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Eastern Massachusetts tournament scores and highlights from Saturday
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BASEBALL
DIVISION 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Barnstable 6, Hingham 4
Beverly 8, Revere 1
Lowell 13, Sci Tech 4
Needham 10, Doherty 3
Newton North 10, Boston Latin 0
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Algonquin 6, Peabody 3
Durfee 9, Lynn Classical 2
Framingham 9, Lynn English 0
St. Paul 4, Springfield Central 0
Lexington 7, Lawrence 6
Waltham 5, Newton South 3
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Chelmsford at Bishop Feehan, 12
Xaverian at Andover, 1
Lowell vs. Central Catholic, 2 (Northern Essex)
Newton North at Shrewsbury, 2
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Barnstable vs. Catholic Memorial, 3:30 (RL)
Algonquin at St. John’s (S), 4
Beverly at Braintree, 4
Durfee at North Andover, 4
Lexington at Franklin, 4
Lincoln-Sudbury at St. John’s Prep, 4
St. Paul at BC Excessive, 4
Walpole at Arlington, 4
Waltham at Taunton, 4
Needham at Westford Academy, 4:15
Framingham at Bridgewater-Raynham, 5
Wachusett at Natick, 7
DIVISION 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Oliver Ames 2, Amherst-Pelham 1
Holliston 7, Agawam 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Danvers 4, Quincy 0
Grafton 3, East Longmeadow 2
Grafton 3, East Longmeadow 2
Pope Francis 10, Wayland 4
Somerset Berkley 9, Northampton 2
Somerville 5, Masconomet 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Wakefield at Melrose, 3
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Canton at Marblehead, 4
Danvers at Mansfield, 4
Grafton at Milton, 4
Somerville at Plymouth South, 4
Melrose/Wakefield at King Philip, 4
Nauset at Westfield, 4
Oliver Ames at Westwood, 4
Plymouth North at Westboro, 4
Pope Francis at St. Mary’s, 4
Somerset Berkley at North Attleboro, 4
Dartmouth at Studying, 4:30
Woburn at Leominster, 6
Falmouth at Scituate, 6:30
Holliston at Hopkinton, 6:30
Nashoba at Norwood, 7
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
West Springfield at Tewksbury, 4:30
DIVISION 3
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Archbishop Williams 7, Diman 3
Bishop Fenwick 4, Belchertown 3
Fairhaven 10, Bristol-Plymouth 0 (6i)
Medway 6, Middleboro 3
Norwell 3, Dover-Sherborn 2 (9i)
Previous Rochester 3, East Boston 1
Southeastern 3, Triton 2
Tantasqua 5, Latin Academy 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
North Studying 14, Better Lowell 0
Pittsfield 6, Wilmington 0
Saugus 6, Martha’s Winery 5
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Archbishop Williams at Austin Prep, 1:30
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Apponequet at Hanover, 4
Bishop Fenwick at Dighton-Rehoboth, 4
Dedham at Arlington Catholic, 4
Groton-Dunstable at Pentucket, 4
Medway at Medfield, 4
North Studying at Nipmuc, 4
Norwell at Hudson, 4
Previous Rochester at Bishop Stang, 4
Saugus at Foxboro, 4
Stoneham at Sandwich, 4
Swampscott at Oakmont, 4
Southeastern at Ashland, 4
Tantasqua at Newburyport, 4
Fairhaven at Gloucester, 4:30
Pittsfield at Taconic, 4:30
DIVISION 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Thursday
Littleton 3, Maimonides 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Assabet Valley 14, Wahconah 0
Hampshire 10, New Mission 4
South Hadley 7, Wareham 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Lynn Tech at Monomoy, 6
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Clinton at Bellingham, 11
Winthrop at Abington, 12
Easthampton at Shawsheen, 1
Cohasset at Leicester, 2
Hampshire at Amesbury, 2
Littleton at Hamilton-Wenham, 2
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Ipswich at Bay Path, 2
Assabet Valley at Uxbridge, 3:30
Mashpee at Case, 3:45
South Hadley at AMSA, 3:45
Lowell Catholic at Monument Mountain, 4
Lunenburg at Seekonk, 4
Monomoy/LT at Manchester-Essex, 4
Southwick at Northbridge, 4
Whittier at Tyngsboro, 4:15
Blackstone Valley at Millbury, 6:30
DIVISION 5
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Blue Hills 5, Avon 3
Lenox 8, Drury 4
McCann 17, Westfield Tech 17
Millis 8, Nashoba Tech 7
Mt. Everett 4, Springfield Worldwide 0
Sturgis East 3, South Shore Voke 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Bromfield 12, BC Constitution 1
Narragansett 4, Boston Worldwide 3
O’Bryant 7, Previous Colony 3
Smith Voke 5, Turners Falls 2
St. Joseph 10, St. Mary’s (W) 2
Westport 2, Smith Academy 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Franklin Tech at Ware, 7
