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Sunday’s high school scores and highlights

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May 27, 2024

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Sunday’s high school scores and highlights

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

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Devers’ longest career HR wasted as Bello implodes in shortest career start

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June 26, 2024

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Devers’ longest career HR wasted as Bello implodes in shortest career start

On a night when Rafael Devers blasted the longest home run of his career and pulled within single digits of his 1,000th career hit, the story of the Red Sox should’ve been just that: their talented young slugger doing what he does best.

Instead, the story of Tuesday night’s game was this:

A struggling Brayan Bello made the shortest start of his career, three players made an error, and the Blue Jays snapped a seven-game losing streak by scoring seven runs in an inning and beating the Red Sox 9-4.

Early on, it had the makings of a beautiful summer night at Fenway Park. Almost exactly three hours after Alex Cora said, “It feels like he’s about to take off,” Devers did just that, homering to put the Red Sox on the board early for the second consecutive game. Torched 467 feet deep to right-center at 111.2 mph, it’s the farthest “Raffy Bomb” of the slugger’s entire career.

“That is havoc right there,” a mic’d-up Tanner Houck raved to the broadcast in real time.

The Red Sox scored another run when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. couldn’t nab Tyler O’Neill’s pop-up to shallow right – originally ruled a triple, later changed to an error on Guerrero – and Masataka Yoshida doubled to drive him in, increasing Boston’s lead to 2-0.

Almost immediately, however, the Red Sox were dealing with a far less enjoyable brand of havoc: After two 1-2-3 innings, Bello couldn’t make it out of the third. 10 Blue Jays batters came to the plate, and by the time a pitching change was announced, Boston’s 2-0 lead had become a 7-2 Toronto takeover.

The Red Sox starter opened the top of the third by giving up a double to Danny Jansen and a single to Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Kevin Kiermaier’s hit deflected off Enmanuel Valdez’s glove and into right field, getting the Blue Jays on the board. Abreu threw wildly to third, the ball soaring far and high above Devers. The rookie outfielder was charged with an error, the tying run scored, and after a brief meeting of the umpires, Kiermaier stood on third with no outs.

When Bello followed with a walk to leadoff man Bo Bichette, Andrew Bailey paid him a visit on the mound. Bello then proceeded to walk Spencer Horwitz to load the bases – still without an out – for Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

The slugger would’ve had a homer in 21 other ballparks, but at Fenway, he had a double, which clanked around the centerfield triangle long enough to score two. Justin Turner’s groundout plated another run, and George Springer’s home run to the Boston bullpen made it seven.

Finally, Cora called for Greg Weissert, who came in and got the remaining two outs. All told, Bello lasted 2.1 innings, the shortest start of his career. He allowed a season-high seven earned runs – the most the Red Sox have allowed in a single inning since April 13, 2023 – on five hits, walked three, and struck out two. He threw 52 pitches, 29 for strikes. His changeup was flat, and the Blue Jays hit it hard.

“I obviously didn’t want to come out of the game. I wanted to compete, I was kind of surprised when they took me out,” Bello said (via translator Daveson Perez). “But hopefully, moving forward I don’t have a terrible outing like the one I just had.”

Tuesday was the latest in a concerning line of high-traffic performances by the young right-hander, who hasn’t been the same since returning from the injured list on May 12. Bello went at least five innings and issued two walks or fewer in each of his first five starts of the season, and allowed no more than two earned runs in four of them. In nine starts since the IL, however, he’s failed to complete five innings four times, and allowed at least two earned runs in each game, and at least three in seven of them.

“Honestly no,” Cora answered when asked if he could pinpoint the reason for Bello’s control issues.

“My mindset is good, mechanics are good. I can’t – I don’t really know what’s going on right now,” Bello said. “But I do know that I’m working with (Andrew Bailey) about attacking the zone, doing what I’m supposed to do. And there’s still a lot of season left for me. I know it hasn’t been great to this point, but I know what I’m capable of and I know what I can do.”

Lately, the Red Sox have been the comeback kids. In their first 65 games, they never won when trailing after seven innings, but entering Tuesday, they’d completed four such comebacks in their last 14 contests, including Monday night. Unfortunately, the largest deficit they’ve overcome this season is four runs; they were already down five when Josh Winckowski took over in the fourth and gave up another two (both earned).

Gausman’s start was eerily similar to his previous start, against the Red Sox in Toronto; after allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits, walking three, striking out four, and giving up two homers in 5.2 innings on June 19, he went six innings on Tuesday night. He gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits, including two home runs, issued one walk, and struck out five.

