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Tuesday’s high school scores and highlights
ROUNDUP
BASEBALL
Dylan Bausumer allowed just one hit over six innings of work, and Preston George, Evan Yakavonis, Tommy Crowley and Dan Joyce had two hits each as Whitman-Hanson (6-2) bested Pembroke 10-0 in Patriot League action. … Kevin O’Keefe hit a walkoff single and got the win on the mound, and RJ Thorpe finished 4-for-4 with two RBI for Silver Lake in a 6-5 victory over Hanover. … DC Brown was phenomenal on the mound (15 strikeouts, no-hitter) and at the plate (two home runs, three RBI, two runs) for Plymouth North (5-2) in a 6-0 win over Plymouth South.
Matty Taylor recorded 13 strikeouts and allowed four hits and one earned run over seven innings as Sandwich came back to beat Carver 5-4 in a South Shore League clash.
Billy Burris tossed a complete-game shutout, and Phil Lombardi, Matt Cooke and Cam Kingston had two hits each as Tewksbury (2-4) topped Methuen 9-0 in the Merrimack Valley Conference Small Division.
BOYS LACROSSE
Hunter Grafton scored seven goals and provided three assists as Abington defeated Rockland 14-7 in a South Shore League matchup.
Taylor Richardson struck for six goals and supplied three assists, while Alex Morin and Sean Willis finished with three goals and an assist each as St. John Paul II routed Falmouth Academy 16-3 in a Cape and Islands League contest.
John Droggitis’ first-quarter goal got the scoring started, and Jimmy Nardone netted three goals and dished an assist as St. John’s Prep (6-0) defeated St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 10-5 in the Catholic Conference.
Colin Willoe scored four goals and added two assists, while Tommy Farrell added three goals and three assists as North Andover (2-5) edged Central Catholic 10-9 in overtime in the Merrimack Valley Conference.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Charlise Cox (hat trick, three assists), Lexie Davos (hat trick, assist), Danielle Cox (two goals) and Jess Lee (two goals) paced the Norwell (4-2) offense in a 15-3 South Shore League win over Middleboro. … Kolbie and Kyla Darmon netted three goals and dished an assist each, while Quinn Anderson scored twice and supplied two assists and Avery Cobban had two goals as well for Sandwich (8-0) in a 16-3 win over Hull.
Avery Laundry, Coco Clopton and Cecilia Tripp scored three goals each as Swampscott rolled to a 15-2 win over Essex Tech.
Megan Doyle reached 400 career points for Weymouth in a 15-1 Bay State Conference win over Milton. … Callie Burchill scored five goals, while Norah Downey made nine saves as Braintree beat Needham, 10-8.
SOFTBALL
Jill Gesswell went 2-for-3 with three RBI, while Lily Grabowski and Maya Crawford finished 2-for-4 with an RBI each as South Shore Voke defeated Cape Cod Tech, 19-7.
Allyson Fagan struck out eight and gave up seven hits in a complete game for her first start, while Priya Bedard tripled, doubled and scored two runs as Medway (3-2) edged Dedham 3-2 in the Tri-Valley League.
Cam Cloonan (double, home run), Haleigh Kelly (two home runs) and Lucy Latour (home run) made noise at the plate, and Edy Latour struck out eight over seven innings pitched as Dighton-Rehoboth (7-1) downed Norton 9-4 in nonleague action.