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Lenox at Mt. Greylock, 2
McCann Tech at Georgetown, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Blue Hills at Granby, 3:30
FT/Ware at Tahanto, 3:30
Bromfield at Frontier Regional, 4
Millis at Bourne, 4
Mystic Valley at Greenfield, 4
Quaboag at St. John Paul 4
Smith Voke at Carver, 4
Westport at Hopedale, 4
Mt. Everett at Sutton, 4:30
Hopkins at Rockport, 5
Sturgis East at Ayer Shirley, 5
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Narragansett at Douglas
O’Bryant at Oxford
St. Joseph at Pioneer Valley
BASKETBALL
BOSTON SHOOTOUT
(At Quincy YMCA)
Saturday
15U: BABC 68, ME Blackbear North 62
15U: Workforce New England 98, RI Elite 62
16U: Workforce England 85, New Haven Warmth 55
17U: BABC 67, RI Elite 60
16U: Maine Black Bear North 55, RI Elite 34
16U: BABC 76, New Haven Warmth 40
17U: RI Elite 65, ME Blackbear North 64
17U: BABC 63, ME Blackbear North 37
15U: Albany Metropolis Rocks 45, BABC 40
16U: Albany Metropolis Rocks 84, RI Elite 39
Sunday
15U: Comfort Recreation 9
16U: BABC vs. Winner 16U Recreation 1, 10:10
15U: Comfort Recreation, 11:20
16U: Albany Metropolis Rocks vs. Winner 16U Recreation 2, 12:30
15U: Championship sport, 1:45
16U: Championship sport, 3
BOYS LACROSSE
DIVISION 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Lynn Classical at Newton South, 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Peabody at Belmont, 4:30
Arlington at Dedham, 6
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Catholic Memorial at Wellesley, 4:30
Newton North at Acton-Boxboro, 4:30
Framingham at Franklin, 5
Bridgewater-Raynham at Needham, 6
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Shrewsbury at Winchester, 4:30
Algonquin at Lexington, 6
Bishop Feehan at Natick, 6
Westford Academy at North Andover, 6
Central Catholic at St. John’s (S), 7
Marshfield at Harmony-Carlisle, 7
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Andover at Chelmsford, 5
Beverly at Hingham, 6
Methuen at Xaverian, 6
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Arlington/Dedham at Lincoln-Sudbury
Belmont/Peabody at St. John’s Prep
Newton South/Lynn Classical at BC Excessive
DIVISION 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Monday
Agawam at Tantasqua, 4
Medford at West Springfield, 6
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Leominster at Billerica, 4:45
Whitman-Hanson at Scituate, 7
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Tantasqua/Agawam at Duxbury, 4
Plymouth South at Westfield, 4:30
Burlington at Nauset, 5
Chicopee Comp. at Walpole, 5
Masconomet at Silver Lake, 5
North Middlesex at Westwood, 5
Danvers at Nashoba, 6
Hopkinton at Marblehead, 6
Sharon at Minnechaug, 6
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Canton at North Attleboro, 4
Malden Catholic at Studying, 4:30
Melrose at Wakefield, 7
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Mansfield at King Philip
Medford/WS at Longmeadow
DIVISION 3
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Monday
Lenox at Holliston, 5
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Better Lowell at Matignon, 4:30 (Medford)
Southeastern at Bishop Fenwick, 5
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday
Auburn at Bedford, 3
Fairhaven at Arlington Catholic, 5
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Essex Tech at Pentucket, 4
Wilmington at Groton-Dunstable, 4
Lowell Catholic at Shawsheen, 5
East Longmeadow at Nipmuc, 6:15
Dighton-Rehoboth at Falmouth, 6:30
Pentucket at Nipmuc, 7
Holliston/Lenox at Hanover, TBA
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Auburn/Bedford at Norwell, 4
Pope Francis at Previous Rochester, 4
Swampscott at Newburyport, 4
Hoosac Valley at Grafton, 5
North Studying at Triton, 5
Fairhaven/AC at Medfield, 6:45
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Apponequet at Wayland
BF/Southeastern at Foxboro
GL/Matignon at Dracut
DIVISION 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Monday
McCann Tech at Falmouth Academy, 2:30
Monson at Monomoy, 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
St. Mary’s (W) at Oakmont, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Tyngsboro at Dover-Sherborn, 4
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Archbishop Williams at AMSA, 4
Blackstone Valley at Ipswich, 5
Hull at Medway, 5:45
Assabet Valley at Littleton, 6
Hamilton-Wenham at South Shore Voke, 6
Manchester-Essex at Abington, 6
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Bellingham at Nantucket, 4
