlington 16, Canton 6
Westboro 11, Algonquin 8
Westwood 17, Nashoba 6
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Melrose 10, Mansfield 5
Notre Dame (Hingham) 17, Northampton 1
Walpole 19, Norwood 2
West Springfield 13, Whitman-Hanson 10
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
East Longmeadow 23, Methuen 7
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Billerica 12, Marshfield 8
Duxbury 17, Milton 5
Grafton 12, Dartmouth 5
Hingham 18, Westfield 1
Leominster 12, Minnechaug 11
Longmeadow 18, Masconomet 3
Reading 17, Silver Lake 2
Scituate 12, Woburn 7
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Westborough at Westwood, 6
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Grafton at Notre Dame (Hingham)
Hingham vs. West Springfield
Billerica at Walpole
Melrose at East Longmeadow
Duxbury vs. Burlington
Reading vs. Leominster
Scituate vs. /Longmeadow
DIVISION 3
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Apponequet 18, Watertown 14
Old Rochester 13, North Middlesex 8
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Dover-Sherborn 18, St. John Paul II 4
Nauset 17, St. Mary’s (L) 3
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Ashland 19, Archbishop Williams 4
Cape Cod Academy 16, St. Bernard’s 3
Falmouth 14, Pembroke 6
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Bedford 22, Dighton-Rehoboth/Tri-County 5
Foxboro 17, Martha’s Vineyard 6
Groton-Dunstable 10, Wakefield 9 (ot)
Hanover 17, Upper Cape 5
Holliston 8, Dedham 3
Medfield 21, Danvers 2
Newburyport 17, Medway 3
Wayland 18, Notre Dame (W) 0
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Tewksbury at Ursuline, 3:30
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Nauset at Ashland, 3:30
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Hanover vs. Apponequet
Foxboro vs. Old Rochester
Medfield vs. Groton-Dunstable
Newburyport vs. Holliston
Falmouth vs. Bedford
Tewksbury/Ursuline vs. Cape Cod Academy
Wayland vs. Dover-Sherborn
DIVISION 4
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Pentucket 19, Winthrop 5
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Fairhaven 19, Georgetown 11
Monomoy 10 Tyngsboro 6
Norwell 20, Bromfield 4
Sandwich 17, Dennis-Yarmouth 2
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Tahanto 18, Stoneham 3
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Hamilton-Wenham 21, South Hadley 10
Lynnfield 16, North Reading 12
Mt. Greylock 10, Hull 9
Nipmuc 21, Belchertown 6
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Cohasset 20, Abington 0
Ipswich 17, AMSA 0
Manchester-Essex 26, Lunenburg 4
Nantucket 16, Hampshire 0
Swampscott 13, Oakmont 3
Weston 18, Northbridge 5
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Norwell 16, Tahanto 6
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Hamilton-Wenham at Pentucket, 4
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Nipmuc vs. Manchester-Essex
Cohasset vs. Monomoy
Ipswich vs. Lynnfield
Nantucket vs. Fairhaven
Weston vs. Mt. Greylock
Swampscott vs. Sandwich
BOYS RUGBY
DIVISION 1
SEMIFINALS – Wednesday
St. John’s Prep at BC High, 5:30
Xaverian at Milton, 6
DIVISION 2
SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Catholic Memorial at Weymouth, 5
SEMIFINAL – Thursday
Brookline at Hanover, 6
GIRLS RUGBY
DIVISION 1
SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Lincoln-Sudbury at Belmont, 6:30
SEMIFINAL – Friday
Weymouth at Algonquin, 6
SOFTBALL
DIVISION 1
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
King Philip 8, Attleboro 5 (8i)
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Arlington 5, Braintree 3
Methuen 7, Concord-Carlisle 4
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Bishop Feehan 6, Wellesley 0
Bridgewater-Raynham 6, New Bedford 0
Needham 9, Andover 2
Newton North 8, Beverly 2
St. Paul Diocesan 4, Franklin 1
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
North Andover 6, Acton-Boxboro 1
Peabody 6, Westford Academy 0
Wachusett 7, Belmont 0
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Central Catholic 11, Natick 3
