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ROUNDUP
TENNIS
Form held in the USTA High School State Boys Tennis Championships as the top four seeds advanced to Monday’s semifinals. Top-seed Lochlan Seth of Newton North defeated Dillon Denny-Brown of Bedford and eighth-seeded Max Ding of Weston, conceding just three games in the two wins. Seth will face third-seeded Tim Vargas of Duxbury, who beat Charles Schepens of Swampscott and sixth-seeded Declan Power of Concord-Carlisle in straight sets.
On the other side of the bracket, No. 4 Connor Liona of Westford Academy easily handled Winston Chan of Brookline and Jay Raj of Melrose in two sets. He will meet second-seeded John Dickens of Milton, who survived a 10-8 super tiebreaker against No. 14 Lachlan McCaghren of Lincoln-Sudbury to reach the quarterfinals, where he had an easier time with fifth-seeded John DeAngelis of St. John’s Prep, 6-4, 6-1.
On the girls side, No. 1 Kyra McCandless of Lexington defeated a pair of seeded players, including her sister Mia, to advance to the semifinals. She will face Grace Zhang of Natick who survived a 10-8 third-set super tiebreaker against Suzanne Pogorelec of Winsor in the Round of 16. In the bottom half of the draw, No. 4 Maya Muhunthan of Acton-Boxboro and second-seeded Bella Gopen of Wellesley each won a pair of matches to advance to Monday’s semifinal.
BASEBALL
Greyson Baldizar went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs as Seekonk edged Somerset Berkley 4-3 in the South Coast Conference.
Tyler Nelson earned his sixth win of the season and EJ Lavalle drove in four runs as Arlington Catholic handled Cardinal Spellman 10-3 in the Catholic Central League.
William Shaheen and Christian Rosa each drove in a pair of runs as St. John’s Prep coasted to an 8-2 nonleague win over Central Catholic.
Brendan Loewen drove in four runs as Georgetown (19-2) won the Bert Spofford Tournament for the first time since 2009, defeating Newburyport, 10-8. The 19 wins this season is also a new school record. … Jack Zimmerman struck out 13 and Nate Cutone drove in a pair of runs as St. Mary’s captured the Mullins Tournament with a 10-4 win over Lynn English. … Ben Workman earned his fourth shutout of the season as Andover blanked Wakefield 10-0 in the finals of the Geanoulis Tournament.
SOFTBALL
Lizzy Bettencourt hit a pair of home runs as Peabody rolled to a 15-3 win over Masconomet in the Northeastern Conference.
Emma Penniman had a three-run homer in the first and picked up the win as Triton (16-4) defeated Wilmington 6-2 in a nonleague contest.
SCORES
BASEBALL
Arlington Catholic 10, Cardinal Spellman 3
Greater Lowell 10, Greater Lawrence 0
Medford 6, Newton South 5
New Bedford 7, Apponequet 1
St. John’s Prep 8, Central Catholic 2
Seekonk 4, Somerset Berkley 3
JIMMY GEANOULIS TOURNAMENT
Ch: Andover 10, Wakefield 0
MULLINS TOURNAMENT
Ch: St. Mary’s 10, Lynn English 4
SPOFFORD TOURNAMENT
Ch: Georgetown 10. Newburyport 8
GIRLS LACROSSE
Stoneham 17, Gloucester 5
SOFTBALL
Marshfield 14, Cohasset 0
Peabody 15, Masconomet 3
Triton 6, Wilmington 2
BOYS TENNIS
MIAA STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT
DIVISION 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Haverhill at Braintree, 4
Lynn English at Wachusett, 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Chelmsford at Central Catholic, 4
Durfee at Malden, 4
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Cambridge at Needham, 3:15
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Central Catholic at Wellesley, 4
Framingham at St. John’s, 4
Newton South at Shrewsbury, 4
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
North Andover vs. Westford, 3 (Robinson School)
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Attleboro at Arlington
Barnstable at BC High
Bishop Feehan at Andover
Boston Latin at Winchester
Braintree/Haverhill at Concord-Carlisle
Chelmsford/Catholic Memorial at St. John’s Prep
Franklin at Brookline
Lincoln-Sudbury at Acton-Boxboro
Malden/Durfee at Newton North
Wachusett/Lynn English at Lexington
Xaverian at Belmont
DIVISION 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Whitman-Hanson at Algonquin, 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Billerica vs. Somerville, 4:30 (Tufts)
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Worcester South at Walpole, 4:15