Sturgis East at Rockland, 5
Whittier at Weston, 5
Mashpee at Stoneham, 5:30
FIRST ROUND – TBA
McCann/FA at Sandwich
Monson/Monomoy at Cohasset
SMW/Oakmont at Wahconah
South Hadley at Previous Colony
Tri-County at Lynnfield
GIRLS LACROSSE
DIVISION 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Monday
Milford at Newton North, 5
Wachusett at Marshfield, 5
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Mansfield at Westford Academy, 4
New Bedford at Brookline, 4
Lowell at Shrewsbury, 6
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Beverly at Woburn, 3:30
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
King Philip at Needham, 4:30
Natick at Winchester, 4:30
NN/Milford at Franklin, 5
Shrewsbury/Lowell at Central Catholic, 6
Algonquin at Acton-Boxboro, 6:30
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Bishop Feehan at Studying, 4:30
Andover at Chelmsford, 5
Arlington at Longmeadow, 5
Braintree at Harmony-Carlisle, 5
North Andover at Weymouth, 5
Peabody at Hingham, 5
Lexington at Boston Latin, TBA (WR)
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Marshfield/Wachusett at Wellesley, 4:30
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Brookline/New Bedford at Westwood
WA/Mansfield at Lincoln-Sudbury
Woburn/Beverly at Walpole
DIVISION 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Monday
Amherst-Pelham at Wakefield, 7
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Melrose at Norwood, 4 (Dedham)
Tantasqua at Marblehead, 5
Marlboro at Nashoba, 7
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Falmouth at Scituate, 5
North Attleboro at Billerica, 7
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Danvers at Agawam, 4
Northampton at Minnechaug, 4
Oliver Ames at Holliston, 4
Canton at Burlington, 4:15
Ashland at Plymouth North, 4:30
Ursuline at Masconomet, 5
East Longmeadow at West Springfield, 7
Marlboro/Nashoba at Wayland, TBA
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Melrose/Norwood at Notre Dame (H), 4
A-P/Wakefield at Duxbury, 4:30
Westfield at Grafton, 7
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Leominster at Milton
Groton-Dunstable at Dartmouth
Tantasqua/Marblehead at Bedford
DIVISION 3
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Monday
Hopedale at Notre Dame (W), 3:15
Better Lowell at Lowell Catholic, 5:30 (Tyngsboro)
Lee at St. Mary’s (L), 6:30
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Hoosac Valley at Malden Catholic, 4:30
Shawsheen at Essex Tech, 5:30
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Norton at Cohasset, 4
North Studying at Pembroke, 4:30
Bishop Fenwick at Apponequet, 6
Middleboro at Hanover, 6:30
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
Cardinal Spellman at Norwell, 3:30
Dennis-Yarmouth at Previous Rochester, 4
Dighton-Rehoboth at Austin Prep, 4
Arlington Catholic at Fairhaven, 5
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
GL/LC at Medfield, 4:30
Hopedale/NDW at Newburyport, 6
Lee/SML at Weston, 7
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Bishop Stang at Foxboro
Dedham at Pentucket
MC/Hoosac Valley at Bromfield
North Middlesex at Swampscott
DIVISION 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Monday
Hampshire at Winthrop, 4
Tri-County at Lunenburg, 4
Abington at Mystic Valley, 5
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday
Higher Cape at Bourne, 4
Blackstone Valley at Stoneham, 5:30
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Littleton at Archbishop Williams, 4
St. John Paul at Triton, 4
Seekonk at Mashpee, 4
FIRST ROUND – Wednesday
South Hadley at Medway, 3:30
AMSA at Cape Cod Academy, 4
Hull at Tahanto, 4
Lynnfield at Mt. Greylock, 4:30
Watertown at Monomoy, 4
Georgetown at Nipmuc, 5
Wahconah at Hamilton-Wenham, 5
TC/Lunenburg at Dover-Sherborn, 6
Granby at Tyngsboro, 7
FIRST ROUND – TBA
Abington/Mystic Valley at Sandwich
BV/Stoneham at Manchester-Essex
Hampshire/Winthrop at Nantucket
Higher Cape/Bourne at Ipswich
BOYS RUGBY
DIVISION 1
SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Milton at BC Excessive, 5:30
SEMIFINAL – Friday
St. John’s Prep at Belmont, 6:30
FINAL – Saturday, June 18 at Curry Faculty
Milton/BCH vs. SJP/Belmont, 4
DIVISION 2
SEMIFINALS – Thursday
Catholic Memorial at Weymouth, 5
Hanover at Algonquin, 5:30
FINAL – Saturday, June 18 at Curry Faculty
CM/Weymouth vs. Hanover/Algonquin, 12
GIRLS RUGBY
DIVISION 1
SEMIFINAL – Friday, June 10
Brookline at Lincoln-Sudbury, 5
FINAL – Saturday, June 18 at Curry Faculty