Chelmsford 9, Plymouth North 8
Lincoln-Sudbury 6, Shrewsbury 4
Marshfield 2, Whittier 1
Taunton 18, Lexington 0 (5i)
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
King Philip vs. Peabody, 4 (Kiley School)
Methuen vs. North Andover, 4 (McAvoy)
Needham vs. St. Paul Diocesan, 4 (Vernon)
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Marshfield at Wachusett, 5
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Bridgewater-Raynham
Central Catholic vs. Arlington
Chelmsford vs. Bishop Feehan
Taunton/Lexington vs. Newton North
DIVISION 2
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Notre Dame (H) 6, Middleboro 2
Plymouth South 5, Wakefield 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Bedford 13, Woburn 0 (5i)
Dartmouth 7, Hopkinton 2
Marblehead 4, Mansfield 1
Reading 17, East Longmeadow 5
Shepherd Hill 7, Malden Catholic 4
Silver Lake 12, Minnechaug 0 (6i)
Somerset Berkley 12, Burlington 0
Tewksbury 13, Marlboro 0
Walpole 3, Doherty 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Leominster 3, Bay Path 0
Nashoba 2, Billerica 1
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Hingham 12, Westwood 2
Milton 3, Milford 1
Westfield 12, Agawam 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Dartmouth at Tewksbury, 4
Hingham at Silver Lake, 4
Plymouth South at Bedford, 4
Reading at Somerset Berkley, 4:15
Shepherd Hill at Walpole, 5
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Marblehead at Nashoba, 4
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Milton vs. Notre Dame (Hingham)
Westfield vs. Leominster
DIVISION 3
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Foxboro 6, Danvers 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Essex Tech 3, Newburyport 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Dighton-Rehoboth 13, Notre Dame (W) 0
Lowell Catholic 2, Pentucket 1
St. Mary’s 11, Tri-County 0
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Apponequet 4, Medfield 1
Archbishop Williams 12, Hanover 0 (5i)
Arlington Catholic 8, Dedham 3
Nipmuc 6, Medway 2
Norton 5, Blackstone Valley 0
Gloucester 7, Wilmington 2
Greater New Bedford 11, Seekonk 9
Hudson 4, Norwell 2
Pembroke 3, Greater Lowell 1
Triton 10, Oakmont 0
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Cardinal Spellman at North Reading, 4:30
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Foxboro at Dighton-Rehoboth, 3:45
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Nipmuc at St. Mary’s, 4 (Breed)
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Apponequet vs. Gloucester
Cardinal Spellman/North Reading vs. Essex Tech
Arlington Catholic vs. Lowell Catholic
Hudson vs. Pembroke
Norton vs. Archbishop Williams
Greater New Bedford vs. Triton
DIVISION 4
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Easthampton 3, Oxford 1
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Amesbury 3, St. Bernard’s 0
Lunenburg 5, Bourne 3
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Case 22, West Bridgewater 0 (5i)
Frontier 7, Monument Mountain 2
Hampshire 11, Wahconah 0
Tyngsboro 14, Bellingham 1
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Abington 11, Minuteman 1
East Bridgewater 13, Monomoy 1
Millbury 6, Lynnfield 5
Pittsfield 15, Hamilton-Wenham 0
Uxbridge 11, Manchester-Essex 0
FIRST ROUND – Monday
AMSA 12, Rockland 0 (5i)
Clinton 9, Ayer Shirley 8 (8i)
Northbridge 9, Littleton 8
South Hadley 3, Cohasset 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Northbridge at Case, 4
Lunenburg at Abington, 4
Millbury at Tyngsboro, 4
Easthampton at Pittsfield, 4:30
East Bridgewater vs. Uxbridge, 6:30 (Whitin School)
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
South Hadley at Amesbury, 4
Ayer Shirley at Hampshire, 5
SECOND ROUND – TBA
AMSA vs. Frontier Regional
DIVISION 5
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Drury 12, Granby 0
Norfolk Aggie 19, Mt. Greylock 17
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Monson 7, Hopkins Academy 3
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Franklin Tech 17, Rockport 1
Hopedale 12, Pathfinder 0