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Amherst-Pelham at Hingham, 4:30
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Masconomet vs. Scituate, 4 (Gates School)
Reading at Marblehead, 5
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Dartmouth at Milton
Grafton at North Quincy
Melrose at Mansfield
Minnechaug at Duxbury
North Attleboro at Burlington
Oliver Ames at Northampton
Plymouth North at Longmeadow
Plymouth South at Somerset Berkley
Shepherd Hill at Hopkinton
Somerville/Billerica at Sharon
Westwood at Wayland
Whitman-Hanson/Algonquin at Westborough
DIVISION 3
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Auburn at Watertown, 4
Groton-Dunstable at Pentucket, 4
Lowell Catholic at Maimonides, 4
Lynn Classical at Whitinsville Christian, 4
Norwell at Falmouth, 4
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Norton at Gloucester, 1
Medway at Pioneer Valley Christian, 4
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Dighton-Rehoboth vs. Medfield, 3 (Metacomet Park)
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Belchertown at Old Rochester
Cape Cod Academy at North Reading
Dedham at Newburyport
East Longmeadow at Wilmington
Falmouth/Norwell at Bedford
Foxboro at Pope Francis
Groton-Dunstable/Pentucket at Weston
Hanover at Dover-Sherborn
Latin Academy at Marlboro
Lowell Catholic/Maimonides at Martha’s Vineyard
Lynn Classical/Whitinsville Christian at Apponequet
Nauset at Wakefield
Watertown/Auburn at Swampscott
DIVISION 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Mashpee at Turners Falls, 4:30
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Monument Mountain at Sutton, 4
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Rockport vs. Monomoy, 3 (Brooks Park)
Hampden Charter at Ipswich, 3:30
Stoneham vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 4:30 (Pingree)
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Nantucket at Frontier, 1
West Bridgewater vs. PV Chinese, 3 (Hampshire)
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Mt. Greylock vs. Lenox, 4:30 (Lenox CC)
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Amesbury at Fairhaven
Hopedale at Bromfield
Leicester at Littleton
Mashpee/Turners Falls at Lynnfield
Mt. Everett at Lee
Quaboag at Cohasset
Seekonk at Sturgis West
Springfield International at Manchester-Essex
Westport at Mystic Valley
USTA High School State Tennis Championships at Wayland
Third Round
Lochlan Seth (Newton North) (1) def. Dillon Denny-Brown (Bedford), 6-1, 6-1
Max Ding (Weston) (8) def. Charlie Lankow (Cohasset), 6-3, 6-3
Tim Vargas (Duxbury) (3) def. Charles Schepens (Swampscott), 6-3. 6-0
Declan Power (Concord-Carlisle) (6) def. Krish Gupta (Shrewsbury), 6-2, 6-0
Jay Raj (Melrose) def. Jack Prokopis (St. John’s Prep), 7-5, 6-0
Connor Liona (Westford Academy) (4) def. Winston Chan (Brookline), 6-1, 6-2
John DeAngelis (St. John’s Prep) (5) def. Luke Free (St. John’s Prep) (12), 7-5, 6-2
John Dickens (Milton) (2) def. Lachlan McCaghren (Lincoln-Sudbury) (14), 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
Quarterfinals
Seth def. Ding, 6-0, 6-1
Vargas def. Power, 6-1, 6-2
Liona def. Raj, 6-1, 6-2
Dickens def. DeAngelis, 6-4, 6-1
GIRLS TENNIS
MIAA STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT
DIVISION 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Diman at Hopkinton, 4
Medford at Taunton, 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Bridgewater-Raynham at Cambridge, 4
Durfee at Franklin, 4
Everett at Central Catholic, 4
Haverhill at Natick, 4
King Philip vs. Wachusett, 4 (Marlboro)
Revere vs. Malden, 4 (Amerige Park)
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Thursday
Peabody at North Andover, 4
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Algonquin at Needham, 3:15
Shrewsbury at Bishop Feehan, 3:30
Waltham at Newton North, 3:45
Plymouth North at Arlington, 4
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Braintree at Andover, 4
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Beverly at Lincoln-Sudbury
Bridgewater-Raynham/Cambridge at Lexington
Central Catholic/Everett at Concord-Carlisle
Franklin/Durfee at Belmont
Hopkinton/Diman at Acton-Boxboro
Malden/Revere at Winchester
Methuen at Brookline
Natick/Haverhill at Newton South
North Andover/Peabody at Boston Latin
Taunton/Medford at Westford Academy
Wachusett/King Philip at Wellesley