In the Blue Jays starter’s final inning, it seemed like the Red Sox might recreate Monday night’s comeback magic. Devers led off with a 426-foot double to the yellow 420-marker, the deepest part of center field. It might have clanged off the railing and into the stands above the Boston bullpen for his second homer of the night, but the fan seated at the end of the row reached out and made contact, and the ball deflected back onto the warning track.

Thus, Devers stood on second with a fan-interference two-bagger. Gausman wouldn’t be so lucky with O’Neill, who clobbered a first-pitch sinker to 448 feet to the left corner of the Green Monster seats for a two-run homer, his 16th of the year. It would be the last of Boston’s five hits.

Winckowski settled in after the fourth and held the Blue Jays scoreless for the remainder of the game, giving his teammates ample time to chip away. By the top of the ninth, it became a career night for him, too: his seventh strikeout – Guerrero swinging – set a new personal best.

“We gotta throw more strikes, that’s the most important thing,” Cora said of Bello. “Regardless of the results, we have to be more aggressive in the zone. He was 3-1 to Vladdy, right? So I think that summarizes his outing, we gotta throw more strikes.”

“Winck was the opposite,” Cora continued. “He pounded the strike zone the whole night, and he gave us, he saved us today.”

The bottom of the ninth was a mirror image of the night before. Again, Jarren Duran was the last batter of the contest. But this time, there would be no glorious walk-off; the leadoff man struck out swinging for the club’s fourth 1-2-3 inning, the end of his 14-game hitting streak, and the loss.

It wasn’t the only streak to die on Tuesday night. Tied after two games, this will be the first Red Sox-Blue Jays series not to end in a sweep after eight consecutive sweeps since 2022.

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Boston City Council lacks consensus for straight budget override of mayor’s veto setting up a complicated vote

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Boston City Council lacks consensus for straight budget override of mayor’s veto setting up a complicated vote

The Boston City Council appears to be headed toward a complicated final budget vote Wednesday after failing to achieve the required two-thirds consensus for a straight override of a mayoral veto that fully restored the body’s public safety cuts.

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Mobile beer garden series kicks off in South Boston – The Boston Globe

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June 25, 2024

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Mobile beer garden series kicks off in South Boston – The Boston Globe

Seven Boston parks will get an infusion of local beer, food, music, and art this summer in a mobile beer garden series starting in South Boston this week.

Hyde Park’s Roundhead Brewing Co. is partnering with Fresh Food Generation, a farm-to-plate Caribbean American restaurant and food truck in Dorchester, on the beer gardens. It’s a series they’re calling “Alianza,” or alliance, speaking to Roundhead cofounder Craig Panzer’s desire to unite folks from different Boston neighborhoods. As BIPOC business owners in the city, Panzer and Fresh Food Generation CEO Cassandria Campbell do more than talk about representing all Bostonians.

“Roundhead is all about building community, and we are darn proud of our place and neighborhood in Hyde Park,” says Panzer. “The mobile beer garden is the perfect opportunity for us to continue doing what we’re doing.”

The rotating beer gardens are structured as follows: At each location, Alianza will operate from Wednesday to Sunday for two consecutive weeks, before traveling to the next neighborhood park. The South Boston beer garden opened June 19 and operates Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from noon to 9 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

Those unfamiliar with Roundhead’s beer offerings should expect brews inspired by the founders’ Peruvian heritage, including a cherry rosemary saison and a Peruvian red ale brewed with purple corn.Courtesy of Roundhead Brewing

Fresh Food Generation’s Campbell says that “every two weeks, not only will the location change, but we will be featuring a new menu item in honor of each neighborhood.” The company’s typical dishes combine New England ingredients with Caribbean flavors for mains like jerk chicken and sides like Haitian beet salad. Campbell says that in addition to food and beer, each beer garden will reserve space for local artists and musicians.

“Roundhead is designed as the smallest brewery in Boston for a reason — so we can constantly rotate in fresh batches, and new recipes,” says Panzer.

Introducing craft beer to groups who might not have been familiar with it before has been rewarding, says Panzer.

“People who come to Roundhead in Hyde Park are curious,” he says. “That’s what happens when you intentionally bring different cultures to the customer’s brewery experience.”

The seven beer garden locations were chosen by the city. Future beer garden neighborhood locations, in order, are in the Fenway, East Boston, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, and Brighton. For more details, go to roundheadbrewing.com/alianza-park-series.

Gary Dzen can be reached at gary.dzen@globe.com.Follow him @garydzen.

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