BASEBALL
Westford Academy confirmed true grit in rallying to keep up its undefeated season and championship hopes alive for yet one more day.
The Ghosts staged a three-run rally to tie the ranking throughout the last of the seventh, then Justin Davighi’s bases loaded single throughout the eighth gave No. 3 Westford Academy (21-0) a dramatic 4-3 win over Twin County League rival Lincoln-Sudbury in a Div. 1 second-round contest.
All the way down to their last three outs, the Ghosts relied on RBI singles by Kush Gami and Ben Mulgrew to deadlock the ranking, setting the stage for the extra-inning heroics.
In a Div. 1 quarterfinal contest, Shawn Cali’s fourth-inning sacrifice fly plated AJ Lewis with what proved to be the profitable run as No. 2 Taunton (19-4) edged seventh-seeded BC Excessive, 3-2. … Alfred Mucciarone threw a four-hitter whereas placing out 11 and allowing one earned run as No. 1 Franklin (22-3) edged No. 9 Bridgewater-Raynham 2-1.
Within the Div. 2 quarterfinals, Evan Yakavonis threw a shutout whereas giving up merely seven hits and placing out 5 and senior captain Brandon Craven hit a homer as No. 5 Whitman-Hanson (19-4) blanked No. 20 Westfield 5-0. … Brendan Sencaj hit a walkoff double as No. 3 King Philip (16-7) edged No. 6 Westwood 1-0. …Michael DeMaino tied the ranking with a two-run single, then Tad Giardina capped off a three-run seventh with an RBI as No. 10 St. Mary’s (16-7) rallied earlier Fifteenth-seeded Mansfield, 4-3. … Owen McHigh struck out 11 as defending Div. 2 state champion Milton (20-3) edged No. 9 Plymouth North, 1-0. Eagles starter DC Brown was credited with a no-hitter nonetheless was achieved in by a sacrifice fly throughout the third inning.
Jack Collins allowed one unearned run, two hits and struck out eight whereas together with two hits and an RBI as No. 2 Medfield (17-5) outlasted No. 23 Newburyport 3-1 throughout the Div. 3 quarterfinals matchup. Jack Iovino acquired points rolling with a home run for the Warriors throughout the second. … Aiden Cardoza picked up his eighth win of the season as No. 3 Bishop Stang (16-5) defeated sixth-seeded Foxboro, 8-2.
SOFTBALL
Makenzie Jacob had a two-run double and Emma Javier and Bella Nugent added RBI hits throughout the excessive of the eleventh as No. 7 Somerset Berkley (17-6) stunned second-seeded Billerica 5-1 in a Div. 2 quarterfinal.
All-Scholastic Julia Malowitz allowed two hits and helped her private set off with a pair of RBI as No. 1 Central Catholic (22-1) rolled to a 10-0 win over No. 9 Methuen in a Div. 1 quarterfinal. … Brooke Aldrich hit a grand slam residence run and teammates Mia Fernandes and Bella Bourque moreover homered as No. 3 Taunton (22-1) defeated No. 11 Woburn, 12-0.
BOYS LACROSSE
Within the Div. 1 quarterfinals, Harlen Graber and Jimmy Ayers each scored twice as top-seeded St. John’s Prep (20-1) defeated No. 8 North Andover 13-2. Gavin Kornitsky moreover made 12 saves for the Eagles. … Connor Lasch had two targets and three assists as No.5 Hingham (20-2) defeated fourth-seeded Franklin, 9-6.
Nolan Petrucelli scored 4 targets as top-seeded Norwell (17-6) defeated No. 8 Pope Francis 12-6 in a Div. 3 quarterfinal. … Owen Kreuz tallied 5 situations, whereas Jack Hadden netted the game-winner with 7:37 left as No. 3 Newburyport (17-3) went on to defeat sixth-seeded Dracut, 11-8.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Caroline Jadul scored the game-winning purpose in further time as No. 5 Studying (22-1) knocked off fourth-seeded Walpole 8-7 in a Div. 1 quarterfinal.
TRACK AND FIELD
Bishop Stang standout Jacob Cookingham acquired the New England title throughout the shot put Saturday afternoon with a throw of 66-00.25. He was certainly one of many two male athletes from the Bay State to emerge victorious, the alternative being Methuen’s Darwin Jiminez, who acquired the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.66.