Brookline/L-S vs. Belmont, 2
SOFTBALL
DIVISION 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Braintree 16, Malden 0 (5i)
Harmony-Carlisle 2, Everett 1
Newton South 5, Brockton 0
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Lynn Classical 3, Medford 2
Natick 11, Cambridge 7
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Hopkinton at Marshfield, 4
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Studying 13, Arlington 1
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Doherty 8, Woburn 5
Newton North 10, Franklin 8
St. Paul Diocesan 6, Needham 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Chelmsford at Attleboro, 11
Haverhill at Westford Academy, 11
New Bedford at Peabody, 2
Natick/Cambridge at Lowell, 5
Hingham at Methuen, 7
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Beverly at North Andover, 4
Braintree at Central Catholic, 4
Harmony-Carlisle at Bishop Feehan, 4
Hopkinton/Marshfield at Wachusett, 4
Lexington at Bridgewater-Raynham, 4
Lynn Classical at King Philip, 5
Newton South at Taunton, 7
DIVISION 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Ludlow 16, Amherst-Pelham 0
Notre Dame (H) 11, Ursuline 4
Plymouth South 4, Westwood 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Norwood 11, Wilmington 2
Shepherd Hill 6, Marlboro 5
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Falmouth at Minnechaug, 11
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Milton 2, Pembroke 1
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Silver Lake 14, East Longmeadow 2
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Ludlow at North Attleboro, 12
Danvers at Plymouth North, 4
Nashoba at Bedford, 4:30
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Dartmouth at Grafton, 4
Holliston at Somerset Berkley, 4
Shepherd Hill at Westfield, 4
Wakefield at Stoughton, 4
Leominster at Mansfield, 4:30
Norwood at Walpole, 4:30
Notre Dame (H) at Billerica, 4:30
Oliver Ames at Agawam, 4:30
Masconomet at Dracut, 7
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Minnechaug/Falmouth at Tewksbury, 4
Plymouth South at Burlington, 4:15
DIVISION 3
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Bishop Stang 4, Medway 3
Cardinal Spellman 5, Excel Academy 0 (for.)
Diman 26, Cristo Rey 0
Monty Tech 8, Dennis-Yarmouth 4
Norwell 2, Sturgis East 0
Pentucket 16, O’Bryant 1
Shawsheen 7, Bristol-Plymouth 6
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Auburn 14, Latin Academy 6
Saugus 13, Belchertown 1
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Bishop Fenwick 2, Newburyport 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Fairhaven 9, Oakmont 1
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Cardinal Spellman at Triton, 11
Tantasqua at Apponequet, 1
Dedham at Gloucester, 2
East Bridgewater at North Studying, 2
Shawsheen at St. Mary’s, 2 (Breed)
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Southeastern at Pittsfield, 3
Auburn at Dighton-Rehoboth, 4
Bishop Stang at Hudson, 4
Diman at Foxboro, 4
Hanover at Norton, 4
Norwell at Better New Bedford, 4
Pentucket at Arlington Catholic, 4
Saugus at Austin Prep, 4
Monty Tech at Middleboro, 7
DIVISION 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Pope Francis 17, Ipswich 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
South Hadley at Uxbridge, 10
Boston English at Lynnfield, 11
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Archbishop Williams 5, West Bridgewater 3
Malden Catholic 4, Southwick 2
Nipmuc 8, Bay Path 7
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
AMSA 16, Monument Mountain 1
Case 19, Quabbin 2 (5i)
Seekonk 10, Blackstone Valley 3
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Bartlett at Abington, 10
Monomoy at Blackstone-Millville, 10
Pope Francis at Amesbury, 11
Clinton at Whittier, 12
Wareham at Easthampton, 2
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Northbridge at Millbury, 3:30
BE/Lynnfield at Wahconah, 4
Lunenburg at Tyngsboro, 4
Tri-County at Littleton, 4
SH/Uxbridge at Hampshire, 4:30
DIVISION 5
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Norfolk Aggie 16, Salem Academy 1
Higher Cape 24, South Shore Voke 5
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Narragansett 23, Boston Worldwide 0
Minuteman at Monson, late
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Mystic Valley at Mount Everett, 1
Nashoba Tech at Gateway, 1
Pathfinder at Ware, 5
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Bristol Aggie 11, Carver 2
Maynard 8, St. Joseph Prep 4