DIVISION 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
West Springfield at East Longmeadow, 3
Shepherd Hill at Nashoba, 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Somerville at South, 2:30
Archbishop Williams vs. North Quincy, 4 (Bishop Field TC)
Chicopee Comp. at Walpole, 4
Leominster at Dartmouth, 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Thursday
Worcester North vs. Reading, 4 (Reading TC)
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Bedford vs. Scituate, 3 (Gates School)
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Melrose at Marblehead, 2:30
Wakefield at North Attleboro, 3:45
Amherst-Pelham at Sharon, 4
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Ludlow at Minnechaug, 5
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Dartmouth/Leominster at Duxbury
East Longmeadow/West Springfield at Notre Dame (Hingham)
Holliston at Burlington
Middleboro at Ursuline
Nashoba/Shepherd Hill at Masconomet
Northampton at Milton
North Quincy/Archbishop Williams at Westborough
Reading/North at Wayland
South/Somerville at Longmeadow
Walpole/Chicopee Comp. at Hingham
Westwood at Bishop Stang
DIVISION 3
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Tantasqua at Auburn, 2:30
Hudson at Triton, 4
Lowell Catholic at Foxboro, 4
Whitinsville Christian at Nauset, 4
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Tewksbury at Hanover, 3:25
Groton-Dunstable at Dennis-Yarmouth, 4
Martha’s Vineyard at Danvers, 4
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Fairhaven at Medfield, 2 (Metacomet Park)
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Apponequet at Cape Cod Academy
Auburn/Tantasqua at Pembroke
Falmouth at Norwell
Foxboro/Lowell Catholic at Weston
Medway at Old Rochester
Notre Dame (Worcester) at Dover-Sherborn
Pentucket at Belchertown
St. Mary’s (Westfield) at Watertown
Swampscott at Latin Academy
Triton/Hudson at Wilmington
Wareham at North Reading
Whitinsville Christian/Nauset at Newburyport
DIVISION 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Mohawk Trail at Case, 4
Greenfield at Winthrop, 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Thursday
Hamden East at PV Chinese Immersion, 3
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Abington at Lenox, 2:30
Leicester at Palmer, 3:30
Mashpee vs. Millis, 4 (Medway)
Randolph vs. Quabbin, 4 (Gardner)
Rockport vs. Monomoy, 5:30 (Brooks Park)
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
AMSA at Sutton, 3:30
Bourne at Ipswich, 4
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Hamden East/PVCI vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 4:30 (Pingree)
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Amesbury at Cohasset
South Hadley at Hopedale
Lee at Mt. Greylock
Tyngsboro at Nantucket
Case/Mohawk Trail at Manchester-Essex
Winthrop/Greenfield at Lynnfield
Sturgis East at Quabbin
Clinton at Bromfield
USTA High School State Tennis Championships at Wayland
Third Round
Kyra McCandless (Lexington) (1) def. Kiera Delima (Framingham) (12), 6-1, 6-3
Mia McCandless (Lexington) (10) def. Halina Nguyen (Boston Latin) (7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
Suzanne Pogorelec (Winsor) (3) def. Olivia Gilbert (Marshfield) (14), 6-4, 6-4
Grace Zhang (Natick) (8) def. Kimberly Tai (Wellesley) (9), 6-3, 6-2
Julia Bae (Chestnut Hill) (6) def. Ananya Rao (Acton-Boxboro), 6-3, 6-2.
Maya Muhunthan (Acton-Boxboro) (4) def. Vanessa Vu (Boston Latin) (11), 6-3, 7-5
Phoebe Xiaoyao Jiang (Lexington) (5) def. Nicole Makarewicz (Pembroke) (15), 6-1, 6-2
Bella Gopen (Wellesley) (2) def. Emma Jani (Hamilton-Wenham) (13), 6-3, 6-1
Quarterfinals
K. McCandless def. M. McCandless, 6-1, 6-0
Zhang def. Pogorelec, 1-6, 6-4, 10-8
Muhunthan def. Bae, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1
Gopen def. Jiang, 6-2, 7-5
A Boston man was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Caryn Bonner on Tuesday, more than 25 years after the 34-year-old was found stabbed to death in her Dorchester apartment.
After remaining an unsolved case for decades, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office connected 54-year-old convicted murderer Cornell Bell to Bonner’s killing through DNA evidence, the district attorney’s office said in a Wednesday press release.
Bell pleaded not guilty to the murder charge during his arraignment in Suffolk County Superior Court on Tuesday.