Lenox 9, Hoosac Valley 3
Maynard 12, Mohawk Trail 0
Millis 7, Mt. Everett 0
Wareham 15, McCann 11
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Georgetown 8, Gateway 6
Greenfield 13, Murdock 0
Lee 7, Springfield International 1
Narragansett 8, Westfield Tech 0
Tahanto 8, Mystic Valley 1
Turners Falls 11, Notre Dame 0
West Boylston 6, Westport 5
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Millis vs. Hopedale, 4 (Mellen)
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Georgetown vs. Wareham, 4
Maynard vs. Tahanto, 4
Lee vs. West Boylston, 4
Narragansett vs. Drury, 4
Turners Falls vs. Norfolk Aggie, 4:30
Lenox at Franklin Tech, 5
Greenfield vs. Monson, 6
BOYS TENNIS
DIVISION 1
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Acton-Boxboro 4, Wellesley 1
BC High 3, Winchester 2
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Belmont at St. John’s Prep, 4
Shrewsbury vs. Brookline, 4 (Waldstein)
Cambridge at Lexington, 4:15
Arlington at Newton North, 4:30
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
St. John’s (S) vs. Westford Academy, 3:30 (Robinson)
Andover at Concord-Carlisle, 4:30
DIVISION 2
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Burlington 5, Walpole 0
Duxbury 5, North Quincy 0
Hopkinton 3, Marblehead 2
Wayland 5, Scituate 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Northampton at Mansfield, 4
Dartmouth at Westborough, 4:30
Hingham at Longmeadow, 4:30
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Somerset Berkley at Sharon, 3:30
DIVISION 3
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Gloucester 3, Wakefield 2
Martha’s Vineyard 5, Latin Academy 0
Medway 3, Medfield 2
Swampscott 3, Wilmington 2
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
North Reading vs. Bedford, 3:30 (Wedgewood TC)
Old Rochester at Weston, 4
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Apponequet at Somerset Berkley, 5
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Newburyport at Dover-Sherborn
DIVISION 4
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Bromfield 3, Sutton 0
Cohasset 5, Sturgis West 0
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Monomoy 0
PV Chinese Immersion 4, Nantucket 1
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Lee vs. Fairhaven, 2 (Hastings MS)
Leicester at Lynnfield, 3
Manchester-Essex vs. Ipswich, 4 (Endicott)
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Mystic Valley at Lenox, 4
GIRLS TENNIS
DIVISION 1
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Lexington 5, Needham 0
Lincoln-Sudbury 4, Concord-Carlisle 1
Wellesley 5, Plymouth North 0
Westford Academy 4, Brookline 1
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Bishop Feehan at Acton-Boxboro, 4
Belmont vs. Winchester, 4 (Spy Pond Courts)
Newton North vs. Boston Latin, 4 (Carter)
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Andover at Newton South, 4:30
DIVISION 2
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Sharon 3, Masconomet 2
Westborough 3, Ursuline Academy 2
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Minnechaug at Wayland, 2
Bishop Stang at Notre Dame (Hingham), 4
Marblehead at Longmeadow, 4
North Attleboro at Hingham, 4
Scituate vs. Duxbury, 4 (Steele AC)
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Holliston vs. Milton (Kelly Courts), 3:30
DIVISION 3
SECOND ROUND – Sunday
St. John Paul 5, Latin Academy 0
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Weston 5, Fairhaven 0
Wilmington 4, Hanover 1
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Norwell at Dover-Sherborn, 3:30
Danvers at Old Rochester, 4
North Reading vs. Newburyport, 4 (Pentucket)
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Belchertown vs. Watertown, 3 (Victory Field)
Apponequet at Pembroke, 4
DIVISION 4
SECOND ROUND – Monday
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Millis 0
Manchester-Essex 5, Quabbin 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Nantucket at Ipswich, 2
Monomoy at Lenox, 3:30
Mt. Greylock vs. Hopedale, 4 (Milford)
Quaboag at Bromfield, 4
Leicester at Lynnfield, 4:30