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Millis 9, Taconic 3
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Norfolk Aggie at Franklin County, 12
Douglas at Rockport, 2
Athol at Hopedale, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Frontier at Tahanto, 4
Hopkins Academy at Westfield Tech, 4
MV/ME at West Boylston, 4
Narragansett at Holbrook, 4
Drury at Academy of Notre Dame, 4:30
Bourne at Lee, 5
Monson/Minuteman at Hoosac Valley, 5
Higher Cape at Turners Falls, 6
Ware/Pathfinder at Greenfield, 6
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
NT/Gateway at Mount Greylock, 5
BOYS TENNIS
DIVISION 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Durfee 4, Haverhill 1
Malden 4, Waltham 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Methuen at Weymouth, 4
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Boston Latin at Andover, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Algonquin at Franklin, 4
Central Catholic at St. John’s Prep, 4
Durfee at Lexington, 4
Framingham at St. John’s, 4
Marlboro at Wellesley, 4
Natick at Westford, 4
Newton South at BC Excessive, 4
North Andover at Newton North, 4
Quincy at Winchester, 4
Shrewsbury at Arlington, 4
Wachusett at Cambridge, 4
Xaverian at Needham, 4
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Malden/Waltham at Brookline, 4
Methuen/Weymouth at Acton-Boxboro, 4
Bishop Feehan at Lincoln-Sudbury, 5
DIVISION 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
King Philip 5, Chicopee 0
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Somerville 5, Whitman-Hanson 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Amherst-Pelham at Scituate, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Beverly at Hopkinton, 4
KP/Chicopee at Westborough, 4
Masconomet at Walpole, 4
Milton at Dartmouth, 4
Nashoba at Marblehead, 4
Nauset at Mansfield, 4
Newburyport at Belmont, 4
Plymouth South at Hingham, 4
Studying at Burlington, 4
Somerset Berkley at Duxbury, 4
Oliver Ames at Plymouth North, 4:30
Canton at Wakefield, 5:15
Longmeadow at Westwood, 6
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Melrose at Sharon, 4
W-H/Somerville at Harmony-Carlisle, 4
DIVISION 3
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Auburn 4, Bishop Connolly 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Ludlow 3, Groton-Dunstable 2
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Medfield 4, Maimonides 1
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Austin Prep 4, Fairhaven 1
Foxboro 3, Dighton-Rehoboth 2
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Hanover at Cape Cod Academy, 12
Auburn at Wayland, 4
Grafton at Previous Rochester, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Ludlow at Dover-Sherborn, 3 (Medway)
Ashland at Swampscott, 4
Belchertown at Latin Academy, 4 (Sportsmen’s Membership)
Bishop Stang at Sturgis West, 4
Dedham at Wilmington, 4
Holliston at East Longmeadow, 4
North Studying at Gloucester, 4
Pentucket at Apponequet, 4
Pope Francis at Bedford, 4
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Northampton at Martha’s Winery, 3
DIVISION 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Hampden Constitution 3, Springfield Worldwide 2
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Littleton 3, Medway 2
Lynnfield 5, Ipswich 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Mt. Greylock at Cohasset, 2
Amesbury at Hopedale, 4
St. John Paul at Bartlett, 4
Sandwich at Monomoy, 4 (Brooks Park, Harwich)
Stoneham at PV Chinese language Immersion, 4
Winthrop at Bromfield, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Case at West Bridgewater, 3
Southbridge at Manchester-Essex, 3:30
Bourne at Rockland, 4
Frontier at Lee, 4
Hampden Constitution at Weston, 4
Lenox at Hamilton-Wenham, 4 (Gordon)
Norwell at Nantucket, 4
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Sutton at Rockport, 4
GIRLS TENNIS
DIVISION 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Algonquin 4, Beverly 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
Attleboro 5, South 0
Franklin 5, Lynn Classical 0
Malden 3, Framingham 2
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Bishop Feehan at Newton South, 3
Marshfield at Boston Latin, 3:45 (Daly)
Algonquin at Lincoln-Sudbury, 4
Bridgewater-Raynham vs. Winchester, 4 (Woburn)
Central Catholic at Harmony-Carlisle, 4
Chelmsford at Methuen, 4
Franklin at Brookline, 4
King Philip at Hingham, 4
Malden at Lexington, 4
North Andover at Acton-Boxboro, 4
Shrewsbury at Belmont, 4
Wachusett at Wellesley, 4