SCORES
BASEBALL
Arlington 10, Stoneham 7
EMK 6, Boston Collegiate 4
Essex Tech 8, Amesbury 4
Excel 10, Madison Park 9
Georgetown 7, Lynnfield 6
Hamilton-Wenham 6, Newburyport 3
Hingham 9, Quincy 1
Lynn English 10, Malden 6
Marblehead 16, Danvers 1
Marshfield 5, Scituate 2
North Quincy 6, Duxbury 5
North Reading 12, Ipswich 6
Pentucket 4, Manchester Essex 0
Plymouth North 6, Plymouth South 0
Sandwich 5, Carver 4
Shawsheen 4, Dracut 0
Silver Lake 6, Hanover 5
Tech Boston 6, Brighton 5
Tewksbury 9, Methuen 0
Whitman-Hanson 10, Pembroke 0
GIRLS GOLF
Duxbury 6, Silver Lake 0
Hingham 8, Scituate 0
Wellesley 5, Bishop Feehan 1
BOYS LACROSSE
Abington 14, Rockland 7
AMSA 9, Tyngsboro 8
Attleboro 8, Stoughton 1
Chelmsford 10, Groton-Dunstable 7
Foxboro 14, Milford 7
Littleton 13, Hudson 4
Methuen 17, Tewksbury 10
Milton 15, Weymouth 5
Nantucket 7, Nauset 5
Needham 18, Braintree 1
Newburyport 15, Triton 4
North Andover 10, Central Catholic 9 (ot)
Norwood 17, Dedham 7
Pentucket 13, North Reading 5
St. John Paul II 16, Falmouth Academy 3
St. John’s Prep 10, St. John’s (S) 5
Scituate 20, Quincy/North Quincy 3
Swampscott 10, Essex Tech 9
GIRLS LACROSSE
Andover 12, Billerica 7
Braintree 10, Needham 8
Cardinal Spellman 11, East Bridgewater 4
Central Catholic 14, North Andover 10
Cohasset 21, Mashpee 2
Dracut 14, Lowell 9
Ipswich 14, Georgetown 2
Lincoln-Sudbury 6, Concord-Carlisle 5
Manchester Essex 14, Lynnfield 4
Methuen 15, Tewksbury 6
Monomoy 17, Sturgis West 3
Newburyport 17, Triton 1
Norwell 15, Middleboro 3
Sandwich 16, Hull 3
Swampscott 15, Essex Tech 2
Wayland 14, Bedford 6
Wellesley 16, Brookline 4
Weymouth 15, Milton 1
SOFTBALL
Bishop Fenwick 8, Malden Catholic 4
Boston Collegiate 34, Randolph 33
Carver 6, Sandwich 1
Cristo Rey Boston/Cathedral 18, Margarita Muniz 1
Dighton-Rehoboth 9, Norton 4
East Boston 24, Excel Charter 0
Latin Academy 13, O’Bryant 1
Marblehead 22, Winthrop 0 (5i)
Marshfield 15, Scituate 1
Medway 3, Dedham 2
Newburyport 5, Hamilton-Wenham 1
Pembroke 12, Whitman-Hanson 3
Quincy/North Quincy 18, Duxbury 11
Silver Lake 16, Hanover 0
South Shore Voke 19, Cape Cod Tech 7
Ursuline 19, Dover-Sherborn 5
Wareham 31, Dennis-Yarmouth 6
BOYS TENNIS
Andover 4, Haverhill 1
Apponequet 4, Dighton-Rehoboth 1
Bishop Feehan 4, Walpole 1
Bourne 3, West Bridgewater 2
Bridgewater-Raynham 5, Brockton 0
Dartmouth 5, Durfee 0
Foxboro 3, Attleboro 2
Hamilton-Wenham 3, Marblehead 2
Hingham 5, Quincy 0
Latin Academy 5, Medford 0
Lynn Classical 5, Everett 0
Mystic Valley 3, Ipswich 2
Newton South 4, Melrose 1
Plymouth South 4, Plymouth North 1
Wellesley 5, Natick 0
Weston 4, Hopkinton 1
Whitman-Hanson 5, Pembroke 0
GIRLS TENNIS
Apponequet 5, Dighton-Rehoboth 0
Archbishop Williams 3, Arlington Catholic 2
Bishop Feehan 5, Walpole 0
Bourne 4, West Bridgewater 1
Bridgewater-Raynham 5, Brockton 0
Bromfield 5, Groton-Dunstable 0
Central Catholic 5, Lawrence 0
Dover-Sherborn 3, Westwood 2
Hingham 4, Quincy 1
Manchester-Essex 4, Newburyport 1
Newton South 5, Andover 0
Pembroke 4, Whitman-Hanson 1
Swampscott 3, Gloucester 2
Wellesley 4, Natick 1
Westford Academy 5, North Andover 0
Winchester 5, Reading 0
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Blue Hills 100, Holbrook 36
Blue Hills 92, Wareham 44
Burlington 123, Watertown 13
Dedham 93, Bellingham 42
Dover-Sherborn 116, Millis 19
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Dedham 89, Bellingham 47
Dover-Sherborn 91.5, Millis 44.5
Franklin 85, King Philip 51
Hopkinton 110, Ashland 28
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Lincoln-Sudbury 3, Bellingham 0
Natick 3, Newton North 1
Needham 3, Brookline 0
St. John’s (S) 3, Catholic Memorial 0
Wellesley 3, Braintree 0
Winchester 3, Newton South 0
Coaches are encouraged to report their scores and highlights in a timely manner to hssports@bostonherald.com
FIFA World Cup host cities lay out security plans ahead of matches
Host cities ramp up security and anti-human trafficking efforts ahead of FIFA World Cup matches across the U.S.