On the women side, Studying’s Katie Caraco captured the extreme leap title with a leap of 5-05.00. Westborough’s Melinda Haagensen acquired the pole vault (12-03.00), whereas Dedham’s Catherine Sargent was the shot put titlist (44-03.00)
SATURDAY’S SCORES
BASEBALL
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Wednesday
BC Excessive 4, St. John’s Prep 3
Bridgewater-Raynham 1, Weymouth 0
Franklin 5, Walpole 2
Methuen 2, Xaverian 1
St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 2, Milford 1
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Thursday
Central Catholic 8, Chelmsford 0
Taunton 8, Springfield Central 0
DIV. 1 SECOND ROUND – Saturday
Westford Academy 4, Lincoln-Sudbury 3 (8i)
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Franklin 2, Bridgewater-Raynham 1
Taunton 3, BC Excessive 2
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Central Catholic vs. Methuen, 12 (Haverhill Stadium)
St. John’s (Shrewsbury) at Westford Academy, 12
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
King Philip 1, Westwood 0
Milton 1, Plymouth North 0
St. Mary’s 4, Mansfield 3
Whitman-Hanson 5, Westfield 0
DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – TBA
Milton vs. Whitman-Hanson
St. Mary’s vs. King Philip
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Bishop Stang 8, Foxboro 2
Medfield 3, Newburyport 1
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Ashland at Taconic, 2
Tantasqua at Oakmont, 2
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
English 3, Hamilton-Wenham 2
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Lowell Catholic at Northbridge, 1
Millbury at Seekonk, 1
Amesbury at Abington, 3:30 (Graham Area)
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Bourne 8, Greenfield 1
Pioneer Valley Regional 3, Hopedale 1
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Hopkins Academy at Georgetown, 1
Frontier Regional at Ayer Shirley, 3:30
BOYS LACROSSE
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Acton-Boxboro 15, Lincoln-Sudbury 7
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
BC Excessive 14, Xaverian 5
Hingham 9, Franklin 6
St. John’s Prep 13, North Andover 2
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Duxbury 13, Minnechaug 4
Longmeadow 9, Billerica 4
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Walpole at Studying, 2
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Monday
Marblehead at Nauset, 4
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Newburyport 11, Dracut 8
Norwell 12, Pope Francis 6
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Falmouth at Pentucket, 12
Medfield at Grafton, 6:30
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Sandwich 15, Lynnfield 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Nantucket at Dover-Sherborn, 1:30
Wahconah at Cohasset, 6
Abington at Weston, 6:30
GIRLS LACROSSE
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Franklin 12, Wellesley 5
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Lincoln-Sudbury 11, Central Catholic 8
Studying 8, Walpole 7 (ot)
Westwood 11, Longmeadow 10 (ot)
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Notre Dame (Hingham) 19, Burlington 5
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Duxbury 15, Masconomet 3
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Scituate at Wayland, 5
Leominster at East Longmeadow, 7
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Norwell 9, Cohasset 8 (ot)
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Medfield 22, Hanover 15
Newburyport 20, Apponequet 3
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Pentucket at Foxboro, 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Weston 17, Hamilton-Wenham 15
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Dover-Sherborn 16, Sandwich 5
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Manchester-Essex at Nantucket, 1
Mt. Greylock at Ipswich, 2
BOYS RUGBY
DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Belmont vs. St. John’s Prep, TBA
DIV. 2 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Algonquin vs. Weymouth, TBA
GIRLS RUGBY
DIV. 1 FINAL – Saturday, June 17 at Curry
Brookline vs. Belmont, TBA
SOFTBALL
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Central Catholic 10, Methuen 0
Taunton 12, Woburn 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Bishop Feehan at King Philip, 2
North Andover at Peabody, 3 (Kiley)
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Somerset Berkley 5, Billerica 1 (11i)
Westfield 4, Silver Lake 2
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
North Attleboro at Burlington, 11
Bedford at Tewksbury, 6 (Hazel)
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Middleboro 8, Hudson 5
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Bishop Fenwick 2, St. Mary’s 0 (9i)
Norton 5, Apponequet 2
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Triton at Dighton-Rehoboth, 5
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Clinton 2, Nipmuc 1
Hampshire 11, Amesbury 7
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Archbishop Williams at Tyngsboro, 1
Uxbridge at Case, 2
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Greenfield 8, Drury 1
Turners Falls 2, Franklin Tech 1
DIV. 5 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Hopkins Academy at Mt. Greylock, 1
West Boylston at Tahanto, 3
BOYS TENNIS
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Monday at Newton South
Brookline vs. Wellesley, 4:30
St. John’s Prep vs. Lexington, 4:30
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Hopkinton 3, Hingham 2
Westborough 5, Burlington 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Harmony-Carlisle 4, Sharon 1
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Duxbury 5, Belmont 0
DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Monday
Harmony-Carlisle vs. Westborough, 4 (Marlborough)
DIV. 2 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Duxbury vs. Hopkinton, 5 (Lexington)
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday
Martha’s Winery vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4 (Somerset Berkley)
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Wednesday
Wayland vs. Bedford, 5 (Lexington)
DIV. 4 SEMIFINALS – TBA
Weston vs. Hamilton-Wenham
Cohasset vs. Lynnfield
GIRLS TENNIS
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Acton-Boxboro 3, Hingham 2
Lexington 5, Wellesley 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Bishop Feehan 0
DIV. 1 QUARTERFINAL – Sunday
Winchester at Boston Latin, 2:30
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday at Newton South
Boston Latin/Winchester vs. Lexington, 4:30
Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Acton-Boxboro, 4:30
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Masconomet 4, Minnechaug 1
Westborough 5, Sharon 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday
Bishop Stang 3, Duxbury 2
Notre Dame (Hingham) 4, Longmeadow 1
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINALS – Thursday
Newburyport 4, Pembroke 0
Wayland 5, North Studying 0
Weston 4, Norwell 1
DIV. 3 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Dover-Sherborn 3, Previous Rochester 2
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Monday at Lincoln-Sudbury
Weston vs. Wayland, 5
DIV. 3 SEMIFINAL – Tuesday at North Studying
Newburyport vs. Dover-Sherborn, 4
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Friday
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Bromfield 0
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
Lenox 3, St. John Paul II 2
DIV. 4 QUARTERFINALS – Sunday
Manchester-Essex vs. Hopedale, 11 (Endicott)
Mt. Greylock at Lynnfield, 4 (Lynnfield MS)
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
DIV. 1 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday
Brookline vs. Newton North, 6 (Newton South)
Needham vs. St. John’s (S), 6 (Harmony-Carlisle)
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINALS – Friday
Agawam 3, Better New Bedford 0
Milford 3, West Springfield 1
Westfield 3, Medfield 0
DIV. 2 QUARTERFINAL – Saturday
O’Bryant 3, North Quincy 1
DIV. 2 SEMIFINALS – Tuesday
Westfield vs. Milford, 5 (Worcester North)
Agawam vs. O’Bryant, 6 (Assabet Valley)