Westford Academy at Braintree, 4
Newton North at Arlington, 4:30
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Attleboro at Andover, 4
Natick at Needham, 4
DIVISION 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Danvers 3, Leominster 2
Holliston 3, Grafton 2
Ludlow 5, Somerville 0
Milton 5, Chicopee 0
Northampton 4, Dartmouth 1
Walpole 3, Nauset 2
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
North Attleboro 4, Chicopee Comp.1
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Nashoba at Plymouth North, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Bedford vs. Ursuline, 4 (Xaverian)
Bishop Fenwick at Notre Dame (Hingham), 4
Burlington at Billerica, 4
Danvers at Masconomet, 4
Northampton at Scituate, 4
Holliston at Duxbury, 4
Ludlow at Sharon, 4
Marblehead at Oliver Ames, 4
Milton at Melrose, 4
Minnechaug at Studying, 4
Plymouth South at Longmeadow, 4
Silver Lake at Westwood, 4
Wakefield at Bishop Stang, 5:45 (NB)
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
North Attleboro at Hopkinton, 4
Walpole at Westborough, 4
DIVISION 3
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Norton 3, Auburn 2
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Martha’s Winery 5, Pope Francis 0
Notre Dame (W) 3, Wilmington 2
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Norton at Weston, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Apponequet at Norwell, 4
Ashland at Medfield, 4
Belchertown at Whitinsville Christian, 4
Cardinal Spellman at Fairhaven, 4
Dighton-Rehoboth at Foxboro, 4
Groton-Dunstable at North Studying, 4
Hanover at Previous Rochester, 4
Hudson at Austin Prep, 4
Latin Academy at Middleboro, 4
Malden Catholic at Wayland, 4
Notre Dame at Newburyport, 4 (Pentucket)
Swampscott at Cape Cod Academy, 4
Watertown at Pembroke, 4
Academy of Notre Dame at Dover-Sherborn, 4:30 (Medway)
DIVISION 4
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Friday
Millis 4, Pioneer Valley 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday
AMSA 5, St. Mary’s (W) 0
Stoneham 5, David Prouty 0
Winthrop 4, Leicester 1
PRELIMINARY ROUND – Sunday
Clinton at Sandwich, 10
Mohawk Path at Frontier, 4
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Bromfield 4, Seekonk 1
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Sutton at Lenox, 4
Uxbridge at Mt. Greylock, 4
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Nantucket at Rockport, 2
Abington at Cohasset, 4
AMSA at Lynnfield, 4
Amesbury at Sturgis West, 4
Greenfield at Lee, 4
Millis vs. St. John Paul, 4
Quaboag at Hopedale, 4
Westport at Bourne, 4
Winthrop at Monomoy, 4
Stoneham at Manchester-Essex, 5 (Endicott)
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday
Archbishop Williams at Ipswich, 4
Frontier/Mohawk vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 4 (Gordon)
Sandwich/Clinton at Wareham, 4
VOLLEYBALL
DIVISION 1
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Brockton 3, Chelmsford 1
Brookline 3, Quincy 1
Lowell 3, North Andover 0
New Bedford 3, Acton-Boxboro 2
Winchester 3, Durfee 0
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Cambridge 3, Boston Latin 0
Lincoln-Sudbury 3, Revere 0
Malden 3, St. John’s (S) 1
Newton North 3, BC Excessive 0
Newton South 3, Xaverian 0
St. John’s Prep 3, Braintree 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Haverhill 3, Andover 0
Natick 3, Algonquin 0
Needham 3, Wellesley 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Central Catholic at Westford Academy, 12
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Methuen at Lexington, 6
DIVISION 2
FIRST ROUND – Thursday
Better Lowell 3, Somerville 0
Holyoke 3, Bellingham 0
Ludlow 3, Chicopee Comp. 1
Medfield 3, Billerica 0
Nipmuc 3, Abby Kelley 1
FIRST ROUND – Friday
Agawam 3, Keefe Tech 0
Lowell Catholic 3, Putnam 0
Millis 3, Burlington 2
West Springfield 3, Randolph 0
FIRST ROUND – Saturday
Better New Bedford 3, King Philip 0
Minnechaug 3, Frontier 0
North Quincy 3, Fitchburg 0
FIRST ROUND – Sunday
Leominster at Westfield, 2
Longmeadow at Wayland, 3
FIRST ROUND – Monday
Ware at O’Bryant, 4
Latin Academy at Milford, 5
ROUNDUP
BASEBALL
Joe Zamejtis threw a no-hitter, placing out 12, as No. 30 Danvers (13-8) defeated No. 36 Quincy 4-0 in a Div. 2 preliminary spherical contest.
Drew Anderson struck out 12 in a complete-game effort as No. 31 Waltham (12-9) defeated No. 39 Newton South 5-2 in a Div. 1 preliminary spherical sport. Will Curley was 3-for-3 whereas Ty Connolly and Connor Scafidi every drove in a pair of runs for the Hawks.
