Coming off a Div. 1 state title run in addition to an ideal season, Andover is seeking to get again to the D1 state championship for the third straight season.
It will likely be a tricky activity as 5 seniors, together with 4 starters, graduated with stars Anna Foley (Quinnipiac) and Amelia Hanscom (Colby) being a lot of the scoring for the Golden Warriors. Senior captains Michaela Buckley and Ella Vidoni return as essentially the most skilled of the group because the latter performed effectively defensively within the state title together with a clutch 11 factors.
Also, within the MVC, North Andover returns starters in senior captain Janie Papell (UMass Amherst commit for lacrosse) and junior Sydney Rogers. They additionally return seniors Maria Benvenuto, Avery Brown and Alex Clifford in addition to junior Mehan Daley to associate with two sophomores and 4 freshmen.
Central Catholic could also be with out prime scorer Shea Montague with a torn ACL, however juniors Kerri Finneran and Aniela Kwo together with seniors Sam Guertin and Abby Yfantopulos are able to fill Montague’s manufacturing.
The Div. 1 runner-up, Bishop Feehan, returns senior captain Julia Webster, junior Charlotte Adams-Lopez and junior Maddy Steel. Junior Lily Singer and sophomore Mollie Mullen be a part of the returners within the beginning lineup whereas senior Brooke Canty, junior Sam Carlson and freshman Emmette Barry look to contribute off the bench.
Malden Catholic strikes up a number of divisions, however is seeking to be aggressive straight away with seniors Mary Turco, Marcella Bonfardeci and Luna Murray in addition to sophomores Chloe O’Brien and Liliana Martinez.
In the Bay State Conference, Framingham returns 9 gamers with tri-captains in junior Allie Regan, senior Caroline Galvani and senior Nina Edwards main the best way for the Flyers.
Newton North has junior Devon Burke (a terrific athlete with a really distinctive ability set for a 5-foot-11 participant), sophomore Allie Danis and senior Nadia Briggs to assist compete.
In the Northeastern Conference, Peabody has received back-to-back NEC title thanks in a giant half to two-time NEC MVP and senior captain Logan Lomasney. Senior captain Abby Bettencourt, juniors Ally Bettencourt and Maia Davis and sophomores Sophia Coburn and Lizzie Bettencourt make the Tanners a tricky out this season.
In the Middlesex League, Middlesex League All Stars and juniors McKenna Morrison and Shannon McCarthy would be the point of interest of the Woburn offense that graduated 4 very key contributors from final 12 months’s crew. Senior Captain Riley Morgan has led a bunch of different seniors, juniors, and sophomores who’re gifted however haven’t performed lots of varsity minutes.
Winchester can even be robust within the ML with a core group of seniors in Emily Collins (seeking to be first in program historical past to attain 1,000 factors), Brooke Schrule, Tatum Kenrich, Maggie Shevland and Katie Kavanaugh in addition to a crew of younger gamers who’re hungry to assist the crew in any method they will.
With defending Div. 2 champion Foxboro realigned to Div. 3, a brand new crew will likely be topped this season with a plethora of groups vying for the state crown.
State runner-up Dracut might want to depend on seniors Lamees Alasaad, Riley Fahey and sophomore Elizabeth Shank amongst others to make up for the scoring of graduated star Ashlee Talbot.
In the Tri-Valley League, Medfield is returning 4 starters that embody senior Annie Stanton and sophomores Izzy Kittridge and Tess Baacke. Freshman Naya Annigeri is a giant addition who can have a huge effect on the Warriors’ success this 12 months.
Norwood can even put up a battle with junior Ava Mourad, senior captain Trish Wladkowski (Endicott commit), senior captain Alexa Coras and senior captain Lauren Reen being key contributors. Westwood, Dover-Sherborn and Norton can even be within the combine.