Sutton vs. Cohasset, 4:30 (Cronin Courts)
VOLLEYBALL
DIVISION 1
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Acton-Boxboro 3, St. John’s Prep 0
Brookline 3, Woburn 0
Chelmsford 3, St. John’s (S) 0
Lincoln-Sudbury 3, Braintree 0
Lowell 3, North Andover 1
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Andover 3, North Quincy 0
Cambridge 3, Boston Latin 0
Lexington 3, Wellesley 0
Milford 3, Newton South 0
New Bedford 3, Barnstable 1
Winchester 3, Malden 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
BC High 3, Durfee 0
Methuen 3, Greater New Bedford 0
Needham 3, Weymouth 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Newton North 3, Revere 0
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Natick 3, Springfield Central 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Chelmsford at Methuen, 5
Lexington at Winchester, 5
Lincoln-Sudbury at Milford, 6
Lowell at Brookline, 6
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Acton-Boxboro at Newton North, 4:30
Andover at Needham, 5
New Bedford at BC High, 5
Cambridge at Natick, 6
DIVISION 2
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Ludlow 3, O’Bryant 0
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Chelsea 3, Granby 0
Chicopee Comp. 3, Greater Lowell 0
Keefe Tech 3, Bellingham 0
Latin Academy 3, Milton 0
Longmeadow 3, Greater Lawrence 0
Medfield 3, Ware 0
Minnechaug 3, Dighton-Rehoboth 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Agawam 3, East Longmeadow 0
Doherty 3, Lynn Tech 0
Lynn Classical 3, Fitchburg 2
North Middlesex 3, Billerica 0
Wayland 3, HS Science and Tech 0
West Springfield 3, Holyoke 0
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Westfield 3, Randolph 0
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Burlington at Marlboro, 5
SECOND ROUND – Monday
North Middlesex 3, Minnechaug 0
Wayland 3, Lynn Classical 0
SECOND ROUND – Tuesday
Chelsea at Agawam, 6:30
SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
Chicopee Comp. at Latin Academy, 4:30
Keefe Tech at Medfield, 5
Doherty at West Springfield, 5:30
Westfield vs. Ludlow, 5:30
SECOND ROUND – TBA
Burlington/Marlboro vs. Longmeadow
Boston, MA
Monster effort from Neemias Queta helps pave the way for Celtics in win over 76ers – The Boston Globe
Queta has been a revelation for the Celtics this season and helped them improbably surge into second place in the Eastern Conference. But it is unlikely he or his team envisioned nights like Sunday, when he crafted the best game of his career to propel Boston to a 114-98 win over the 76ers at TD Garden, its 11th in 13 games.
The 26-year-old center finished with 27 points and 17 rebounds and received ‘MVP’ chants several times in the fourth quarter.
“I thought he’s had great ownership and responsibility to what it calls for to be a starting center for the Celtics, and he’s got to continue to get better,” Mazzulla said. “He works at it. He cares. So, it’s a credit to him.”
The Celtics, who entered the night averaging 17.1 second-chance points per game, poured in 30 Sunday, with Queta leading the charge. With 76ers center Andre Drummond often playing up and trying to congest the lanes for Boston’s talented ballhandlers, Queta forcefully and quickly found space around the rim.
“We just gave him the ball and trusted him to make the right decision every time, and he was able to get it going,” forward Jaylen Brown said. “He had some nice up-and-unders in the seam and stuff like that that helped propel us to a win.”
Brown added 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists for Boston.
Tyrese Maxey had 33 points to lead the 76ers, but they did not come easily. The All-Star guard played 43 minutes and made just 12 of 34 shots. Philadelphia was without star center Joel Embiid (oblique).
“He didn’t have a ton of layups, didn’t have a ton of free throws,” Mazzulla said of Maxey. “I thought he obviously missed some good shots, but when you have the ball as much as he did, I thought we did a really good job just being disciplined, defending without fouling, keeping him out of transition.”