Chuck Nolan pitched a complete-game and likewise had two hits and two runs scored as 21th-seeded St. Joseph (14-6) defeated No. 44 St. Mary’s (Westfield) 10-2 in a Div. 5 preliminary spherical contest.
SOFTBALL
Frankie Pizzarella had three hits, together with a three-run homer, and Riley Caulfield tossed a complete-game four-hitter as No. 23 Millis (12-11) defeated Tenth-seeded Tahanto 9-3 in a Div. 5 South first-round contest.
Olivia Silva and Emera Marcello every had three hits as No. 4 Case (16-5) rolled to a 19-2 win over No. 29 Quabbin in a Div. 4 first-round contest.
Samantha Waters and Maddie Bryan every homered, whereas Caroline Peterson struck out 15 as No. 8 Silver Lake (19-2) defeated No. 25 East Longmeadow 14-2 in a Div. 2 first-round contest.
Mia Hansen went the space with eight strikeouts, whereas serving to her personal trigger with three hits and a run rating as No. 28 Natick (10-7) defeated No. 39 Cambridge 11-7 in a Div. 1 preliminary contest.
GIRLS TENNIS
Hunter Tomkins, Cali Giglio and Karine Nivala swept the singles to steer No. 6 Martha’s Winery (18-1) to a 5-0 win over No. 27 Pope Francis in a Div. 3 first-round contest.
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Joe Biden’s political situation is ‘irretrievable,’ New York Times reports
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Gov. Maura Healey described President Joe Biden’s political situation as “irretrievable” earlier this week following a damaging debate performance, The New York Times reported.
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Global 'chess boom' ripples through western Massachusetts
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Normally, Alex Cespedes’ classroom is filled with fourth and fifth graders learning science and social studies. But on Thursdays, after classes let out, students at McMahon Elementary School in Holyoke, Massachusetts, pour into the room for a different reason: to do battle.
“That’s actually a very good move,” Rodman Parvin, who co-facilitates the after-school club the kids are all excited about, explained to two students on an afternoon in early May. “Because now it’s check again. And it’s a double attack.”
This is the Cheetah Chess Club, which Cespedes and Parvin started earlier this year. Despite the spring weather coaxing students outdoors, 16 kids showed up that day to push pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, queens and kings around the board. For some players, like Nicole Davis, chess is new. She and fellow fifth grader Tae’la Feliciano are moving pieces across the board, not worried too much about the rules. Others have been playing longer, like fifth grader JJ Rodriguez. He can confidently explain why he plays the Dutch Defense with the black pieces.
“The rook, bishop and knight are all lined up on the inside,” he said. “Because they are the stronger pieces.”
‘Like a virus right now’
In recent years, there has been an upswell in worldwide interest in chess. For example, the website Chess.com’s servers repeatedly crashed last year under the weight of millions of new players gravitating to the game. It’s a trend that started in 2020 with COVID lockdowns and the hit Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit,” and has continued as chess influencers get big on social media.
And that global “chess boom” has sent shockwaves through western Massachusetts, too, including at McMahon Elementary.
“It’s kind of like a virus right now,” Cespedes said, who sees students playing everywhere in school now. “If there’s any still or free time, they’re like, ‘Can I have the chess set? I will protect it with my life. I just want to play chess with my friends.’ And beat all the teachers. That’s what they really want to do.”
Chess clubs in local libraries and other schools have grown in size, too. Sophie Argetsinger is the parent of a second grader at Northampton’s Lander-Grinspoon Academy. She grew up in the vibrant chess scene in Rochester, New York. So when Lander-Grinspoon approached her last year about running a chess club at the school, she was excited.
“The first time I held it there was like 20 kids who signed up, which is crazy because there’s only about 60 kids at the school in total,” she said.
Those numbers have shrunk a bit. But Argetsinger has organized two tournaments at the school in the past year and more students than she expected — from around the region — turned up to play.
“That might have a lot to do with the online presence,” she said of the game’s growing popularity locally. “There’s a lot of chess creators now that are making chess kind of cool and something everyone can engage with.”
‘They thought it was a nerdy thing’
Ed Kostreba has been organizing chess tournaments in the region for around a quarter century. He directs the Western Massachusetts Chess Association, which last year had 308 people play in its tournaments. That’s more than any year since 1996, the year the world’s media focused its attention on Russian grandmaster Gary Kasparov as he beat the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue — a quaint notion nowadays, when computers are much stronger players than humans.
Kostreba said, back then, the association used to hold around six tournaments a year. That number has now doubled. He is hoping for even more growth in the coming years. However, he and others say there are challenges to keeping chess thriving locally.
