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Six takeaways from some hot action on a cold Wednesday night of high school sports – The Boston Globe
With a 3-pointer in the first quarter, Monomoy senior Jackson Rocco became the first player in program history to score 1,000 points. The 6-foot-1-inch three-sport star came into the night needing 8 points and finished with 22 in a 56-52 double-overtime loss to Dennis-Yarmouth.
Lawrence Academy junior Alexander Egbuonu also reached the 1,000-point threshold. The 6-foot-6-inch forward from Nashua, N.H., who has eight Division 1 offers and recently visited Marquette, reached the mark in a 70-63 win over Tabor Academy.
In boys’ hockey, Tewksbury’s Tyler Bourgea and Natick’s Sam Hubbard both recorded their 100th points, with Hubbard’s coming as part of a four-goal, one-assist performance in a 6-1 win over Brookline.
Concord-Carlisle 157-pound wrestler Miles Mattaliano secured his 100th win during a 59-18 dual-meet victory over Lincoln-Sudbury.
Falmouth’s Gavin Powderly matched Hubbard’s four-goal day, dominating a 5-1 win over Martha’s Vineyard. Hat trick were harder to come by than most busy hockey nights, but Falmouth girls’ hockey had a pair of them as Casey Roth and Maeve Turner both finished with three goals in a 6-3 win over Nauset/Monomoy. Bedford senior James Nichol also had a hat trick in a 9-0 win over Cambridge, and Beverly’s Logan Bowen notched three goals in a 4-2 win over Peabody.
A lack of hat tricks means it was no surprise several goalies were impenetrable, led by Michael Bulkin, who made 34 saves for No. 10 Xaverian in a 3-0 win over No. 6 Catholic Memorial. Reading’s Owen Holland stopped a penalty shot among his saves as he recorded his fourth shutout, a 4-0 blanking of Watertown/Wayland.
Bishop Stang’s Carter Vane made 28 stops for his fourth shutout, a 6-0 win over Apponequet/Old Colony and Concord-Carlisle’s Sam Griswold posted a 24-save shutout in a 2-0 win over Acton-Boxborough. Westwood’s Naomi Sherman (6-0 vs. Canton), Bishop Feehan’s Logan Petrucci (6-0 vs. North Attleborough), and St. John Paul II’s Kelin MacAleese (2-0 vs. Dennis-Yarmouth) recorded shutouts, and Dedham’s Lily Zahka eclipsed the 1,000-save mark in a 2-1 win over Mansfield/Oliver Ames/Foxborough.
The night’s sudden-death winners belonged to Giovanna Gulinello, Nayli Thayer, and Liam Guilderson. Gulinello’s winner gave Billerica/Chelmsford a 3-2 win over Lincoln-Sudbury, Thayer’s put Milton past Marshfield, 3-2, and Guilderson’s OT winner lifted Belmont, 4-3, past Burlington.
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The top performance of the day came from Lowell Catholic senior Brady Lynde, who dropped 33 in a 73-69 victory against Bedford.
But the most dominant performance belonged to Orlando sisters of Notre Dame (Hingham), who combined for 55 points in an 83-41 win over Arlington Catholic. Elle dropped 30, while Ava added 25.
Cole Rodgers scored 27 for Sandwich in an 81-56 win over Cape Cod Academy and Reading’s Jamal Palmer hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with six seconds left in a 67-64 win vs. Lynnfield.
RIP to the Voice of the Vikings, the incomparable Jim Lederman, a proud and driven supporter of all things Winthrop, his hometown. Lederman (Class of 1961) died Tuesday morning, at age 81, after recent health issues.
“He was unique, and very loyal,” said St. Mary’s football coach Sean Driscoll, a fellow Viking (‘86) who coached at his alma mater for 12 seasons and is the Park & Rec director in Winthrop. “You knew you were at Miller Field when you heard his voice [on the PA]. It was a special place to him. He always promoted Winthrop athletes, for awards, etc., he wrote letters to colleges for the kids . . . disappointing.”
Lederman’s passionate calls to the Globe’s high school desk, prominently during the fall and winter seasons, providing a score update, or saluting a young athlete’s “tremendous” performance, will be missed.
— High school editor Craig Larson
Scituate wrestling captured its first Patriot League title since 2012 by beating Hanover, 41-33 . . . Sophia Vital, the Cambridge resident who starred at Tabor, hit the winning layup for Rhode Island in a 60-58 win over UMass. Former Norwood star Megan Olbrys had tied the game with 16.3 seconds remaining.
Pat Lamb, who coached 19 years at Cardinal Spellman and now is in his seventh season with the Plymouth North girls, picked up his 400th career win with a 46-26 victory over Scituate on Tuesday.
Also Tuesday, Wilmington senior Eva Boudrea scored her 1,000th point on a free throw during a 69-52 loss to Belmont. Her father, Tim, was the first 1,000-point scorer at Tewksbury.
Brendan Kurie can be reached at brendan.kurie@globe.com. Follow him on X @BrendanKurie.