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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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Charlotte plays Boston on 5-game win streak
Charlotte Hornets (31-31, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (41-20, second in the Eastern Conference)
Boston; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Celtics -6.5; over/under is 214.5
BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte is looking to keep its five-game win streak alive when the Hornets take on Boston.
The Celtics are 27-13 against Eastern Conference opponents. Boston is sixth in the NBA with 46.2 rebounds led by Nikola Vucevic averaging 8.8.
The Hornets are 19-21 in conference matchups. Charlotte is 7-8 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 15.0 turnovers per game.
The Celtics average 15.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.7 more made shots on average than the 12.8 per game the Hornets allow. The Hornets average 16.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.1 more made shots on average than the 13.9 per game the Celtics allow.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jaylen Brown is averaging 29 points, 7.1 rebounds and five assists for the Celtics. Payton Pritchard is averaging 17 points and 5.8 assists over the past 10 games.
Kon Knueppel is averaging 19.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the Hornets. Brandon Miller is averaging 22.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Celtics: 8-2, averaging 109.4 points, 50.7 rebounds, 27.1 assists, 6.1 steals and 6.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 98.5 points per game.
Hornets: 7-3, averaging 117.3 points, 47.8 rebounds, 27.4 assists, 8.5 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.2 points.
INJURIES: Celtics: Jayson Tatum: out (achilles), Neemias Queta: day to day (rest).
Hornets: Coby White: day to day (injury management).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Boston, MA
First Alert: Mix of snow and rain today, then looking ahead to warmer weather
Today is a First Alert weather day. A system to our south is pushing mix of snow and rain into southern New England through this evening and tonight.
For us here in Greater Boston, expect snow to continue spreading over our area through the afternoon/evening commute. In fact, parts our area could see up to 1 to 2 inches of snow accumulation before the sleet and rain move in.
Much of Greater Boston will likely see snow amounts on the lower end. Higher snow amounts are expected toward southern New Hampshire and along and north of outer Route 2. Also, some ice accumulations are possible, up to a tenth of an inch, creating a thin glaze here and there.
Dozens of schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts have already announced early dismissals as a result of the storm.
While this system won’t cripple our area, conditions could still create a mess on the roads during the evening commute through tonight. Be careful while driving. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for parts of our area through early Wednesday morning. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 30s today. Overnight lows will drop into the low 30s.
We’ll wake up to patchy fog Wednesday morning before the sun returns. High temperatures will be in the upper 40s. We’ll stay in the 40s on Thursday with increasing clouds. But by late Thursday night into Friday, wet weather returns. Some snow could mix with the rain into Friday morning. Highs will be in the upper 30s Friday.

Warmer weather is expected this weekend. Highs will be in the 50s Saturday and possibly near 60 on Sunday.
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Boston police officials dominate the list of highest-paid city workers in 2025 – The Boston Globe
That was more than what every other city department spent on overtime combined, though it was a slight drop from the $103 million the police department spent on overtime in 2024.
High overtime spending inside the police department has long been controversial and a source of frustration for police-reform advocates. Last year’s nine-figure total comes as Mayor Michelle Wu warns of a challenging budget season to come for the city, which is grappling with inflation and the possibility of more federal funding cuts.
In a December letter, Wu told the city council that she instructed city department heads to find ways to cut 2 percent of their budgets in the next fiscal year. She also imposed a delay on new hires. Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper has also proposed cutting somewhere between 300 and 400 positions next fiscal year due to budget constraints.
Overall, the city spent about $2.5 billion on employee salaries in 2025, up around 1.5 percent from $2.4 billion in 2024. The city employs roughly 21,000 workers, according to a public dashboard.
In a statement, Emma Pettit, a spokesperson for Wu’s office, attributed the payroll increase to raises, and in some cases, employees receiving retroactive pay, that were part of contracts the city negotiated with its various labor unions.
“We’re grateful to our city employees for their hard work to hold Boston to the highest standard for delivering city services,” Pettit said.
When Wu won her first mayoral race in November 2021, all of the city’s 44 union contracts had expired. Since then, Wu’s office has negotiated new agreements with all of them, and last year, agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the city’s largest police union.
But as the city heads back to the bargaining table to negotiate extensions or new contracts with others, city leaders should keep cost at the forefront of those conversations, said Steve Poftak, president of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, a business-backed budget watchdog group.
“As budgets tighten, I’m hopeful that it increases the scrutiny on these collective bargaining agreements,” Poftak said.
The top earner on the city’s payroll last year was Boston Police Captain Timothy Connolly. In addition to his $194,000 base salary, Connolly took home nearly $230,000 in overtime, about $26,000 in undefined “other pay,” and roughly $49,000 as part of a higher-education bonus, for a total of $498,145 in compensation.
Skipper, as BPS superintendent, was the 55th-highest earner among city workers, coming behind 54 members of the police department. She made a total of $378,000 in 2025.
Nearly 300 city employees made more than $300,000 last year. In contrast, Wu made $207,000, though her salary increased to $250,000 this year. More than 1,700 city employees made more than the mayor in 2025.
Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, argued that the high overtime costs in the police department are, in part, a result of understaffing.
The department is short roughly 400 rank-and-file police officers, Calderone said, meaning the department has to pay its staff to work overtime and fill vacant shifts. The average salary for an officer in the BPPA is roughly $195,000, Calderone said.
With several large events approaching, including a Boston-based fan fest around this summer’s World Cup matches and the return of a fleet of tall ships to Boston Harbor, Calderone said most of the members of his union are likely to be working the maximum allowable 90 hours a week.
“We just don’t have the bodies on the street,” he said.
The Boston Police Department and the Boston Police Superior Officers Federation — the union that represents the department’s sergeants, captains, and lieutenants — did not immediately return requests for comment Monday.
Jamarhl Crawford, an activist and former member of the Boston Police Reform Task Force, said while high spending on overtime is not new for the police department, it’s a pressing problem the city should tackle.
The police and fire departments are “essential components of the city and society in general … [and] folks should be getting a fair wage. But it also has to be within fiscal responsibility,” Crawford said.
“In another 10 years,” he continued, “with pensions and everything else, this type of thing can bankrupt the city.”
Niki Griswold can be reached at niki.griswold@globe.com. Follow her @nikigriswold. Yoohyun Jung can be reached at y.jung@globe.com.
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