“It’s tough because you have to get venues that are reasonable,” Kostreba said. “I’m working on a tournament where we collect entry fees, and paying back 80% as prizes. So that’s tough to do, and at some places the rents have gone way up and we can’t do it.”
On a recent afternoon, Kostreba was playing chess at the Friends of the Homeless shelter in Springfield, where he volunteers weekly
Sitting across the board from Kostreba was Jay Williams, who has been playing chess for 25 years. He originally learned the game in the correctional system and says he has seen more people playing in recent years — and a more diverse group of players, too.
“A lot of people are definitely interested in chess,” Williams said between moves. “I would say when I was young in junior high school, people wasn’t really all that. They thought it was a nerdy thing. But now I would say it’s a cool thing now.”
Fierce competition
The chess boom has also hit home — for me. After decades away from the game, I found myself returning to it during the pandemic. And somebody else in my family took notice: my 6-year-old daughter, Sasha. She kept seeing me playing on my phone and computer and soon insisted I teach her.
If I had guessed, I would have said she fell in love with chess because of the game’s beauty. The stunning tactics and complicated dance between pieces. But when I asked her, it was much more simple.
“Winning against Daddy,” she said with a big laugh. “The guy who always losed against me.”
This story is a production of the New England News Collaborative. It was originally published by New England Public Media.
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Massachusetts ice cream trail leads to sweet hot summer relief
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By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer
REGION – The people of Massachusetts are serious about their ice cream. From chasing down ice cream trucks as a kid to licking the wooden spoon of a Hoodsie cup to trying their first gelato, cooling off with a frozen treat has long been a summer ritual. For some, it is a year-long love affair.
July is National Ice Cream Month, and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) has teamed up with nearly 100 state dairy farms in an effort to introduce visitors to various ice cream stands that source local dairy for their delectable desserts.
Encouraging travel and tourism
Phu Mai, director of communications for the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, told MassLive, “This project will not only promote the consumption of Massachusetts dairy and encourage visitors to discover new dairy farms and local ice cream stands, but it will also support travel and tourism and celebrate the hard-working cows and farmers of the Massachusetts dairy industry, support travel and tourism, and excite ice cream enthusiasts everywhere.”
These farms supply the state with money and milk that helps produce millions of pounds of butter, cheese, ice cream and yogurt. There will be a digital and print map available listing participating dairy farms and ice cream parlors featuring some very dope flavors. Historically, the Bay State has not been afraid of featuring some interesting tastes. For example, located in the western part of the state, in the town of Hadley is a fifth-generation family-owned business called Flayvors of Cook Farm. Asparagus ice cream may sound like a joke, but customers have been coming to Flayvors for 20 years for their “Hadley Grass,” a green seasonal concoction made with fresh spears that is often topped with a caramel sauce.
Steve’s was an early pioneer
As for the die-hard lovers of ice cream, many can recall lining up around and down the block from Steve’s Ice Cream shop in Somerville for a nice hefty scoop. Perhaps lining up is an understatement. Surround and converge upon may be more like it. Established in 1973, owner Steve Herrell’s pioneering business concept of cookie and candy mix-ins inspired chains like Ben & Jerry’s and Cold Stone Creamery, and products like Dairy Queen’s Blizzard and Wendy’s Twisted Frosty. MSNBC’s travel/leisure journalist Tom Austin credits Herrell with creating “modern gourmet ice cream.”
Steve’s Ice Cream, along with a few other local shops made lasting impressions evident by the following comments on Facebook.
Lawrence Lavigne:
“Kinda interesting to think about all the regional ice cream names that made it big…Ben & Jerry’s, Steve’s, Herrell’s, Brigham’s, Friendly…And now JP Licks. New England sure does love a sundae.”
Allen Lomax:
“Awe, I remember Steve’s Ice Cream. They even opened a store in Washington, D.C. Sad it’s gone like Bailey’s Ice Cream and Brigham’s.”
Christina Coleman:
“I remember waiting in line for over an hour just to get to the front door! Delicious ice cream.”
Don Burchelt:
“I was often in that line, with my late wife. Once you got in the door, the line continued all the way around the inside wall. The ice cream freezer was in the window, working continuously.”
The state is a hotbed for serving up delicious satisfaction for some cold cravings. Toscanini’s would be another firm yes, as far as local favorites go. The busy ice cream parlor and café won the Best of Boston award for best ice cream in 1997, 2009, and 2010.
Massachusetts has about 95 dairy farms that contribute about $61 million to the state’s economy. The ice cream trail is one of many trail projects the state offers but this one is sure to please all those ice cream enthusiasts with a very discerning sweet tooth. Stay tuned this month for more details about the ice cream trail.
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