“We never consider a homicide case unsolvable, no matter how much time has elapsed,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in the release.
Bonner’s sister found her body in the kitchen of Bonner’s apartment at 467 Columbia Road on May 19, 1999, the district attorney’s office said. At the time, Bonner’s sister hadn’t heard from her in several days and was checking up on her.
For a time, Bell was on the run from police. He was added to Massachusetts State Police’s Most Wanted List after being charged with the murder of his estranged girlfriend, Michele Clarke.
Clarke was killed in Weymouth on Aug. 19, 2017. After harassing Clarke at work, Bell went to her home and waited for her to return, according to State Police. A fatal confrontation ensued when she got home. Bell then fled in her truck, which was recovered in Florida days later.
A Norfolk County jury found Bell guilty of murdering Clarke in July 2022, the district attorney’s office said. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and is currently serving out his sentence.
After Bell was convicted, his DNA profile was entered into the FBI’s national DNA database, the district attorney’s office said. As a result, investigators discovered that his profile matched DNA recovered from a cigarette butt found in Bonner’s apartment.
Following the breakthrough in the case, investigators revisited other evidence in Bonner’s killing, the district attorney’s office said. They then linked one of Bell’s fingerprints to a latent fingerprint found in blood in Bonner’s apartment using crime scene photos.
The district attorney’s office did not speak to a potential motive in Bonner’s killing.
In the wake of Bonner’s death, her mother described her to The Boston Herald as a happy, kind-hearted person with many friends, whose favorite activity was watching sports on TV. Bonner’s neighbors told the newspaper she was known for running errands for older adults in her apartment building.
Bell is due back in court on Feb. 19.
Real Estate
He set out to own Manhattan.
Now he’s coming for Massachusetts.
Celebrity real estate broker/diehard Patriots fan Ryan Serhant is bringing it all back home.
SERHANT., (styled with a period), his real estate brokerage featured on Netflix’s “Owning Manhattan” is expanding to Massachusetts, with a Boston office and “more than 15 agents,” per his Jan. 14. announcement.
“It’s exciting for me to get back to my roots,” the “Million Dollar Listing” star — whose firm deals in million-dollar listings — said.
“Boston is the biggest little city in the world. It’s built on culture, built on the ethos of the original founders of the United States — this get-up-and-go attitude. That’s what I love so much about Boston. It’s in everybody’s blood to get up and go and make things happen.”
A noted workaholic with a get-up-and-go-attitude himself, Serhant spoke of his Boston launch from the back of his car in New York City — presumably with Yuriy the driver, who has his own fandom.
For the initiated, if there’s such a thing as a real estate celebrity, it’s Serhant.
He’s a house-blend of Wall Street and Broadway. A savvy businessman, with the big personality of TV show host — magnetic Andy Cohen it-factor with Bostonian dry humor and an “I can sell ice to a snowman” sales attitude that revs up employees.
Watching “Owning Manhattan,” they look like they’d follow their silver-haired leader into battle if he raised his heavily-braceleted wrist. The knight’s steed? Social media. He’s harnessed the power of Instagram — with some 3 million followers— and social platforms. He also studied theater.
Two years after earning his broker license, he landed on Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing,” then got his own Bravo spinoff shows.
In 2020, the author of three books founded SERHANT. He sells New York City apartments that look straight out of “Succession.” He repped Andy Cohen in the sale of his New York apartment, and Dave Portnoy’s Florida home.
Now that he’s “planted his flag” in Rhode Island andConnecticut, he’s expanding his empire back into what he considers his home state. “All my childhood memories” are here, he said. “My first date was at the Topsfield Fair.”
“When you walk to my office in New York City, the first thing you see is a Tom Brady autographed helmet. I have a football from the Falcons/Patriots Super Bowl signed, I have a lot of Patriots gear and jerseys,” he continued.
He took some time to chat about what the Boston office has in store:
You’re opening an office in Boston, but you’ll sell properties all over Massachusetts?
This is our 15th state. We’re starting in Boston with an office in Back Bay. We’re bringing our platform, our AI technology, ourapp, our brands, our production studio, our creative agency … It’s a big moment for us.
We’ll be selling all over Massachusetts. We have a lot of incredible listings that will come to market over the next couple days. They probably won’t be on the website site by Wednesday— the way licensure works, it takes a second. But I love Beacon Hill, the Seaport, South End, and all the neighboring suburbs, North Shore, South Shore. My little brother’s in Walpole. So I’m looking forward to painting Massachusetts SERHANT. blue.