The Catholic Central League additionally has a pair groups that may compete in D2 with Bishop Fenwick main the best way as senior and three-time All-Scholastic Cecilia Kay will likely be American University certain subsequent season. The Crusaders even have sophomores Caitlin Boyle and Celia Neilson together with seniors Isabella Lopez-Marin (CCL Small MVP/Nichols College commit) and Samantha Dormer (Marblehead switch).
For Archbishop Williams, senior captain Eliana Jackson, senior Mia Porter, junior Aivry Devoy and sophomore sharpshooter Addie Woodgate will lead an inexperienced squad. Notre Dame has a strong nucleus again keyed by guards Ava Orlando, Elle Orlandp and Jane Hilsabeck in addition to ahead Lola Griffin and Sofia Danick.
Back within the Bay State Conference, Walpole will depend on BSC MVP and All-Scholastic Izzy Adams in her junior marketing campaign together with sophomore Bella Bingham to have a robust season.
Wakefield has senior Emma Quinn and junior Brooklyn Calder to be careful for this 12 months.
PLAYERS TO WATCH IN DIV. 1-2
C/F: Tessa Andriano (Marblehead), Reese Bartlett (Bridgewater-Raynham), Ava Bryan (North Quincy), Devon Burke (Newton North), Brooke Calder (Wakefield), Lauren Caley (Beverly), Sunil Carter (Brockton), Emily Collins (Winchester), Yeira Davila (Lawrence), Samantha Dormer (Bishop Fenwick), Megan Doyle (Weymouth), Vanessa Ellis (Attleboro), Kerri Finneran (Central Catholic), Mya Hayes-Paulette (Durfee), Alyssa Hoops (Quincy), Hailey Iwanski (Middleboro), Cecilia Kay (Bishop Fenwick), Izzy Kittredge (Medfield), Taylor Leonard (Whitman-Hanson), Logan Lomasney (Peabody), Bella O’Brien (Medford), Taylor Pavao (Burlington), Samantha Pfeil (Methuen), Brooke Pulpi (Reading), Kara Santos (Mansfield), Bridget Sheahen (Bedford), Addison Shen (Concord-Carlisle), Annie Stanton (Medfield), Alexis Thompson (New Bedford), Julia Webster (Bishop Feehan), Tricia Wladkowski (Norwood)
G: Charlotte Adams-Lopez (Bishop Feehan), Izzy Adams (Walpole), Lamees Alasaad (Dracut), Zaria Anderson (New Bedford), Tess Baacke (Medfield), Kaci Belmont (Cardinal Spellman), Taylor Bettencourt (Peabody), Marcella Bonfardeci (Malden Catholic), Brooke Boyle (Concord-Carlisle), Michaela Buckley (Andover), Katherine Cheesebro (Dartmouth), Cassidy Conroy (Silver Lake), Alex Coras (Norwood), Karle Cosme (Somerset Berkley), Stella Criniti (Lexington), Kaydance Derba (Oliver Ames), Chloe Egan (Barnstable), Jill Ernstrom (Nauset), Chloe Fales (Franklin), Avery Gamble (Oliver Ames), Mia Gentile (Somerset Berkley), Kayla Goldrick (Attleboro), Eliana Jackson (Archbishop Williams), Bleu Kerr (Boston Latin), Rachael Hager (Sharon), Isabella Lopez-Marin (Bishop Fenwick), Tajeiha Madison (Brockton), Alissa Marcella (Pembroke), Cali Melo (Taunton), Shea Montague (Central Catholic), Cassie Morrison (Bedford), McKenna Morrison (Woburn), Luna Murray (Malden Catholic), Ava Orlando (Notre Dame), Elle Orlando (Notre Dame), Shannon Patrick (Acton-Boxboro), Lyla Peters (Duxbury), Emma Quinn (Wakefield), Allie Regan (Framingham), Sydney Rogers (North Andover), Thyanais Santiago (Methuen), Savanna Scali (Burlington), Linda Sheng (Belmont), Megan Simpson (Holliston), Audrey Sperling (Somerset Berkley), Elli Tam (Pembroke), Molly Trahan (Reading), Brenna Woodbury (Bridgewater-Raynham)
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