The Celtics improved to 40-20, with just 22 games remaining in the regular season. After the game, there was a visible reminder of what could be on the way.
Star forward Jayson Tatum, who could be nearing a return from last May’s Achilles injury, sat at his locker and laughed and joked with team staffers. He also posted the latest clip from the NBC docuseries about his comeback on his social media accounts.
For now, of course, the Celtics continue to plow forward without him. On Sunday, Boston quickly wiped away an early 10-point deficit behind Queta. He registered five offensive rebounds in the opening period, and flashed an unusual amount of offensive creativity during his dominant second quarter.
During one stretch, he danced through the lane for a basket, converted a putback, then dazzled the crowd by trailing a fast break, taking a pass from Brown, and converting an acrobatic scoop shot that gave Boston a 40-35 lead.
“We don’t want him to get too carried away with some of those,” Brown said, smiling. “But he was converting them tonight and it looked good.”
Queta reminded everyone that much of his value comes from his defensive work when he swatted a Kelly Oubre Jr. shot out of bounds, and he received a rare standing ovation when he checked out moments later.
Finally, after a well-executed two-for-one opportunity, Brown found Baylor Scheierman, who played with a splint on his broken left thumb, in the right corner; he hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that gave Boston a 62-50 lead at the break. Scheierman gave a high thumbs-up with his bandaged digit.
The Celtics led by 16 early in the third quarter, but the 76ers continued to push back. Three-pointers in the final minute by Quentin Grimes and Maxey made it 89-83 at the start of the fourth.
The 76ers trailed by 6 with four minutes left in the fourth quarter but missed their next five shots, any one of which could have put real pressure on Boston.
With 2:56 left, Queta converted a layup as he was fouled, stretching the lead back to 105-97. He received ‘MVP’ chants for the second time in the quarter when he went to the foul line. Then, with 1:56 left, he put an exclamation point on his memorable night by grabbing yet another offensive rebound and throwing down a two-handed dunk that made it 109-98.
“I thought Neemi matched and exceeded the [76ers] physicality,” Mazzulla said.
Adam Himmelsbach can be reached at adam.himmelsbach@globe.com. Follow him @adamhimmelsbach.
Boston, MA
Bruins Believe They ‘Didn’t Do Enough’ In Loss To Flyers | NESN
The Boston Bruins suffered a 3-1 road loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Boston entered the game in points in eight-straight games, as the Bruins are competing for a playoff spot. However, Boston’s offense struggled on Saturday, as the Bruins scored just once on Dan Vladar, and head coach Marco Sturm felt like the team didn’t do enough to create more scoring chances.
“(Vladar) played really good, he kind of made those saves he needed to,” Sturm said as seen on NESN’s postgame coverage on Saturday. “We just didn’t do enough of a good job being around him or being front of him.”
Although Sturm didn’t like Boston’s play, Vladar still made some key stops when the game was close.
Bruins forward Morgan Geekie had multiple chances and was frustrated that he couldn’t score on any of them.
“Just one of those nights,” Geekie said. “Their goalie played well. Couldn’t quite put it in the spot I wanted to a couple times and Dan made a couple great plays.”
Boston’s lone goal came from Charlie McAvoy, while Jeremy Swayman made 14 saves on 16 shots, as Philadelphia added an empty-netter to secure the win.
With the loss, the Bruins fell to 33-21-5 and are holding onto the final Wild Card spot. Boston will return to the ice at home on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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MLB notes: New Red Sox pitching directors looking to keep pipeline flowing
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Over the past few years the Red Sox pitching program has been completely transformed.
Since Craig Breslow took over as chief baseball officer, the Red Sox have gone from one of the worst organizations at developing young pitchers to one of the best, and now the club is overflowing with talented arms who are already making their mark in the majors.
That hasn’t gone unnoticed, and this past offseason one of the people most responsible for executing the club’s turnaround — former director of pitching Justin Willard — was hired away by the New York Mets to be their new major league pitching coach.