You’re already in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Are you going to expand into other New England states?
They’re on the roadmap, yes.
We have some beautiful properties. We’re growing very fast in Rhode Island. A lot of those agents also have clients in Massachusetts, so Massachusetts makes a lot of sense for us.
Season 2 of “Owning Manhattan” just released on Netflix last month. Any chance we might be in Season three?
“Owning Boston”? Maybe. Depends on the properties. Every season so far, we’ve shown off a little bit outside of New York City. The show is predominantly based in Manhattan, obviously. But, last season we launched some beautiful properties in Miami, and the show came with us to South Florida. So we’ll have to see.
You said your parents moved, but you still have family here. Tell me a bit about your local roots.
I was born in Houston, we moved around a bit, then settled in Topsfield. I went to Proctor Elementary School in Topsfield, then Masconomet Regional for junior high and Pingree [in South Hamilton] for high school. I went to Hamilton College, a liberal arts school in upstate New York.
My dad worked at State Street. My [brothers work in finance]. I was the odd one out who got into real estate by way of theater.
So you learned to drive on Rt. 128?
Hilarious. My first real frustration [with driving] was the Big Dig. Remember the Big Dig?
Oh my gosh. That thing was endless, forever and ever. I mean, learning to drive on those roads is a thing. You go out to the Midwest where a lot of roads are straight, and you’re like, “These people have it way too easy. These roads were not carved by horses in any way, shape or form.”
And how did you get into real estate?
Real estate was never part of the plan. I went to school for theater and for English literature. When I graduated in 2006, my grandfather died and left $20,000 to each [grandkid.] That was the most money I’d ever seen. I was like, “I’m going to go to New York City, do Broadway — that money will last me 10 years.” It did not last me 10 years. It lasted me a lot less.
So I needed a job or I had to move home, which I didn’t want to do. And a friend of mine said “Sales is very similar to the skills you learn in theater. It’s listening to reply, listening to response, memorizing information, being a real human in front of people. Just get your real estate license.” So I did that in 2008.
What do you love about it?
I love that it’s a limitless career. The harder you work, the luckier you get. I love that every day is different. I love that you can be an inventor, a builder, a branded marketer, a negotiator, a therapist all at the same time. It personifies the American Dream.
How did you find your entertainment/celebrity/ real estate broker niche?
I got my real estate license in 2008, and after a year and a half, I went to an open-casting call for a reality show on Bravo, “Million Dollar Listing New York.” I was cast in 2010. We did that for a decade, and that was around the same time Instagram was invented. Instagram and Twitter and Facebook were a way to connect with those show fans, and clients. I was just able to build that profile.
I’m a businessman first, and I use social media and various forms of media to put out our message and our profile.
Will you be coming to Boston soon?
I was just there, actually. My little brother lives in Walpole. He and his wife just actually opened a gym in Walpole called Lifted Fitness, so I went to their opening, and went to one of their classes.
Interview has been lightly edited and condensed.
Lauren Daley is a freelance writer. She can be reached at [email protected] and @laurendaley1.
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CLEMSON, S.C. — Nick Davidson scored 21 straight points in the first half and finished with a season-high 25 as No. 22 Clemson beat Boston College, 74-50, on Tuesday night to remain undefeated in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Tigers (15-3, 5-0 ACC) won their eighth straight game, one day after reaching the Top 25 rankings for the first time this season.
Davidson, the Nevada transfer, accounted for all of Clemson’s scoring in a 21-9 run to turn a four-point deficit into a 32-24 lead.
Clemson started the second half on a 9-2 run. The Tigers were led by RJ Godfrey’s 5 points and extended their lead to double digits.
Davidson’s two foul shots with 9:50 to play extended Clemson’s lead to 21 points and Boston College (7-10, 0-4) failed to respond. The Tigers eventually led by 25 in the second half.
Davidson made 8 of 11 shots from the field, including four of Clemson’s eight 3-pointers. He finished a point shy of his career high, set against Sam Houston State in November 2024.
Fred Payne led BC with 20 points.
Godfrey and Carter Welling each had 10 points and eight rebounds for Clemson.
BC opened quickly, hitting five of its first eight shots for a 15-11 lead. That’s when Davidson went on his run in a 10-minute stretch in which he accounted for all of Clemson’s offense.
Jestin Porter, who scored 26 points in Clemson’s last outing in a win at Notre Dame, added a pair of 3-pointers down the stretch as the Tigers led 37-27 at the break.
The Eagles host Syracuse on Saturday.
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