The FIFA World Cup is coming to Massachusetts, and when it comes to having a place for people to hang out together, there will be a free fan zone where everyone can celebrate the big event.
Seven World Cup matches will take place at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA this summer, and the first one is right around the corner, to be played on June 13, with Scotland taking on Haiti.
Fan Zones are a public space to watch the game for people who don’t have tickets to the actual game. Held in public places, they broadcast the mach on giant screens to offer an immersive experience to watch the game, according to FIFA>
“At the heart of FIFA Fan Festival Boston, (a) Cultural Showcase will ignite the stage with a vibrant celebration of the spirit, creativity, and cultural heartbeat of Boston and communities across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” FIFA said.
Where will the fan zone be located when the World Cup games start in just 11 days?
Where is the World Cup fan zone going to be in Massachusetts?
The official FIFA Fan Festival for the 2026 World Cup in Boston will be located at Boston City Hall Plaza at 1 City Hall Sq. Boston, MA.
“The festival will run daily from June 12 through June 27, offering live match broadcasts, cultural showcases, food vendors, and entertainment,” according to FIFA.
The fan zone will open between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and will stay open until after dark, between 8:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. according to reports.
Activities at the fan zone
Here are some of the offerings at the fan zone in Boston, according to the FIFA website:
- Live broadcasts: Giant outdoor screens that broadcast tournament matches in high-definition.
- Entertainment & music: Live concerts, DJ sets, and performances celebrating global culture.
- Interactive activations: Skills challenges, mini-pitches, inflatable games, and sponsor booths.
- Food & merch: International food stalls, local beverage offerings, and official tournament merchandise.
How to go to the fan zone
While the game is free, you do need to register in advance.
“You can select which days and matches you plan to attend through the FIFA World Cup Boston 2026 website or the Meet Boston events page. Up to six people can register on a single application,” the World Cup Boston website says.
So you’re saying there’s a chance? Despite an abysmal start to the 2026 season, the Boston Red Sox remain in the mix for a playoff spot. At least according to FanGraphs, who gives the club a 27.1% chance of reaching the postseason.
Boston’s likely path to October means winning the wild card. FanGraphs gives the Red Sox a 26.1% chance of winning an American League wild card. The team currently sits threes games back of the third and final wild card, despite a record of 25-33.
Don’t look for a division title this year in Beantown. FanGraphs gives the Red Sox a 1% chance of winning the AL East. Which makes sense, since the team currently sits in last place, 11.5 games behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays.
But SI’s Tom Verducci and Will Laws thinks Boston has a much tougher chance of making the playoffs. In their deep dive of the postseason, the pair came up with what they call the “Line of Doom.” According to their research, a team that starts “no better than 23–31 and your season is almost over only one-third of the way through the schedule.” Here’s why.
“In the wild card era (since 1995), only one team made the postseason starting with less than 22 wins in the first 54 games, the 2005 Astros (20–34). Of the 231 teams to start 23–31 or worse, only seven made the playoffs—once every 33 times,” Verducci and Laws note.
“Since the postseason field expanded in 2022, 31 teams began 23–31 or worse. Only one, the 2024 Mets (22–32), made the playoffs. That leaves such slow starters with a 1 in 31 chance—virtually the same as the larger sample size,” the pair add.
“The fact is one-third of the season does a good job separating pretenders from contenders. And as the calendar flips to June, understand that the playoff spots won’t change very much. In the four seasons with 12 playoff spots up for grabs, teams in playoff position when May ended kept a playoff spot 73% of the time—35 of 48 teams,” Verducci and Laws conclude.
So what does this have to do with the Red Sox, you ask? It’s Boston’s record after 54 games: 23-31. The “Line of Doom.”
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