Now the Red Sox are handing the baton to two others, who they hope can keep the train rolling and ensure the club’s pitching pipeline keeps flowing.
This winter the Red Sox promoted Ben Buck to succeed Willard as the club’s director of pitching while also hiring away Quinn Cleary from the Seattle Mariners to serve as his No. 2. The two have already begun working to make their mark on the organization, though both emphasized that the Red Sox already have a solid foundation in place and that they plan to continue emphasizing Willard’s core tenet of “throwing nasty stuff in the zone.”
“That is the mantra,” Buck said. “Because it is simple to say, our guys remember it, and you can branch off from each one of those words and they become very complex.”
“It’s a perfect one sentence one-liner that really sums up the two big components of being a successful pitcher in the majors,” Cleary said.
Buck earned his promotion after just one year with the organization, joining the Red Sox as a pitching coordinator following the 2024 season after previously serving in a similar role with the New York Yankees. Upon coming to Boston, Buck worked closely with many of the Red Sox’s top pitching prospects, including Payton Tolle, one of the club’s biggest recent minor league success stories who rose from High-A to the majors in just his first year of professional baseball.
“The first time that I talked to him or heard him talk about pitching, I was a lot dumber then (than I am now),” Tolle said of Buck. “He’s one of the smartest guys that I’ve ever been around in the baseball world so to now have him as the head of development, it’s huge.”
Another Red Sox pitcher who Buck has worked with is Garrett Whitlock, serving as the future Red Sox right-hander’s pitching coach during his rookie ball days as a Yankees farmhand.
“I think he’s going to be great for the organization,” Whitlock said. “He’s a very good pitching mind. He’s going to bring a lot of wisdom to the table when it comes to the movement side of things, the preparation, how to build up arms, that kind of thing. He’s very, very good at that.”
Before making the jump to the professional coaching ranks, Buck spent 15 years as a college coach after playing collegiately at Lamar Community College in Colorado and at the University of Utah. He also played a year of independent baseball before spending two years away from the sport working in a poker room, first as a dealer and then as the boss.
That job prepared him for coaching in ways you wouldn’t expect.
“There are a lot of skills that I learned from poker and from running a poker room that I still use to this day,” Buck said. “We had a VIP list of something like 280 VIPs, so attributing people’s names to their faces and not forgetting. Dealing with conflict, like for them this is higher stakes, it’s win or lose money. In some regards (baseball is) win or lose money. They’re putting themselves on the line thinking in bets. What are you willing to risk? What is not worth the risk? And how aggressive are you? How unaggressive are you? All these are transferable skills to life and this job.”
Cleary’s journey to the Red Sox is equally fascinating.
Just 26 years old, Cleary is only a few years removed from his college playing days at Yale. He has quickly risen through the front office ranks since, first interning at Cressey Sports Performance before landing with the Philadelphia Phillies and then the Mariners, with whom he served as pitching coordinator.
This past offseason the Red Sox hired him as their new assistant director of pitching and head pitching strategist, specifically requesting permission from the Mariners to interview him.
“What a great hire,” Buck said. “Sharp mind, huge feel, I can’t imagine being as young as he is, as smart as he is, with as much feel as he has.”
How has he done it at such a young age?
“I think a combination of being in the right place at the right time,” Cleary said. “I’ve been able to learn from a lot of really good people at all the stops I’ve been at. I hope to continue to do that here.”
Cleary also has a fascinating family history. His grandfather, Bill Cleary, was a member of the gold medal-winning 1960 U.S. Olympic hockey team and was the longtime men’s hockey coach and athletic director at Harvard. His parents were both Harvard athletes too, and his three brothers all attended Harvard as well.
Naturally, Cleary going to rival Yale was a bit of a departure from the family tradition.
“I am like truly the black sheep of my family,” Cleary said. “We joke that I sit at a different table at Thanksgiving but other than that it’s not too bad.”
Cleary described his new role as a hybrid front office and coaching/player development role that helps with both the majors league and minor leagues. He will also be among those assisting injured big leaguers with their rehab process, and he said he hopes to add value wherever he can.
Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey said Buck and Cleary have both been great to work with so far.
“It’s been fantastic, the communication lines are really solid,” Bailey said. “A lot of bright ideas and thoughts and visions, and what’s really good is the open-mindedness and the ability to listen and take in information and what’s worked and what hasn’t worked.”
With three pitchers ranked inside Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list and a huge crop of young arms coming up from the past two years’ pitcher-heavy draft classes, Buck and Cleary find themselves in a much different situation than the one Breslow and Willard inherited after the 2023 season. They said a lot of smart people put in a lot of work to help get the club’s pitching program on the right track, and they hope to build on that progress in the months and years to come.
“Justin did such an amazing job when he was here of laying this unbelievable foundation, things are really going in a real good direction and our job is to search for the one percents and two percents to keep improving,” Buck said. “It’s less about change and more about continuing on the path where evolution can happen.”

Bello’s big homecoming
Years from now Brayan Bello probably won’t remember his first two starts of spring training, but you can be sure he’ll never forget his next one.
This Wednesday the Red Sox right-hander will take the mound for Team Dominican Republic in a pre-World Baseball Classic exhibition against the Detroit Tigers at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo. Bello has never pitched at the historic stadium before, and getting to pitch there will mark a special homecoming for the 26-year-old.
“It’s going to be my first time after I was a big leaguer that I’m getting to pitch in the Dominican Republic in front of my friends and family, in front of my home country,” Bello said Friday via interpreter Carlos Villoria Benítez. “For me it’s going to be very emotional, I’m very excited to be able to pitch there and I’m looking forward to it.”
A native of Samana, a town roughly two and a half hours away from the Dominican Republic’s capital city, Bello hopes to help pitch his country to its second World Baseball Classic title. The Dominican team previously won it all in 2013 and this year features All-Star standouts like Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr., among others.
Hometown kids coming up
Almost anyone who grows up playing baseball around New England dreams of one day playing for the Red Sox, and this spring several local standouts hope to take the next step in their journey towards making that dream a reality.
Shea Sprague and Jack Winnay, both recent draft picks by the Red Sox with Boston-area ties, are among the many minor leaguers populating the Fenway South complex this spring. Sprague, a BC High alum from Hanover who starred at the University of North Carolina, is entering his second full professional season after being selected as a 13th-round pick in 2024. Winnay, a Newton resident who starred at Belmont Hill and Wake Forest, is in his first spring training after going as a 13th-round pick himself last summer.
Brian Abraham, the Red Sox’s senior director of player development, said the organization is really excited about both, noting that the pair also played for the same travel ball club as his son, North East Baseball.
Sprague appeared in 22 games in his first pro season, earning a promotion from Low-A to High-A along the way and finishing with a 3.82 ERA in 96 2/3 innings, which was the eighth-highest innings total of any Red Sox minor leaguer.
“Really good pitchability,” Abraham said of the 23-year-old lefty. “Trying to increase his fastball velo, because he already has a good pitch mix and has a good way on the mound with his mix.”
Winnay debuted as a professional weeks after being drafted and made a strong first impression, batting .321 with a home run, three doubles and 11 RBI in only 15 games at Low-A Salem. The 22-year-old infielder will be a candidate to start this season at High-A, and Friday he was among a handful of minor leaguers who traveled up to North Port with the big league club.
“Jack has been playing mostly third but can play first, has really good power, moves well, really exciting I think,” Abraham said. “A lot of tools that we like and value.”
Burt signs with Tigers
North Andover’s Max Burt, a former St. John’s Prep and Northeastern University standout, signed with the Detroit Tigers as a minor league free agent this past week. The longtime New York Yankees minor leaguer spent his first eight professional seasons with the organization, playing the majority of that time at Double-A Somerset.
According to the Somerset Patriots, Burt departs as the team’s all-time franchise leader in hits (241), runs (179) and games played (361). The 29-year-old will now get a fresh start as he looks to make a push to the majors with a new organization.
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